$4,500 / set
H 19.75 in Dm 8.5 in
Pair Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Lamps on Gold Bronze Bases, Circa 1920.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Lamps on Gold Bronze Bases, Circa 1920.
Bronze
$3,500
H 22.5 in Dm 12 in
Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Figure Table Lamp on Carved Giltwood Base Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Figure Table Lamp on Carved Giltwood Base, Circa 1890-1910.
Rose Quartz, Wood
$18,800 / set
H 15.5 in W 4 in D 5.25 in
Pair of E. F. Caldwell & Co. Dore Bronze Mtd. Carved Rose Quartz & Enamel Lamps
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
rose quartz and enamel table lamps. Mounted on two dore bronze open work bases with blue enamel
Bronze
Rose Quartz Antique Brass Table Lamp
Located in Central, HK
Rose quartz antique brass small, pinched light antique brass with rose quartz ball with shade.
Brass
Antique Rose Quartz Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's Chinese lamp, birds on a inset base. Measurements: Height of body: 11" (to stone
Rose Quartz
Antique Rose Quartz "Kwau Yiu" Lamp, circa 1910-1920
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique rose quartz "Kwau Yiu" lamp, circa 1910-1920. Lamp comes with the shade. Measurements
Rose Quartz
Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Carved Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
Base inlaid with stones
Exquisite Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Swan Lamp
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A gorgeous sculptural Chinese rose quartz swan lamp with giltwood and bronze and Carved bone
Rose Quartz
Antique Asian Rose Quartz Carved Table Lamp
Located in Toledo, OH
A unique turn of the century Asian rose quartz table lamp. Statue is fixed to a teak wood base
Quartz
Pair Antique Chinese Gold Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamps, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Chinese Gold Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamps, Circa 1890.
Bronze
Antique Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Table Lamp circa 1920 Gilt Mounting
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Table Lamp circa 1920 Gilt Mounting Beautiful antique Chinese
Metal
Antique Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Chinese pink quartz sitting on carved rose wood base. Customized to a table lamp with gilt bronze
Bronze
Antique Rose Quartz Guanyin Lamp
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Beautiful carved Guanyin Figure mounted on giltwood base and later French mounted on additional gilt metal base.
$272,362
H 6.3 in W 9.69 in D 6.34 in
16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An exceptional Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon ...
Silver
$342,115
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
$495
H 10 in W 3.5 in D 2 in
Model of Chinese Beauty Pink Rose Quartz Goddess Quan Yin Hand Carved Figurine
Located in Tustin, CA
Exquisitely hand made and hand carved pink rose quartz figurine of the goddess Quan Yin. She is depicted holding a festoon of lotus blossoms and stands on a hand made and hand carve...
Rose Quartz
Émile Gallé "Grenouilles" Fruitwood Cabinet
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau "Grenouilles" carved fruitwood cabinet by Émile Gallé features detailed and masterful marquetry depicting dragonflies and mushrooms in a lush, leafy landscape...
Beech, Fruitwood
French late 19th century Art Nouveau Period Ormolu box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French late 19th century Art Nouveau Period Ormolu box. This exceptional box is raised on four foliate feet below large scale scrolled acanthus leaf corne...
Ormolu
$5,600
H 9 in W 6.25 in D 4.5 in
An Austro-Hungarian Semi-Precious Gemstone Mounted, Enamel, and Silver-Gilt Ewer
Located in New York, NY
An Austro-Hungarian Semi-Precious Gemstone Mounted, Enamel, and Silver-Gilt Ewer. An Austro-Hungarian silver-gilt ewer of bulbous form, mounted with semi-precious gemstones and deco...
Silver, Enamel
$14,650
H 10.5 in W 10 in D 8.25 in
A Large 19th C French Ormolu Mounted Footed Prismatic Crystal Box, Domed top
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful and Quite Large 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Footed Crystal Box. The top crystal is domed and sits on a hinged ormolu mount with a seashell clasp. The crystal is ...
Crystal, Ormolu
R. Lalique Rare and Important Rene Lalique Yellow Amber Bacchantes Vase
By René Lalique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
R. Lalique Rare and Important Rene Lalique Yellow Amber Bacchantes René Lalique (1860 - 1945) Bacchantes A Yellow Amber Rene Lalique Glass Vase with ten female nude figures in high...
Glass
$36,000
H 4 in W 7 in D 6 in
A Highly Important Viennese Enamel, Silver, and Rock Crystal Mounted Hinged Box
By Hermann Ratzersdorfer
Located in New York, NY
A Highly Important Viennese Enamel, Silver, Lapis Lazuli, and Rock Crystal Mounted Hinged Box, Attributed to Hermann Ratzersdorfer. The box is constructed from silver-gilt and fully ...
Rock Crystal, Lapis Lazuli, Silver, Enamel
$152,463
H 127.56 in W 208.67 in D 144.49 in
Art Nouveau paneling in Walnut with a wood Fireplace with Ceramic
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This exceptional Art Nouveau style pine and burr paneled room is beautifully carved and decorated with blue-green ceramics. Panels with elegant curved and sober lines are covering th...
Ceramic, Wood, Walnut
$6,856
H 82.68 in W 78.75 in D 70.87 in
Large 19th-Century Spanish Bed in Exotic Wood with Marquetry and Gilded Details
Located in Madrid, ES
This grand Spanish bed from the early 19th century is a masterpiece of craftsmanship, blending exotic and fruitwood with intricate marquetry and gilded details. The frame features ex...
Fruitwood
$4,950
H 12.5 in W 12.5 in D 5.5 in
A 19th C. French Dore Bronze Mounted White Opaline Egg Form Covered Nesting Box
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Fabulous and Unusual 19th Century French Dore Bronze Mounted White Opaline Egg Form Covered Nesting Box. The intricate craftsmanship of this piece is a harmonious blend of white o...
Opaline Glass
$253,165
H 35.83 in W 61.42 in D 25.6 in
A Magnificent Rococo Style Commode After Johann Melchoir Kambli
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Magnificent Rococo Style Gilt-Bronze, Bois Satiné and Mahogany Commode. By Rosel, Brussels, After The Celebrated Model By Johann Melchoir Kambli. Of curvaceous bombé form surmoun...
Marble, Ormolu
Silver-Gilt Exhibition Tea Table by Maison Aucoc
Located in New Orleans, LA
Silver-Gilt Tea Table Maison Aucoc Circa 1904 The turn of the century was the golden age of the great international exhibitions, the venues at which artisans from across the globe w...
Vermeil
$313,808
H 32.29 in W 52.76 in D 23.23 in
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wood Dresser Attributed to Francesco Bolgiè
By Francesco Bolgié
Located in IT
18th century Italian neoclassical carved, lacquered and gilded wood dresser attributed to Francesco Bolgiè (1752?-1834). The fine and elegant commode is made of finely carved, lac...
Giltwood, Wood
$58,500 / set
H 55 in W 38 in D 5 in
Pair of 19th Century Italian Venetian Hand-Etched Carved Giltwood Mirrors
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic and large pair of 19th century Louis XV/Roccoco style Italian Giltwood Venetian hand-etched and hand engraved mirrors. These gorgeous mirrors are all hand-carved with scr...
Mirror, Giltwood
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.
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.
Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.