$5,800 / set
Pewter and Gilt Chinese Temple Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1940's Chinese temple candlestick shaped table lamps with foliage and birds depicted on pierced body, with original patina.
Pewter
$2,737 / set
Quality Pair Padouk Tables with Temple Jars
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Super quality pair Oriental padouk low tables with associated large Cantonese temple jars with covers, in overall excellent condition.
Padouk
Vintage Chinoiserie Cast Iron Chinese Buddhist Pagoda Temple Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Cast Iron Chinese Buddhist Pagoda Temple Table Lamp with Green and Brown Distress Painted "Camo" finish.
Iron
19th Century Red Lacquered Temple Drum Centre Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very large 19th Century Chinese red lacquered temple drum. Works very well as a centre table or a dining table.
Iron
Chinese 1920s Blue and White Double Happiness Temple Jar Mounted as a Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese blue and white Double Happiness temple jar from the early 20th century, mounted as a table lamp.
Wood, Porcelain
Antique Large Pair Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Temple Jars
Located in Norton, MA
This is a large pair of porcelain Temple Jars with the original lids. The theme is dominated by the symbolic patterns of phoenixes and peonies presenting a luxurious rich life and no...
Porcelain
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Lidded Temple Jar Converted Lamp
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Lidded Temple Jar Converted Lamp Striking 19th century Chinese porcelain baluster Temple jar with white background against overglazed Wucai p...
Porcelain
$1,234Sale Price|35% Off
Pair of Chinese Style Enameled Gilt Porcelain Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Lomita, CA
Gilt touches and hand-painted flowers and fauna in the form of a contented little bird perched on a branch, help this pair of lamps stand out. The decoration seems slightly more "Wes...
Porcelain
Chinese Temple Jar - Old Lamp Conversion
Located in Middleburg, VA
LOVELY BLUE CHINESE TEMPLE JAR OLD LAMP CONVERSION WITH NEW WHITE SHADE AND GILT PINEAPPLE FINIAL ON WOODEN BASE. THE COLORS IN THIS LAMP ARE STUNNING!
Brass
Pair of Table Lamps in the Shape of Chinese Temple Urns
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Two midcentury lamps in the shape of ancient Chinese temple urns with giltwood tops and ebonized wood pedestals.
Spelter
19th Century Bronze Chinese Baluster Lamp with Temple Lions
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A magnificently chased and decorated baluster face with guardian temple lions (i.e. shi, or foo dogs), one on each side of the body, which has been lamped and fitted with a bronze ha...
Bronze
Asian Temple Jar as Table Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
White porcelain temple jar, hand-painted in beautiful pastel colors, mounted on oriental style wooden base. Priced without lamp shade. Shade shown is rust colored silk shade, priced ...
Porcelain
Pair of Taupe Chinese Ceramic Temple Jars Mounted as Lamps, circa 1995
Located in Houston, TX
Be the first to see our new arrivals directly through 1stdibs! Please click follow dealer below. The elegant monochromatic beauty of this pair of Chinese temple jar lamps is wond...
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Jar Table Lamp
Located in Richmond, London
A stunning Chinese iron-red 'temple jar' table lamp of monumental proportions.
Porcelain
Pair Blue and White Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Chinese blue and white temple jars mounted as lamps with giltwood bases and caps. 39" to the finial. Lamp Shades not included. Please note of wear consistent with age.
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Crackle Celadon Temple Jar Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese crackle celadon temple jar table lamps.
Porcelain
A Single Chinese Blue & White Temple Jar
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Single Chinese Blue & White Temple Jar made into a lamp
Brass
Pair of Chinese Celadon Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of Celadon Temple Jar Lamps. With a floral design in relief. Shades available separately.
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jars
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jars *(shades not included)
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of 20th century blue and white Chinese temple jar lamps.
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of blue and white Chinese temple jar lamps decorated with "Double Happiness" motif. *(Shades not included)
Brass
19th Century Chinese Temple Jar Vase As a Lamp
Located in Southampton, NY
19th Century Chinese Tung Chih Temple Jar Vase As Lamp On Custom Made Mahogany Base With A a Pink Silk Shade
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of temple jar lamps with phoenix and blossom motif, 20th century. Shades not included.
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Temple Jar French Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Lamp
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Chinese Famille rose temple jar and lid, with polychrome enamals depicting a garden pattern with birds and insects, the predominant color being green, ca. 1900; both the lid and ba...
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of Blue And White Porcelain Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair Of Blue And White Porcelain Chinese Temple Jar Lamps. 20th Century.
Porcelain
Pair Of Blue And White Porcelain Chinese Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair Of Blue And White Porcelain Chinese Temple Jar Lamps *(shades not included)
Porcelain
Sold
H 14.97 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Lucite and brass coffee table with chinese temple guard sculptures, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Brass and lucite coffee table with glass tops. It consists out of 4 brass chinese temple gard lion sculptures each mounted on a double column.
Brass
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain temple jar lamps having a beautiful stylized blossom and leaf pattern, dark and light blue coloring with original temple jar tops (new elec...
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jars
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Temple Jars made into lamps *(shades not included)
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Long Island City, NY
20th century temple jar lamps.
Sold
H 26.58 in W 5.32 in D 5.32 in
Stunning Pair of Austin the Home Collection Chinese Pagoda Temple Table Lamps
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice pair of Pagoda temple table lamps made by Austin 2000 for the home collection A very good looking and well made pair, they have b...
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Famille Verte Temple Jar Lamp
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Chinese export famille verte temple jar, now mounted as a lamp. Baluster form with cover. Handsome bronze mounts. Qing dynasty. The bottom was shattered & mended bu...
Porcelain
Pair of 19th c. Chinese Temple Elements Converted to Consoles
Located in Astoria, NY
A pair of wall mounted consoles made from repurposed Chinese temple architectural elements. The conversion of the pieces was likely decorator done sometime in the 1930's. They are in...
Wood, Paint, Mother-of-Pearl
Pair of Chinese Celadon Bas, Relief Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Chinese celadon bas, relief temple jar lamps on acrylic bases with fish design and glass ball finials. Large new white drum shades, measures: 37" height X 182" diameter, shad...
Ceramic
Brass Pagoda Temple Table Lamp With Hanging Bell
Located in Chicago, IL
Multitiered pagoda style cast brass table lamp with center bell and Chinese characters. Uncommon and inspired table lamp, sold sans shade.
Brass
Handsome Pair of Large Blue and White Chinese Lidded Temple Jar Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome Pair of Large Blue and White Chinese Lidded Temple Jars with Illustrative Landscape Designs Mounted on Lamps on Circular Black wooden Bases LGT69008
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.
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