Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Italian Painted Column Lamps with Parchment Shades, Pair
By Melissa Levinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
table lamps and crowned with hand painted parchment shades that coordinate perfectly with the antique
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Paint, Wood, Parchment Paper
$2,240 Sale Price / set
41% Off
H 25 in W 16 in D 16 in
Cream Alabaster Urn Shaped Lamps with Hand Painted Parchment Shades, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cream alabaster urn shaped lamps with hand painted parchment shades. The lamps have been newly
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Alabaster
$2,800 / set
H 32 in Dm 18 in
Pair of 19th Century Italian Candlestick Lamps with Custom Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
lamps and crowned with hand painted parchment shades. Newly wired for electricity and ready to install.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
$2,400 / set
H 38 in Dm 20 in
Pair Table Lamps Antique Venetian Carved Wood Urns Gilt Green / Shades & Finial
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair table lamps antique Venetian carved wood urns gilt green / shades & finial . Elegant and rare
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Metal, Silver Leaf
$14,900
H 33 in W 20 in D 12 in
Early 20th Century Crystal Table "Girondelle" Lamp
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
original lamp shades and paper candle holders.
Rewired, with switch and EU plug
Dimensions: 50 (h) x 30 x
Category
1920s French Belle Époque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Crystal
Recent Sales
Pair of French Empire Bronze Candleabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
century and they were acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Note: Dimensions of hard-back paper lamp
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Bronze
Italian Silver Gilt Lamps with Florentine Paper Shades
Located in San Marino, CA
A pair of Italian lamps, dated as 18th Century, offered here with oval Florentine paper shades
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Carved Italian Capital Lamps with Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of carved Italian walnut petite capitals wired into lamps and crowned with hand-painted
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Pair of Italian Lamps with Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wired into lamps. Crowned with hand-painted parchment shades.
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
19th C. Italian Lamps with Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian silver leaf carved candelabras mounted into lamps with hand painted parchment
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Pair of 19th C. Alterstick Lamps with Custom Lamp Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. The lamps are crowned with hand painted sea foam colored custom shades.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wire, Gold
Pair of Charming French Figural Lamps with Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century figurines french mounted on wood bases and wired into whimsical lamps. The
Category
19th Century Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Pair of Petite Italian Giltwood Lamps with Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of finely carved Italian giltwood finials that have been wired into charming lamps. The lamps
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Spanish Wrought Iron Candelabra Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Spanish hand wrought iron candelabras wired into lamps with hand painted parchment shades.
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Italian Candlestick Lamps W/ Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th C. Carved wood Italian candlesticks that have been wired into lamps. The lamps are
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Paint, Parchment Paper
Pair of Putti Candlestick Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of brass candlestick lamps with a cartouche at the base and two puttis climbing to the top
Category
19th Century French Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Brass
Pair of Giltwood Urn Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of carved giltwood Italian urns mounted into lamps with hand painted parchment shades.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Antique Giltwood Lamps with Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century Italian capitals newly wired into lamps and crowned with hand-painted
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold
Carved Italian Painted Corbel Lamps with Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved Italian painted corbel lamps hand-painted in beautiful shades of grey and gold with custom
Category
Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Pair of Giltwood Tassel Lamps w/ Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of antique carved gilt wood tassels standing on painted bases and wired into lamps. The lamps
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold
Pair of Iron Lion Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of wrought iron lion candleholders wired into lamps with gold metallic painted parchment
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Iron, Wire, Gold
Pair of Giltwood Candlestick Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of giltwood Italian candlestick lamps with hand painted parchment shades.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold
Pair of Italian Carved Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Venetian red painted and parcel gilt carvings mounted on bases and wired into custom lamps
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wire
Pair of Grand Italian Candlestick Lamps with Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of painted Italian candlesticks that have been wired into lamps and are ready to be installed
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Wrought Iron Standing Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Spanish wrought iron standing lamps with silver leaf hand painted parchment shades.
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wrought Iron, Silver Leaf
Pair of 19th C. Porcelain Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of stunning Chinese urns mounted into lamps with custom painted parchment shades.
Category
19th Century Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Terracotta, Paint, Parchment Paper
Pair of Bronze Horse Lamps with Custom Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of opposing bronze horse lamps with custom painted parchment lamp shades c. 1900's.
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper
Pair of French Spelter Figural Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Signed H.Tremo painted figural lamps french mounted with painted parchment shades. These
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Metal
Pair of Giltwood Carved Italian Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
antique finials. The finials have been wired into lamps. Custom painted parchment shades have been added
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wire
Pair of Italian Carved Lamps with Custom Teal Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of carved Italian goldleaf urn with leaf handle lamps with custom painted teal green shades.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Pair of Tole Chinoiserie Lamps with Custom Painted Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of painted tole chinoiserie lamps with hand painted custom shades.
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Tôle
Pair of 19th Century Italian Column Lamps with Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century Italian column lamps with shades. The lamps have been newly wired with wax
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Pair of Silver Gilt Candlestick Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century silver gilt candlesticks wired into lamps and crowned with hand painted
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Vermeil, Wire
Pair of Antique Brass Dog Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of English Brass Dog Lamps French Mounted on Wood Bases and crowned with hand gold painted
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century Italian Lamps with Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century Italian lamps with hand-painted custom designed parchment shades. Newly wired
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Pair of Italian Carved Cherub Lamps W/ Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of carved Italian gilt wood cherub fragments French mounted into lamps with hand painted
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Italian Carved Capital Lamps with Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century Italian carved capitals mounted into lamps and crowned with hand-painted
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Pair of Carved Painted Italian Candlestick Lamps with Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of carved painted & parcel gilt Italian candlestick lamps with hand painted parchment shades.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold
Italian Painted and Silvered Urn Lamps with Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian silvered and faux painted urns that have been mounted into lamps and crowned with
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Pair of Antique Silvered Urn Lamps with Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
lamps and crowned with round shaped hand painted parchment shades.
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Silver Leaf
Pair of Giltwood and Painted Urn Lamps with Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pair of Italian painted & gold gilt urns wired into lamps and crowned with hand
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Pair of Italian Carved Giltwood Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
have been drilled into lamps and crowned with beautifully painted gilt parchment shades.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wire, Gold
Pair of Spanish Wrought Iron Lamps with Hand Painted Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century pair of wrought iron lamps with custom painted parchments shades.
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Paint
Pair of 19th C. Silverleaf Urn Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning pair of silver leaf urns wired into lamps with hand painted custom shades.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
Pair of 19th C. Carved Figural Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century carved walnut figural lamps on black & gold painted bases with hand painted parchments
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper
Pair of Italian Painted Wood Urn Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian painted wood urns wired into lamps and crowned with hand-painted parchment shades
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Pair of Custom Cherub Lamps with Hand Painted Parchment Shades
By Melissa Levinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with hand painted parchment shades. The lamps are newly wired and ready to use. The cherubs have a
Category
Early 1900s Italian Rococo Revival Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
PAIR OF 19THC PEWTER CANDLESTICK LAMPS W/FABRIC SHADES
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19THC PAINTED PEWTER CANDLESTICK LAMPS W/PARCHMENT PAPER SHADES. NEWLY WIRED LAMPS AND SHADES
Category
19th Century American Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Pair of 19th C. Bronze Cherub Lamps with Hand Painted Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French mounted into lamps. The lamps have been crowned with hand painted gold leaf parchment shades.
Category
19th Century French Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper
Cream Alabaster Urn Shaped Lamps with Hand Painted Parchment Shades, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cream alabaster urn shaped lamps with hand painted parchment shades. The lamps have been newly
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of French Figural Lamps with Custom Shades C. 1900's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Monumental French Figural lamps made from spelter-like metal in a bronze finish. The lamps
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper
Pair of 19th Century Italian Candlestick Lamps with Custom Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
lamps and crowned with hand painted parchment shades. Newly wired for electricity and ready to install.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Pair of English Sheffield Silver Plated Lamps with Custom Parchment Shades
By Sheffield Silver Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of English Sheffield silver plated lamps with custom hand painted parchment shades. The
Category
Early 1900s English Georgian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Petite 19th C. Carved Figural Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century finely carved wood cherub-like figures mounted into custom lamps. These
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Gilt Candlestick Lamps with Parchment Shades, Italian, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
parchment lamp shades, Italian, 18th century.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood, Parchment Paper
H 21.5 in W 9.5 in D 4 in
Pair of Painted & Parcel Gilt Carved Flame Lamps w/ Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. The new lamps are crowned with hand painted parchment shades. Newly wired and ready to install.
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Sphinx Lamps w/ Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom painted lamps made with 19th century carved wood sphinx combined with reclaimed wood
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Pair of English Lion Pewter Lamps with Custom Shades C. 1900's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
shades. Beautifully cast, great patina. These lamps will make a grand statement in any decor!
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Bronze, Gold, Pewter
Pair of Carved Gilt Wood Lamps with Custom Shades C. 1920's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Carved gilt wood lamps with an Egyptian flair. The carved fragments sit on painted & gilt
Category
Early 20th Century European Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold
Pair of 19th Century Italian Urns Wired into Lamps and Crowned with Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century Italian urns wired into lamps and crowned with custom-made hand-painted
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Carved Venetian Lions with Painted Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Carved Italian Venetian Lions with hand painted parchment shades.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Italian Petite Capitals with Custom Painted Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Italian petite walnut capital wired into lamps and crowned with hand-painted custom
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Parchment Paper, Walnut
Pair of Wrought Iron Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
A pair of wrought iron table lamps with vellum/paper shades..
Newly re-wired.
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wrought Iron
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Antique Paper Lamp Shades
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Located in New York, NY
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Brass
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Metal, Wire, Gold Leaf
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Late 20th Century American Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
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19th Century French Set of Hand Painted Carved Side Chests of Drawers
Located in Sofia, BG
French wooden chests of drawers hand painted in green with red edges and decoration in Louis XV style. Lion's heads on the handles.
France, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
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18th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Curved Back Settee / Love Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Curved Back Settee / Love Seat
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Antique Dutch Painted Country Bombe Linen Press Cabinet
Located in Sheffield, MA
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Materials
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Located in New York, NY
English Axminster rug.
Axminster, Devon, Great Britain, circa 1760 (George III).
Provenance: Baron Guy de Rothschild.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wool
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Located in Troy, NY
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Lamp Shades
Materials
Wood
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H 38 in W 36 in D 21 in
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Located in Sofia, BG
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Pair of 19th C. French Louis XVI style Console Mirrors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paper Lamp Shades
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Paper Lamp Shades
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Antique Paper Lamp Shades For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of antique paper lamp shades is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, parchment paper and wood, all antique paper lamp shades available were constructed with great care. Antique paper lamp shades have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique paper lamp shades bearing Baroque or Neoclassical hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs.
How Much are Antique Paper Lamp Shades?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $3,800, while they’re typically $750 on the low end and $8,000 highest priced.
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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.
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