Antique Pair of English Black and Gold Tole Tea Canisters Adapted to Table Lamps
Located in Morristown, NJ
A pair of late 19th c. tea canisters adapted to table lamps each with 3 bulb sockets. With gold painted decorated black enameled metal, each rectangular canister is decorated with bu...
Metal, Brass
Vintage Italian Enameled Tole and Brass Desk Lamp 1960s Bauhaus
By Philips, Stilnovo, Louis Kalff
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The lamp's shade and base are crafted from black enameled tole, connected by an articulated, patinated brass neck.
Metal
20th Century French Black Enamel Tole and Gilt Bronze Table Lamp with Silk Shade
By Maison Jansen
Located in Firenze, IT
A beautiful pair of French Empire style early 20th century black lacquered metal and parcel gilt bronze table lamps with pagoda silk shades. These high quality chic and stylish neoc...
Ormolu, Metal, Bronze
Monumental Neoclassical Faux-Marble & Parcel-Gilt Tole Lamps with Flame Finial
By Maison Jansen
Located in Morristown, NJ
An impressive pair of monumental Neoclassical-style tole lamps, distinguished by their dramatic scale, architectural presence, and richly decorative faux-marble finish.
Metal
$1,036Sale Price / set|20% Off
A Pair of Neoclassical Tole & Eglomise Mirrored Urn Motif Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Pair of Neoclassical Tole & Eglomise Mirrored Urn Motif Lamps Later 20th Century Each one eglomise mirrored twin handled urn, raised on a square pedestal base Rewired ready ...
Metal
Midcentury French Rigitulle Tole Floor Lamp in the Manner of Mathieu Matégot
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Wichita, KS
Midcentury French rigitulle (perforated metal) tole floor lamp in the manner of Mathieu Matégot. Circa 1950. Wonderful patina. Domed shade with perforated base. Wired for use in the ...
Metal
Vintage English Chinoiserie Landscape Hand-Painted Tole Tea Caddy Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage English export Chinoiserie-style table lamp made of a tole tea caddy mounted as a lamp with brass hardware, hand painted with gold a gold mountain landscape scene on one side...
Metal
Vintage English Chinoiserie Landscape Hand-Painted Tole Tea Caddy Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage English export Chinoiserie-style table lamp made of a tole tea caddy mounted as a lamp with brass hardware, hand painted with gold a gold mountain landscape scene on one side...
Brass
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative and finely detailed French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamp. This beautiful four arm lamp is supported on a circular highly detailed base ...
Ormolu
Vintage French Country Brass Tole Metal Shade Bouillotte Candlestick Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Country Brass Tole Metal Shade Bouillotte Candlestick Table Lamp. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 23" H (to finial) x 15" H (to light socket) x 15" W x 15" D. {...
Metal, Brass
Vintage French Empire Brass Candlestick Tole Metal Bouillotte Desk Table Lamp
By Sedgefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Sedgefield by Adams French Empire Style Brass Candlestick Tole Metal Bouillotte Desk Table Lamp. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 24" H (to finial) x 14" H (to light so...
Metal
Pair of British Colonial Style Tole and Rope Double Palm Tree Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of British Colonial-Style Tole and Rope Double Palm Tree Lamps A charming and highly decorative pair of British Colonial-style double palm tree table lamps, crafted in painted ...
Metal
Pair of Hollywood Regency Polychromed Tole Palm Tree Topiary Lamps, Circa 1970s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Hollywood Regency Polychromed Tole Palm Tree Topiary Lamps, circa 1970s This elegant pair of Hollywood Regency tole palm tree lamps exemplifies the glamorous, tropical aesth...
Metal
$511Sale Price|20% Off
Tole Brass Gold Tone Mid Century Floor Lamp with two Shades
Located in Lomita, CA
This vintage tole lamp is true to form with extras, like the original glass shade diffuser in perfect condition under the metal top shade. But the burnished brass or gold tone finis...
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Tole Shaded Cast Iron & Brass Table Lamp
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century French tole shaded cast iron & brass table lamp. Empire taste with tri-form base, acanthus leaf with ball & claw & further acanthus motifs. Some minor shade wear. 23...
Brass, Iron
Substantial Italian Gilt Foliate Tole & Marble Base Table Lamp, circa 1960
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Tall Italian Mid-Century Modern Venetian Tole Gilt Wire & Marble Table Lamp. Featuring a handcrafted open wire form with three dimensional gilded Ivy leaf like decoration throughout,...
Carrara Marble
Antique 19th Century French Brass 2-Light Bouillotte Lamp with Hand-Painted Tôle
Located in Lincoln, GB
Antique 19th Century French Brass 2-Light Bouillotte Lamp with Hand-Painted Tôle Shade An exceptionally charming and early 19th-century French brass Bouillotte lamp, showcasing class...
Brass
Pair of English Chinoiserie Hexagonal Hand-Painted Tole Tea Caddy Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of English export Chinoiserie-style table lamps made of hexagonal tole tea caddies mounted as lamps with brass hardware, hand painted with gold garden scenes featuring flowers ...
Brass
$675Sale Price|46% Off
Bouillotte Brass Table Lamp With Fleur De Leis Decorated Tole Shade
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1147 Detailed French brass lamp with 2 light cluster. Takes 2 60 watt Edison bulbs Has 3 wax candles Original wiring in working condition
Brass
Vintage French Empire Green Tole Metal Gold Swan Painted Urn Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Neoclassical Green Tole Metal Gold Swan Painted Urn Form Table Lamp. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 32" H (to finial) x 26" H (to light socket) x 7.5" W ...
Metal
$770Sale Price|30% Off
Visual Comfort French Bouillotte Brass 4 Arm Candelabra Table Lamp Tole Shade
By Visual Comfort
Located in Dayton, OH
Large and Impressive late 20th century French inspired Bouillotte lamp by Visual Comfort. Features a four arm candelabra over baluster support and square footed base. The lamp featur...
Brass
Vintage French Directoire Brass Scroll Arm Tole Metal Bouillotte Desk Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Directoire Brass Scroll Arm Tole Metal Bouillotte Desk Table Lamp with Adjustable Height Shade and Candle Arms. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 25.5" H (to fini...
Metal, Brass
Vintage Italian Tole Lemon Table Lamp by Sarreid With Hand Painted Signed Shade
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
A charming vintage Italian tole table lamp featuring a sculptural lemon vine wrapping the column base. Hand-painted metal leaves and citrus fruit add dimensional detail, finished in ...
Metal
Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, Iron, and Tole Bouillotte lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scale pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, Iron, and Tole Bouillotte lamps. This impressive pair are raised by circular mottled Ormolu socles with e...
Ormolu, Cast Iron
Silver Plate Louis XVI Style Three Branch Bouillotte Lamp with a Tole Shade
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A silver plate Louis XVI style three branch Bouillotte lamp with a tole shade, circa 1900.
Silver Plate
Vintage French Empire Blue Tole Metal Gold Swan Painted Urn Form Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Neoclassical Blue Tole Metal Gold Swan Painted Urn Form Table Lamp. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 31" H (to finial) x 23" H (to light socket) x 7" W x ...
Metal
Pair of Whimsical Mid-Century Modern Iron and Tole Topiary Style Pineapple Lamps
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stylish Mid-Century Modern pair of black iron and tole topiary style neoclassical pineapple shaped table lamps having airy bodies and wonderful pineapple leaves at the top that radia...
Metal, Iron
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole bouillotte lamps. Each three armed lamp is raised by a beautiful circular pierced base with lovely interlocki...
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Style Guilt Bronze Tole Bouillotte Lamp and Candle Holders
Located in Norton, MA
A 19th-century bouillotte lamp in the Louis XV-Style, the steel shaft with brass laurel ring and arrowhead screw, supporting a green tole shade, all above a base of three brass candl...
Brass
$490Sale Price|30% Off
Vintage French Empire Neoclassical Tole Urn Lamp Yellow Toile Table Buffet Light
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 20th century black and mustard yellow tole table lamp in the shape of a French Empire style urn on a pedestal, decorated with toile style Provincial scenes and landscapes, ov...
Metal
$216Sale Price|63% Off
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Black With 4 Different Asian Scenes Tole Table Lam
Located in Cookeville, TN
Vintage chinoiserie tole black lacquered lamp with a hand-decorated gilt design featuring pagodas, men, and flowers.
Wood
$980Sale Price|30% Off
Antique French Bouillotte Directoire 3 Light Pierced Tole Candelabra Lamp
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Neoclassical Bouillotte / Directoire / Hot Water Bottle silver plate three light table lamp, featuring a pierced / reticulated base with a fluted column supporting a t...
Metal
Pair of English Heraldic Black Toleware Table Lamps with Prince of Wales Feather
Located in Bruton, GB
Pair of striking black toleware table lamps featuring the historic Prince of Wales feathers crest with the “Ich Dien” motto, rendered in hand-painted detail with gilt and polychrome ...
Tôle
Early 20th Century French Tole and Glass Storm Lantern
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Early 20th Century storm lantern, tole and original glass, once used with oil lamp, now ideal for a candle. pierced tole decoration. France Circa 1930.
Sheet Metal
20th Century Italian Murano Scavo Glass Table Lamp Aquamarine Color and Black
Located in Milano, MI
The uneven appearance and opaque color are the results of the reaction of salts and mineral oxides scattered over the surface of the object during the last phase of work. The hand b...
Tôle
French Empire Silver Plate Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (20th Century) silver plate 3 arm bouillotte table lamp with horn motif and green tole shade.
Silver Plate, Tôle
Modernist Articulating Floor Lamp by Ben Seibel
By Ben Seibel, Sciolari Lighting, Stilnovo, Arteluce, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Houston, TX
Modernist Articulating Floor Lamp By Ben Seibel This rare mid century Ben Seibel designed floor lamp is constructed of iron with three cone shaped articulating lights. Our Mid-Centu...
Iron, Tôle
Dark Green Metal Column Table Lamp
Located in Copenhagen, K
A column-shaped 1920s Neo-classical toleware and bronze table lamp. Then base has a green paint and patinated finish, with acanthus leaves around the neck.
Tôle
$5,200 / set
Pair of Moderne Gilt Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1960s Italian gilt lamps with black tole shades, cat tail. Measures: 27" height, 20" wide.
$4,800 / set
Pair of Painted Tole Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French circa 1950's painted tole lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 20" Height to shade rest: 29.5" Diameter: 6"
Metal
Green Tole Industrial Hanging Lamps or Lanterns from England (18 1/4" Diameter)
Located in Austin, TX
Two green enameled tole industrial hanging (fixture) lamps or lanterns from England, each one featuring a factory sized dome metal shade. Makes for a unique vintage machine style or...
Metal, Tôle
Three Metal Tole Colorful Painted Romantic Roses Flowers Bouquet Wall Lamp Italy
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Mid-Century Italian metal floral wall lamp sconce from the 1950s The metal flowers and leaves are painted with shades of green, blue, yellow and brown.
Metal, Tôle
Early 19th Century French Tole Candle Holder Double Student Lamp Circa 1800
Located in Hudson, NY
Circa 1810 tole student lamp. Retaining old if not 1st paint. The Greek key detail is wonderful. The fact that this was never electrified is wonderful in my book. Yes, this is fully ...
Brass, Tin
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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