Satin White Bowl by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1960s
Located in Sagaponack, NY
a low square bowl with radius corners in eggshell glaze.
20th Century American More Desk Accessories
Ceramic
Satin White Bowl by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1960s
Located in Sagaponack, NY
a low square bowl with radius corners in eggshell glaze.
Ceramic
A Mandarin Orange Glazed Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1969
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown cylinder-form ceramic table lamp having a rich, glossy red-orange glaze and encircling deeply textured sgraffito decoration designed in 1969 by Lee Rosen for the 3300 s...
Ceramic
Petite Blue and White Ceramic Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Diminutive Design Technics table lamp in high-gloss white glaze with delicate blue, green, and brown linear decoration. Minimal form and palette. Shade is used for demonstration only...
Ceramic
Ceramic Table Lamp with Striated Glaze by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1950s
By Design Technics
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early 1950s Design Technics handthrown table lamp with slip decoration in overlapping rings of baby blue and dark brown on a tan-colored ground. Please refer to the second image for ...
Ceramic
A Mandarin Orange Glazed Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1969
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown cylinder-form ceramic table lamp having a rich, glossy orange glaze and encircling deeply textured sgraffito decoration. At the time of production there was a 25% price...
Ceramic
Massive Design Technics Lamp by Lee Rosen
By Lee Rosen
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Massive one of a kind lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics. Stunning graffito abstract design around the lamp with a earthy lava glaze.
Ceramic
Lee Rosen Design-Technics Textured Gradated Taupe Table Lamp
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Tall Lee Rosen for Design Technics handcrafted Earthen Pottery Table Lamp.
Ceramic
Lee Rosen Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Table Lamp, 1955
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lee Rosen for Design Technics Ceramic Table Lamp.
Ceramic
Lee Rosen Design Technics Pottery Vide Poche Studio Bowl Crystalline
By Leon Rosen
Located in Sarasota, FL
Lee Rosen for Design Technics crystalline and glass glazed vide poche pottery bowl.
Pottery
Design Technics Ceramic Platter Attributed to Lee Rosen
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic platter attributed to Lee Rosen for Design Technics is a functional decorative art object.
Ceramic
Ceramic Table Lamp by Lee Rosen
By Lee Rosen
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Lee Rosen for Design Technics ceramic lamp hand made in natural tones.
Ceramic
Tall Lee Rosen Design Technics Banded White Drip Glaze Pottery Table Lamp, 1950s
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Lee Rosen for design technics white and taupe banded pottery table lamp, 1950's.
Brass
Design Technics Incised Terracotta Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand thrown ceramic table lamp with a deeply incised crosshatch pattern designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics. Signed to the rear with the "DT" cipher.
Ceramic
Lee Rosen Mid-Century Ceramic Table Lamp, Green Glaze, USA, 1960
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lee Rosen for Design Technics Ceramic Table Lamp in a green Glaze.
Ceramic
$850Sale Price|22% Off
Textural Earth Tones Ceramic Lamp by Design Technics
By Design Technics
Located in Atlanta, GA
Textural earth tones ceramic lamp, by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, American, circa 1960s.
Brass
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Lee Rosen Brown Pottery Table Lamp by Design Technics
By Lee Rosen
Located in New York, NY
A single brown ceramic table lamps with a striated design. Designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics.
Metal
Pair of Large Scale Ceramic Table Lamps in Milk White Glaze by Design Technics
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of handthrown, rotund form ceramic table lamps from the 3300 Series, model 3301, designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, finished in a matte, milk-white glaze.
Ceramic
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
Lee Rosen Design Technics Mid Century Modern Ceramic Table Lamp, Signed
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite Mid Century Modern oversized ceramic table lamp designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, N.Y. Distinguished by its generous proportions, this lamp boasts a captivating...
Ceramic
Design Technics Golden Yellow Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand-thrown ceramic table lamp from the 3300 series, model 3311, with a subtle hare’s fur glaze in goldenrod, designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics. Please note that due to the n...
Ceramic
Tall Design-Technics Hand Painted Pale Citrus Banded Pottery Table Lamp, 1950s
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Lee Rosen for Design Technics hand-painted ceramic table lamp, 1950's.
Brass
Tall Design Technics Taupe Mottled Drip Glaze Art Pottery Table Lamp, 1960's
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Lee Rosen for design-technics glazed geologic art pottery table lamp.
Brass
Design Technics Bottle Form Persian Turquoise Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A handthrown, bottle-form ceramic table lamp from the 3300 Series, model 3310, designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, finished in a stunning teal blue glaze referenced as "Persia...
Ceramic
Design Technics Bottle Form Persian Blue Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A handthrown, bottle-form ceramic table lamp from the 3300 Series, model 3310, designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, finished in a stunning cerulean blue glaze referenced as "Pe...
Ceramic
Lee Rosen Design Technics Incised & Slip Decorated Abstract Design Vase ca 1950s
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Lee Rosen for Design Technics Incised and Slip Decorated Abstract Design Vase, ca 1950s This is a gorgeous and unique Design Technics vase by Lee Rosen that features a biomorphic sh...
Ceramic, Pottery
Yellow Table Lamp by Design Technics
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A striking and sculptural ceramic table lamp designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, finished in an unusually vivid yellow glaze that adds a bold visual impact.
Brass
Lee Rosen Ceramic Lamp for Design Technics, c.1955
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Lee Rosen Ceramic Lamp for Design Technics, c.1955.
Ceramic
Lee Rosen Large Ceramic / Pottery Table Lamp for, Design Technics. Marked
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful ceramic table lamp in cream / light brown, taupe colors designed by Lee Rosen and made by Design Technics, marked with Logo DT near cord.
Ceramic
Lee Rosen Ceramic/Pottery, Pair Bookends for Design Technics, Fused Glass Glaze
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice pair of bookends designed by Lee Rosen, with an amazing fused glass glaze like broken glass surface very popular and used for many designers of the period, in America and Europe...
Ceramic
Lee Rosen for Design Techniques Table Lamp
By Lee Rosen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lee Rosen Large table lamp for Design Technics, N.Y.
Ceramic
$504Sale Price|30% Off
Cerulean Blue Satellite Form Low Bowl Impressed Design Technics and by Lee Rosen
By Lee Rosen
Located in Mobile, AL
A 1960's space age orbital design from Lee Rosen and Design Technics in celestial or cerulean blue.
Pottery
Early 1940s Betty Feves for Design Technics Incised Modernist Plate Exhibited
By Design Technics
Located in Southampton, NJ
An important, early 1940s incised pottery charger by Betty (Whiteman) Feves for Lee Rosen's Design-Technics. The charger features a biomorphic skeletal-like motif of leaves.
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Large early 1940s Betty Feves for Design Technics Incised Figural Charger
By Design Technics
Located in Southampton, NJ
A large and important, early 1940s incised pottery charger by Betty (Whiteman) Feves for Lee Rosen's Design-Technics. The charger features a large, figural motif which echoes the wor...
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
Signed Table Lamp by Design Technics
By Design Technics
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Founded by Lee Rosen, Design Technics was one of the most important postwar American ceramic studios, known for collaborating with leading modernist designers and producing pieces th...
Brass
Design Technics Tall Ceramic Table Lamp with Walnut Base
By Design Technics
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
The tactile surface and sculptural silhouette are hallmarks of Lee Rosen's work, who served as principal designer for Design Technics in the 1950s-1970s.
Brass
Teruo Hara Stoneware Pottery Wall Sculpture for Lee Rosen's Design Technics
By Teruo Hara
Located in Southampton, NJ
This work was likely part of a joint exhibition of Hara's and Lee Rosen's ceramic murals that was held at the Design Technics showroom in Manhattan in the Fall of 1962.
Walnut, Stoneware, Pottery, Clay, Ceramic
Design Technics Brown Tone Ceramic Lamp with Original Fiberglass Shade, ca 1950s
By Design Technics
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Founded in Greenwich Village, New York, as a craft and design shop in 1940 by husband and wife team of Sam and Lee Rosen, the fledgling company specialized in tiles and lamps.
Metal
Studio Pottery Table Lamp, Attributed to Marianna von Allesch / Design Technics
By Design Technics, Marianna von Allesch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking mid-century studio ceramic table lamp attributed to Marianna von Allesch or Design Technics (the New York ceramic studio founded by Lee Rosen), two of the era's most celeb...
Ceramic
Nancy Wickham Stoneware Leaf Tile for the Vermont Workshop ex. Design Technics
By Nancy Wickham Boyd
Located in Southampton, NJ
Like quite a few well-known NYC potters Nancy got her start working for a few years at Design-Technics under Lee Rosen and struck out on her own around 1950.
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Stoneware vase by Nancy Wickham of the Vermont Workshop ex. Design Technics
By Nancy Wickham Boyd
Located in Southampton, NJ
Like quite a few well-known NYC potters Nancy got her start working for a few years at Design-Technics under Lee Rosen and struck out on her own around 1950.
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Midcentury Nancy Wickham Boyd Stoneware Plate with Branch Design
By Nancy Wickham Boyd
Located in Southampton, NJ
Like quite a few well-known NYC potters Nancy got her start working for a few years at Design-Technics under Lee Rosen and struck out on her own around 1950.
Clay, Pottery, Paint
Midcentury Nancy Wickham stoneware vase with Double Helix Sgrafitto Decoration
By Nancy Wickham Boyd
Located in Southampton, NJ
A late 1940s stoneware vase by Nancy Wickham Boyd featuring a dynamic double helix motif. The sgrafitto design is highlighted with green glazing. Like quite a few well-known NYC pott...
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Midcentury Nancy Wickham Boyd Biomorphic Triangular Stoneware Pottery Bowl
By Nancy Wickham Boyd
Located in Southampton, NJ
Like quite a few well-known NYC potters Nancy got her start working for a few years at Design-Technics under Lee Rosen and struck out on her own around 1950.
Clay, Pottery
Lee Rosen Ceramic Spiral Pendant Fixture for Design Technics
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in New York, NY
Hanging fixture in a spiral composition composed of three pierced ceramic forms of decreasing size connected by brass rods and fittings to a brass ceiling plate. Designed by Lee Rose...
Brass
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.
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