Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Jeweled Brass Table Lamp
Located in Pasadena, CA
Polished brass Art Nouveau table lamp with faceted jewels encircling the shade. Beautiful polished brass with repeating wreath and garland pattern.
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Jeweled Brass Table Lamp
Located in Pasadena, CA
Polished brass Art Nouveau table lamp with faceted jewels encircling the shade. Beautiful polished brass with repeating wreath and garland pattern.
Art Nouveau Brass and Jeweled Lamp
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Petaluma, CA
This colorful and exotic lamp is very decorative and collectible. The colorful jewels and applied flowers make this a very special lamp. We've seen this style before with these flowe...
Brass
Art Nouveau Jeweled Lamp
Located in Petaluma, CA
This graceful little lamp offers a nice example of the art nouveau period. The attractive young gal is holding two original brass shades with faceted jewels and original glass beadi...
Metal, Brass
Art Nouveau Jeweled Snake Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An early 20th century solid brass lamp with a coiled snake or serpent holding the shade. Shade is set with large amber nuggets of glass. Measurements are 20.5" high, 15" wide and 11"...
Brass
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Drophead Dragonfly Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
These filigrees had previously been used on smaller decorative items but were a new concept in lamp design. The Dragonfly became one of Tiffany’s first recorded leaded shades, shown ...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Jeweled Brass Table Lamp
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Art Nouveau design was short lived in Europe and the US, which makes these designed objects so unusual and rare. This lamp is a wonderful example of the Art Nouveau period. Sinuous c...
Brass
Early 20th Century Jeweled European Art Nouveau Table Lamp
Located in Prescott, AZ
We sourced this little jewel of a Jeweled Table Lamp in Germany. We executed design in the Art Nouveau style.
Brass
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.