Art Deco Desk Lamp By Erpe Circa 1920s
By Erpé
Located in Gloucester, GB
Art Deco Desk Lamp By Erpe Circa 1920s - Black bakelite shade - On/Off switch on the base - Takes B22 fitting bulbs - Adjustable shade and arm - Belgian, Circa 1920s - 46cm tall x 2...
Steel
Art Deco / Machine Age Table Lamp in the Manner of Walter Von Nessen
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Take a look at all of these items; https://goo.gl/hNLz4x This classic Art Deco / Machine Age style table lamp in the manner of Walter Von Nessen is a precise, finely crafted hand-bu...
Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Kaiser 1930's Bakelite Table Lamps Black and White Att. to Christia Dell
By Kaiser, Christian Dell
Located in London, GB
Pair of Bauhaus black and white Bakelite desk lamps by the firm called "Molitor", Kurt Zeisse Berlin, 1930’s Germany. It is the Model 9079 "Spezial". These Art Deco desk lamps are m...
Metal, Nickel
1930s Art Deco Lamp by Sven Arvid Johansson
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare Art Deco lamp, circa 1932. Steel two bulb lamp, with red bakelite column. Inscribed around the base with the maker and production date. We recommend getting this lamp profession...
Bakelite
Very Attractive Art Deco Table Lamp in Copper and Brass
By Fog & Mørup
Located in Søborg, DK
A very attractive Art Deco table lamp in copper and brass. A very stylish Art Deco design and with a hint of modernism.
Brass
Art Deco Table Lamp, circa 1930, Aluminum and Opaline Glass
By Desny, Boris Jean Lacroix, Bauhaus, Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Art Deco table lamp, from the 1930s. Very unique Minimalist, Bauhaus-influenced, design with a polished aluminum body construction and a blown opaline or milk glass tube.
Aluminum
French Art Nouveau / Deco Bronze Ibis Table Lamp, 1910-1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Any fair offer will be examined with the utmost attention, please send a message. Large French Art Nouveau / deco bronze and alabaster table lamp, France, 1910-1920.
Alabaster, Bronze
Art Deco Pink Table Lamp, Muller Freres Luneville, France, circa 1920s
By Muller Frères
Located in Firenze, IT
Important and rare Art Deco table lamp. Muller Freres Luneville, France, circa 1920s Bubbles / circles decorations on pink glass.
Metal
Iconic 1930s Art Deco Streamline Lamp by Jumo
By Maison Jumo
Located in Devon, England
This surely has to be the 'daddy' of all Bakelite lamps and for those who love the streamline design as I do, well this fills all criteria's. If you haven't handled one of these lamp...
Copper, Steel
Italian Art Deco Patinated Brass Mushroom Table Lamp, Italy, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Italian Art Deco mushroom-shaped table lamp fully made in brass.
Metal, Brass
Sold|$2,400
Art Deco Machine Age Desk Lamp
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Art Deco Machine age desk lamp features a black enamel base in quatrefoil design with a border of polished aluminum and a circular inset detail of amber bakelite and b...
Machine Age Art Deco 1930s American Modern Sight Light Table Lamp Leroy C Doane
By Leroy C. Doane, Sight Light Corporation
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Rare 1930s original American modern sight light table lamp designed by Leroy C Doane for the Sight Light Corporation, Green River, Connecticut. A rare survivor from the American Mach...
Aluminum, Brass
Art Deco Table Lamp from the Czech Republic, from CMS Krasno
Located in Vienna, Austria
Art Deco table lamp from the Czech Republic, produced in the 1920s-1930s, from CMS Krasno.
Ceramic
Sold|$612
Art Deco Brass Piano Lamp, 1930s
Located in Schwerin, MV
Extraordinary Art Deco piano lamp/table lamp, probably from the 1930s with an ornate shade opening and curved base.
Brass
Art Deco Bauhaus Style Table or Desk Lamp, Copper Metal Dish Design Lamp Shade
Located in Lisse, NL
Highly stylish and timeless lamp for a desk or sidetable. There is something about these rare lamps from the 1920's and 1930's that you just don't find in modern lamps. If you don't...
Copper
Art Deco English Nickel Pair of Boxer Table / Desk Lamps with White Glass Globes
Located in New York, NY
A charming pair of silver color nightstand / side table lamps, handmade in Great Britain, representing Minimalist boxing opponents, chrome cut-out figure sculptures raised on a small...
Metal, Nickel
Pair of Art Deco era Eastman Kodak Adjustable Safelight lamps
By Eastman Kodak
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of Eastman Kodak photography lamps in the Art Deco style . Recent estate purchase shown as found . Original cords and switches in fine working order . One lamp retains wall moun...
Steel
Art Deco Michael Andersen & Son Table Lamp in Celadon Green Glazed Ceramic
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Art Deco styled Michael Andersen & Son ceramic table lamp with fluted green shade.
Ceramic, Celadon
German Bauhaus Art Deco Opaline Table Lamp Sconce, 1930s
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This unusual vintage table or bedside lamp was made in Germany in the 1930s-1940s during the Bauhaus period. It is made of polished brass and has got an adjustable lamp shade in crea...
Brass
German Bauhaus Art Deco Opaline Table Lamp Sconce, 1930s
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This unusual vintage table or bedside lamp was made in Germany in the 1930s-1940s during the Bauhaus period. It is made of polished brass and has got an adjustable lamp shade in crea...
Brass
Art Deco Spherical Ceramic Table Lamp in Satin Black Glaze, Aluminia 1920s
By Aluminia
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Spherical ceramic table light in the style of Jean Besnard. It has a deep satin black glaze, original bakelite socket with pin-switch and bronze hardware. It was designed and created...
Ceramic
Perfect Size and Shape Art Deco Brass Table or Desk Lamp with Art Glass Shade
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and practical 1920s desk lamp. This sizeable and great looking Art Deco desk lamp has the most beautiful look and feel, both on and off. The shape and size of the base mak...
Brass
Art Deco Period Cast Iron Desk or Table Lamp with Copper Adjustable Shade
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A rare desk lamp from the Art Deco period. The base is made of heavy cast iron, the shade is made of copper. The lampshade is adjustable via the copper knob. The lamp has the origina...
Metal, Copper
Art Deco Table Lamp Model "T3-major" Browned Brass by N.R. Thykier, Denmark 1930
By Niels Rasmussen Thykier
Located in Odense, DK
Early production "T3-major" table lamp by Niels Rasmussen Thykier. This Danish art deco icon was made in Thykiers own workshop in the early 1930s before the production was taken over...
Brass
Pair of Chrome Bauhaus Table Lamps, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia - Made of Bakelite, chrome - Newly wired - Excellent original condition.
Chrome
Sold|$4,500
Art Deco Luminaire "The Wave" by Erté
By Erté
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Erté (Romain de Tiroff, Russian 1892-1990.) Luminaire "The Wave" from 1987, in etched glass, inscribed Erté 51/99 on bakelite post, diameter 17¾ in.
Bakelite, Glass
"Bolide" Desk Table Lamp by Jumo circa 1945-1950
By Maison Jumo
Located in Paris, FR
Desk table lamp model "Bolide", black bakelite shade and base, unfolding with an articulated arm in copper and chrome finish brass. Signed Jumo under the base and patented. Around 19...
Copper, Brass, Chrome
Sold|$1,550
Eileen Gray Table Lamp for Jumo
By Maison Jumo, Eileen Gray
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Art Deco table lamp by Eileen Gray designed for the French company Jumo Ca.1940.
Metal
Modernist Desk/Table Lamp by Eileen Gray for Jumo, Late 1930s
By Maison Jumo, Eileen Gray
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco modernist table/desk lamp designed by Eileen Gray for Jumo company, Paris, late 1930s.
Metal, Copper
Model Bolide Table Lamp by Jumo Brevete for Jumo, 1940s
By Maison Jumo
Located in Lisboa, PT
This table lamp was designed and produced by JUMO Brevete in France, during the 1930s. JUMO's name comes from Yves Jujeau and Pierre and André Mounique, founders of the JUMO company....
Copper
Sold|$3,892
Dome Lamps
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A pair of Art Deco table lamps with domed shades. Reeded, golden bakelite stems banded with chromed metal.
Chrome
Pair of Antique Brass Northern Electric Candlestick Telephone Table Lamps
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very unique pair of table lamps began as a pair of brass and Bakelite candlestick telephones made by the Northern Electric Company of Canada in circa 1920. These authentic telep...
Brass
Sold|$3,892
Dome Lamps
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A pair of Art Deco dome lamps with chrome domed shades. Straight tube marbled green bakelite stems over a chromed metal single stepped base. Marbled green bakelite finial to top Ful...
Chrome
Antique Just Andersen Disko Metal Table Lamp
By Just Andersen
Located in Søborg, DK
Antique Art Deco Just Andersen disko metal table lamp marked “JUST” on the base.
Metal
Post War "Bolide" Desk Table Lamp by Gustave Miklos for Jumo, 1945-1950
By Gustave Miklos, Maison Jumo
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Made by the French company Jumo, considered a post war streamline lamp design know as "Bolide." Java color bakelite shade and base, unfolding with an articulated arm in copper and ...
Chrome, Copper
Scandinavian Modern Table Lamp in Walnut and Brass, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Scandinavian made Art Deco styled table light in walnut fluted brass. Probably made by either Falkenbergs Amaturar, Nordiska Kompagniet or Bergboms in Sweden circa 1950. This fixture...
Brass
1930s Michael Andersen Ceramic Table Lamp with an ArtbyMaj Lampshade
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Søborg, DK
1930s Michael Andersen ceramic table lamp. Classic Art Deco style with a lovely patina to the glaze.
Ceramic
Scandinavian Functionalist Table Lamp in Patinated Bronze & Opaline Glass
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A well made possibly up-cycled table lamp made from a green verdigris bronze urne installed with a patinated brass shade rating on a frosted/matté opaline glass shade. This small tab...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Leather Table Lamp, Paul Dupre-Lafon for Hermes
By Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of leather table lamps by Paul Dupre-Lafon for Hermes Signed with impressed "Hermes Paris Modele" Silk shades, silk cord and Bakelite switch. Wired to the American standard Loc...
Leather
Tiffany Studios Bronze And favrile Harp Table lamp
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Bronze And Favrile Glass Harp Table Lamp. Circa 1910, period Art Nouveau Art Deco Patinated bronze and Iridescent favrile glass Height: 13.5 Inches X 9.25 Inches Wid...
Bronze
Just Andersen Style, a Pair of Table Lamps of Bronze, Denmark, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Just Andersen style. A pair of table lamps of bronze on a circular foot, socket in bakelite. Unstamped. Denmark, 1940s. Measures: Height 44.5 cm. incl. socket. (24.5 cm. Without so...
Fluted White Danish Modern Ceramic Table Lamp by Einar Johansen for Søholm
By Einar Johansen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
It features its original bakelite socket with on/of switch. The strict Art Deco styling is very similar to designs by Arne Bang, Eslau and Lyngby.
Ceramic
Spherical Orange Pottery Table Lamp in the Style of Jean Besnard, France 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Playfully glazed spherical pottery table light in the style of Jean Besnard. Designed and created by anonymous designer/maker in France during the 1920s or 1930s. No markings or sign...
Ceramic
Smaller Ruth Gerth for Chase Chrome Plated "Glow Lamp" 1931
By Chase Brass and Copper Company
Located in Bainbridge, NY
American Modernist Ruth Gerth reflective Chrome Accent Lamp for Chase Brass and Copper Company. Featuring all Chromed Plate pieces with conical clip Shade, globular finial, spherical...
Chrome
Pair of Zoomorphic Brazilian Lamps by Carlo Montalto
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of zoomorphic Brazilian Lamps by Carlo Montado, São Paulo. Shades not included. Measures: Base is 6 in. x 6 in. x 34.5 tall (to top of finial).
Brass, Bronze
Vintage Desk Lamp from Molitor Novum, 1930s
By Molitor
Located in Lisboa, PT
This desk lamp was designed and produced by Molitor Novum, in Germany, during the 1930's. It features a cast iron base, a curved metal rod that finishes in an half round iron lampsha...
Metal, Iron
Petite Boudoir Maison Desny Style Lamp Glass & Brass
By La Maison Desny
Located in Hanover, MA
Adorable petite Art Deco boudoir table lamp in the style of La Maison Desny made of stacked squares of rippled glass separated by brass tangerine shaped spacers on a larger square gl...
Brass
Adjustable Early 20th Century Bronzed Metal Bulldog Sculpture Desk Lamp
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare bulldog table lamp with great character. This practical size and fully functional table or desk lamp with a sitting bulldog sculpture brings a smile to everybody's face. It is ...
Metal
Pair of leather lamp bases in the style of Jacques Adnet, France, 1940-1950
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Lyon, FR
Beautiful set of 2 lamp bases in the style of Jacques Adnet, in leather and brass. One lamp has a beautiful green leather and the other one had a red - brick grained leather. Still w...
Brass
Sold|$1,100
cutom made listing 4 Items for the client S
Located in Wien, Au
French Art Deco table lamp with beautiful glass. Plastic News Paper Stand, Italy, circa 1970s One Very Beautiful Art Nouveau Wall Hook Rare Art Deco Hook beside the Door for Shopping...
Brass, Nickel
Pair of small clear Murano glass 1930s abat jour attributed to Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Pair of small nightstand abat jours in clear Murano glass with "bugne" decoration. The period, workmanship and style immediately make one think of contemporary products by Ercole Bar...
Aluminum
Early 1930s Bauhaus Swing-Arm Floor Lamp by Walter Von Nessen for Nessen Studios
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Buffalo, NY
A dramatic, glass-paneled wall sconce designed by von Nessen was installed as a luminous corner unit, setting the tone of a luxurious Art Deco apartment house lobby on Manhattan's up...
Antique Michael Andersen & Son of Bornholm Painted Pottery Table Lamp
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Søborg, DK
Antique pottery table lamp made by Michael Andersen & Son of Bornholm with penguins. 5 Standing penguins around the core of the lamp. A very recognizable Michael Andersen glaze t...
Pottery
Scandinavian Brass and Yellow Glass Funkis Harlequin Patterned Flushmount, 1940s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This caged functionalist flushmount with panels in harlequin patterned glass was manufactured in Denmark during the 1940s, probably by either Voss or Lyfa. This light can be used as ...
Brass
Sold|$1,600
Butterscotch Art Deco Bakelite table lamps
Located in Oakland, CA
Wonderful pair of Art Deco lamps. The design is very stylized with not modernist angles and lines. Perfect for your bedside tables or to flank a buffet or end tables. The shades a...
Metal
Art Deco Bakelite and Nickel Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Wonderful French Art Deco bakelite and nickel on bronze single-light table lamp.
Nickel
Sold|$850
Paris Art Deco Bakelite Lamp
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Paris Art Deco bakelite lamp with designers shade, all beautiful matching harmonized colors with warm light.
Bakelite
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Bespoke lighting is a hallmark of upscale interiors, and contemporary makers are increasingly ambitious in their materials and forms.