A Fine Pair of Ferdinand Barbedienne and Henry Chueux Gilt Bronze Candelabras
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
Finely executed bronze work depicting swallows flying above a natural environment on the bodies of the candelabras, each mounted with dore gilt. Six branched candle holders with styl...
Bronze
Pair 19th Century Louis XVI Patinated /Gilt Bronze and Marble Figural Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large (19th century) five light candelabra in the French Louis XVI style with standing patinated bronze cherubs set upon carved white marble pedestals adorned with gilt bron...
Marble, Bronze
Fantastic Quality Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Six-Arm Candelabra
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Quality Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Six Arm Candelabra Each with a very fine designed upper body with roses and berries, the lower part as a spiral on a round...
Bronze
Fantastic Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Candelabra
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fantastic Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt-Bronze and Lapis Lazuli Six Light Candelabra Each vase surmounted with central square candelabrum issuing five acanthus scrolled branches....
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Ormolu
$2,170Sale Price / set|30% Off
Antique Gilt Bronze Three Arm Candelabra by Cornelius & Co., 1840, USA
By Cornelius & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisite, period pair of antique Cornelius and Company gilt bronze three arm candlesticks, Philadelphia, circa 1840, having been electrified sometime in the early 20th century. T...
Bronze
Fine Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Seven-Light, Electrified Candelabras
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Fine Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Seven Light Candelabra After Claude-Michel Clodion Each as a vase cast in high relief with a procession of putti, with a pair of g...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Crystal and Gilt Bronze Lyre Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of neoclassical Louis XVI style crystal and gilt bronze lyre candelabra, French, 19th century Dimensions: Height 40cm, width 26cm, depth 24cm Inspired by the neoclassical L...
Ormolu
A Pair of Large Brass 3 Branch Electric Candelabra A very beautiful pair
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Large Brass 3 Branch Electric Candelabra A very beautiful pair to enhance your Dining Table or Sideboard, the candelabra are superbly detailed set on a circular base, the...
Brass
$1,184Sale Price|20% Off
19thc American Large American Made Grape Tree w/Vines Highly Detailed Candelabra
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Early 19thc American Manufactured Large Grape Tree with Vines Candelabra. With Aurora Borealis Crystal [not red like it looks in pic. This is a large statement piece. Candle use.
Bronze
Wonderful Pair of Late 19th Century Two Tone Bronze Candelabra after Clodion
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Fine Pair of Late 19th Century Two Tone Bronze Nine Light Candelabra After Clodion After Clodion Each cast as a female and a male figure from a bacchanale upholding eight sc...
Granite, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres porcelain and ormolu seven arm candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by a richly chased ormolu square base with cut co...
Ormolu
Pair of Late 19th Century or Early 20th Century Seven-Light Candelabra
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Excellent Pair of Late 19th/Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Parcel-Gilt and Patinated Bronze Seven Light Candelabra Each with openwork tripod base cast with hoof feet, the stan...
Bronze
Large Pair of Antique Gilt Bronze French Louis XV Style Candelabra
Located in Montreal, QC
This is an especially sumptuous pair. Each base is pierced with stylised acanthus and en rocaille. The stems are modelled with putti in a leafy arbour and support five arms around a ...
Bronze
Pair of Late 19th Century Napoleon III Candelabra by Levillian and Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Ferdinand Levillain
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Fine Pair of Late 19th Century Napoleon III Rouge Griotte Marble and Patinated Bronze Four Light Candelabra By Levillian and Barbedienne Signed F. Levillian and F. Barbedienn...
Marble, Bronze
$22,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Chinese Export Rooster Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular and large pair of Chinese Export rooster Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted candelabras. Each candelabra is centered by a large porcelain rooster, vividly modeled with...
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Carrara Marble & Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu mounted electrified candelabras. The pair are raised by square mottled ormolu and marb...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Pair French 19th C. Cut Crystal & Dore Bronze Multi-Arm Candelabra w/ Roosters
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental Pair of French 19th Century Cut Crystal and Dore Bronze Multi-Arm Candelabra with Rooster Heads. This ornate, extravagant pair of monumental bronze candelabras exemplif...
Crystal, Bronze
Fine Pair of Late 19th Century Patinated Bronze and Marble Four Light Candelabra
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Long Island City, NY
An interesting and fine pair of late 19th century patinated bronze and marble four light candelabra After Claude-Michel Clodion The large figures modeled as a putti with a branch i...
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Three-Arm Electrified Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of elegant and uniquely shaped French 19th Century Louis XVI st. three-arm electrified candelabras. Each is raised by a square white carrara marble base with recessed central ...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And White Carrara Marble Candelabra Lam
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra lamps. Each striking candelabra is supported by three ball feet below an Ormo...
Marble, Ormolu
$13,838Sale Price|24% Off
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu & White Marble Mermaid Candelabra
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine french 19th-20th century Louis XV style ormolu and white marble three-light candelabra, attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The single allegorical and whimsical fin...
Marble, Ormolu
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candelabras Signed E. Lelivevre
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scaled pair of French late 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabras signed E. Lelivevre and casted by Susse Freres Foundary. The pair of four arm electrified...
Ormolu
A Pair of Green Marble and Brass 5 Branch Candelabra A beautiful pair toenhanc
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Green Marble and Brass 5 Branch Candelabra A beautiful pair toenhance your dining Table or sideboard, the candelabra have very finely detailed claw feet at the bottom sup...
Marble
$8,720Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair 19thc Baccarat attributed Gilt Bronze Cut Crystal Table Lamps/ Girandoles
By Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 19thc French Baccarat Attributed Gilt Bronze with Cut Crystal Girandoles/ Table Lamps/ Candelabra. Ultr high quality. Highly detailed.
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze Three-Arm Candelabras, Signed Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of antique French Louis XVI style, doré bronze three-arm candelabras. Each candelabra finely casted, and further enhanced with the finest quality of doré bronze and h...
Bronze
Pair of Antique French Six Arm Candelabra, Bronze Dore on Rouge Marble Bases
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair, very much in the Louis XV style, has a number of points of interest : The six arms are arranged around the central light so there are actually seven lights, the vase shape...
Bronze
Early 20th Century Bronze Knight Sculpture Electrified Table or Desk Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A solid bronze parcel brass knight sculpture candelabra later converted to electrified table lamp with large frosted glass torch flame shade.
Brass, Bronze
$8,022Sale Price / set|62% Off
Pair of Neo-Greek Bronze Candelabras Attributed to G.Servant, France, Circa 1870
By Georges Emile Henri Servant
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare pair of Greek style candelabras made in patinated bronze and gilded bronze, attributed to G. Servant. Each with ten light arms topped by a heron shaped extinguisher. Decorated w...
Bronze
A Pair of Late 19th Century Ormolu and Rouge Marble Ten-Light Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
A central baluster vase carved in rouge marble, held by rams mask mounts, issues ten highly decorative candle branches adorned with foliage and vines all resting on a triform base wi...
Marble, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Pair of Bronze Five-Light Figural Candelabra, E.F. Caldwell and Co., circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Pair of bronze five-light figural candelabra, E.F. Caldwell and Co., circa 1900.
Bronze
Set of 4 Bagues French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite set of four French Louis XVI style gilt bronze and rock crystal candelabras by Bagues. Each piece is structured with a central gilt bronze stem rising from a shaped base...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Antique Brass Snake Wrapped Rootwood Candlestick Pair
Located in Forney, TX
Overall outstanding examples -- Candlestick candle sticks candle stand pricket candelabra candelabrum table lamp Gothic revival Victorian Orientalist figural snake sculpture statue ...
Brass, Bronze
Maurice Bouval Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
From 1880 to the first World War, he created a large number of bronze statues or objects including chandeliers, candelabras or table lamps. His main works are Ophelia, Femme assise, ...
Bronze
Early 20th Century Bronze Knight Sculpture Candelabra, Electrified Table Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A solid bronze and brass knight sculpture candelabra later converted to electrified table lamp with large frosted glass torch flame shade.
Brass, Bronze
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
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.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
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.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
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Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.