Beautiful Italian Table Lamps with Multiple Color Clowns
Located in Schoorl, NL
The lamp comes without shade. Measures: Height 42cm, diameter 15cm.
20th Century Table Lamps
Brass
Beautiful Italian Table Lamps with Multiple Color Clowns
Located in Schoorl, NL
The lamp comes without shade. Measures: Height 42cm, diameter 15cm.
Brass
Antique French Art Deco Cubist Harlequin or Clown Figural Table or Boudoir Lamp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This table lamp is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The lamp is made of some sort of molded...
Composition
Porcelain Figural Harlequin Lamp with Brass Base, circa 1920
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco era porcelain figurine lamp featuring a Harlequin girl kissing her minstrel clown.
Brass
Alabaster Pierrot Clown Lamp, Signed, Hand-Carved Alabaster Lamp
Located in Harrisburg, PA
This love sick clown, possibly Pagliacci; stands with his hand over his heart.
Alabaster
Unavailable
H 12.21 in W 7.68 in D 4.34 in
Art Deco Child Clown Lamp French Bronze on Spelter, circa 1930 Signed
Located in Blackpool, Lancashire
A wonderful and charming Art Deco lamp on marble. The sculpture is spelter lined with a fine layer of bronze .
Spelter
Unavailable
H 32 in W 11.5 in D 10.5 in
Great and Rare Cenedese Murano Glass Drunk Clown and Angel Dog on Lamp Post Lamp
By Gino Cenedese
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Created by Gino Cenedese in the 1950s this is an amazing handblown clown climbing up a street lamp with a angel dog at his heels.
Repurposed Vintage Chienti Bottle as Floor Lamp
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Austin, TX
A special bottle/floor lamp. Priced with the shade shown and the whimsical clown finial.
Glass, Wood
San Polo Ceramic Clown Table Lamp with Custom Shade
By San Polo
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Whimsical ceramic lamp on black painted wood base, featuring two gaily painted clowns.
Ceramic
Vintage Ballard Design Figural Harlequin Court Jester Clown Table Lamp
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Ballard Design jester or harlequin lamp featuring a stoic figure in black and gold standing on a stacked base. Measures: lamp- 6.125" x 23.5", shade- 10" x 10" H.
Resin
Game Time Double Faced Clown by Mauro Oliveira
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vintage "Game Time" aluminum clown from the 1950's transformed to a colorful lamp by Brazlian Artist Mauro Oliveira in 2012.
Aluminum
Sold
H 15.75 in W 4.34 in D 3.94 in
Art Deco Bronze Lamp with Pierrot Clown and Cat Georges Omerth, France, 1920
Located in Antwerp, BE
Cute bronze table lamp with a sculpture of a Pierrot clown and his cat.
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Clown Perfume - Night Wall Lamp, 1920s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Fantastic Art Deco wall light. Made of porcelain. It has a place on it´s head, where you can put some perfume, and with the slight heat of the light bulb, that perfume will evaporate...
Porcelain
Clown Lamp
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Clown Lamp
Heifetz Mid Century Whimsical Ceramic Clown Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exceptional Mid Century Ceramic Clown Table Lamp by Heifetz. This unique piece is comprised of a hand painted and glazed pottery in the form of a whimsical clown which rests on a bla...
Brass
Alabaster Light Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A beautiful rendering of a theater scene sculpted from a single piece of alabaster, this table lamp depicts a clown peering through curtains at an onstage dancer.
Alabaster
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
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.
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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.