$11,800
H 34 in Dm 11 in
Pairpoint Monumental Hand-Painted Orientalist Oil Lamp, Pyramids, Palms c 1905
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Pairpoint's reverse painted lamps are generally considered to be the most popular and expensive of such lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Floral Table Lamp USA Signed
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Toledo, OH
Pairpoint reverse painted eight panel table lamp. Two sockets with acorn pulls on silver plated
Glass
$27,500
H 22 in Dm 17.5 in
Pairpoint Silver Plated and Reverse Painted Glass Parrot Lamp, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
The conical shade decorated with birds perched on tropical branches, three-light socket, on a neoclassical style urn and columnar standard flanked by three pillar supports ending in ...
Art Glass
$9,790
H 5.75 in W 7.25 in D 7.25 in
An American 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Glass centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Manufacturing Company in 1894, it evolved into the Pairpoint Corporation, famed for its reverse-painted lamps
Ormolu
Artist Signed Pairpoint Reverse Painted Lamp, circa 1920s
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Kingston, NY
Artist signed Pairpoint reverse painted table lamp with a jungle motif depicting parrots. The base
Bronze
Pairpoint Reverse-Painted Glass Seagull Lamp
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Pairpoint reverse-painted glass seagull lamp. Featuring a domed flaring shade decorated
Glass
Signed Pairpoint Early 20th Reverse Painted Table Lamp
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Kingston, NY
Pairpoint table lamp, having reverse painted hexagon shade depicting a farm scene at dusk. Signed
Art Glass
Reverse Painted "Seagull Lamp" by the Pairpoint Corperation
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Petaluma, CA
authenticity of this beautiful lamp. For an example of this lamp consult the book ''Pairpoint Lamps," by
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Table Lamp #3015 USA Mythological Figures
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Toledo, OH
Pairpoint reverse painted table lamp. A beautifully hand decorated 14" signed ice chip glass shade
Glass
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H 21 in W 14.5 in D 14.5 in
Antique Pairpoint “Venice” Reverse Painted Table Lamp with Roses C1920
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Pairpoint “Venice” Reverse Painted Table Lamp with Roses C1920 Measures - 21"H x 14.5"W x
Metal
Antique Pairpoint Table Lamp with Reverse Floral Painted Glass Shade
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in New York, NY
Lovely table lamp from Pairpoint with reverse painted peony flowers in various colors. 13 by 9
Art Glass
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Three-Light Table Lamp, Artist Signed Auba
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pairpoint three-light table lamp features cast urn form base, reverse painted shade with landscape
Metal
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H 21.5 in Dm 7.25 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Stylized Floral Reverse Painted Pairpoint Lamp, circa 1920
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Big Flats, NY
Arts & Crafts pairpoint lamp offer reverse painted bell form shade with stylized floral band over
Bronze
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Directorie Table Lamp, Artist Signed L.H. Gorham
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pairpoint directorie dual-light table lamp features cast base with controlled bubble glass ball and
Onyx, Marble, Metal
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H 22 in Dm 14 in
Wonderful Pairpoint Puffy Hollyhock Lamp Reverse Painted Vibrant Colors Art Deco
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful Pairpoint Puffy Hollyhock table lamp, c. 1920's. This beautiful Pairpoint puffy shade
Silver Plate
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H 20.5 in Dm 15.875 in
Pairpoint Reverse Painted "Copley" Lamp Shade with Mahogany and Brass Base
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Antique scenic Pairpoint reverse painted "Copley" lamp shade with Pairpoint mahogany and brass lamp
Brass
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H 25 in W 17 in D 17 in
Antique Pairpoint Reverse Painted Bouilotte Lamp with Original 3-Light Base
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique pairpoint bouillotte lamp features hand-painted floral hexagonal shade with alternating all
Marble, Silver Plate
Art Deco Reverse Painted and Brass Table or Desk Lamp by Pairpoint
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in New York, NY
stem.It features a three light design illuminating the reverse hand painted textured glass shade . The
Reverse Painted Drapery Glass Pairpoint Boudoir Lamp
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very nice example of the work of the well known Pairpoint Corp. This nice little lamp has the
Metal
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H 15 in W 9.75 in D 9.75 in
Antique Pairpoint Reverse Painted Flower & Butterfly Table Lamp Signed c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Pairpoint Reverse Painted Flower & Butterfly Table Lamp Signed C1920. Measures - 15" x
Art Glass
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H 22 in W 17.25 in D 17.25 in
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Art Nouveau Lamp Depicting the Four Seasons
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Pairpoint Reverse Painted Art Nouveau Lamp Depicting the Four Seasons Circa 1910 Origin
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H 25.25 in W 20 in D 20 in
Rare Antique Pairpoint Arts & Crafts Reverse Painted Moonlit Bay Landscape Lamp
Located in Big Flats, NY
Rare Antique Pairpoint Arts & Crafts Moonlit Bay Landscape Reverse Painted Lamp With Crystal
Glass
Antique Arts & Crafts Pairpoint School Scenic Reverse Painted Table Lamp
By Pairpoint Brothers 1
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts Pairpoint School table lamp offers cast urn form base with two sockets
Metal
Pairpoint Art Deco Reverse Painted Signed Desk Lamp, circa 1925
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Kingston, NY
Offered is a rare signed art deco reverse painted Pairpoint desk lamp, circa 1925. The etched
Bronze
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Table Lamp Exeter Shade #X27 Base 3042 Dragon & Fruit
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Toledo, OH
Pairpoint reverse painted table lamp with signed Exeter shade #X27 and base #3042. Original patina
Glass
Reverse Painted Table Lamp
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Petaluma, CA
painted lamps are best done in this style. This beautiful landscape scene is artist signed "C. Chace
Glass, Wood
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H 22.5 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
A Reverse Painted Pairpoint Landscape Lamp with Carved Wooden Base
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Reverse Painted Pairpoint Landscape Lamp with Carved Wooden Base Unites States, Circa 19th
Pairpoint Lamp from the Linda Ronstadt Collection
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusually shaped reverse painted Pairpoint boudoir lamp from the collection of Linda Ronstadt.
Metal
Pairpoint Table Lamp from the Collection of LINDA RONSTADT
Located in San Francisco, CA
Incomparable reverse painted Pairpoint lamp from the collection of LINDA RONSTADT.(See
$229,050Sale Price|33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Other
Charming Garden STONE Sculptures – Set of 4 Cherubs
Located in Madrid, ES
Transform your garden into a serene haven with this enchanting set of four garden stone sculptures, each beautifully representing a cherub. These charming pieces, standing at 100 cm ...
Stone
Art Nouveau Slag Glass Table Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a nice sized lamp with a 17 inch diameter. The base is heavy bronze with with beautiful clean lines. The shade and slag glass are free of cracks or chips. Each glass panel ha...
Bronze
$58,600
H 21 in Dm 16 in
Exquisite Tiffany Studios Bronze & Leaded Glass "Feather" Table Lamp, Circa 1915
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This superb Tiffany Studios table lamp, dating to circa 1915, represents the height of American decorative artistry in the early twentieth century. With its refined conical leaded gl...
Cast Stone, Bronze
$40,611
H 28.35 in W 30.32 in D 12.21 in
Antique Tiffany Studios Adjustable Lamp Base with Later Stained Glass Shade
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Tiffany adjustable bronze lamp base, stamped "Tiffany Studios, New York, 7984", circa 1915. The base was acquired with its current Tiffany Style stained glass shade with Dragonfly mo...
Bronze
$379,044
H 52.37 in W 35.83 in D 24.41 in
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on fo...
Ormolu
Pair of Large Scale Marble Sphinx Garden Statues Sculptures
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning pair of early 20th century Egyptian Revival marble garden sphinxes. Each have female heads and drapery on lion bodies. From one of the finest homes on Long Island. They each...
Marble
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.5 in Dm 24 in
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company Leaded Glass Peony Table Lamp C. 1915
By Tiffany Studios, Unique Art Glass Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company (New York, active 1889-1917), circa 1915. This truly magnificent leaded glass table lamp which was produced during the time period after Louis Comfo...
Bronze
'Daffodil' Table Lamp by Tiffany Studios
By Tiffany Studios
Located in London, GB
‘Daffodil’ table lamp by Tiffany Studios American, c. 1910 Height 56cm, diameter 40cm Designed and hand-made by the artisans from the renowned Tiffany Studios (1902-1932), this ‘Daf...
Bronze, Lead
$28,800
H 14.5 in W 18.5 in D 13.25 in
French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu centerpiece/urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu centerpiece/urn. This beautifully detailed urn is raised by a circular mottled and stepped...
Bronze, Ormolu
Tiffany Studios “Tyler” Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios New York Tyler Leaded Glass and Patinated bronze Table Lamp, Circa 1900 Art Nouveau. A very special lamp with a geometric monochromatic deep green art glass surround...
Bronze
$998,423
H 82.68 in Dm 76.78 in
Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...
Crystal, Bronze
Tiffany Studios Daffodil Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Daffodil Table Lamp All I can say is these are the yummiest and most desirable blues in the Tiffany Studios candy store. Circa 1915. New York, NY. USA Leaded glass, g...
Bronze
$14,985Sale Price|49% Off
H 31.5 in W 55 in D 32 in
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Centre Hall Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style giltwood carved centre hall table. The rectangular shaped intricately carved frame with an X-stretcher centre with a urn, all surmount...
Marble
$60,835Sale Price|20% Off
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
Glass, Walnut
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 16 in D 16 in
Antique Handel School Reverse Painted Scenic Table Lamp C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Reverse Painted Scenic Table Lamp in the Manner of Handel C1920. 24" x 16" x 16". A fine example of early 20th-century lighting, this unsigned table lamp is crafted in t...
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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