Marbro Japanese Meiji Period Bronze & Cloisonne Table Lamp
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Fulton, CA
Vintage Japanese Meiji Period Champleve Cloisonne vase converted into a table lamp by Marbro Lamp Company, Hollywood, California.
Bronze
Pair Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vases / Lamps
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Cloisonné enamel vases, each having a Grey colour ground with wonderful Herons perched on trees with flowers and foliage arou...
Enamel
Japanese Silver Wire Cloisonne Vase Lamp, Meiji Period, c 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A vibrant Japanese turquoise ground and silver wire cloisonne vase, now mounted as a lamp, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
Rock Crystal, Silver, Brass, Copper
Pair Antique Japanese, Meiji period, late 19th century, Cloisonné Lamps
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique late 19th century Japanese rendered in imitation of Chinese cloisonne
Metal
$1,483Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Cloisonne Lamp, Japanese, Bronze, Table Light, Victorian, Meiji, C.1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cloisonné lamp. A Japanese, bronze urn with light conversion, dating to the Victorian period and later, circa 1850. Delightfully decorative lamp with a fine conv...
Bronze
$2,730Sale Price / set|30% Off
Pair of 19th C Meiji Bronze Champleve and Cloisonne Enamel Vases Mounted as Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair of 19th century Japanese Meiji Bronze Champleve and Cloisonne Enameled Vases Mounted as Lamps.
Bronze
$2,520Sale Price|40% Off
1910 Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonné Lamp with Wrought Iron and Enamel Shade
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This 1910s Meiji Period table lamp features a Japanese cloisonné enamel vase base with vivid traditional motifs and dragon-form handles.
Bronze
Meiji period Cloissone Lamp
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A beautifully crafted Meiji period cloisonné table lamp featuring exquisitely detailed polychrome enameled mythical beasts, lending an air of mystique and elegance.
Brass, Enamel
$3,070Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Japanese Large cloisonné enamel Lamps , 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Charming pair of cloisonné enamel vases from the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912), each with a mauve background featuring pretty swallows fluttering among flowering branches and fol...
Bronze
Japanese Cloisonne Vase fitted as an electric table lamp
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Cloisonne Vase fitted as an electric table lamp. The bulbous vase form with tall narrow neck and flared mouth having a rich dark blue background with variegated blossoms of...
Enamel
Rare Large Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Green Dragon Oil Lamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period brass oil lamp. Features a vivid cloisonne enamel dragon motif set within a flower design, a distinctive characteristic of Japanese decorative arts d...
Enamel, Brass
Large Pair of Meiji-Showa Period Japanese Cloisonné Lamps
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A large pair late Meiji period Japanese Cloisonné vases now as lamps.
Enamel
Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Enamel Brass Table Lamp with Double Socket
Located in Toledo, OH
A beautiful Japanese Meiji cloisonné table lamp. It features an enamel finish with a black field and purple, blue and pink iridescent iris flowers.
Brass
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Vase as Custom Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
A lovely Japanese cloisonne vase in vivid colors of blue, red, yellow, green and lilac. Overall decorations of brown branches with birds and chrysanthemum flowers on a stunning deep ...
Enamel
Pair of Japanese Style Gilt Bronze and Cloisonne Enamel Lamps
Located in London, GB
The late 19th and early 20th century craze for Japanese art, known more commonly as Japonism, provides the inspiration for this wonderful pair of lamps. Combining fine Japanese Meiji...
Ormolu, Enamel
Antique Pair of Japanese Bronze Cloisonné Floor Lamps with Elephants
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century pair of Japanese floor lamps, once oil lamps, crafted in bronze with a dark lush patina and decorated with enamel in a champlevé technique in floral designs w...
Bronze
Sold
H 13.5 in W 8 in D 6 in
Wonderful Pair of Fine Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enameled Vases Urn Form Lamps
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful pair of Japanese Meiji cloisonne enameled vases with flower bouquets and spray and is in an urn form previously drilled on the bottoms for lamps on wood bases.
Enamel
Japanese Cloisonne Composite Table Lamp Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Japanese Cloisonne Composite Table Lamp Meiji period, mounting modern.
Enamel
Pair Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Pottery Cloisonné Lamps Wig Stands
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of beautiful quality Japanese Satsuma pottery lamps with detailed brass wire-work cloisonné enamel decoration.
Brass, Enamel
Sold
H 59.8 in Dm 11.4 in
Antique and Stylish Japanese Meiji Era Bronze Floor Lamp with Cloisonné Inlay
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare, handcrafted and clearly marked Japanese floor lamp. We have sold one large cloisonné floor lamp in the past and we have seen a few other large ones on the worldwide web, but w...
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Totai Shippo Tree Bark Vase As Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique 19th century Japanese Totai Shippo tree bark Cloissoné vase mounted as lamp on gilt bronze base. Meiji period. Rare type of cloisonné that is enamel on porcelain that gives t...
Bronze, Enamel
Sold
H 28.75 in Dm 16.54 in
Pair Antique Meiji Japanese Oriental Cloisonne Enamel Vase Table Lamps Black
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
This pair of Japanese cloisonné vases date from the early 20th century during the Meiji period (1868 to 1912), and showcase the exceptional craftsmanship typical of this era.
Brass, Enamel
Pair of Meiji Cloisonné Lamps with French Ormolu Fittings
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Two beautiful Japanese vases, dating to the third quarter of the nineteenth century and featuring birds flying through cherry blossoms. The lamps were fitted with gilt bronze (i.e. o...
Glass, Porcelain
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Fu Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
An exceptional palatial quality pair of 19th century Chinese cloisonné Fu dogs featuring gold gilding over copper. Chinese cloisonné objects were intended primarily for the furnishi...
Copper, Enamel
$3,186Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 14.18 in Dm 3.94 in
A Pair of 18th Century Chinese Porcelain Vases as Table Lamps with Gilt Bases
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of late 18th century Chinese export porcelain vases, now mounted as lamps, with polychrome decoration throughout, showing scenes of Chinese figures surrounded by a floral...
Porcelain
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Streicher Goods, Ethan Streicher
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
Brass
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981) Showa period, circa 1930 2-panel Japanese Screen Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper Against a backdrop of gold-leafed groun...
Gold Leaf
Pair of Fine Painted Famille Verte Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of fine painted background famille verte porcelain lamps with fine cast gilt bronze bases, with foo lions and flower blossom decoration. To the top of porcelain: 16.5"/H (Lam...
Porcelain
$7,600Sale Price|58% Off
H 69 in W 113 in D 0.5 in
Japanese Four Panel Garden Screen with Koi, Iris, & Turtles
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unusual Japanese Four Panel Garden Screen, Mint Condition Japan, a superb four-panel silk screen byobu depicting a panoramic garden replete with koi, turtles, Iris nestled near a w...
Silk
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
Pair Chinese Celadon Green Relief Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Chinese Asian celadon green porcelain raised relief carved flowers and foliage table lamps. Each mounted on gilt wood bases along with matching vase cap. Newly wired with new...
Brass
Japanese Porcelain Floral Vase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese porcelain floral vase 4.5" diameter 5" height
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
JAPANESE SATSUMA PROCESSIONAL VASE From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to introduce to the market this Japanese Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan. The vase with a compressed body ...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Large Antique Japanese Carved Studio Porcelain Yellow Covered Urn Vase
By Japanese Studio
Located in Wilton, CT
Large Japanese studio porcelain covered vase with finely carved decoration of birds amidst foliage set against a cheerful yellow ground, circa 1910. Measures: 18 1/2" high, 11 1/2" d...
Porcelain
$2,600Sale Price / item|31% Off
H 30.32 in W 18.12 in D 18.12 in
Contemporary Japanese Chochin Floor Lamp Zen Washi Japanese Paper Shade
By Ryosuke Harashima
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Under the Hazy Moon Contemporary style Japanese Washi Japanese traditional paper shade floor lamp. Washi shade is famous as Isamu Noguchi Akari lightings. Base is made of brass...
Brass
Pair of Chinese Ceramic Boudoir Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Diminutive Chinese vases mounted as lamps on decorative cast bronze bases. Both are in good working condition, one on off switch has been replaced, diameter of ceramic vase 3 inches....
Bronze
Large Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in London, GB
Of ovoid form, with a narrow neck and outward flaring rim, on dark blue ground depicting wisteria blossoms in white and purple cascading from the shoulder with birds throughout and w...
Enamel
Japanese Cloisonné Foil Urn Vase
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a cloisonné foil metal vase depicting a continuous scenes around it of three large white cranes, a volcano and some green leaves in a turquoise background. Under the base the...
Metal
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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