Paul Dupre Lafon Lamp
Table Lamp Attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon, France, 1920s–1930s
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Hasselt, VLI
A rare and refined table lamp attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon, likely from an early period before
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1950's Table Lamp in the Style of Paul Dupre-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's leather and oak table lamp in the manner of Paul Dupre-Lafon
Dimensions given without shade
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather, Oak
Paul Dupre-Lafon Style Conical Scalloped Alligator Leather Table Lamp, C. 1940s
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Early Alligator Leather Reading Table Lamp in the manner of Paul Dupre-Lafon. Small footprint
Category
Vintage 1940s French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1980s Stitched Leather Floor Lamp Steel X Base after Paul Dupré-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Chula Vista, CA
the style of Paul Dupré-Lafon.
Body appears to be leather or possibly faux with white stitching
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
Dupre Lafon style leather and wood table lamp
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Paul Dupre Lafon style leather and wood table lamp , dimensions with out shade H 78 cm by
Category
Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Art Deco Leather Lamps Attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon For Hermes
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Art Deco Leather Lamps Attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon For Hermes
Unsigned in good
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Cognac-Colored Twisted Leather Lamp in the style of Paul Dupre-Lafon France 1970
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Hannover, DE
artist who was inspired by Paul Dupre-Lafon in the 1970s. The lamp is an almost unique work of art in its
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Leather, Suede, Plastic
H 35.83 in Dm 20.48 in
Important Table Lamp with Original Shade by Dupré-Lafon for Hermès
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in NYC, NY
A rare Hermes desk/table lamp designed by Paul Dupré-Lafon formed of circular sections of stacked
Category
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Art Déco table lamp in red leather in the style of Dupré Lafon. France 1930s.
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Köln, NW
Very rare high Art Déco table lamp. "Lampe de Bureau" in the style of Dupré Lafon. France 1930s
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stitched leather table lamp by Paul Dupré-Lafon for Hermès
By Hermès
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Very nice stitched leather table lamp by Paul Dupre-Lafon for Hermès
Dimensions given without shade
Category
Vintage 1960s French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
1950's Stitched leather table lamp by Hermès and Paul Dupré-Lafon
By Hermès
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's Stitched leather table lamp designed by Paul Dupré-Lafon for Hermès
France
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather, Opaline Glass
Handmade brown Bouillotte Suede Table Lamp by Lederlux
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Hannover, DE
This luxury table lamp is characterized by the finest German craftsmanship combined with French
Category
Vintage 1970s German Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Leather and Oak Floor Lamp by Jacques Adnet.
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Montreal, QC
Leather and oak floor lamp by Jacques Adnet. France: circa 1950 provenance: Galerie Yves Gastou
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Oak
A Pair of Art Deco Lamps – Nickel-Plated Steel and Crystal – France - 1930
By La Maison Desny, Maison Damon, Jacques Adnet, (after) Jean Michel Frank, Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Elegant and timeless, this pair of Art Deco lamps evokes the distinctive style of Jacques Adnet
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Steel
Recent Sales
Paul Dupre-Lafon Table Lamp
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very beautiful leather and parchment lamp.
Category
20th Century French Table Lamps
Table Lamp by Paul Dupré-Lafon and Hermès
By Hermès, Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in New York, NY
Early table lamp by Paul Dupré-Lafon and Hermès with base and cylinder in black stacked leather
Category
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Wall Lamps by Paul Dupré-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Geneva, CH
Pair of ceramic wall lamps decorated with women's heads.
(Sold with a certificate by the son of
Category
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Wall Lamp by Paul Dupré-lafond "Shell", circa 1940
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Paris, FR
Rare and original sconce designed by Paul Dupré-Lafond. Very good condition. The lamp comes with
Category
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Shell
Leather Lamp by Vendel
By Paul Dupré-Lafon, Jacques Adnet, Vendel Graveur 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Black Leather Lamp With Stitching Branded 'VENDEL.Graveur, Paris'. Includes New Custom Shade As
Category
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Chic Pair of Alligator Covered Table Lamps after Jacques Adnet
Located in Washington, DC
reminiscent in feel to designs by Jacques Adnet and Paul Dupre Lafon for Hermes, these lamps are unmarked
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Paul Dupré-Lafon Green Stitched Leather and Chrome Table Lamp, Hermès, 1930s
By Hermès, Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Aix En Provence, FR
A modernist table lamp with a hemispherical orientable deflector attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon by
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Paul Dupré-Lafon Table Lamps
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in NYC, NY
Two table lamps by Paul Dupré-Lafon for Hermès signed with impressed manufacturer's mark to
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Leather Table Lamp in the Manner of Paul Dupré-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Green leather and brass table lamp in the manner of Paul Dupré-Lafon
France, circa 1950
Fully
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Rare and Early Table Lamp by Paul Dupre-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Munich, DE
designed in 1946 and probably made by hermes. some wear to the leather at the edge.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Paul Dupre Lafon Art Deco Leather Table Lamp, France, 1950
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Dupré Lafon.
The lamp is in superb original condition it has never been never used.
The
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Paul Dupré-Lafon, Table lamp, leather and gilt brass, circa 1970, France.
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Paul Dupré-Lafon, Table lamp,
leather and gilt brass,
circa 1970, France.
Height 24 cm, diameter
Category
Vintage 1970s French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Paul Dupré-Lafon for Hermes Lantern
By Paul Dupré-Lafon, Baccarat, Hermès
Located in New York, NY
Paul Dupré-Lafon for Hermes lantern (Model Arras) made of brass, forest green Hermes leather and
Category
20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Leather Table Lamp with Shade in the Style of Paul Dupre-Lafon, France, 1940s
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1940s French table lamp in the style of Paul Dupre-Lafon. This lamp is clad in stitched black
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 14.5 in W 6.75 in D 6.75 in
Paul Dupre-Lafon for Hermes Paris, Leather Desk Table Lamp, circa 1940
By Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès
Located in New York, NY
A rare Paul Dupre-Lafon for Hermes Paris, leather desk table lamp,
circa 1940.
Marked for
Category
20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Red Leather Table Lamp with Shade in the Style of Paul Dupre-Lafon, France 1940s
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1940s French table lamp in the style of Paul Dupre-Lafon. This lamp is clad in red leather and
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 13 in W 6 in D 6 in
Petite Table Lamp in the Style of Dupré Lafon, France, 1930s
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in New York, NY
chrome and wood petite table lamp
in the style of Dupré Lafon
Shade rotates on an horizontal
Category
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Black Leather Table Lamp
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in London, GB
A saddle stitched black leather table lamp, with its original push switch to the base
France
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Art Deco Wood and Brass Table Lamp, circa 1930
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco Wood and brass table lamp, circa 1930, in the style of Dupre Lafon.
Provided with elegant
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mahogany and Brass Lamps, circa 1980
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Pair of cylindrical mahogany and brass lamps in Art Deco style,
France, circa 1980.
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Brown Stitched Leather Table Lamps, France 1970's
By Jacques Adnet, Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Miami, FL
wired to American standard
Note in the style of Jacques Adnet or Dupre-Lafon
16' High to the socket
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Paul Dupre-Lafon Leather Desk Lamp
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in NYC, NY
Paul Dupre-Lafon desk lamp covered in dark blue saddle stitched
leather.
Two lights. We have a
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather, Wood
Paul Dupre-Lafon Style Leather Desk Lamp
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in NYC, NY
Attributed or in the manner of Paul-Dupre Lafon (1900-1971) desk lamp covered in beige leather and
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Paul Dupre-Lafon Style Art Deco Leather Desk Lamp
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Paul Dupre-Lafon style leather desk lamp.
This lamp was
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Pair of Leather Table Lamp, Paul Dupre-Lafon for Hermes
By Hermès, Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of leather table lamps by Paul Dupre-Lafon for Hermes
Signed with impressed "Hermes Paris
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
1950's Leather Lamp in the Style of Paul Dupre-Lafon for Hermes
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Very nice burgundy leather lamp in the style of Paul Dupre-Lafon for maison Hermes
Very good
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Paul Dupre Lafon 1950s French Art Deco Hand-Stitched Red Leather Table Lamp
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning French Art Deco table lamp, by Paul Dupre Lafon, circa 1950. This elegant desk or table
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Copper
Petite Desk Lamp in the Style of Dupré Lafon, France, 1960
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in New York, NY
aluminum
steel and wood
European socket and wiring
shade rotates up to 30° angle horizontally
Category
Vintage 1930s Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Dupre Lafon Style 1940s French Art Deco Marble Travertine and Chrome Table Lamp
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning French Art Deco table lamp, reminiscent of Paul Dupre Lafon work. This elegant desk or
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Bronze, Chrome
H 22.05 in W 5.52 in D 9.45 in
Elegant Pair of French Art Deco Torchieres, Manner of Dupre-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in North Miami, FL
Minimalist Art Deco Torchieres in the style of Dupre-Lafon made of burgundy patinated lacquer on
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Red Hermes Leather Lantern Lamp Attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare pair of leather and brass mine lantern lamps attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon HBL
Marked: "Made
Category
Vintage 1960s French Lanterns
Materials
Leather
Table Lamp by Paul Dupre Lafon for Hermès
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table lamp by Paul Dupre for Hermès. Designed and manufactured in France, circa 1920s- early 1930s
Category
Vintage 1920s European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
By Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration a pair Mid-Century Modern table lamps. Sculptural tubular steel painted in
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Wood and Parchment Tables in the Manner of Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in New York, NY
Elegant pair of table lamps with wood base and shades made of parchment and leather. Nice small
Category
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Materials
Parchment Paper, Wood
Pair of Leather and Brass Table Lamps, Mid-Century Period
By Karl Springer, Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration a pair of leather and brass table lamps.
Clean modern lines. No shade are
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Crocodile Embossed Leather Lamps after Paul Dupre-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of crocodile embossed leather lamps after Paul Dupre-Lafon in green with original matching
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Small Table Lamp in the Manner of Paul Dupre-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in New York, NY
The leather of this small Art Deco-style table lamp is a rich forest green, and complemented
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Table Lamp in the style of Paul Dupré-Lafon in Faux Tortoiseshell Paint
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in London, GB
Art Deco Table Lamp in the style of Paul Dupré-Lafon in Faux Tortoiseshell Painted Brass - French
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 15.75 in Dm 9.85 in
Paul DUPRE-LAFON / HERMES - Table Lamp
By Hermès
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome table lamp for Hermes, designed by Paul DUPRE-LAFON (1900-1971). The lamp is covered in
Category
Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps
Materials
Leather
Paul Dupre-Lafon Leather Lamp for Hermes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass and Leather Lamp stamped Hermes Paris. newly desired with silk cord. New shade.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Double Leather and Wood Table Lamp, 1930s, by Paul Dupré-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Dupre-Lafon (1900-1971) et Maison Hermes.
Rare double leather and wood table lamp, 1930s, by
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1930s Leather and Chrome Table Lamp in the Style of Paul Dupré-Lafon
By Paul Dupré-Lafon
Located in Aix En Provence, FR
This lamp is often attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon in auction or by antic dealers but no documentation
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
1930s Leather and Brass Table Lamp Attributed to Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermes
By Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès
Located in Aix En Provence, FR
Discounted price especially for Christmas.
Modernist table lamp with a brass hemispherical
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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Paul Dupre Lafon Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal paul dupre lafon lamp for your home. Each paul dupre lafon lamp for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using animal skin, leather and metal. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer paul dupre lafon lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each paul dupre lafon lamp bearing Art Deco, Hollywood Regency or modern hallmarks is very popular. Hermès each produced at least one beautiful paul dupre lafon lamp that is worth considering.
How Much is a Paul Dupre Lafon Lamp?
Prices for a paul dupre lafon lamp can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,250 and can go as high as $39,500, while the average can fetch as much as $3,900.
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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.
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