Single Chinese Green Lotus Flower Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Single Chinese porcelain vintage porcelain lidded ginger jar table lamp, featuring a vibrant green lotus flower and leaf design with gold gilt accents.
Brass
$695Sale Price|20% Off
Chinese porcelain lamp decorated with flowers and peacocks, China, Early 20th
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Asian porcelain vase mounted as a lamp. Floral and animal decor: peacocks. China, first part of the 20th century. Very good condition, electricity OK. Dimensions: Height:40cm Diamet...
Metal, Brass
Hand-painted Flower Motif Porcelain Table Lamp, Qing Dynasty, China
Located in Grythyttan, SE
Hand-Painted flower motif porcelain table lamp, Qing dynasty, China, late 19th or early 20th century.
Brass
Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese Porcelain Jardinière Vase Flower Table Lamps - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese Porcelain Slender Jardinière Vase Hand Painted Flower Table Lamps Raised on Wooden Bases - a Pair.
Porcelain
Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese Blue Flower Porcelain Jardiniere Vase Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese Blue Porcelain Jardiniere Vase Table Lamp with Hand Painted Flowers Branches and Bird.
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Lamps with Birds, Flowers and Calligraphy
By CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant pair of vintage porcelain lamps was converted from lidded Chinese vase jars, beautifully hand-painted in the Famille Rose palette. Crafted in the mid-20th century, each ...
Porcelain
Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese Blue & Yellow Flower Small Porcelain Table Lamp Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese Blue & Yellow Flower Small Porcelain Table Lamps - a Pair.
Porcelain
A pair of Chinese Porcelain Celadon Table Lamps with Birds and Flower Decoration
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese porcelain vases with raised decoration of birds, bamboo and cherry branches with a celadon glaze. These vases were drilled and made into lamps in the late 1980's a...
Porcelain, Silk, Rosewood
$6,840Sale Price|20% Off
Pair 19thc French China Blue Porcelain Parrots Amongst Saxe Flowers -Table Lamps
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Very Rare Pair of early 19thc French Rococo style China Blue Parrots amongst Saxe Porcelain Flowers on Bronze Vines and Bronze Base Table Lamps.
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Pink & Blue 'Famille Rose' Lamps with Birds and Flowers
Located in London, GB
Pair of baluster form lamps in the floral Famille Rose palette, hand decorated in polychromes with foliates and birds.
Porcelain
$7,250 / set
Oriental Flower Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Graceful pair of porcelain Oriental lamps hand-painted with garden scenes in rich orange and green color tones on a cream background. The main theme is of trees, branches, flowers an...
Porcelain
Pair of Yellow Ground German Porcelain Vases with Flower and Bird Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A pair of beautiful yellow ground German porcelain vases mounted as lamps hand painted with flowers, bird and insect decorations. Each of these lamps are beautifully hand painted wit...
Porcelain, Wood
Antique Lamp Vase Chinese Porcelain Lotus Flowers, 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Chinese porcelain vase decorated in polychrome colors. With slotus flowers. 19th or 20th century Stunningly beautiful piece. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery R...
Porcelain
$1,200Sale Price|52% Off
Late Qing or Early Republic Chinese Fine Painted Birds & Flowers Vase Lamp
Located in Greenwich, CT
Late Qing or Early Republic Period Birds & Flowers Vase mounted as a Lamp, no lamp shade Very finely painted motif and beautiful color. The old fixture mounted with vase. The vas...
Porcelain
Chinese Potiche Mounted In Lamp birds and flowers
Located in Boulogne-sur-Mer, FR
Very beautiful porcelain vase mounted as a lamp.
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Table Lamps with Flowers and Birds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of antique Chinese porcelain vases now table lamps decorated with classic chinoiserie birds and flowers presented on turned ebonized wood bases.
Porcelain
Sold
H 34 in Dm 7.25 in
Chinese Mid 20th Century Hand Painted Porcelain Baluster Vase Lotus Flower Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese mid 20th century porcelain baluster vase lamp hand painted with lotus flowers all around.
Porcelain
Sold
H 23.5 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
Antique Chinese Porcelain Orange Hand Painted Flower Small Boudoir Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Chinese Porcelain Orange Hand Painted Flower Small Boudoir Table Lamp.
Porcelain
Sold
H 25.6 in Dm 11.82 in
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Pair of Table Lamps With Bird and Flower
Located in Bochum, NRW
An elegant pair of Chinese family-rose porcelain table lamps, made from a pair of vases, painted with birds and peonies, mounted on a circular wood base. With their original shantung...
Porcelain
Pair Maitland Smith Chinese Export Style Porcelain Lamps.
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This handsome pair of hand painted Chinese porcelain lamps feature bird and flower motifs.
Porcelain
19th c. Famille Rose Vase Lamp Depicting Flowers and Birds
Located in Dallas, TX
Famille Rose Vase Lamp with carved wood base and cap depictingflowers and birds on one side and Chinese characters on the other.
Porcelain, Giltwood
Figural Blanc De Chine Lamp of Quan Yin with an Silk Lotus Flower Shade
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A Blanc De Chine lamp depicting a standing figure Quan Yin holding aloft a basket of roses set on a wooden base and featuring a unique original silk shade in the shape of a lotus flo...
Porcelain
Sold
H 32 in W 7.5 in D 4.5 in
Antique Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Vase Lamp 100 Flowers Qianlong Mark
Located in Wilton, CT
Great antique Chinese porcelain rectangular Hu form lamp in 100 flower pattern, circa late 19th/early 20th century.
Porcelain
Sold
H 27.56 in Dm 9.85 in
Pair Large 19th Century Chinese Orange Flowers & Foliate Porcelain Lamp Vases
Located in London, GB
A pair of large 19th century Chinese porcelain lamp vases. China, C.1850 The white ground porcelain decorated in orange and rust foliate and flower motifs with foo dog applied h...
Porcelain
Sold
H 22 in W 12 in D 12 in
Vintage Porcelain Lamp with Hand-Painted Flowers and Birds from 1970s, China
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese porcelain lamp showcasing a hand-painted flower and birds scene.
Porcelain
Sold
H 21.46 in Dm 9.06 in
Vintage Pair of Chinese Porcelain Table Lamps Hand Painted with Flowers & Bugs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of vintage, hand painted Chinese porcelain table lamps A very good looking and well made pair, they are vintage circa 1960’s, t...
Porcelain
Sold
H 9.5 in W 6 in D 11 in
19thc French Louis XVI China Blue Parrot with Porcelain Saxe Flowers Table Lamp
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1890 French Louis XVI style Ormolu/ China Blue Porcelain Parrot Among Porcelain Saxe Flowers and bronze vine Table Lamp.
Porcelain
Sold
H 32 in W 9 in D 9 in
Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese Ginger Jar Green Flower Painted Oriental Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese Ginger Jar Green Flower Painted Oriental Table Lamp with Wooden Base. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 32" H (to finial) x 22" H (to light socket) x ...
Porcelain, Wood
19th Century Famille Rose Ginger Jar Table Lamps with Bird and Flowers
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful pair of late 19th century Chinese Famille rose ginger jar lamps with hand-painted bird and flowers with jade finial and mounted on carved wood base. Wood base 1.5" H x...
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Blanc de Chine Porcelain Lamps with Raised Flowers
Located in New York, NY
An unusual pair of antique Blanc de Chine porcelain vases mounted as lamps with Louis XV style richly carved ormolu bases. Each baluster shaped vase is embellished in relief with por...
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Thousand Flower Porcelain Lamps, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
This pair of Chinese early Republic enameled porcelain vases is decorated with the Thousand flowers motif in the famille rose palette on a gold ground.
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Famille Verte and Leaf and Flower Motif Vases
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte and leaf motif vases with various flower blossoms and foo lions. The Chinese porcelain 19th century. Bronze mounts 20th century.
Porcelain
Porcelain Creme Lamp w/ Birds, Flowers, and Butterflies in Blue
Located in New York, NY
Porcelain Creme lamp with birds, flowers, and butterflies in blue
Porcelain
Pair of Large Chinese Blanc De Chine Porcelain Vase Lamps, Applied Flowers
Located in Seattle, WA
Pair of gorgeous Chinese white blanc d'chine porcelain vase lamps.
Porcelain
Pair of Hand-Painted Porcelain Lamps with Yellow Flowers
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pair of Chinese white porcelain lamps, hand-painted with yellow flowers.
Porcelain
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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