Rare Greta Von Nessen Double Shade Desk Lamp for Nessen Studios
By Greta Von Nessen, Nessen Studio
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Double shade desk lamp designed by Greta von Nessen c.1960s, USA, for Nessen Studios.
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
$3,560 / item
Nessen Hemisphere Pendant with Glass Shade
By Nessen Lighting
Located in Brookfield, CT
A classic but still statement-making piece, the Nessen Hemisphere Pendant Lamp features solid brass components and a hand-blown glass shade (the bottom half of the shade is frosted).
Brass
Chrome Lamp with Burlap Shade by Nessen Lighting
By Nessen Studio, Nessen Lighting, Walter Von Nessen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chrome lamp with burlap shade by Nessen Lighting. Dimensions listed (14 in. diameter x 22 in. tall) are the overall dimensions of the lamp with the shade.
Steel, Chrome
Pair of Nessen Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps with Original Linen Shade
By Nessen Lighting
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Nessen Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps, each with satin chrome base and original linen shade, with "Nessen Lighting" label to light socket. 20" H x 14" Diameter.
Chrome
Nessen "Cuma" Table Lamp in Satin Nickel with White Linen Shade
By Nessen Lighting
Located in Brookfield, CT
Contact us to find out the full list of shade materials available. This listing is for the fixture in a Satin Nickel finish with a white linen shade.
Brass
Nessen Studios Brass & Walnut Floor Lamp with White Glass Shade, 1950's
By Nessen Studio
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Nessen Studios Brass & Walnut Floor Lamp with White Glass Liner Shade.
Brass
Tall Nessen Studios Black Leather Wrapped, Chrome & Glass Liner Shade Table Lamp
By Nessen Studio
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Nessen Studios Black Leather wrapped Chrome Skyscraper Table Lamp with White Milk Glass Shade, Circa 1950.
Chrome
Nessen Studios Adjustable Chrome Desk Lamp with White Aluminum Shade, 1960's
By Nessen Studio
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Classic Nessen Studios (Model #NS966) Chrome and White Enamel Table Lamp.
Chrome, Metal
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Double Shade Lacquered Metal Table Lamp by Greta von Nessen
By Greta Von Nessen
Located in New York, NY
Modern, two socket light designed by Greta von Nessen. The shades are adjustable. Newly rewired with an eight foot black twisted silk cord, with all original components
Metal
Walter Von Nessen Brass Swing Arm Table Lamp with Adjustable Cylindrical Shade
By Walter Von Nessen, Nessen Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Attractive and highly functional desk / table lamp by Walter Von Nessen for his eponymous Nessen Studio (ca. 1970s, New York City).
Brass
Nessen Lighting Style Turned Walnut Floor Lamp Mid-Century Modern Fabric Shade
By Nessen Lighting
Located in Miami, FL
American Turned Walnut Floor Lamp with a round Center Table and Original Fabric Shade. The handmade Stem is turned out of one piece of Walnut and has an organic round Base. Note the ...
Brass
Nessen Studios All Brushed Steel Swing Arm Desk Lamp with Cylinder Shade, 1960's
By Nessen Studio
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Nessen Studios Brushed Steel Swing Arm Desk Lamp with extending and adjustable Cylinder Shade.
Steel
Mid Century Von Nessen Chrome Table Lamp with an Acrylic White Dome Shade
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Von Nessen chrome table lamp with an acrylic white dome shade, sometimes called a mushroom lamp.
Chrome
$1,486Sale Price / set|20% Off
Walter von Nessen Mid Century Brass Swing Arm Standard Floor Lamp With Shade
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Mid Century Brass Swing Arm Standard Floor Lamp With Two Light Bulb Fittings And A Pull Switch. A Walter von Nessen Design Ideal reading light for any living room or study Fitte...
Brass
Walter Von Nessen Brushed Steel Swing Arm Floor Lamp with White Milk Glass Shade
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Walter Von Nessen designed Brushed Steel Swing Arm Reading Floor Lamp with White Glass Shade, 1950's.
Steel
Large Elizabeth Kauffer Nessen Studios Marble Table Lamp with Milk Glass Shade
By Nessen Studio, Elizabeth Kauffer
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Elizabeth Kauffer attributed Nessen Studios white carrara marble table lamp, 1950s.
Marble, Steel
Walter Von Nessen Style Brass Swing Arm Desk Lamp with Pale Green Shade, 1940's
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Walter Von Nessen Style Brass Swing Arm Desk Lamp with enameled Green Shade.
Metal, Brass
Adjustable neoclassical brass lamp by Hansen Nessen
By Nessen Lighting
Located in Fraser, MI
Patent markings consistent with Nessen Swing Arm Lamps. Original shade. 10" dia shade 6" dia base 23" overall tall.
Brass
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Walter Von Nessen Art Deco Chrome Table Lamp! Mid Century Modern Decorator Rare
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Peoria, AZ
A rare & gorgeous Nessen! We have not seen another like it in many years, so we know it is incredibly scarce, A chrome tour de force, with double sockets and a white linen shade.
Metal, Chrome
Mid Century Brass Floor Lamp with Built in Table, Diffuser and Shade
By Nessen Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Mid century brass floor lamp with built in white laminate side table . The lamp has two sockets with lovely thin brass pulls. Each bulb works independently.. The shade has a diffuser...
Brass
Aluminum Base Table Lamp with Original Tilt Top Silk Shade
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Ferndale, MI
Aluminum modernist table lamp. Original silk shade with pierced steel diffuser tilts to most any angle. Lamp base measures 8" diameter, 22" tall, shade 14.5" diameter, 4 "tall.
Aluminum
Mid Century Walter Von Nessen Leather and Brass Column Table Lamp
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Modernist light quite functional with two sockets. Shade sold separately. "Nessen N.Y." label on underside.
Brass
Walter Von Nessen Three Shade Floor Lamp
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Uncommon three-shade floor lamp by Walter Von Nessen having three satin red cylindrical metal shades and white enamel body.
Metal, Enamel
Unavailable
H 60 in W 12.5 in D 24 in
Machine Age Art Deco Side/Lamp Tables, Manner of Walter Von Nessen Middle SOLD
Located in Dallas, TX
Machine Age Art Deco side or lamp tables, manner of Walter Von Nessen Middle lamp with wood shade is sold Two versions, priced individually.
Copper, Chrome
Greta Von Nessen Double Shade Desk Lamp for Nessen Studios
By Greta Von Nessen, Nessen Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Double shade desk lamp designed by Greta von Nessen c.1960s, USA, for Nessen Studios.
Steel
Walter von Nessen Bronze Floor Lamp with Dome Shade
By Nessen Lighting, Walter Von Nessen, Nessen Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Walter von Nessen bronze floor lamp with flip-up shade and adjustable neck.
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Steel
Walter Von Nessen Floor Lamp with Black Shade
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Houston, TX
Walter Von Nessen floor lamp with gold lined black paper shade, newly electrified.
Brass
Chrome Table Lamp with White Plastic Dome Shade by Nessen
By Nessen Studio
Located in New York, NY
Chrome cylindrical table lamp with white plastic shade. USA, circa 1960.
A Nessen Studio Black Marble Table Lamp with Milk Glass Shade
By Nessen Studio
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage table lamp, produced by Nessen Studio, with inverted milk glass lamp shade and white diffuser, on rectangular carved black marble stem with white veining, and brass hardware.
Marble, Brass
Nessen Brass Floor Lamp With Hemispherical Shade & Lucite Table
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass floor lamp with a hemispherical white resin shade, and a round lucite table surface, by Walter Von Nessen.
Brass
Tall Nessen Studios All Brass "Skyscraper" Table Lamp with Glass Shade, 1940s
By Nessen Studio
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Monumental early International Style Brass Table Lamp with White Milk Glass Shade by Nessen Studios, in the manner of Walter Von Nessen.
Brass
Nessen Brass Floor Lamp with Hemispherical Shade and Lucite Table
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass floor lamp with a hemispherical white resin shade, and a round Lucite table surface, by Walter Von Nessen.
Brass
Nessen Floor Lamp
By Nessen Studio
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Nessen floor lamp with original shade and diffuser.
Aluminum, Steel
Iconic Walter Von Nessen Swing Arm Desk Lamp with Original Metal Shade
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful example of the iconic modernist swing arm desk lamp by Von Nessen. The lamp features a precisely machined articulating base, and the almost never seen original metal shade.
Steel
Uncommon Walter von Nessen Telescoping Art Deco Drum Shade Floor Lamp c.1948
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Camden, ME
The lamp was only offered by Nessen Studios from 1947 to 1949 Its versatility with telescoping height and a shade that is designed to turn 180 degrees are a couple of key design el...
Aluminum, Chrome
Pair of Mushroom Floor Lamps by Nessen
By Nessen Studio
Located in Dallas, TX
Very nice pair of floor lamps with chrome base and acrylic mushroom shape shade, by Nessen Studio.
Chrome
Walter Von Nessen Floor Lamp
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Heavy floor lamp designed by Walter Von Nessen. Original plastic molded shade with perforated screen insert at top.
Metal
Art Deco Floor Lamp by Walter Von Nessen
By Walter Von Nessen, Nessen Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 1930s Art Deco floor lamp by Walter Von Nessen with a saucer shade in white enameled aluminum on an arced chrome base.
Aluminum, Enamel
'Anywhere Lamp' by Greta Von Nessen
By Greta Von Nessen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Mid-Century Modern table lamp designed by Greta Von Nessen featuring a continuous black enameled steel loop base and a cream colored lacquered metal dome shade.
Metal
Nessen Brass and Marble Table Lamp
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A brass and dark veined marble based table lamp with off-white linen shade manufactured by Nessen Lamp Company, NY .
Marble, Metal, Brass
Art Deco Desk Lamp by Walter Von Nessen
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A satin nickel Art Deco desk lamp designed by Walter von Nessen with a cylindrical shade. Measures: 9.75" H.
Nickel
Pair of Walter Von Nessen Wall-Mount, Swing-Arm Lamps
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Ferndale, MI
Walter Von Nessen for Nessen Lighting Shade: 14" diameter x 5" tall, swing out is 18"
Chrome, Steel
Mid Century Marble Lamp With Chrome Shade
By Nessen Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A mid century marble table lamp with chrome lamp shade. Black and beige marble pillar base in the style of Nessen Studio.
Marble, Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Adjustable Chrome Floor Lamp with Acrylic Shade
By Nessen Lighting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chrome floor lamp with acrylic shade, which can be adjusted into two positions. Fashioned with a chrome on/off switch. Takes three lightbulbs. Additional measurements: With shad...
Chrome
Pair Brass Demilune Shade Desk Lamps
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual pair of brass desk top table lamps with brass demi lune shades after Walter Von Nessen. Shades are supported by two brass square bar uprights and have a brass rod stop on the...
Brass, Iron
Nessen Studios Brushed Stainless Table Lamp with White Linen Shade
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Produced by Nessen Studios.
Stainless Steel
Large Marble Table Lamp by Nessen Studio
Located in Chicago, IL
Heavy solid marble table lamp by Nessen. New shade.
Marble
Mid-Century Desk Lamp by Nessen Studios
Located in New York, NY
A desk lamp designed by Nessen Studios, founded by Walter Von Nessen. Adjustable white enameled metal shade with brass base.
Brass
Nessen Studios Swing Arm Metal Floor Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Nessen Studios Swing Arm Metal Floor Lamp with cream colored glass shade, stamped "Nessen / No. 955" on base.
Metal
Single Solid Marble Table Lamp By Nessen Studios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960's solid marble table lamp with linen shade by Nessen Studios. Shade measures 14.5" x 15.5" x 15" high.
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