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Pair Of Chinese Sang De Boeuf Table Lamps

Pair of Chinese Sang de Boeuf Lamps
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A pair of Chinese Sang de Boeuf lamps with fu lion head handles.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Pair of Large Chinese Sang De Boeuf Baluster Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A superb pair of large Chinese sang de boeuf baluster vases, with a particularly good deep glaze
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20th Century Chinese Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Sang De Boeuf Deer Head Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Chinese porcelain sang de boeuf vases, the necks with superb stylised stags heads
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20th Century Chinese Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Sang De Boeuf Lamps, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Pair of gilt bronze mounted sang de boeuf lamps, circa 1860.
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Antique 1860s Chinese Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze & Chinese Sang De Boeuf Porcelain Lamps, Pair
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in New York, NY
A very fine pair of antique French Louis XVI style dore bronze and Chinese sang de boeuf porcelain
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Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Sang De Boeuf Vases Mounted as Lamps, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Pair of gilt bronze vases with leaf-cast handles forming into female masks.
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Antique 1860s Chinese Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair Chinese Oxblood Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Asian Sang De Boeuf "Oxblood" vases table lamps mounted on gilt turned wood lamp bases
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Vintage 1960s Chinese Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair Chinese Oxblood Baluster Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Asian Sang De Boeuf "Oxblood" glazed vases table lamps mounted on gilt turned wood lamp
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Vintage 1960s Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

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Pair Of Chinese Sang De Boeuf Table Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of pair of Chinese sang de boeuf table lamps available for sale. Each of these unique pair of Chinese sang de boeuf table lamps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and metal. Pair of Chinese sang de boeuf table lamps have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century.

How Much are Pair Of Chinese Sang De Boeuf Table Lamps?

Prices for pair of Chinese sang de boeuf table lamps start at $489 and top out at $40,000 with the average selling for $3,479.

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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