$2,900 / set
Antique Chinese Export Golden Tea Tin Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Unique table lamp made from repurposed Chinese Export tea tins, made in China circa 1870.
Metal
A Pair of 19th Century Chinese Black Tea Canister Lamps
Located in London, GB
China, circa 1890 A pair of late nineteenth century black and gold tea canisters, with calligraphic cartouches to the fronts, one marked 10 and the other 11.
Metal
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Tea Canisters Table Lamps
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of midcentury Chinese porcelain table lamps on a wooden base. Pair of blue and white Chinese tea canisters converted into table lamps.
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Canton Porcelain Square Tea Jar Lamp, Circa 1900-1920
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Chinese canton porcelain square tea jar lamp, Circa 1900-1920.
Porcelain
Vintage Chinoiserie English Tole Metal Tea Canister Chinese Painted Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie English Tole Metal Tea Canister Chinese Painted Table Lamp, Made in Great Britain.
Metal
Antique Chinese Porcelain Lampion Rouge de Fer Butter Tureen Qianlong, 18th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Qianlong, 18th century, Rouge de fer 1750-1770 Unusual and very delicate decoration. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Period: 18th centu...
Porcelain
19th Century Parcel Gilt and Ebonized Weighted Tea Canister Dual Lights Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Parcel Gilt and Ebonized Weighted Tea Canister mounted as Table Lamp with Original finish. Measures 34" in height to the tip of the finial. Canister is 18" tall. New...
Metal
Chinese Lamp Side Table Antique Fretwork Two-Tone Blonde Red Scholars Tea Table
Located in London, GB
This Scholar’s table or Tea table was likely made in Jiangsu Province in eastern China, from honey-toned Yumu (Northern Elm) and gorgeous deep ruddy-brown Blood Ju, the top grade of ...
Elm
Tea Caddy Lamp
Located in Seattle, WA
A charming vintage Chinese brass tea caddy converted into a lamp
Brass
Chinoiserie Style Tea Tin Electric Table Lamp
Located in Cookeville, TN
A pair of Asian antique tea tins make up this electric table lamp that was designed in the 1940s. The tins rest on a cast metal base. There are two different scenes on each tin. A ca...
Metal, Tin
Pair of Chinoiserie Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Classic chinese export tea canisters made into lamps with decadent but worn vintage custom shades.
Tôle
Chinese Tea Canister Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Chinese black and gilt tea canister of large size decorated with Chinese characters, foliate trim and the number "13". Now electrified. Circa 1880.
Metal
Chinese Black Tea-Caddy Table Lamp
Located in Plainview, NY
This beautiful black tea-caddy Chinese lamp in a cylindric shape features fine etching and design.
Metal
Chinese blue and white tea canister lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chinese blue and white tea canister now mounted as a lamp.
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Antique Tea Cannistr Lamps
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A handsome antique pair of Chinese lamps made from ochre hand-painted tea canisters topped with custom sand colored linen shades.
Tôle
Chinese Incised Brass Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive Chinese incised brass tea canister or tea caddy table lamp.
Brass
Pair of Chinese Export Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Hudson, NY
Canisters made into lamps. Wood base with bronze mounts.
Pair of Chinese Export Hexagonal Tea Canister Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of Chinese export tea canisters decorated with robed figured, now mounted as lamps
Metal
A Pair of Chinese Tea Canisters Converted to Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Chinese tea canisters converted to lamps in the early 20th C.
Tôle
Pair of Chinese Painted Tin Tea Containers, Mounted as Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese painted tin tea containers, mounted as lamps.
Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Unusual form with new shade and fixture plus wiring.
Porcelain
Pair of Green and Gold Chinese Export Tea Canister Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-decorated pair of 19th century Chinese export dark green and gold decorated tea canisters depicting figures in a garden setting, one marked 12 the other 21.
Gold Leaf
Chinese Export Green Painted and Gilt Tôle Tea Canister Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Of cylindrical form with incurved top; elaborately decorated with a central cartouche enclosing a Mandarin figure leaning against tea chests set above the number 11, flanked by pseud...
Metal, Brass
Chinese Tea Canister Table Lamp by Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Black tea canister table lamp mounted on a giltwood base featuring different social scenes and brass hardware. Made by Frederick Cooper of Chicago, IL. from an early 1900s tea canister.
Tin
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Tea Caddy Table Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Classic pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain table lamps in the form of lidded tea caddies or canisters hand decorated with symbolic chinoiserie landscapes, signed by the artist ...
Porcelain
Pair of Dark Green Gilt Decorated Chinese Tea Canister Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-decorated pair of Chinese export dark green and gold decorated tea canisters depicting figures in a garden setting, one marked "12" the other "21", circa 1875. Now electrified.
Gold Leaf, Tin
Chinese oyster gray glazed porcelain tea pot lamp, c. 1800-25
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese oyster gray glazed porcelain teapot with cobalt blue decoration. The pot has been drilled and mounted on a custom wood base for use as a lamp. China, made for the Chinese dom...
Ceramic, Wood
Tole Tea Cannister Lamp
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
19th century red tole tea canister lamp with Chinese figures. The height to top of the shade is 31" and the height of the tole tea canister is 18"
Tôle
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Tea Jars
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of early 19th century blue and white square tea jars, decorated with landscapes and mountainous scenes.
Porcelain
Sold
H 27.5 in W 7.75 in D 7.75 in
Vtg Frederick Cooper Chinese Chinoiserie Etched Brass Tea Caddy Canister Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Frederick Cooper Chinese canister ginger jar or tea caddy table lamp featuring etched octagonal brass body with dogwood floral and bird motif.
Brass
Pair of Regency Tea Canisters with Chinese Script, Now as Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century tea canisters decorated with red Chinese script and gilt foliate designs, now converted as lamps Please note: Lampshades not included.
Tôle
Sold
H 21 in W 18 in D 13 in
Pair of Large Antique Chinese Brass Trimmed Pewter Tea Caddies as Table Lamps
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This pair of antique Chinese brass trimmed tea caddies have been made into table lamps likely in the US.
Brass, Pewter
English Style Tea Caddy Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage style Chinese tea caddy lamp with very detailed hand painted Chinese characters in a panel of calligraphy and decorative bands on the front.
Metal
Pair 19th Century Asian Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Wilton, CT
Impressive pair of antique Asian tea tins wired as lamps. Graphic probable re-paint of calligraphic figures. Original shades.
Tin
19th Century Chinoiserie Export Tole Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Chinese export tole tea canister, mounted as a table lamp.
Tin
Pair of White Celadon Tea Caddy Table Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese table lamps with classic form and subtle pale celadon color, presented on Lucite bases.
Celadon
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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