Adnet Crystal Lamp
Jacques Adnet Art Deco Crystal Balls Table Lamp, France, 1930s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Jacques Adnet Art Deco crystal balls table lamp, France, 1930s.
Stamped made in France.
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Exquisite Dore Bronze and Crystal Boudoir Lamp by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in North Miami, FL
Exquisite petite two-light boudoir lamp in perfect working condition with silk cord. Composed of
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Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Jacques Adnet Style Lamp
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Petite Jacques Adnet style brass table lamp with glass sphere and ornate brass detail.
Rewired
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Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Art Deco Lamp, 1920, Attributed to Adnet Jacques , France , crystal and bronze
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table lamp Art deco
Materia: Bronze and crystal
Style: Art Deco
Country: France
To take care of
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
H 9.85 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in
Art Deco Lamp, 1920, Attributed to Adnet Jacques, France, Crystal and Mirror
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table lamp Art deco
Materia: Mirror and crystal
Style: Art Deco
Country: France
To take care of
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Lamp, 1920, Attributed to Adnet Jacques , France , crystal and wood
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table lamp Art deco
Materia: wood and crystal
Style: Art Deco
Country: France
To take care of your
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco crystal lamp, Attributed to Jacques Adnet for Bacarrat, France, 1940's
By Cristalleries De Baccarat, Jacques Adnet
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Crystal lamp.
Art Deco, France, Circa 1940
Attributed to Jacques Adnet for Bacarrat.
In good
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
H 9.06 in W 3.94 in D 3.94 in
Pair of French 1930s Art Deco Faceted Crystal Glass Jewel Table Lamps
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
allowing the lamps to sit vertically, or at an angle, much like Jacques Adnet’s Baccarat crystal ball lamp
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
1940's French Crystal Glass Ball & Pierced Brass Lamps
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A pair of crystal glass ball lamps In the manner of Jacques Adnet and Mathieu Matégot.
3-1/2
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
French Art Deco Crystal Glass 'Boules' Nickel Jacques Adnet Style Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
An Art Deco table lamp in nickel-plated bronze with three stacked crystal glass ‘boules’, very much
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Nickel
H 12.01 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
A Pair of Art Deco Lamps – Nickel-Plated Steel and Crystal – France - 1930
By Maison Damon, La Maison Desny, (after) Jean Michel Frank, Jacques Adnet, Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Elegant and timeless, this pair of Art Deco lamps evokes the distinctive style of Jacques Adnet
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Steel
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Pair of Crystal Ball Table Lamps in the Style off Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful pair of small crystal ball table lamps in the style of Jacques Adnet, circa 1940s.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Jacques Adnet Floorlamp
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Newburgh, NY
Parchment covered oak floor lamp by Jacques Adnet with spherical crystal accents.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Jacques Adnet Attributed Crystal Lamp, French, 1930s
Located in Hoboken, NJ
Crystal ball lamp, the ball mounted on a nickel base, with a custom paper shade, attributed to
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Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Nickel
Baccarat Crystal Lamps by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Geneva, CH
Pair of spherical Baccarat crystal lamps, pivoting on a nickel-plated bronze base. (The crystal
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
1930s Crystal Ball Lamp by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
Classic Design: Tilting ball lamp on a square base in crystal.
Provenance: Private Collection
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Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Crystal Ball Lamp Attributed To Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
A crystal glass ball lamp mounted on a metal base attributed to Jacques Adnet.
Rewired and fitted
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20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Pair of Art Deco Crystal Ball Lamps by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
Important pair of Art Deco lamps by Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) with Baccarat crystal
Documented in
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Table Lamp by Jacques Adnet in Silvered Metal and Crystal Boulle.
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Table Lamp by Jacques Adnet in Silvered Metal and Crystal Boulle.
Table lamp by Jacques Adnet
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Nickel
Table Lamp by Adnet, Circa 1930, Art Deco Period.
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Table lamp by Adnet, circa 1930, Art Deco period.
Table lamp, 1930, Art Deco period by Adnet in
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20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Nickel
Pair of 1930s Ball Lamps Attributed to Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
Fine pair of crystal and chrome table Lamps composed of three spheres with cylindrical chrome
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Pair of French 1940s Chrome and Glass Table Lamps in the Style of Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, London
A pair of table lamps
Chrome cylindrical base
Crystal glass ball on top
Corrugated shade
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
H 14.57 in Dm 5.91 in L 14.57 in
An Art Deco Table Lamp by Jacques Adnet for Baccarat, 1930s
By Baccarat, Jacques Adnet
Located in BARCELONA, ES
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Behold the enchanting allure of Jacques Adnet's Art Deco crystal ball lamp for Baccarat, a
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Baccarat Crystal Ball Art Deco Table Lamp by Jacques Adnet
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
lamp with original shade by French Designer Jacques Adnet. Designed in 1930s, the petite lamps use
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Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
JACQUES ADNET FLOOR LAMP
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Adnet floor lamp made of metal and crystal glass (glass attr to Baccarat)with a hand made
Category
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Jacques Adnet Floor Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Adnet floor lamps (pair) made of metal and crystal glass (glass attr to Baccarat) with a
Category
Vintage 1930s French Floor Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Pair of Baccarat crystal ball art deco table lamps Jacques Adnet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare pair of table lamps with cream color vellum shades by French Designer Jacques Adnet
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Vintage 1930s Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Rare Pair of Crystal Standing Lamps by Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Pair of Floor Lamps by Jacques Adnet from his Early Period of Work circa 1930. The
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Vintage 1930s French Floor Lamps
Table Lamp By Jacques Adnet
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
BACCARA CRYSTAL
DIAMETER OF THE CRYSTAL BALL : 12CM
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Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Art Deco Table Lamp in Green Glass from Saint Gobain, France 1940
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This lamp is in the style of Jacques Adnet. The Staim is i in a buble glass from Saint-Gobain
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Jacques Adnet Crystal Table Lamp, France, 1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful table lamp Adnet, with 2 crystal balls and metal.
In a very good general condition. New
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass
Pair of crystal lamps by Jaques ADNET 1940
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of crystal lamps by Jaques ADNET
Baccarat crystal ball lamp base resting on a nickel-plated
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Round Crystal Lamps by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Pair of round crystal lamps designed by Jacques Adnet (1901-1984). Crystal sphere and bronze base
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Jacques Adnet Baccarat Crystal Glass and Bronze Base French Table Lamp
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Chicago, IL
A modernist Jacques Adnet Baccarat crystal and nickeled bronze base table lamp, designed for the
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Giant Crystal Ball Lamp after Jacques Adnet Adjustable on Silver Base
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
A giant crystal ball lamp resting on a circular silver base, after a design by Jacques Adnet
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Pair of crystal ball lamps, Jacques ADNET (1900-1984) for BACCARAT, Art Déco
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
Iconic pair of modernist table lamps shaped as crystal ball resting on circular bases in silver
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
H 4.34 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Jacques Adnet and Baccarat Table Lamp
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic Jacques Adnet and Baccarat crystal ball table lamp.
Nickel-plated bronze base.
The lamp is
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Jacques Adnet Pair of Table Lamps, France, 1950s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
Rare pair of Jacques Adnet table lamps.
France, 1950s.
With its original lampshades.
In a very
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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Crystal, Brass
Table Lamp by Jacques Adnet for Baccarat, circa 1930
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Paris, FR
Adjustable table lamp designed by Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) for Baccarat.
This lamp is composed of
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21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
1930s Crystal Ball Lamp by Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
Classic design: Tilting crystal ball lamp on a circular chrome base.
Provenance: Private
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Crystal Ball Table Lamps
By Jacques Adnet
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of spherical Baccarat crystal lamps, pivoting on a nickel-plated bronze base. (The crystal
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Crystal Ball Lamp After Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
A crystal ball lamp with a silver base, after a design by Jacques Adnet.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Table Lamps
Crystal Ball Table or Desk Lamp on Metal Base After Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
A crystal ball table or desk lamp with a nickel circular base, after a design by Jacques Adnet. The
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21st Century and Contemporary English Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Baccarat Crystal Lamps by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Geneva, CH
Pair of spherical Baccarat crystal lamps, pivoting on a nickel-plated bronze base. (The crystal
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Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Pair of table lamps with adjustable crystal spheres by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
.
This pair of table lamps by Jacques Adnet consist of adjustable solid crystal spheres that rest on
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Jacques Adnet and Baccarat Crystal Ball Pair of Art Deco Table Lamps
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Oakland, CA
Rare pair of Jacques Adnet lamps made with Baccarat crystal and a nickel base. The balls can be
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Rare Pair of Large Scale Crystal Sphere Adjustable Lamps by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Pair of table lamps consisting of Baccarat crystal spheres that rest on chromed metal stands
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Jacques ADNET Crystal Ball Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Crystal Ball Lamp by Jacques Adnet - circa 1930's
Provenance: Private collection - Monaco
Category
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Jacques Adnet crystal table lamps
Located in Newburgh, NY
Beautiful pair of Crystal lamps on bronze bases by Jacques Adnet. The ball moves around on the base
Category
20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Jacques Adnet Crystal Boudoir Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Really adorable.
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Stacked Crystal Ball Boudoir Lamp by Jacques Adnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stacked crystal ball boudoir lamp, three graduated size stacked balls, with nickeled chrome base
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Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Jacques Adnet Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine pair of French crystal ball lamps with concave silver bases.
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Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Petite Crystal Boudoir Lamps after Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Pair of crystal boudoir table lamps after Jacques Adnet.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Adnet & Baccarat Deco Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of nickel & baccarat crystal ball lamps.
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Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Nickel
Art Deco Mid Century Pair of Crystal Ball Table Lamps Manner of Jacques Adnet
Located in Dallas, TX
Art Deco Mid Century Pair Crystal Ball Table Lamps, Manner of Jacques Adnet
Stylish pair
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20th Century Unknown Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Jacques Adnet and Black Baccarat Crystal Ball Art Deco Table Lamp
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Oakland, CA
Rare Jacques Adnet lamp made with Baccarat black crystal and a nickel base. The ball can be moved
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Jacques Adnet and Clear Baccarat Crystal Ball Metal Art Deco Table Lamps
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Oakland, CA
Modernist pair of Jacques Adnet lamps designed for the Baccarat company using clear crystal and a
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Jacques Adnet and Baccarat Crystal Ball Pair of Art Deco Table lamps
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Oakland, CA
Rare pair of Jacques Adnet lamps made with Baccarat crystal and a nickel base. The balls can be
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Jacques Adnet and Clear Baccarat Crystal Ball Metal Base Art Deco Table Lamps
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Oakland, CA
A modernist pair of Jacques Adnet lamps, designed for the Baccarat company, feature clear crystal
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
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Adnet Crystal Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal adnet crystal lamp for your home. Frequently made of metal, crystal and stone, every adnet crystal lamp was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a adnet crystal lamp, we have 23 options in-stock, while there are 3 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect adnet crystal lamp — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right adnet crystal lamp, those designed in Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made adnet crystal lamp has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Jacques Adnet are consistently popular.
How Much is a Adnet Crystal Lamp?
Prices for a adnet crystal lamp can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,165 and can go as high as $35,000, while the average can fetch as much as $3,978.
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After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
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If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
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