Plaster Lamp Base
Saxon Crusader Robin Hood Chalkware Sculpture Continental Table Lamp
By Continental Art Company
Located in New Orleans, LA
. Production began in 1948 or 1949 and ended in
1962. The plaster lamp base and its unique lamps shade were
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Cotton, String, Plaster
$347 Sale Price
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H 20.5 in W 10 in D 7 in
Pair Of 1960s Plaster Pineapple Lamps on Wood Base
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1960s plaster pineapple lamps on wood base.
Category
Vintage 1960s Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Plaster Floor Lamp with Lucite Base and Original Shade
Located in New York, NY
Classic Hollywood Regency Art Deco Revival Post Modern plaster lamp, with textured coral colored
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Materials
Lucite, Plaster
Table Lamps, Butterfly Lamps, Contemporary, White Plaster and Gold Leaf Base
By Area ID
Located in New York, NY
Decorative pair of butterfly lamps. Made of metal, covered with white plaster and the bases are
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Leaf, Metal
$5,950 / item
H 33.75 in W 15 in D 11 in
Artist Palette with Colored Paintbrush Plaster Table Lamp Base
Located in Ferndale, MI
Neat Kitsch plaster table lamp. Artist palette with multi-color paint brush protruding. Shade not
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Iconic Sculptural Textured White Gesso Finish Plaster Table Lamp Acrylic Base
By Sirmos
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern table lamp in white Gesso Finish.
Plaster undertone with textured pattern a
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
$1,200
H 25.5 in W 13.63 in D 6.75 in
Mid-Century White Plaster Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's Italian white plaster table lamp with ebonized base.
Measurements:
Height of
Category
Vintage 1960s Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Midcentury Plaster Lamp on Lucite
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Midcentury plaster lamp, original patina, on Lucite base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Articulated Bamboo Table Lamp with Plaster Abalone Base and Abalone Shell Shade
By Tennant New York
Located in Brooklyn, NY
-plaster base cast in the shape of an abalone sea shell, a lacquered speckled-bamboo column, and an
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$2,350 / item
H 14 in W 5 in D 8 in
contemporary geometrical plaster lamp modernist style
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large contemporary modernist-style table lamp. White plaster base structure with geometric shapes
Category
2010s French Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Postmodern Sculpted Off White Plaster Floor Lamp
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Lamp. The lamp’s base is artfully crafted from plaster, featuring a unique sculpted design that
Category
Vintage 1980s American Floor Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Mid Century Modern Teak Popcorn Base Table Lamps - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century-Modern Large Teak Popcorn Base Table Lamps - Pair
A very cool pair of large table
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster, Teak
"Twisted Rope" Style Base Massive Decorative Floor Lamp Mid Century MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
"Twisted Rope" Style Base Massive Decorative Floor Lamp Mid Century MINT!
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Plaster
$1,400
H 66 in W 12 in D 12 in
Metal Palm Tree Lamp Mounted in Campagna Urn form base
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Fun table lamp, with metal palm leaves "potted" in classical form urn ( plaster ) Loss to green
Category
Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
French Neoclassical Plaster Bust of a Man with Illuminating Up light, circa 1970
Located in New Orleans, LA
1970s neoclassical revivalist lamp made of plaster. The base is the bust of a young man in the
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
$3,450
H 25 in W 8.5 in D 8.25 in
Monceau Floor Lamp, by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
By Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Plaster of Paris floor lamp based on 1940s French Design. Linen Drum Shade. Dimensions: 14" height
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Materials
Linen, Plaster
Monceau Floor Lamp, by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
By Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Plaster of Paris floor lamp based on 1940s French Design. Linen Drum Shade. Dimensions: 14" height
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Materials
Linen, Plaster
Elliott Levine "Philosopher's Stone" Table Lamp
By Elliott Levine
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp inspired by Chinese philosopher's stones. The artist sculpts then casts the lamp base in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Materials
Resin, Plaster
Mid-Century Chinese Red and Gold Figural Table Lamp
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2-952 Cast plaster Chinese resting figure lamp
Measures: base 6 x 6"
Height to top of socket
Category
Vintage 1950s Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster, Hardwood
Pair of Large Mid-Century Modern Gold Colored Genie Lamps on Brass Bases
By Plasto Usa
Located in Chattanooga, TN
accents the mid-section. The vintage plaster lamps rest on a brass base.
11” diameter x 27.25” High
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$995 / set
H 27.25 in Dm 11 in
Dawes Black Horse Brewery Large Cast Advertising Horse Sculptural Lamp Base
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
for Dawes Brewery of Montreal Canada. The detailed sculpture is done with a molded plaster or
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Art Deco Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Plaster
$2,785
H 19 in W 10 in D 18 in
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Hollywood Regency Plaster Table Lamp by Light House
Located in Fulton, CA
construction. Label on socket.
Plaster lamp base measures 7.25 inches square, 23.5 inches tall.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Sculptural Plaster Egg Carton Table Lamp
By John Dickinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
A playful cast plaster double egg carton form lamp base by
Bay Area artist/designer, presently
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Italian Plaster Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Neo Classic Urn Lamps, Plaster Finish , 22kt Gold Base
Shades, $450 each , silk
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Table Lamps
Baluster Lamps, France, 19th Century
Located in Ramatuelle, IDF
Baluster lamps. Simplicity of the form and materials. Plaster for the lamp base, vintage hemp and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Canvas, Plaster
Machine Age Aluminum Table Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Aluminum table lamp in the style of the Sirmos plaster lamps. Base is solid cast aluminum with a
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Two Pairs of Plaster Architectural Fragment Base Table Lamps
Located in Washington, DC
Two Pairs of French 19th century plasters architectural fragment base table lamps.
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Regency Lamp Base in Ebonized Plaster by Humphrey Hopper
By Humphrey Hopper
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Classical maiden Regency lamp base in ebonized plaster holding up an ormolu light fitting, (later
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
American Plaster Lamp.
Located in Hudson, NY
Plaster modern lamp with lucite base.
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster, Lucite
Large Plaster Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Large lamp with square plaster base and four candlestick lights.
American, c. 1950
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Asian Inspired Plaster Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom patinated plaster table lamp with lacquered wood base
Category
Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Frances Elkins Plaster Snail Table Lamp
By Frances Elkins
Located in New York, NY
Frances Elkins (1888-1953).
Plaster table lamp with base in the form of a snail,
American, circa
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Mid-Century Turned Plaster Table Lamps, Pair
Located in Pasadena, CA
This pair of white, plaster table lamps feature a turned base with a complimentary flared shade.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Plaster Lamps
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Pair of spectacular Mid-Century Modern table lamps. Hand-made plaster base with wood plinth & black
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Silk, Plaster
Pair of Textured White Plaster Lamps, France, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary French pair of white textured plaster lamps
Rectangular shaped base
Belgian linen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
White Hand Engraved Plaster Design Pair Lamps, France, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary French pair of handmade white plaster lamps.
Rectangular shaped base with decorative
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Plaster Pair of Lamps, France, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary French pair of handmade white plaster lamps.
Rectangular shaped base with decorative
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Mid-Century Modern Plaster Table Lamps - Set of 2
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a pair of Mid-Century Modern Plaster Table Lamps. Featuring a brass base, brass
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Frances Elkins Twisted Base Floor Lamp
By Frances Elkins
Located in New York, NY
FRANCES ELKINS (1888-1953)
Tall standing barley twist lamp with square base in painted plaster
Category
Vintage 1940s American Floor Lamps
Materials
Paint, Plaster, Wood
Pair of Blue Architectural Plaster Lamps by Bon Art, 1989
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair plaster table lamp featuring a circular base with an abstract architectural raised design
Category
Vintage 1980s Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Rare Art Deco Lamp Base by Frederic Weinberg
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
today, in part because his stylized figural sculptures are icons of 1950s design. Based in Philadelphia
Category
Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
1950s Lamp with an Antique Inspired Bust at the Base
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1950s lamp with a plaster bust of an antique figure set on the marble base (possibly the emperor
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
Copper Tone Lucite Base Table Lamp in the Style of Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Ferndale, MI
Copper Tone Lucite Base Table Lamp in the Style of Karl Springer.
17" wide x 13" deep x 35" tall
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Lucite, Plaster
Monceau Floor Lamp
By Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Plaster of Paris Floor Lamp Based on 1940s French Design. Linen Drum Shade
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Floor Lamps
Materials
Linen, Plaster
Sirmos Table lamp
By Sirmos
Located in West Palm Beach, US
organic elegance. Crafted from plaster, the lamp’s base is designed to resemble a natural stack of rocks
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
An Unusual Blue Sunflower Lamp
Located in NYC, NY
A unique plaster lamp with a conical base surmounted with a sunflower painted in a blue striae.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
White Scavo Murano Glass and Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980’s large white scavo Murano glass and bronze on a plaster base table lamp.
It takes one small
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Frances Elkins Snail Lamp
By Frances Elkins
Located in New York, NY
FRANCES ELKINS (1888-1953)
Plaster lamp with base in the shape of a snail.
With attached
Category
Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps
Midcentury Pr. of Pineapple Lamps
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pr.of Midcentury Tin and Plaster Hand Painted Pineapple Lamps
base dimentions 9.5 x 9.5
Category
Vintage 1960s Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pineapple Table Lamps France, 1970s
By Maison Jansen
Located in Den Haag, NL
Multi color gold plaster lamp base, in the shape off a Pineapple comes with black shades.
Good
Category
Vintage 1970s French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Plaster Pair of Lamps, France, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary French pair of handmade white plaster lamps.
Rectangular shaped base with decorative
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
1960s James Mont Buddha Table Lamp
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
1960's James Mont Buddha plaster table lamp with wood base, newly rewired.
Height to light
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Urn Shaped Lamps Painted in Grisaille
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New plaster lamp based on 19th century French form with weathered "grisaille" finish. Priced as a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Pair of Plaster Feather Table Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful and unusual plaster feathered table lamps with brass base and custom silk shades.
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Quirky Twig and Plaster Table Lamp
By John Dickinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
A quirky table lamp of formed plaster base and carved wood form of tree trunk. Unknown artist
Category
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Pair of Plaster Baluster Lamps
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Pair of plaster baluster lamps with unfinished wood base. New bronze double cluster fixtures.
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Eagle Lamp on Black Base
Located in Hudson, NY
A gilded plaster eagle on a black hexagonal base.
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Monumental Gilded Plaster Table Lamp with Original Shade, circa 1940s
Located in Easton, PA
Large scale gilded plaster lamp on black lacquered wood base with original shade, glass diffuser
Category
Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Green and White Faux Marbre Lamp on Custom Base, Marked
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-20th century Italian green and white faux marbre lamp on custom gilded base, marked "Made In
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster, Giltwood
Vintage 1950's 'Zeppelin' Lamp
Located in Hudson, NY
a wonderful large vintage 1950's plaster lamp, with a very heavy base in a stylized torpedo form
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Early 20th Century Copper and Brass Floor Lamp with Metal Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique proportions and plated in copper, this lamp has a plaster filled base for support. Newly
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Copper
English Sterling Lamp Base from Mappin & Webb, London
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A tall and stately neoclassic reeded columnar form. A rare find.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950's Plaster Guitar Player Lamp
Located in Hudson, NY
a wonderful vintage 1950's lamp with a plaster base in the form of a seated figure playing the
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Carole Stupell Rock Crystal Lamp
By Carole Stupell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Carole Stupell specimen lamp on painted plaster base--it includes the dupioni silk shade and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Rock Crystal
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Plaster Lamp Base For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the plaster lamp base you’re looking for. A plaster lamp base — often made from plaster, metal and wood — can elevate any home. There are 11 variations of the antique or vintage plaster lamp base you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect plaster lamp base — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right plaster lamp base, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Neoclassical styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made plaster lamp base over the years, but those crafted by Area ID and Humphrey Hopper are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Plaster Lamp Base?
A plaster lamp base can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,504, while the lowest priced sells for $750 and the highest can go for as much as $8,500.
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.
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Questions About Plaster Lamp Base
- What is a lamp base?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021A lamp base is the lighting element of the lamp which attaches to the lamp body. They are traditionally made up of nickel-plated brass.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The base of a lamp is usually just called the lamp base. Manufacturers and artisans produce lamp bases out of a wide range of materials, including metal, wood, glass and pottery. Find a selection of antique and vintage lamps on 1stDibs.
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