Studded Cream Leather Table Lamp with Original Maria Kipp Shade
By Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Maria Kipp shade is 13 in. top diameter & 17 1/2 in. bottom diameter x 19 in. tall.
Brass
Threaded Glass Sphere Table Lamp With Original Handwoven Maria Kipp Shade
By Maria Kipp
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Its original handwoven Maria Kipp shade is a standout element, showcasing the designer’s signature blend of fiber, pattern, and earthy tonal variation.
Glass
Vintage Elaborate Hand Crafted Textile Drum Lamp Shade by Maria Kipp
By Maria Kipp
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Elaborate Hand Crafted Textile Drum Lamp Shade by Maria Kipp Diameter at top 18.5" Diameter at Bottom 19.25" Height 16"
Wood, Fabric
$1,300Sale Price|35% Off
Los Angeles Cabinmodern Maria Kipp Chenille Shade Stoneware Walnut Table Lamp
By Maria Kipp
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Stripes everywhere, a super Classic California midcentury style. Shade show some edge wear on the top edge and bottom edge, see pictures. Measures: Height to finial is 38 and lamp ...
Stoneware
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Maria Kipp Handwoven Lampshade with Ivory Plaid Bands over Natural Raffia, 1960s
By Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and striking lampshade designed by German-born, California-based textile artist Maria Kipp, celebrated for her masterful use of handwoven fibers in postwar interiors.
Raffia
Maria Kipp Mid-Century Organic Modern Natural Reed Woven Shade with Ceramic Lamp
By Quartite Creative Corp., Maria Kipp
Located in Miami, FL
This c. 1958 XL table lamp features a beautiful combination of textures and materials that perfectly encapsulates postwar California modernism. The hand-woven shade by the iconic tex...
Ceramic, Chenille, Jute, Reed, Stucco, Walnut, Paper
Billy Haines style Porcelain Biscuit Lamp w/ Maria Kipp Vintage Shade
By William Billy Haines
Located in North Miami, FL
This beauty possibly by Billy Haines is topped with an authentic and detailed Maria Kipp woven shade. Note: Original vintage Maria Kipp lamp shade is 18 inches diameter and 14 inc...
Porcelain
Joel Edwards Hand-Thrown Ceramic Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade
By Joel Edwards, Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-thrown, glazed and Sgraffito textured lamp base by Joel Edwards with original Maria Kipp wood and fiber woven lamp shade. Both in great condition.
Ceramic, Wood, Yarn
A Whimsical Waylande Gregory Lamp with Original Maria Kipp Shade
By Waylande Gregory
Located in San Francisco, CA
Truly unique. Signed on bottom.
Monumental Table Lamp Attributed to Paul Laszlo
By Paul Laszlo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lamp is all original with a glass diffuser that holds a hand-woven reed, chenille and lurex Maria Kipp shade. The organic form is a bisque-like ceramic.
Brass
Murano glass lamp with Maria Kipp shade
By Maria Kipp
Located in Dallas, TX
A very elegant Murano glass lamp with original Maria Kipp shade. Signed with a Paul Hanson Califoria sticker.
Ceramic Table Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully glazed ceramic table lamp with custom Maria Kipp shade.
Large figurative lamp with Maria Kipp shade
Located in Dallas, TX
Large porcelain statue sitting atop a stand with original Maria Kipp shade.
Sold
H 48 in W 26 in D 17 in
Hollywood Regency Nardini Studios Foo Dog Table Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade
By Maria Kipp, Nardini Studios
Located in Astoria, NY
The lamp comes with a textured off-white Maria Kipp shade. The lamp is fully restored with new wiring.
Ceramic
Ceramic Table Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade
Located in Dallas, TX
An Italian ceramic table lamp with Maria Kipp custom shade.
Sculptural Paul Laszlo Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade
By Paul Laszlo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural table lamp, hand made wood base probably sculpted by F.F. Kern and hand made shade by Maria Kipp for Paul Laszlo, American, circa 1950s.
Metal, Brass
Tony Paul for Westwood Industries Table Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade, circa 1950
By Maria Kipp, Westwood Industries, Tony Paul
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Comprising of a combination of turned walnut and gleaming brass to form a curvaceous and sleek lineation. The shade was created by designer-craftsman Maria Kipp, who was renown f...
Brass
Ceramic Bamboo Floor Lamp by William Haines with Maria Kipp Shade
By William Billy Haines
Located in Palm Desert, CA
There is an on/off switch on the top of the lamp body. The custom shade is by Maria Kipp and, though not original to the lamp, is of the same period.
Brass
Statuesque Blanc de Chine Quan Yin lamp
Located in Danville, CA
Large Quan Yin figural lamp mounted on ebonized wood base with Maria Kipp shade.
Porcelain, Wood
Mid-Century California Modern Woven Raffia Lampshade by Maria Kipp, 1960s
By Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cylindrical Maria Kipp shade features alternating bands of tightly woven raffia and creamy ivory thread, arranged in a crisp geometric grid.
Raffia
Maria Kipp Raffia Lampshade in Burnt Sienna and Honeycomb Stripe, 1960s
By Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A bold, richly toned piece, this Maria Kipp shade incorporates bands of reddish-brown raffia with golden, honey-hued stripes.
Raffia
Bronze and Rock Crystal Table Lamp Designed by Tony Duquette
By Tony Duquette
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Unusual bronze and rock crystal table lamp designed by Tony Duquette with original Maria Kipp shade of woven chenille, wool, and lurex- circa 1950.
Rock Crystal, Bronze
A Classic "Armature" Table Lamp by William Haines
By William Billy Haines
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Wood Display "Stage" ornamented with an African tribal currency bracelet sculpture (added later) and a period Maria Kipp shade.
Wood, Chenille, Thread
Parrot Lamp by William Haines
By William Billy Haines
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Charming armature lamp by William Haines featuring a ceramic parrot and custom Maria Kipp shade. Lamp has been rewired with cloth twist cord.
Ceramic
A Classic "Showcase" Lamp designed by William Haines
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The Chinese figure has been added later, but is certainly in the same spirit as the original must have been. A period Maria Kipp shade accompanies the lamp. This piece was designed...
Brass
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H 33 in Dm 15.5 in
Brazilian Modern Table Lamp by Celina Decorações with Woven Shade by Maria Kipp
By Celina Decoracoes, Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brazilian modernist table lamp by Celina Decorações with woven shade by Maria Kipp. A great lamp to add texture to a room.
Hardwood, Paint, Yarn
Armature Floor Lamp with Horse by William Haines
By William Billy Haines
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Wonderful armature floor lamp by William Haines featuring a Chinese horse and custom-made Maria Kipp shade. The lamp is a highly polished dark brown walnut with a black metal armature.
Ceramic, Wood
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H 16.25 in Dm 18.5 in
Maria Kipp Handwoven Lampshade with Ivory Plaid Bands over Natural Raffia, 1960s
By Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and striking lampshade designed by German-born, California-based textile artist Maria Kipp, celebrated for her masterful use of handwoven fibers in postwar interiors.
Raffia
Very Large Ceramic Table Lamp with rope ceramic and shade by Maria Kipp
By Ugo Zaccagnini, Raymor
Located in South Charleston, WV
Assumed Raymor Import. 46 tall x 17 inches wide and deep. Lamp shade by Maria Kipp with fine strands of woods with linen.
Ceramic
Custom Table Lamp by William Haines
By William Billy Haines
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The lamp is nicely set off with a custom Maria Kipp style bamboo and chenille shade.
Bamboo, Chenille, Wood
Stiffel Floor Lamp with Original Maria Kipp Shade
By Stiffel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Maria Kipp shade has several broken tips to woven sticks.
Metal, Brass
Stunning Gourd Ceramic Lamp with Intact Maria Kipp Shade
By Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Huge Gourd ceramic lamp with intact Maria Kipp shade. Amazing lamp. Maria Kipp (1900–1988) was a textile designer and engineer active in the United States from the 1920s until her...
Ceramic, Bamboo, Yarn, Wood, Walnut
James Mont Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade
By James Mont
Located in Philadelphia, PA
James Mont ceramic lamp with original Maria Kipp split wood lamp shade with interwoven colored fibers of green and cream.
Ceramic, Natural Fiber, Wood
David Cressey Lamp for Architectural Pottery with Maria Kipp Shade, circa 1960s
By Maria Kipp, David Cressey, Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer-craftsman Maria Kipp dominated the mid century Southern California market with her firm, producing custom handwoven materials, as exhibited in this lamp shade.
Wool, Ceramic, Chenille
Paul Laszlo & Maria Kipp, Modernist Table Lamp, Oak, Brass, Reed, 1950s
By Maria Kipp, Paul Laszlo
Located in High Point, NC
A large modernist table lamp by Paul Laszlo, fitted with a Maria Kipp shade (most likely secondary to lamp).
Brass
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