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Table Lamp, the Tambourine Dancer, Sculpture in Spelter, Art Deco, France, 1930s
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Lighted sculpture made in “Régule” (spelter)
The Tambourine dancer
Original Art Deco, France, 1930s
Original Partina in very good condition – the color is not very attrited
Slight ha...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Spelter
H 20.87 in. W 5.91 in. D 5.91 in.
1950s Collection Francaise Moreau French Metal Cold Painted Lamp W/Apple Pickers
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Germantown, MD
A large, splendid Auguste Moreau signed table lamp. Cold painted. Depicts two young ladies picking apples, with a basket of apples at the base. Has the Collection Francaise Foundry c...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Spelter, Metal, Other
H 45 in. W 11.5 in. D 11.5 in.
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Lamp
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Denton, TX
Viennese cold painted bronze orientalist lamp attributed to Bergman of an Middle Eastern man riding a camel at the Oasis trading post.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Viennese Cold Painted Bronze Orientalist Lamp by Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
Depicting a man seated inside a tent drinking coffee, signed with the Bergman Amphora monogram and with a Geschutzt foundry mark.
This exceptional Orientalist style lamp is unusua...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Original Franz Bergman Vienna Large Solid Bronze Orientalist Cold Painted Lamp
By Franz Bergmann
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Circa 1900 Austrian Vienna cold paint bronze Orientalist lamp by the wonder that is F...
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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
H 13.19 in. W 11.42 in. D 9.06 in.
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Orientalist Lamp Attributed to Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Denton, TX
Viennese cold painted bronze orientalist lamp attributed to Bergman of a middle eastern man riding a camel.
Signed Austria.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Cold Painted Antique Viennese Bronze Orientalist Style Lamp by Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
The antique Austrian lamp carefully cast to portray a mosque with Minaret and an Arab man praying upon his rug; the lamp signed with a 'B' in a vase.
The Orientalist style of art ...
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Moorish Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
H 29.34 in. W 11.82 in. D 7.88 in.
Antique Cold Painted Bronze Table Lamp with Bulldogs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique bronze table lamp with a cold painted finish and an acquired patina, depicting two bulldogs and a tree on an octagon base.
Category
20th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Cold-Painted Bronze Converted Oil Lamp of Figural Heron & Lily Pads
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This cast bronze and cold-painted converted oil lamp is unsigned, but presumed to have been made most likely in Austria in circa 1890 in the period Victorian style. This electrified ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
H 31 in. W 11 in. D 10 in.
Antique Austrian Cold Painted Orientalist Bronze Lamp by Bergman, 19th Century
By Bergmann Foundry
Located in New York, NY
A very fine antique Austrian cold painted orientalist bronze lamp of a princess playing a musical instrument sitting on a camel being led by an orientalist soldier, by Bergman.
Meas...
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Rococo Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
H 14 in. W 9 in. D 9 in.
Pair of Art Deco Cast and Cold-Painted Figural Theatrical Pirate Table Lamps
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of cast spelter lamps are unsigned but believed to have been made in Austria in circa 1920 in the period Art Deco style. Each lamp is ornately cast and cold-painted and dep...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Spelter
H 15 in. W 6 in. D 5 in.
Orientalist Cold Painted Austrian Bronze Lamp Manner of Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Garnerville, NY
Remarkable orientalist cold painted Austrian bronze lamp featuring a Belgian black marble base, four texture glass panels, the crescent star and most importantly a seated holy man or...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Spelter
Fine Viennese Cold Painted Bronze Orientalist Lamp Attributed to Bergman
Located in New York, NY
A fine Viennese cold painted bronze orientalist lamp attributed to Bergman of an Arab man riding a camel. The elegantly dressed man sits side saddle on the adorned camel's hump. Both...
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Large Pair of Polychrome Viennese Orientalist Cold Painted Spelter Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of Viennese orientalist cold painted spelter lamps.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Renaissance Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Spelter
H 44 in. W 7.5 in. D 7.5 in.
Austrian Orientalist Cold Painted Spelter Man and Camel Watering Hole Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Austrian Orientalist cold painted spelter man and camel watering hole table lamp. Item features cast metal construction, single light, depicts a camel with Howdah and attenda...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 13 in. W 12.5 in. D 5.5 in.
1960s Royal Kings Head Sculptural Cold Cast Bronze Table Lamp Art
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1960s Royal table lamp designed and manufactured in the UK.
Sculptural cold cast bronze resin king's head design.
Measures:
H 51 cm x D 28 cm.
H (without shade) 38 cm.
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
H 20.08 in. W 11.03 in. D 11.03 in.
Emblamatic Serge Mouille Tripod Desk Lamp Table Lamp
By Editions Serge Mouille
Located in London, GB
The wonderful emblematic look-a-like ant lamp by Serge Mouille.
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Gino Sarfatti 595 Table Lamp Arteluce, Italy, 1961
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Sculptural and adjustable table lamp model 595 designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1961. Guard reflector in black painted aluminium, swiveling on a chrome p...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Ettore Sottsass "Halo Click 2" Table Lamp for Philips 1988
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very rare unusual colored ‘Halo Click 2’ table lamp designed by Ettore Sottsass for Philips, Holland 1988. This rare lime green table lamp was designed by Ettore Sottsass for the Dut...
Category
Vintage 1980s Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Soldier Floor Lamp by Suzanne Bonnichon
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A lacquered wood painted floor lamp by Suzanne Bonnichon for Adnet, circa 1960.
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wood
Francesco Buzzi Cuffia Double Floor Lamp Bieffeplast, Italy, 1969
By Francesco Buzzi
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic shaped so called Cuffia floor lamp designed by Francesco Buzzi and manufactured by Bieffeplast, Italy 1969. This is a nice large sized floor lamp with 2 half ball shades wh...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
H 55.12 in. W 23.63 in. D 15.75 in.
Floris Fiedeldij Tivoli Floor Lamp Artimeta, 1956
By Artimeta, Floris H. Fiedeldij
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Super elegant and adjustable so called ‘Tivoli’ floor lamp designed by Floris Fiedeldij for Artimeta Soest, Holland 1956. Artimeta was a Dutch company with strong relations to French...
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Francesco Buzzi Cuffia Floor Lamp Bieffeplast, Italy, 1969
By Bieffeplast, Francesco Buzzi
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic shaped so called Cuffia floor lamp designed by Francesco Buzzi and manufactured by Bieffeplast, Italy 1969. This is a nice large sized floor lamp with half ball shade and s...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Floor Lamp Cozy Warm "Kosice" by Reisinger Andres
By Andrés Reisinger
Located in Málaga , ES
Kosice lamp is a floor lamp inspired by 3D software experimentation.
The fabric and metal leg can we customized in any color.
Creator: Andrés Reisinger x Reisinger Studio
Producti...
Category
2010s Argentine Other Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Pair of Industrial Floor Lamps
Located in Madrid, ES
Vintage industrial lamps, in cast iron and chrome metal, the base is a tripod with traces of blue paint, the lamps are adjustable. All the electrical installation has been restored.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Industrial Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron, Metal
Lugano Floor Lamp H. Klingele Artimeta, Holland, 1957
By H. Klingele 1
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare and impressive floor lamp designed by H. Klingele for Artimeta Soest, Holland, 1957. This floor lamp, model Lugano, has a black painted frame with very nice decorative flat feet...
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Gaetano Sciolari Stilnovo Floor Lamp, Italy, 1954
By Gaetano Sciolari, Stilnovo
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Nice modernist floor lamp designed by Gaetano Sciolari and manufactured by Stilnovo, Italy, 1954. This floor lamp has a weighted base, black painted. The shade has a white center par...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
1950s French Floor Lamp with Three Articulated Shades
Located in London, GB
Standing floor lamp with a tripod base and three colored shades
Rewired with an electrical insulated cable and footswitch.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Angelo Lelli Arredoluce Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic three-armed adjustable standard lamp designed by Angelo-Lelli and manufactured by Arredoluce, Monza, Italy, 1950.This fantastic adjustable floor lamp is super nice large sh...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Eclipse Floor Lamp by Jelles for RAAK, 1960s
By RAAK, Evert Jelle Jelles
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Dutch Modernist floor lamp designed by Architect E.J. Jelles for RAAK Amsterdam, Holland, 1960s. This designer floor lamp has a grey painted symmetrical base which is adjustable in h...
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Art Nouveau Figural Young Female Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Early 20th century figural table lamp with fish scales design glass shade.
Lamp base is spelter with cold paint finish.
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Spelter
Roger Tallon Micro Floor Lamp Erco, France, 1972
By Erco, Roger Tallon
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice so called 'micro' floor lamp designed by Roger Talon and manufactured by Erco, France 1972. The name micro comes ofcourse from microphone where the lamp looks like. This is...
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Giuseppe Ostuni extendable floor lamp Oluce 1952
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice and sophisticated minimalist extendable floor lamp designed by Giuseppe Ostuni and manufactured by Oluce, Italy 1952. This lamp has a stem that is adjustable in angle and h...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Aluminum, Brass
Stilnovo Standard Floor Lamp Bruno Gatta, 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice lantern floor lamp designed by Bruno Gatta and manufactured by Stilnovo, Italy 1950. This floor lamp has a 50s lantern shape and a round marble carrara marble base, a black...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
Wim Rietveld 6320 Floor Lamp, Gispen Culemborg 1953
By Wim Rietveld, Gispen Culemborg
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic and rare floor lamp designed by Wim Rietveld for Gispen, Culemborg Holland 1953. The lamp has a black lacquered solid metal base and a white lacquered arm with a rubber end...
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-20th Century Elephant Lamp
Located in London, GB
A mid-20th century cold painted elephant sculpture lamp base.
Dimensions refer only to elephant and base.
Shades available to purchase separately.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Other Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stilux Adjustable Floor Lamp Dark Grey, Italy, 1960
By Stilux
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Adjustable standard lamp designed and manufactured by Stilux, Italy, 1960. The lamp has a round Carrara marble base and a black stem, with solid brass adjustable arm with very nice a...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
Stilnovo Floor Lamp with Marble Base, Italy, 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice and typical Italian shaped floor lamp by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950. The base has a round brown marble base and a brass arm with weight for the balance. The shade is originally ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
Gino Sarfatti 1074 Floor Lamp Arteluce Italy 1957
By Arteluce, Gino Sarfatti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Minimalist floor lamp designed by Gino Sarfatti and manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1957. This minimal floor lamp has a visible light bulb. Sleeve in polished or lacquered aluminium ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Metal
Ingo Maurer Prix Table Lamp, Germany, 1969
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare small table lamp model Prix designed by Ingo Maurer and manufactured by M Design, Germany 1969. This is for a small white table lamp in painted metal, uses 1x E14 bulb up to 40 ...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti Snow Floor Lamp Oluce Italy, 1973
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare floor lamp designed by Vico Magistretti and manufactured by Oluce, Italy 1973. This floor lamp is from the ‘Snow’ series and was only in production for a very short period. This...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
Austrian Orientalist Bronze Model Lamp by Anton Chotka
Located in London, GB
Austrian Orientalist bronze model lamp by Anton Chotka.
This charming cold-painted bronze lamp depicts a busy scene of an open plan coffee shop within an Islamic style building, w...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Franco Albini & Franca Helg AM/AS Floor Lamp White Sirrah, 1969
By Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Nice and early floor lamp designed by designed duo Franco Albini and Franca Helg and manufactured by Sirrah, Italy 1969. This floor lamp is from the AM/AS series designed by Albini a...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
French Art Deco Sculpture Table Lamp Tambourine Dancer
Located in Fairfax, VA
French 1920's Art Deco lamp, sculptural tambourine dancer over clear Frost geometric glass lampshade.
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Bruno Gecchelin Gesto Floor Lamp Pair Skipper, Italy, 1975
By Bruno Gecchelin, Skipper
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Spectacular pair of 'Gesto' floor lamps designed by Bruno Gecchelin and manufactured by Skipper, Italy, 1975. The lamp has a solid Carrara marble base with very nice grey veins runni...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal, Chrome
Angelo Lelli Table Lamp for Arredoluce, Italy, 1960
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Milan, IT
Angelo Lelli table lamp for Arredoluce, Italy, 1960.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
French Art Deco Table Lamp with Etched Glass Shade
Located in Fairfax, VA
A fabulous design art deco table lamp with etched glass shade.
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Spelter
French 1930s Art Deco Bronze Fish Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Bronze fish cold paint finish sitting on marble base with new cut corner oval lampshade.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Angelo Lelii Siluro Floor Lamp Model 12628 Arredoluce Monza 1957
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Super dynamic shaped floor lamp model 12628 'Siluro' designed by Angelo Lelii and manufactured by Arredoluce Monza, Italy 1957. This lamp is one of Lelii's techincal masterpieces, th...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
Bronze Lamp in the Form of a Townhouse by Bergman
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in London, GB
Bronze lamp in the form of a townhouse by Bergman
Austrian, circa 1900
Measures: Height 30m, width 17cm, depth 10cm
This delightful cold-painted bronze lamp was crafted by the f...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Vico Magistretti Snow Table Lamp Oluce, 1973
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti and manufactured by Oluce, Italy 1973. This table lamp is from the ‘Snow’ series and was only in production for a very short period. This...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
19th Century Brass and Tole Bouillotte Lamp
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century bouillotte lamp in the Louis XVI taste, the steel shaft with brass laurel ring and arrowhead screw, supporting a green tole shade, all above a base of three brass...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Gino Sarfatti Wall/Table Lamp Model 7 Arteluce, 1957
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare wall/table lamp version of model 7 designed by Gino Sarfatti, manufactured by Arteluce, Italy 1957. I have never seen this fairly unique version before. This is the table versio...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Arredoluce table lamp by Angelo Lelli, 1960
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Articulating table lamp designed by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, Italy 1960. This is for a very small table lamp on a travertine base, the lamp adjusts height through a counter-weigh...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Travertine, Aluminum, Chrome, Wire
Bruno Gecchelin Gesto Terra Floor Lamp Gruppo Skipper, 1974
By Bruno Gecchelin, Oluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Monumental Gesto Terra floor lamp designed by Bruno Geccheling for Gruppo Skipper, Italy 1974. This rare large arc shaped floor lamp has a rectangular whit Carrara marble base and a ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal, Chrome
Amorph Helix Table Lamp, White Gold, Metal Finish, Ivory Silk Shade
By Amorph Inc.
Located in Gardena, CA
sculptural table lamp made from MDF with Cold Metal finish. Color: White Gold
Dimension base: 16" H x 7.5" L x 5.5" W
Shade dimension: 10" H x 14" W.
About Amorph: Working with geo...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Angelo Lelli Arredoluce Eye Spot Table Lamp, Italy, 1960
By Angelo Lelii, Arredoluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice spot table lamp designed by Angelo Lelli and manufactured by Arredoluce, Italy, 1960. This lamp is from the ‘eye’ series designed by Angelo Lelli. This table lamp is made o...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Huge Orientalist Theme Statue / Lamp w/Arab Woman Under a Brass Shade w/ Jewels
By Louis Hottot
Located in Petaluma, CA
This lamp is nothing short of remarkable. I have only seen a few of this size and genre in all my 46 years of having an antique shop. The few that survived that are lamps would certa...
Category
Antique 1890s French Moorish Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Spelter
Antique Cast Figural Cherub Table Lamp with a Ruffled Opalescent Shade
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique cast spelter figural cherub lamp has no maker's marks, but is presumed to have originated from Italy in the late 19th century and in Victorian style. The lamp features a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Early Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Spelter
Fabulous Orientalist Figural Cold Painted Bronze Lamp and Sculpture by Bergmann
By Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous rare cold painted bronze lamp and sculpture depicting Cleopatra sailing on her barge, marked B and inscribed Namgreb.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 18 in. W 9 in. D 7.5 in.
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Cold Painted Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the cold painted lamp you’re looking for. A cold painted lamp — often made from metal, aluminum and brass — can elevate any home. There are 209 variations of the antique or vintage cold painted lamp you’re looking for, while we also have 4 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect cold painted lamp — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right cold painted lamp, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Scandinavian Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made cold painted lamp over the years, but those crafted by Arteluce, Stilnovo and Gino Sarfatti are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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A cold painted lamp can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,899, while the lowest priced sells for $370 and the highest can go for as much as $63,779.
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