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Ormolu And Tole Bouillotte Lamp

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole bouillotte lamp. The lamp is raised by
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole bouillotte lamp. The three arm lamp is
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Metal, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and tole bouillotte lamps. Each lamp is
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole bouillotte lamps. Each
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Metal, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole bouillotte lamps. Each
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

19th Century Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century directoire bouillotte table lamp. Lamp features original elements and original
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze, Tôle, Brass

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Tole Bouilotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Tole Bouilotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole Bouillotte lamp. The charming lamp is
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

A French turn of the century Louis XVI st. Bouillotte lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French turn of the century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamp. The lamp has a circular
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Ormolu and Tole French Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Locust Valley, NY
An ormolu and tole French bouillotte lamp with three arms and circular base. The beautiful lamp is
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Early 20th Century Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Tole And Ormolu Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and finely decorated French 19th century Louis XVI st. Tole and Ormolu Bouillotte
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Metal, Ormolu

Baltic Tole Peinte Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
A Baltic ormolu and polychrome decorated tole peinte bouillotte lamp. The shaped rectangular
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Antique 19th Century German Table Lamps

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Bronze

Baltic Tole Peinte Bouillotte Lamp
Baltic Tole Peinte Bouillotte Lamp
H 26 in W 14.75 in D 9 in
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bouillotte Lamp with Red Tole Shade
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu bouillotte lamp with red tole shade, the shade over two
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Bronze

French Gilt-Bronze Neoclassical Bouillotte Lamp with Tole Shade
Located in Pembroke, MA
Very nice quality, French, Louis XVI style gilt bronze Bouillotte lamp with green painted tole
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Bronze, Tôle, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI St. Ormolu bouillotte lamp. The lamp is raised by a
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu bouillotte lamp. The single three armed
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu bouillotte lamps. Each lamp is
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Metal, Ormolu

Empire Bouillotte Lamp
Located in New Haven, CT
This fine French Bouillotte lamp has the highest quality ormolu and an original tôle shade held by
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Empire Bouillotte Lamp
Empire Bouillotte Lamp
H 34 in Dm 17 in
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu bouillotte lamps. Each lamp is
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Gilt Bronze 2-Light Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Gilt Bronze 2-Light Bouillotte Lamp, with decorated tole shade
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20th Century French Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
into a Bouillotte lamp. The square marble base with concave sides is richly chased with an ormolu
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis Philippe Period Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis Philippe period patinated bronze and ormolu bouillotte lamp
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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Table with Adjustable Height Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and ormolu side table/lamp
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Floor Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bouilotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu bouillotte lamps
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu And Tole Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
additional tier framed in the same manner with two candles and its original bouillotte tole lamp shade.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables

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Metal, Ormolu

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Located in Florence, Tuscany
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Antique Pair Box Framed Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti Intaglios, 19th C
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Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
Vintage gilt bronze and tole 2-light bouillotte lamp. Round bronze base and oval gilt and painted tole adjustable shade with two arm candle lights and wreath finial.
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Antique Box Framed Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti Intaglios 19th C
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Antique Set of 27 Framed Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti Intaglios 19th C
Located in London, GB
An elegant brass frame enclosing twenty-seven Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti intaglios dating from the early 19th Century. The oval shaped plaster intaglios feature subjects from Cla...
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Mid Century Hollywood Regency Gilt Tole Ware Floor Lamp with Table
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Elegant tole ware mid century floor with glass table sandwiched in. Beautiful gilt flowers and leaves, table supported by 3 arching scroll type legs.   
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Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps

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Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Tole Bouillotte by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
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Located in Florence, Tuscany
This fine and elegant Louis XVI style gilt bronze and painted tole Bouillotte by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has got three lights. The Toleware conic shade is hand painted with enamel and...
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Antique Set of 3 Framed Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti Intaglios 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An elegant set of three framed intaglios, enclosing eighteen plaster Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti intaglios dating from the early 19th Century. The large oval shaped plaster intag...
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Gilt Grand Tour Plaster Intaglio with Bust of a Man, 19th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a 19th-century Intaglio Tassie - A seal with the bust of a man on it. Thick gilt paper wrapped around the edge mimicking a frame. There are a few tiny faults in the mold but ...
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French Empire Style Brass Bouillotte Lamp with Black and Gilt Tole Shade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful quality brass bouillotte lamp with gilt decorated metal shade. Fine details throughout, swan heads holding the tole painted shade and corbel style candle arms. Recently re-...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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19th Century Pair of Framed Grand Tour Intaglios, Antique Wall Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique pair of Grand Tour intaglios in wooden frames with a total a 72 medallions. Wear consistent with age and use. circa 19th century, Italy.
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Gilt Grand Tour Plaster Intaglio with Bust of a Woman, 19th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A 19th-century Intaglio Tassie - A seal with the bust of a woman holding an olive branch. Thick gilt paper wrapped around the edge mimicking a frame. There are a few tiny faults in t...
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Antique Set Framed 32 Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti Intaglios 19th C
Located in London, GB
An elegant giltwood frame enclosing thirty two Grand Tour Giovanni Liberotti intaglios dating from the early 19th Century. The various shaped plaster intaglios feature subjects pre...
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Antique 1810s Decorative Art

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Plaster, Giltwood

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French Three Arm Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
above a dished circular base; all beneath an adjustable dark green tôle shade with bird motif tripod
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Late 20th Century Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair Antique French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamps, 19th Century
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20th Century French Louis XIV Table Lamps

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Located in Kittery Point, ME
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Located in Kittery Point, ME
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

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Bronze, Tôle

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Located in Stamford, CT
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

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Located in Locust Valley, NY
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Early 20th Century Table Lamps

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Located in Berlin, DE
Bouillotte lamp with adjustable tole shade and three arms in the shape of hunting horns, raised on
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Empire Ormolu Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Bronze finial with oval black tole shade on adjustable steel support with two candle arms decorated
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19th Century Ormolu Bouillotte Lamp
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century ormolu Bouillotte lamp, with dark green tole shade.
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Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful French bouillotte lamp in ormolu and toleware, circa 1950 in date. The lamp
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Essex, MA
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Located in Doylestown, PA
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Located in Hixson, TN
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Located in Dallas, TX
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Ormolu And Tole Bouillotte Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal ormolu and tole bouillotte lamp for your home. Frequently made of metal, ormolu and tôle, every ormolu and tole bouillotte lamp was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a ormolu and tole bouillotte lamp — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A ormolu and tole bouillotte lamp is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Louis XVI, Empire and Louis XV styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Ormolu And Tole Bouillotte Lamp?

The average selling price for a ormolu and tole bouillotte lamp at 1stDibs is $4,300, while they’re typically $1,600 on the low end and $13,000 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right table-lamps for You

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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