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Double Tole Lamps

Early 19th Century Tole Painted Double Student Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original early 19th century green tole painted double student lamp in unusually good condition
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Antique Early 19th Century Table Lamps

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Metal, Tin

Antique Neoclassical Double Dolphin Brass Bouillotte Lamp With Tole Shade
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning Neoclassical style brass bouillotte lamp with twin dolphins at the base and a cream
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Early 20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Mid-20th Century Brass Bouillotte Double Dolphin Lamp with Black Tole Shade
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous brass double dolphin bouillotte lamp with black tole shade USA, Mid-20th Century
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Mid-20th Century American French Provincial Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Mid-20th Century Brass Bouillotte Double Dolphin Lamp With Black Tole Shade
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous brass double dolphin bouillotte lamp with black tole shade USA, Mid-20th Century
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Vintage 1960s American French Provincial Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Large Tole Candle Stick Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large repousse tole table lamps with original patina. Double light cluster. Measures
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Early 20th Century Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair of French Art Deco Tole Lamps
Located in Savannah, GA
Petite size Art Deco Classic French green metal tole lamp pair with handsome black marble bases and
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Marble, Brass, Metal

Pair of French Art Deco Tole Lamps
Pair of French Art Deco Tole Lamps
H 21 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
Italian Tole and Gilt Metal Palm Tree Floor Lamp
Located in Palm Beach, FL
With a combination of old world charm and modern elegance this Palm Tree floor lamp delivers. The
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Regency Style Italian Tole Pineapple Table Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty pair of Italian table lamps having painted metal pineapples highlighted with leather leaves
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Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

English Black and Gilt-Decorated Tôle Tea Canister Lamp
Located in New York, NY
black ground. Later mounted as a lamp with brass double bulb sockets and adjustable rod.
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20th Century English Chinese Export Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

A French Figural Bronze Inkwell Desk Lamp with Tole Shade
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A French Figural Bronze Inkwell Desk Lamp with Tole Shade, Late 19th / Early 20th Century French
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Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

A French Figural Bronze Inkwell Desk Lamp with Tole Shade
A French Figural Bronze Inkwell Desk Lamp with Tole Shade
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H 25.99 in W 14.97 in D 9.06 in
Chinese Export Green Painted and Gilt Tôle Tea Canister Lamp
Located in New York, NY
. Later mounted as a lamp with brass double ball sockets.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Antique Pair of English Black and Gold Tole Tea Canisters Adapted to Table Lamps
Located in Morristown, NJ
A pair of late 19th c. tea canisters adapted to table lamps each with 3 bulb sockets. With gold
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Regency Style Candlestick Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Regency Style Gilt-Metal Candlestick Lamp with tole shade, double light lamp
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Antique 19th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Chapman French Horn Brass Table Lamps, circa 1960s
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Evanston, IL
With brass lined tole shades and double French horn design, these lamps has two small candle bulbs
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Vintage 1960s North American Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Gold Leaf Art Deco Style Iron & Lucite Floor Lamp
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fine Art Deco style gold leaf encrusted heavy wrought iron floor lamp with conforming tole shade
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Floor Lamps

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Iron

Pair of 1950s Modern Neoclassical Style Gilt and Faux Marble Table Lamps
Located in Miami, FL
Featuring a double socket cluster, this pair of very elegant table lamps have a stem of gilt tole
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Vintage 1950s Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Metal

2 Italian Tole Flower Hollywood Regency Chandelier Florentine, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian gold-plated metal flower chandelier/tole hanging lamp/tole chandelier. Unusual dynamic
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20th Century French Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass, Tôle

Hollywood Regency Gilt Metal Sheaf of Roses Candelabra by Hans Kögl, 1960s
By Maison Jansen, Hans Kögl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Kögl Italian tole gilt floral candle holders. Mid-Century Hollywood Regency Gilt Metal Leaf and Flower
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Candelabras

Materials

Metal

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Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Tole Bouillotte By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This fine and elegant Louis XVI style gilt bronze and hand-painted tole Bouillotte by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has got three-lights. The Toleware shade is hand painted with green ename...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Bronze, Tôle

Laurel Lamp Co. Mid-Century Modern Orange Metal Tripod Base Floor Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Very cool and unusual floor lamp made by high quality lighting manufacturer, Laurel Lamp Company of Newark, NJ. This well-made lamp has a tripod orange metal base, a brass tone stem ...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Stiffel Large Brass and Crystal Bouillotte Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
In excellent original condition, these sizable three-arm lamps are made of brass, with hanging crystals. With original cream and gold tortoiseshell shades, and stately finials. Can d...
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Crystal, Brass

Mid Century Rembrandt Lamp
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Pasadena, TX
Mid century lamp by Rembrandt Light Company Uniquely sculptural lamp in composite and brass. Original drum shade. Wired and working. Measures: 32 Width x 8.5 Depth x 22.5 Height.
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Vintage 1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Acrylic, Bakelite

Mid Century Rembrandt Lamp
Mid Century Rembrandt Lamp
H 22.5 in W 32 in D 8.5 in
Antique Vintage Edwardian Brass Column Desk Table Lamp. c.1900
Located in London, GB
An elegantly formed large brass table lamp. c.1900 Likely converted from a former candlestick, this lamp is of exceptional quality and has developed a beautiful patina over time. ...
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Solstice Side Table by DeMuro Das in Golden Pyrite with Black Resin Base
By DeMuro Das
Located in New York, NY
The Solstice side or end table by DeMuro Das has a tray top in Golden Pyrite, a mineral also known as "Fools Gold." The sculpted Noir base is made of black resin.
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Organic Modern Side Tables

Materials

Pyrite

French Art Deco Floor Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
French 1920's art deco handmade iron floor lamp with blown glass shade.
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Glass

French Art Deco Floor Lamp
French Art Deco Floor Lamp
H 67 in Dm 19.5 in
French Antique Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp in with Tole Lampshade
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A late 19th century three-light 'Bouillotte' table lamp in gilded bronze and brass, with unusual duck's head styled arms and a typical green lacquered metal (tole) shade. Designed in...
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair French Alsy Vintage Solid Brass 2 Arm Trumpet Horn Bouillotte Lamp Shades
By Alsy Manufacturing 1
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage pair original Alsy solid two patina brass trumpet Bouillotte style, double arm table lamp with oval parchment paper shades. US Rewiring and each lamp takes 2 light bulbs max...
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Late 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Pair of Compatible Bronze Bouillotte Table, Desk Lamps, Tole
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Compatible Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamps, Tole The set having matching shades and finials with compatible bases, one urn form and one column form. Both are bronze having bro...
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Early 20th Century Federal Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century French Empire Bouillotte two candelabra lamp with shade. Parcel gilt base, two scrolling arms, ribbed globe center over two gold swans. Marble over gilt bronze base, all...
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Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A late 19th century Louis XV-style Bouillotte table lamp, with original, green, gilt- decorated tole lampshade, above a base of three upturned decorative brass candle arms supported ...
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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Brass

19th Century French Bouillotte Table Lamp
19th Century French Bouillotte Table Lamp
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H 22.45 in Dm 13.19 in
Antique French Boulliote Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single circa 1920's French bronze bouillotte table lamp with original tole shade and two interior lights. Measurements: Total height: 24" Diameter at widest: 11.5".
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Vintage 1920s French Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid Century Cork Table Lamp
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A great return to the past this earthy cork formed table lamp with darker wood top stem and base . The lamp has the original natural linen blended shade and would work with any inter...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Wood, Cork

Antique French Onyx and Gilt Metal Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French onyx and gilt metal floor lamp. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1920’s. The quality is outstanding, this has a base made from two differe...
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Vintage 1920s French Neoclassical Floor Lamps

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Onyx, Metal

French Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful French bronze Bouillote lamp with black matte and gold trim shade. Lamp features two light sockets and two candles brackets. Very good condition appropriate to age.
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Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Table Lamps

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Bronze

French Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
French Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
H 29.5 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in

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Tole-Peinte Desk Lamp
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A tole-peinte and silvered-metal double-light desk lamp.
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20th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Tole-Peinte Desk Lamp
Tole-Peinte Desk Lamp
H 12.5 in W 8.5 in D 5.5 in
Hollywood Regency Tole Urn Table Lamp
Located in High Point, NC
A tole metal plant-shaped table lamp with urn base. Distressed painted gray finish. New black paper
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20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Metal

Hollywood Regency Tole Urn Table Lamp
Hollywood Regency Tole Urn Table Lamp
H 43 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Early 19th Century Toleware and Brass Double Desk Lamp
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
A good early 19th century tole-peinte and brass double desk lamp decorated in “Regency” pink with
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Antique 1840s Table Lamps

Chapman Bouillotte Brass Double Swan Table Lamp Tole Shade
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Toledo, OH
Chapman solid brass double arm table lamp with swan motif and a pair of candleholders. Hand painted
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Late 20th Century North American American Classical Table Lamps

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Brass

Tole Palm Tree Floor Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of hand-painted tole floor lamps, painted finish and set up with a double light cluster 70
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Vintage 1930s French Floor Lamps

Spanish Tole and Iron Tripod Lamp
Located in Charleston, SC
Hand wrought iron tripod base lamp with tole stamped shade with double-headed eagles.
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Early 20th Century Spanish Table Lamps

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Wrought Iron

French Bouillotte Desk Lamp with Tole Shade
Located in Fairfax, VA
Early 20th century double light bronze table lamp with black metal shade.
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Vintage 1920s French Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Bronze

French Tole Bouillotte Style Brass Table Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional brass table lamp made in a Bouillotte style with an urn form body. Features a brass
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20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Brass

Cast Brass Library Bouillotte Lamp with Red Tole Shade
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A handsome double light bouillotte desk lamp with a crackled red tole shade. The metal shade has a
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20th Century American Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Brass

19th Century English Tole Store Tea Caddy Converted to Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 19th century English tole store tea caddy, fashioned into double socket lamp. Original
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Antique 1860s English Table Lamps

Materials

Tin

French Brass 19th Century Bouillote Lamp with Green Tole Painted Shade
Located in Austin, TX
A charming double 19th century, French Bouillote lamp with an ovale green tole shade painted with
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Antique 1880s French French Provincial Table Lamps

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Metal

Vintage French Brass Bouillotte Table Desk Lamp Two Light Tole Shade Budoir
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage mid-20th century French bouillotte style two light table lamp featuring a brass double
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Mid-20th Century French Provincial Table Lamps

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Metal

French Empire Tole Metal Column Black Gold Bouillotte Desk Table Lamp with Shade
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Empire Tole metal column black gold Bouillotte desk table lamp with glass shade. Item
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Mid-20th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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Metal

French 19th Century Empire Bronze Double Arm Bouillotte-Table Lamps
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant empire bronze bouillotte desk or table lamps with dark red painted tole oblong shade. New
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Candlesticks with Tôle Shades, 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional pair of French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks having bouillotte shades with double
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze, Tôle

Brass Hunting Horn Lamp
Located in Norwalk, CT
With a brass lined tole shade and a double horn design, this lamp has two small candle bulbs as
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Vintage 1960s Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Brass Hunting Horn Lamp
Brass Hunting Horn Lamp
H 29 in W 18 in D 10 in
French Painted Toleware and Brass Twin Desk Lamp
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French painted toleware and brass twin table lamp A lovely piece, converted from a toleware
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Antique 1890s Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Tin

Gilt Bronze Lamp with Rectangular Bouillotte Shade in Orange
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Single lamp, of gilt bronze, having double S-scroll candle arms ending in two lights, raised on
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Mid-20th Century European Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Palm Leaf and Faux Giraffe Print Table Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
British Colonial style table lamps with tole palm leaves, faux giraffe animal print columns, and
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20th Century Italian British Colonial Table Lamps

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Metal

Boldly Scaled Pair of Italian Giltwood Urns Now Mounted as Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
lamps; each with tole foliate bobeche above a flared thumb and dart lip; over a lobed bulbous body
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Antique 19th Century Italian Table Lamps

Monumental Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Pair of Lamps in Paul Evans Manner
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
A pair of monumental Mid-Century Modern Brutalist abstract sculptural table lamps in the manner of
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Gilt Metal

Monumental Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Pair of Lamps in Paul Evans Manner
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
A pair of monumental Mid-Century Modern Brutalist abstract sculptural table lamps in the manner of
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Gilt Metal

Midcentury Hans Kogl Italian Hollywood Regency Gilt Tole Crystal Chandelier MCM
By Hans Kögl
Located in Dayton, OH
. Kögl’s vintage gilt metal lamps and sophisticated table bases capture nature in a way that is beyond
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Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants

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Crystal, Metal

Midcentury Electric Tole Gold Gilt Sconce Leaf & Hydrangea Design Att. Hans Kogl
Located in Miami, FL
A glamorous gilded iron Italian tole wall sconce having lovely decorative leaves and designs
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Pair of Mid-century Modern Gilt Tole Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern gilt and plated tole lamps, produced, circa 1950s, each with double
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Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-19th Century English Tole Spice or Tea Canister, Now as a Lamp
Located in Charleston, SC
Wonderfully decorated mid-19th century English Tole Spice/Tea Canister, now as a Lamp. This tea
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Chinese Export Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

Brass Bouillotte Table Desk Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Double candle Bouillotte lamp with oval tole shade. Perfect for a desk or any area where good light
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20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Brass Bouillotte Table Desk Lamp
Brass Bouillotte Table Desk Lamp
H 16 in W 8 in D 6.5 in
French Empire Style Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
French Empire style double arm bronze and tole swan-arm bouillotte lamp with adjustable height
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Vintage 1930s French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze, Metal

Hollywood Regency Large Gilt Metal Wall Sconce, by Hans Kogl
By Hans Kögl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
sconce. Very glamorous, very Hollywood Regency gold leaf gilded metal tole wall sconce with leaves and
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Tole Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Pretty ochre painted tole double candle lamp. Electrified.
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20th Century French Table Lamps

Tole Lamp
Tole Lamp
H 13 in W 18 in D 7 in
Tole Lamp
Located in Seattle, WA
Early 20th century tole oil lamp base decorated with bees. Wonderful crackled green color and lots
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

Tole Lamp
Tole Lamp
H 29 in D 5.5 in
Double Arm Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Brambleton, VA
A fine gilded double arm lamp with a tole shade. Tole shade is adjustable and is black with gold
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20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Tôle

Tole Floral Floor Lamps
Located in Hudson, NY
pair wrought iron floor lamps - applied leaves and flowers in tin - old white painted crusty
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Vintage 1930s American Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Tole Floral Floor Lamps
Tole Floral Floor Lamps
H 69 in Dm 19 in
1970s Brass Pineapple Lamp with Black Tole Shade
Located in Richmond, VA
piece includes a black tole shade with gold piping and light-diffuser. Double socket, with chain pulls.
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20th Century Table Lamps

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Brass, Tôle

Faux Porphory-Painted Tole "Carcel" Lamp, France, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Distinctive Faux Porphory-Painted Tole "Carcel" Oil Lamp in Gilt and Burgundy Tones on Marble Base
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Tôle

Pair of double candlestick lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of 1920's French double candlestick lamps set on a marble base.
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Early 20th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Brass, Tôle

Pair of double candlestick lamps
Pair of double candlestick lamps
H 26.5 in W 8 in D 4 in
Pair Tole Peinte Urns, Wired as Lamps, France, Late 19th C.
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Tole Peinte Urn Lamps, Each with Two Scrolled Ormolu Handles Depicting Winter Village
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

Brass & Tole Empire Style Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in Hudson, NY
A very handsome vintage 1970s double light brass Bouillotte table lamp, with adjustable tole double
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Vintage 1970s American Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Gilt Bronze & Polished Tole Oil Lamp, France, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Distinctive Gilt Bronze and Polished Tole Oil Lamp; Newly Wired to US Electrical Standard with
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of Tea Canister Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Recently rewired with a double-down cluster and french fabric cord. Sold with unwrapped (as is
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

Unusual Pair of Artisan Crafted Palm Frond Table Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare pair of hand crafted torch cut palm frond table lamps. These natural patinated tole table
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Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Tôle

Pair of Tall Balustrade Vintage Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Painted White Elegant Tall Lamps. Painted Tole Shades. Double Brass Fittings. 60
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20th Century Table Lamps

Pair of Louis XV Style Iron Torcheres
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
gilt scallop tole drip pan holding candleabra's on extended scroll arms raised on strapped standard
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Vintage 1930s Floor Lamps

Double Bouillotte Brass and Painted Tole Lamp
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
Double bouillotte brass and painted tole lamp. The base measures 9" W x 4.5" D.
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20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Tôle

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Double Tole Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of double tole lamps for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct double tole lamps — often made from metal, brass and bronze — can elevate any home. Double tole lamps have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Double tole lamps made by Empire designers — as well as those associated with Hollywood Regency — are very popular at 1stDibs. Double tole lamps have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Hans Kögl and Chapman Manufacturing Company are consistently popular.

How Much are Double Tole Lamps?

Double tole lamps can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,373, while the lowest priced sells for $554 and the highest can go for as much as $9,800.

Finding the Right table-lamps for You

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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