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Harvard Lamp

Pair of Wild & Wessel Student Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of Wild & Wessel student lamps, sometimes known as Aladdin lamps or Harvard lamps. Made in
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Antique 1870s German Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair of Wild & Wessel Student Lamps
Pair of Wild & Wessel Student Lamps
$5,257 / set
H 21.5 in Dm 5.75 in
19th Century Table Lamp by Harvard Student Patent Wild & Wessel Aladino
By Wild & Wessel, Berlin
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Table golden bronze lamp by Harvard Student, patent Wild & Wessel, aladino brass golden
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Antique 19th Century German Renaissance Table Lamps

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Bronze

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Antique Harvard Student Lamp with Emeralite Shade Alladin Lamp Form 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Harvard student lamp offers brass construction with Aladin lamp form and Emeralite shade
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Antique 19th Century American Table Lamps

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Brass

Silver Plated Single Wild and Wessel Harvard Type Student Lamp
Located in Charleston, SC
A wonderful Harvard Type Student Lamp. Stamped "Wild and Wessel", silver plated, yellow glass shade
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Antique 19th Century American Table Lamps

Antique Harvard School Duplex Brass Double Student Oil Lamp, c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Harvard school double student oil lamp by Duplex offers brass frame with adjustable arm
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Antique Late 19th Century American Table Lamps

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Antique Harvard School Brass Double Student Lamp & Emerald Glass Shades, 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Harvard school student lamp offers brass construction with central font having flanking
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Antique Late 19th Century American Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Antique Harvard School Brass Student Lamp with Decorated Green Cased Glass Shade
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Harvard School student lamp offers brass frame with urn form fonts and adjustable arm
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Metal, Brass

Antique Large Harvard School Brass Double Student Lamp with Cased Glass Shades
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique and large Harvard School electrified double student lamp offers brass base with foliate
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Antique Late 19th Century American Table Lamps

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Antique Harvard Brass Double Student Lamp with Cased Glass Shades, Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Harvard student lamp offers brass frame having adjustable double arms terminating in
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Antique Late 19th Century American Table Lamps

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Brass

Antique Harvard School Classical Brass Double Student Lamp, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Harvard School student lamp offers brass frame with central Classical urn font having
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Antique Harvard School Double Student Lamp with Green Cased Glass Shades, c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Harvard School double student lamp offers adjustable brass base with urn fonts and two
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Metal, Brass

19th Century Wild and Wessel Double Harvard Student Lamp
By Wild & Wessel, Berlin
Located in Fairfax, VA
Wild and Wesel double Harvard student cased brass oil lamp with mint green glass shades.
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Antique 19th Century German Table Lamps

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Brass

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Harvard Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic harvard lamp available at 1stDibs. A harvard lamp — often made from metal, glass and wood — can elevate any home. Find 9 options for an antique or vintage harvard lamp now, or shop our selection of 6 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a harvard lamp — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A harvard lamp made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with modern — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made harvard lamp over the years, but those crafted by Cino Zucchi, Firmamento Milano and Nate Hill are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Harvard Lamp?

Prices for a harvard lamp can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $748 and can go as high as $52,500, while the average can fetch as much as $3,200.

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.