Pair of Maitland-Smith Bronze Monkey Ostrich Table Lamps
By Maitland Smith
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare and whimsical pair of patinated bronze table lamps by Maitland-Smith depicting a monkey jockey
Stone, Bronze
Maitland Smith Figural Bronze Monkey Desk Lamp with Pen Shell Shade
By Maitland Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Maitland Smith figural bronze monkey desk lamp with pen shell shade. Item features original pen
Bronze
Vintage Regency Maitland Smith Climbing Monkeys Table Lamps, a Pair
By Maitland Smith
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fabulous pair of vintage Regency Maitland Smith table lamps. Charming climbing monkeys in a chic
Metal
Pair of Maitland Smith Monkeys Climbing Palm Tree Bronze Lamps
By Maitland Smith
Located in Miami, FL
A tropical themed lamp by Maitland Smith. Handmade in America and in the Philippines. The version
Bronze
Whimsical Sculptural Maitland Smith Monkey Playing on a Book Lamp
By Maitland Smith
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a whimsical and charming monkey lamp, made of possibly bronze and other exotic materials
Metal
Sold
H 39 in W 20 in D 13 in
Vintage Maitland Smith Bronze Monkey Riding Ostrich Table Lamp Leather Shade 39"
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
A charming late 20th century table lamp by Maitland Smith. Features a bronze Ostrich carrying a
Bronze
Maitland-Smith Penshell Monkey Light
By Maitland Smith
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a penshell monkey lamp made by Maitland-Smith probably from 1970s.
Vintage Late 20th Century Maitland Smith Bellhop Monkey Dual Lamp
By Maitland Smith
Located in Waxahachie, TX
MAITLAND SMITH FIGURAL MONKEY LAMP. The bellhop monkey is holding two urn form torches. Beaded
Resin
Vintage Late 20th Century Maitland Smith Bellhop Monkey Dual Lamp
By Maitland Smith
Located in Waxahachie, TX
MAITLAND SMITH FIGURAL MONKEY LAMP. The bellhop monkey is holding two urn form torches. Beaded
Resin
Bronze Monkey with Banana Leaf Table Lamp by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980’s Bronze Monkey holding a ball and banana leaf on hands table lamp by Maitland Smith
Bronze
Sold
H 22 in W 8 in D 8 in
Hollywood Regency Bronze Palm Tree Monkey Table Lamp Maitland Smith Asia 1970s
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chula Vista, CA
with Monkey in bronze by Maitland Smith Philippines 1970s Dimensions: 22 H x 8 W x 8 D Original
Bronze
1950s Faux Bronze Table Lamp Chimp Monkey Reading
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Maitland Smith 22 h x 6 w x 9.25 d, shade 7.25 x 6 diameter Original vintage condition, lamp is shade
Metal, Bronze
MAITLAND SMITH Monkeys Climbing Palm Tree Bronze Lamp
By Maitland Smith
Located in Charlotte, NC
A tropical themed lamp by Maitland Smith. Handmade in the Philippines likely in the late 20th
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Monkey Motif Lamps by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical Maitland Smith imports. The monkeys are post on faux books and are clutching spheres
Bronze, Brass
$5,254
H 17.33 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Art Deco Style Table Lamp PLUIE Monkey with Umbrella by Max Le Verrier, France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco style lamp monkey with umbrella PLUIE by Max Le Verrier. Patinated metal on marble base, frosted glass umbrella shade. Design 1927. Posthumous contemporary cast at the Le...
Marble, Metal
Zabihi Collection Large Square Brown Persian Tabriz 20th Century Rug
Located in New York, NY
Rare large square size early 20th century authentic Persian Tabriz featuring Classic Herati pattern in different shades of Brown Please note we took images from both the light and...
Wool
$2,174 / set
H 7.49 in W 5.71 in D 4.34 in
Pair of Murano Glass and Brass Bell Table Lamps by Barovier, Italy, 1940s
By Ercole Barovier
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous bell shaped table lamps in Murano glass and solid brass. This romantic table lamps were made in the '40s in Italy by the Murano glass master Ercole Barovier. This incredib...
Brass
Fabergé Glass Box
By Peter Carl Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully rare, this superb silver-mounted cut glass toilette box was crafted by legendary Russian jeweler and artisan Peter Carl Fabergé. The rounded cut glass box features a pris...
Silver
$89,500 / set
H 3.5 in W 5 in D 5 in
Stuart Devlin Set of Twelve Silver and Silver-Gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas"
By Stuart Devlin, Cartier
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing an extraordinary and complete collection of Twelve English silver and silver-gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas" gift boxes, presented as edition No. 94 out of a limited prod...
Sterling Silver
Gabriella Crespi Style Italian Bamboo Floor Lamp with Brass Base
Located in New York, NY
Chic Italian brass and bamboo standing floor lamp. Very good quality. Made to order. In the manner of Gabriella Crespi. Same era as: Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouve, Pierre Pauline,...
Brass
Chinese Carved Lapis Lazuli Scholar Stone
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese scholar rock carved from a natural lapis stone and displayed on a brocade wrapped stand circa late 19th century Qing Dynasty. The brightly blue lapis was considered as am e...
Stone
Large Precious Stone and Silver-Gilt Flower Model by Asprey
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in London, GB
A large precious stone and silver-gilt flower model by Asprey. English, 20th century. Measures: 47cm high x 14cm wide x 12 cm depth. Crafted in fine Faberge style, this piece is...
Rock Crystal, Gold Plate, Silver
$59,500
H 15.36 in W 27.56 in D 12.6 in
"Galata Morente" Sculpture in Bronze, sign: F. Barbedienne Fonduer
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
F. Barbedienne fonduer Ferdinand Barbedienne (6 August 1810 – 21 March 1892) was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder. The son of a small fa...
Bronze
1970s Palm Beach Style Carved Wood Chinoiserie Monkey Chandelier, 8 Arms
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a Regency style 1970s carved wood chandelier depicting a monkey holding onto the stem with a candle in his hand. It has 8 arms and is in very good condition.
Wood
French Art Nouveau Bronzed Iron Coat Rack Umbrella Stand
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish early 20th century French art nouveau coat rack and umbrella stand featuring a patinated bronze finish. Very heavy and solid with a thick iron column having four coat and hat...
Iron
Pair of Italian Baroque Style Scroll Arm Benches 5 Ft.
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand pair of Italian hand-carved scroll arm benches made in the Baroque taste. The bench seats feature highly carved beech frames with intricate designs having a floral motif. The f...
Fabric, Beech
Pair of Chinese Bronzed Metal Buddhist Temple Foo Dogs Lions
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular pair of Chinese Buddhist guardian temple foo dogs or foo lions intricately crafted from bronzed metal. The lions are depicted sitting with one having a paw on a ball or o...
Metal
Elongated Georgian Style Mahogany Leather Footstool
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome elongated mahogany footstool made in the George III taste. The footstool features a nearly 4 foot long mahogany frame upholstered with leather hides in a British green color...
Brass
McGuire Round Oak Leather Glass Top Cocktail Table
By McGuire
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish organic modern round cocktail coffee table crafted from thick oak poles showcasing rich wood grains. The table features a midcentury geometric design of intersecting squares....
Leather, Glass, Oak
Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
By Thompson & Capper
Located in New Orleans, LA
An invaluable addition to the 19th century home, this domestic medicine chest contained nearly everything needed to nurse a member of the household back to health. Made by the firm o...
Brass
The eclectic furnishings of Maitland-Smith celebrate artisan skills in an age of machines. Hand-carved woodwork, inlaid marquetry, painted detailing, gilding and lost wax casting lend the company’s decorative accents an artistic flair. Focused on pieces that add a dynamic flourish to an interior by incorporating tactile materials like leather, seashell inlays and crushed eggshell, the manufacturer draws inspiration across centuries, from the curvy forms of the Louis XV period to the geometric angles of mid-century modernism.
Paul Maitland-Smith established the company in Hong Kong in 1979, after getting his start in London in the 1950s as an antique dealer who also sold reproduction furniture, something that would become a Maitland-Smith specialty. The manufacturer’s early reproductions of 17th- and 18th-century furniture included Chippendale dining chairs, and soon afterward, Maitland-Smith expanded into a range of decorative designs that often exuded a whimsical spirit, whether a coffee table shaped like a stack of books or a pair of decorative obelisks. Maitland-Smith’s signature sculptural table lamps in particular show off this playful sensibility, with one balancing a pen-shell shade on a monkey’s tail and another taking on the form of a miniature hot-air balloon.
Since its founding, Maitland-Smith’s sourcing has been based in Asia, and although Paul Maitland-Smith later sold the company that still bears his name and is now headquartered in North Carolina, the brand’s furnishings are still largely made in Cebu, Philippines.
Today, Maitland-Smith continues to innovate on its finely crafted offerings by collaborating with contemporary designers and studios such as Tony Duquette Studios (founded by set and costume designer Tony Duquette in 1941), Celerie Kemble and painter and textile designer Susan Hable Smith.
Find a wide range of Maitland-Smith furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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.