$2,224 / set
H 14.25 in W 7 in D 5 in
Pair Antique French Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu Celeste Blue Jewell Table Urns Lamps
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Dublin, Ireland
hymn sheets, all reserves within a lavish gilt surround on a rich Celeste blue ground with jewel
Ormolu
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H 36 in W 11 in D 8 in
French Sèvres Porcelain Lamp in Celeste Blue with Hand-Painted Reserves
Located in Houston, TX
Bronze doré mounts decorate this Sèvres lamp with scrolling arms on each side. The Sèvres
Bronze
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H 16.5 in W 8.5 in L 16.5 in
Pair French Sevres Limoges Style Celeste Blue Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
reserves depicting summer flowers within ornate gilt surrounds on celeste blue ground. Back and front views
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H 16.25 in W 5.25 in L 16.25 in
Pair of French Sèvres Porcelain Portrait Celeste Blue Ormolu Gilt Table Lamps
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Dublin, Ireland
within a gilded surround, on a celeste blue ground, Mid-late 19th century. Condition: Good
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H 16.5 in W 5.25 in D 4.5 in
Pair of French Sèvres Porcelain Portrait Celeste Blue Ormolu Gilt Table Lamps
By Abbott
Located in Dublin, Ireland
century costume within a gilded surround, on a celeste blue ground, Condition: Good condition with no
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19th Century French Pair of Celeste Blue Ground "Sevres Style" Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Manhasset, NY
19th century French pair of Celeste blue ground "Sevres Style" vases with doré bronze mounts
Brass
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H 16.93 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
19th Century French Pair of Celeste Blue Ground Sèvres Porcelain Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century French pair of celeste blue ground Sèvres Porcelain vases, having pearl beads and
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Chinese Cloisonne Urn Lamp
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Late 19th century Chinese cloisonne covered urn now as a lamp. Celeste blue background with
Metal
Pair of 19th Century French Sevres Style Vases or Lamps
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French Sevres style, ormolu-mounted vases or lamps. Each with Rams head mounts, a cobalt blue ground with gilded decoration around painted panels depicting cla...
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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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