Pair of Black and Red Chinoiserie Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1950's French lamps with Chrysanthemum flowers on a black background. Measurements: Height of body: 17.75" Height to shade rest: 28" Diameter: 9.5"
Porcelain
Caldwell Chinoiserie Red Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920 Caldwell chinoiserie floor lamp with painted red finish and gilt details.
Red Painted Tole Lamp with Chinoiserie Decor, 20th Century
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pronounced taste for 'Chinoiserie' remains a timeless element of European decorative arts.
Mahogany
$1,800 / set
H 27 in W 10 in D 10 in
Chinoiserie, Table, Desk Lamps, Red Jappanned Wood, Giltwood, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Red Chinoiserie Table / Desk Lamps, Chinese Motif, Bronze Butterfly Finial A finely painted Jappaned pair of table prick desk lamps in fire engine red with Chinoiserie scenes.
Wood
Red & Gold Chinoiserie Table Lamp by Burton-Ching Ltd
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Red & Gold Chinoiserie Table Lamp by Burton-Ching Ltd
Wood, Lacquer
$2,200 / set
H 23 in Dm 8 in
Pair English Chinoiserie Red Tole & Gilt Painted Tea Caddy Lamps, 20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair English-Style Chinoiserie Red Tole & Gilt Tea Caddy Lamps, 20th Century This elegant pair of English-style Chinoiserie red tole and gilt tea caddy lamps is distinguished by i...
Metal
$500Sale Price|30% Off
H 21.5 in Dm 11 in
Maitland Smith Red Coromandel Lacquer Chinoiserie Urn Table Lamp 33"
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
Maitland Smith, circa 1990s, vase / vessel / urn / jug shaped Chinoiserie table lamp featuring red coromandel style lacquer finish with a painted landscape / fishing scene in gold an...
Lacquer
Chinoiserie Table Lamp by Porcelaine de Paris, 1970s Copper Red
By Porcelaine de Paris, Limoges
Located in Glasgow, GB
A Chinoiserie porcelain table lamp by Porcelaine de Paris, France, dating to the 1970s, featuring vibrant copper red enamel decoration on a classic bottle-form base.
Brass, Enamel
$37,663 / set
H 21.26 in Dm 11.03 in
Pair of Scarlet Red Berlinware Chinoiserie 19th Century Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A very fine pair of large 19th century Berlinware chinoiserie vases, decorated throughout with gilded chinoiseries on a scarlet red japanned background, now mounted as a lamps with t...
Ceramic
English Victorian Style Chinoiserie Red Tole Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian style (20th Century) square shaped red tole and Chinoiserie decorated tea canister mounted as a lamp.
Metal
Large Red Oxblood Chinoiserie Ceramic Urn Table Lamp, 1970s-1980s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage table lamp features large sculptural urn-shaped ceramic, porcelain, or pottery body, decorated with bright red oxblood glaze.
Brass
$2,900 / set
H 26 in W 7 in D 7 in
Vintage Pair of Oxblood Red Flambe Porcelain Chinoiserie Table Lamps Newly Wired
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lovely pair of vintage San de Boeuf Oxblood flambe porcelain table lamps. No chips or breaks. Newly wired, clear cord, all new brass hardware, 3 way sockets. Dimensions: 26 H to top ...
Porcelain
Chinoiserie Raspberry Red Ginger Jar Urn Table Lamp on Carved Wood Base
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The ceramic body of the lamp is decorated with unusual raspberry red glaze with elegant craquelure tratment, and is finished with the original bronze fittings and cluster.
Brass
$650
H 30 in W 11 in D 11 in
Vintage Chinoiserie Red Tole Metal Tea Canister Table Lamp by Vaughan Design Ltd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Red Tole Metal Tea Canister Table Lamp by Vaughan Design Ltd.
Metal
English Chinoiserie Tea Tin Red and Gold Canister Made into a Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Chinoiserie tea tin red and gold canister from the 19th century made into a table lamp wired for the USA.
Tin
$3,600 / set
H 20 in W 9 in D 9 in
Pair of Vintage English Chinoiserie Red Hand-Painted Tole Tea Caddy Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English export Chinoiserie-style table lamps made of tole tea caddies mounted as lamps with brass hardware, hand painted with gold and black portraiture designs framed by flo...
Brass
$12,778 / set
H 27.56 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Large Red Lacquered and Gilt Painted Chinoiserie 20th Century Lamps
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of large Chinese gilt-painted and chinoiserie decorated red-lacquered baluster vases, the scenes with scholars and attendants crossing bridges by pavilions in moun...
Lacquer
$5,252
H 73.63 in Dm 19.69 in
Striking Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Floor Lamp with Table, France, ca. 1920–1940
Located in Antwerp, BE
Striking Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Floor Lamp with Table, France, ca. 1920–1940 A rare and decorative floor lamp in rich red lacquer, beautifully hand-painted with gilt chinoiserie ...
Resin, Wood
$3,180 / set
H 25 in Dm 13 in
Pair Antique Chinoiserie Red Polychrome Enamel Urns Made into Lamps, Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique French Chinoiserie figural dragon red polychrome enamel urns converted into lamps, Circa 1900.
Enamel
$2,250
H 23 in W 12 in D 10.5 in
Vintage English Chinoiserie Hexagonal Hand-Painted Tole Tea Caddy Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Vintage English export Chinoiserie-style table lamp made of a hexagonal tole tea caddy mounted as a lamp with brass hardware, hand painted with a landscape and garden scene in gold ...
Metal
$2,250
H 23 in W 12 in D 10.5 in
Vintage English Chinoiserie Hexagonal Hand-Painted Tole Tea Caddy Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Vintage English export Chinoiserie-style table lamp made of a hexagonal tole tea caddy mounted as a lamp with brass hardware, hand painted with a landscape and garden scene in gold ...
Brass
Late 20th Century Red Lacquered Hand Painted Red & Gold Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This stunning late 20th-century hand-painted porcelain table lamp features a vibrant red lacquered finish adorned with exquisite chinoiserie scenes of birds, flowers, and intricate f...
Gold
Red Chinoriserie Decorated Table Lamp with Custom Shades
Located in Stamford, CT
A red chinoriserie decorated table lamp with custom shade. On a tripod base leading to a paint decorated column pedestal center having a painted tabletop.
Wood
$850
H 30 in W 11 in D 11 in
Antique Chinese Oxblood Red Glazed Porcelain Bulbous Jardinierie Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Chinese Oxblood Red Glazed Porcelain Ceramic Bulbous Jardinierie Table Lamp. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 30" H (to finial) x 24" H (to light socket) x 11" W x 11"...
Ceramic, Porcelain
$2,800 / set
H 31 in Dm 8 in
Pair of English Red Tole Peinte Tea Canister Lamps with Orientalist Landscapes
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th c., England, a pair of red enameled sheet metal tole table lamps, painted with Orientalist landscapes. The landscapes are encircled by a gold painted border. Each of the tw...
Brass, Sheet Metal, Enamel
$1,844
H 17.72 in Dm 13.78 in
Dutch Delft Polychrome Table Lamp, Tichelaar Makkum, New Loose Pleat Silk Shade
By Amitābha Studio, Royal Tichelaar Makkum
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Dutch Delft polychrome floral table lamp by Tichelaar Makkum, hand-painted on a ceramic baluster vase, circa 1890, and paired with a new burnt-orange loose-pleat silk shade and a fab...
Brass
$1,736Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 21.26 in Dm 12.6 in
Pair Royal Delft Blue & White Ceramic Table Lamps with New Vermilion Silk Shades
By Amitābha Studio, Royal Delft
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Hand-painted Royal Delft blue and white double-gourd table lamp pair from the 1970s newly converted by Amitābha Studio with new vermillion dupion silk lampshades, wired with fabric c...
Brass
A Pair Red Gilt Chinoiserie Candelabra Table Lamps
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Beautiful Pair Red Gilt Chinoiserie Candelabra table lamps attributed to E.F.
Wood
European Chinoiserie Table Lamp in Red and Gold
Located in Bradenton, FL
A European Chinoiserie ceramic table lamp. Decorated with an exotic gilt vine motif, hand painted with jade green hearts at the center of vine leaves and red throughout the body.
Ceramic
Red/Orange Chinoiserie Table Lamps, a Pair
Located in High Point, NC
Chinoiserie chic! A pair of rich scarlet-red, gold, and black ceramic Chinese vases mounted on wood pedestals as table lamps and topped with jaunty black paper shades.
Porcelain, Silk
Pair Chinoiserie Red Japanned Candelabra Table Lamps
Located in New York, US
Our beautiful pair of candelabra in the Chinoiserie style date from the early 20th century, and feature four candle arms with candelabra-size sockets, and fine red japanned surfaces ...
Wood
Pair English Chinoiserie Red Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Tea Tins with elaborate gilded Chinese decoration, caligraphy and pagoda lid as lamps with silk shades included. There are four of these available. (Price is for ...
Metal
Unavailable
H 63 in W 10 in D 10 in
Rare Edward F. Caldwell & Co, Chinoiserie Red Lacquered Bronze Floor Lamp
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Great quality, red enamel on bronze. Attributed to E. F.Caldwell, New York with silver and lapis pull chains, circa 1900. Lamp shade: 23 inches diameter. Minor enamel touch-ups.
Bronze
Unavailable
H 12 in W 5.38 in D 5.38 in
1950s Chinoiserie Red and Black Tole Tea Canister Lamp with Leather Details
Located in Richmond, VA
Listed is a gorgeous, petite 1950s chinoiserie red and black tole tea canister lamp. Lovely detailing all-over the octagonal canister, which is complimented by the deep red/burgundy ...
Metal
Unavailable
H 27.13 in W 5.25 in D 5.25 in
Pair 1930's Gladding McBean Oxblood Red Art Pottery Bronze Mounted Table Lamps
By Gladding, McBean
Located in Dallas, TX
We are offering a pair of vintage circa late 1930's/early 1940's Gladding McBean & Co. high fired ceramic table lamps with heavy ornamental fitments of warm patinated bronze. Covere...
Bronze
Pair of Large Ceramic Sang de Boeuf Vase Lamps
Located in Richmond, London
A superb pair of flambé glazed porcelain vase lamps of grand scale on giltwood bases. 20th century. Why we like them Richly coloured and of great scale, these versatile lamps will...
Ceramic
Chinoiserie Floor Lamp (Red)
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome English chinoiserie floor lamp in dark red with painted exotic oriental motifs, many in relief.
Wood
French Red Chinoiserie Floor Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Red Chinoiserie wood floor lamp.
Caldwell Chinoiserie Red Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1920 Caldwell Chinoiserie floor lamp with painted red finish and gilt details. 58" height of body 72" to rest of shade www.delapuenteantiques.com Available at our showr...
Pair of French Red Toleware Chinoiserie Lamps
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Gorgeous pair of French Chinoiserie decorated tole lamps with raised painted scenic and gilt decorations. Baluster form body on a round plinth base. The shade rest is adjustable to a...
Metal, Enamel
Vintage Chinoiserie Red & Yellow Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in Raymondville, TX
A vintage 1970s hand painted moriage floral & bird motif earthenware ginger jar table lamp mounted on a black lacquer base. Two light sockets with individual (pull cords) and Dual (c...
Brass
Pair of Large Red Chinoiserie Toleware Table Lamps
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A pair of large red chinoiserie toleware table lamps The large stunning lamps have matching shades, both lamps and shades have a crackle glaze finish and are hand painted with bot...
Tin
A Pair of Red Chinoiserie Decorated Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Everyone needs a bit of Chinoiserie! These lamps are small in scale and could sit on small bedside tables, or on a buffet or entry console.
Grasscloth, Wood
A red mercury glass Chinoiserie table lamp
Located in NYC, NY
A unique red glass in a traditional Chinese GU-form vase of the Kangxi period, c 1700. Typical bracketed wood base.
Wood
Sold
H 20 in Dm 10 in L 20 in
Robust Pair of English Chinoiserie Style Red Painted Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A robust pair of English chinoiserie style Chinese-red painted tole tea canister lamps; each painted canister adorned overall with painted figures amid a gilded and painted landscape...
Sold
H 16.54 in Dm 13.78 in
Dutch Delft Polychrome Chinoiserie Table Lamp, Tichelaar Makkum, New Silk Shade
By Royal Tichelaar Makkum, Amitābha Studio
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Dutch Delft polychrome Chinoiserie table lamp by Royal Tichelaar Makkum, the Netherlands' oldest ceramic factory, established in 1572, with hand-painted bird-and-flower scenes in cob...
Brass
Sold
H 18.5 in W 11.4 in D 11.4 in
Chinoiserie Oriental Red Oxblood and Gold Porcelain Vase Table Lamps, Set of 3
By Maison Charles, Maison Jansen, Maison Baguès
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Chinoiserie oriental red Oxblood and gold Porcelain vase table lamps 2 tall French Ox blood Chinoiserie vase table lamps and 1 smaller version Made of porcelain and gilt brass in ...
Gold Leaf
Chinoiserie Stoneware Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The red chinoiserie flowers will be a great accent color in any room.
Delft Blue Ceramic Table Lamps, Red Velvet Shades, Pair, 1970s
By Boch Freres Keramis
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Exquisitely handcrafted by Amitābha Studio in Amsterdam, Eugène & Victor are one-of-a-kind table lamps made from vintage vases designed by Boch Frères Keramis in La Louvière, Belgium...
Brass
Pair of Chinese Drum Table Lamps in Red
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing pair of Chinese table lamps with rawhide tacked to a rustic red lacquered wood drum. Featuring Ming style finials, forged metal handles and turned mahogany bases.
Mahogany, Leather, Wood
Pair Chinese Red Double Happiness Porcelain Ginger Jar Lamps
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A striking and highly decorative pair of Chinese porcelain ginger jar lamps featuring the auspicious “Double Happiness” (囍 / Shuangxi) motif, rendered in a vibrant iron-red over a cr...
Metal
Vintage Gold Oxblood Red and Blue Ornate Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Chattanooga, TN
The shades pictured are NOT INCLUDED with purchase. Shade dimensions below are for purpose of scale. Pair of vintage gold embellished porcelain Chinese lamps with elaborately ado...
Porcelain
Sold
H 26.38 in W 15.95 in D 15.95 in
Pair of Chinese Chinoiserie Red Lacquer Three Drawer Bedside / Side Lamp Tables
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely pair of Chinese Chinoiserie red lacquer three drawer bedside / side lamp tables A very good looking well made and decorative pair, the finish...
Wood
Pair of Red Chinoiserie Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of vintage chinoiserie table lamps, painted in a tomato red with giltwood base, circa 1970s.
Red Lacquered Hand Decorated Chinoiserie Pair Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautifully hand painted and decorated red Lacquered chinoiserie scene details pair of small table lamp.
Gold
Pair of Red Chinoiserie Tole Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1940s red tole French table lamps with painted chinoiserie decoration.
Metal
Chinoiserie Tea Canister Tole Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Tea canister tole lamp hand-painted in the Asian taste featuring an Imperial red background. Made in Italy and uses brass hardware and finial. Decorated with pagodas and Asian themes...
Sold
H 19.5 in W 5.25 in D 5.25 in
Chinoiserie Oxblood Red Ginger Jar Urn Table Lamp on Bronze Claw Foot Base
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The ceramic body of the lamp is decorated with oxblood red, or Bordeaux, glaze with gold band accents on the top of the urn, and is finished with the original bronze fittings and har...
Metal, Brass
Pair of Iron Red and Enameled Porcelain Ginger Jar Lamps
Located in Lambertville, NJ
The lamps with iron red background with raised enameled floral decoration rest on wood bases. The wood base with diminutive feet. The shades are for photographic purposes only and no...
Porcelain, Wood
Sold
H 26 in W 5 in D 5 in
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Enamel Bronze Red Cloisonne Champleve Vase Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Enamel Bronze Red Cloisonne Champleve Vase Table Lamp. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 26" H (to finial) x 17" H (to light socket) x 5" W x 5" D. {3...
Bronze, Enamel
Chinese Red Egolmise Table Lamp with Gold Asian Motif and Pagoda Shade
Located in Savannah, GA
This striking Chinese red eglomise table lamp features a gold reverse painted motif of flowers, a butterfly, weeping willow tress and pagodas on eight panels partitioned by notched w...
Glass, Wood
Rare Delft Red Table Lamp (1935-1979) with New Old Rose Velvet Shade
By Delft
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Meticulously handcrafted by Amitābha Studio in Amsterdam, Willa is a one-of-a-kind table lamp made from a rare vintage Regina Delft Red vase, produced between 1935 and 1979.
Brass
Sold
H 25.6 in Dm 14.97 in
Sublime circa 1940s Red Lacquered Chinese Chinoiserie Side Lamp End Wine Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to this sublime circa 1940s red lacquer chinoiserie decorated side table I have a pair of these tables listed under my other items, they are pretty much exactly t...
Wood, Lacquer
Sold
H 25.79 in Dm 14.97 in
Pair of circa 1940s Red Lacquered Chinese Chinoiserie Side Lamp End Wine Tables
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime pair of circa 1940s red lacquer chinoiserie decorated side tables I have another of these tables listed under my other items, its ...
Wood
Red and Gold Chinoiserie Porcelain Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of vintage porcelain lamps. The pair sport a chinoiserie style red and gold floral pattern.
Porcelain
1930s Period Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Standard Lamp
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
1930s period red lacquered standard lamp having gilt chinoiserie decoration and decorative tasselled shade Measure: 22" diameter x 72" height, all lights and lamps have been rewired...
Lacquer
Very Large and Impressive Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Lamp
Located in London, GB
The lacquered terracotta body of baluster form, decorated in the chinoiserie taste with figures outside a pagoda. The reverse with a stylized paterae motif. Fitted with a double lamp...
Pottery
Late 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Red Lamps - Pair
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of Asian style table lamps, unbranded. Made of porcelain to represent a Chinese Tang Suit in red and gold, on a black painted wood base. Has bass neck, harps and finials. Sing...
Brass
Pair of English Red Tole Gilt Chinoiserie Column Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of English red tole gilt chinoiserie column lamps, beautifully decorated on all sides.
Metal
Edwardian Period Chinoiserie Red Lacquered Standard Lamp
Located in Darwen, GB
An Edwardian period chinoiserie red lacquered standard lamp. The lamp raised on a circular base with chinoiserie detail, with a fluted column and brass fitting.
Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Floor Lamp, England, c. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Handsome Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Floor Lamp, Newly Wired to US Electrical Code with Triple Swivel Cluster and Adjustable Finial.
Pair Red Tole Chinoiserie Vases
Located in Tacoma, WA
Pr. unusual English turned wood campana shaped pedestal red chinoiserie urns
Wood, Lacquer
Edwardian Chinoiserie Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Red Japanned with Gilt Chinoiserie Floor Lamp
Scarlet Chinoiserie Floor Lamp
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great looking red chinoiserie floor lamp with warm worn finish and shade not included
Wood
1940s Chinese Red and Black Lacquered Lamp with Shade
Located in Richmond, VA
Offered is a fabulous, 1940s Chinese red and black lacquered lamp. The piece is made of converted stacking decorative boxes. Includes shade. Shade is in good, vintage condition. Mea...
Wood
Royal Blue Gold Dragon Lamp
Located in Sint-Kruis, BE
Royal blue gold dragon lamp with pagode imperial yellow silk hand-sewn shade and red fringes.
Red Chinoiserie Painted Tea Cannister possibly for lamp base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A paint decorated tea cannister. This red tea cannister has gilt decoration of a Chinoiserie influence on the front with the number "7" in the middle. Gilt bands on the top and bot...
Red Chinoiserie Lamp Table
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
A late 19th-early 20th century red chinoiserie decorated three-drawer lamp table.
Lacquer
Antique Coral Red Chinoiserie Vase Lamp
Located in Richmond, London
A superbly decorative Chinoiserie vase lamp, meticulously hand-painted with oriental scenes and auspicious symbold on a coral-red ground, in the 18th century style, mounted as lamp o...
Porcelain
19th Century English Chinoiserie Style Red Painted Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
English Chinoiserie style red painted tea canister lamps with gold painted figures.
Tin
Late 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Red Cherry Blossom Table Lamps - Pair
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of Asian Chinoiserie style table lamps, unbranded. Made of porcelain in an urn style, hand painted, with a red base color, pink & white cherry blossoms, blue, green & brown fl...
Brass
Pair of Regency Red and Gilt Japanned Chinoiserie Tea Canisters, circa 1795
By John Gilbert & Sons
Located in New York, NY
Fine pair of English Regency red japanned tea canisters with chinoiserie figures in gilt numbered "1" & "5", one bearing the label of the maker John Gilbert & co., who is recorded as...
Tin
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