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Beautiful Antique Table Lamp with Reverse Painted Shade with Great Colors - I708
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a beautiful Antique Table lamp with a reverse painted shade. The shade has great colors
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Pottery, Porcelain

Reverse Painted Classique Floral Table Lamp
By Classique
Located in Toledo, OH
Reverse Painted Classique Floral Table Lamp, circa 1920s. Blue and green reverse painted shade with
Category

Early 20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Antique Art Deco Czech Molded & Reverse Painted Fruit Basket Table Lamp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
painted shade. The lamp is a figural fruit basket and the shade is threaded and secures firmly to the base
Category

Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Handel Patinated Metal Lamp with Reverse Painted Glass Shade
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Handel patinated metal lamp with reverse painted glass shade depicting a woodland landscape
Category

20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Handel Reverse Painted Table Lamp, circa 1920
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Handel patinated metal table lamp with reverse painted glass shade depicting a woodland landscape
Category

20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Art Glass

Antique Handel School Reverse Painted Scenic Table Lamp C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Handel. The lamp features a reverse-painted glass shade depicting a serene landscape with trees and
Category

Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

19th Century Bronze / Painted Glass Shade Table Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 19th century bronze base /reverse hand painted frosted glass shade table lamp. The lamp is in
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Antique Pittsburg Reverse Obverse Lake Scene Landscape Painted Table Lamp c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
back to circa 1920. This piece features a beautifully painted reverse obverse glass shade depicting a
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Antique Arts and Crafts Era Handel Lamp with Hand Painted Shade Circa 1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
American Arts and Crafts period Handel table lamp (c1910-15) with original reverse hand painted
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Handel Model 7036 "Birds of Paradise" Shade & Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
and craftsmanship of the Handel Company, featuring a reverse-painted glass shade on a chipped ice
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Phoenix Sunset Landscape Table Lamp, France, circa 1920s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Phoenix sunset landscape table lamp, circa 1920s reverse painted glass shade with a patinated
Category

Vintage 1920s French Other Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Osvaldo Borsani and Lucio Fontana for AVB Rare Cabinet or Sideboard, Italy 1950s
By Osvaldo Borsani, Arredamenti Borsani
Located in New York, NY
sideboard in mahogany with inset reverse-painted glass top in mahogany shade, two maple drawers and three
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Unusual Trumeau Mirrors
Located in Montreal, QC
. They are reverse painted on a shaded green ground directly on glass. The silver leaf mirror plates are
Category

Early 20th Century English George II Trumeau Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Pair of Unusual Trumeau Mirrors
Pair of Unusual Trumeau Mirrors
H 28.38 in W 12 in D 1 in
Handel Lamp w Scenic Reverse Painted Shade
By Handel Co.
Located in Pasadena, CA
This excellent Handel table lamp features an 18" chipped ice reverse painted autumnal scenic shade
Category

Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Large Reverse Painted Drum Shade
Located in Prescott, AZ
Superb condition of this 80+ year old piece of glass. No discernible paint loss with colors still
Category

Vintage 1920s American American Craftsman Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Glass

1920s Moe Bridges Boudoir Lamp
Located in Mobile, AL
Milwaukee", Reversed painted glass shade signed by artist.
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Arts & Crafts Table Handel Lamp with Pittsburgh School Reverse Painted Shade
By Handel Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
lights and Pittsburgh School reverse painted shade depicting lake scene and foliate overlay, handel lamps
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Arts & Crafts Bradley & Hubbard Lamp & Reverse Painted Shade, C1910
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp by Bradley & Hubbard offers domed shade with reverse painted
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Reverse Painted Jefferson Table Lamp, Early 20th Century
By Jefferson Electric Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique hand-painted Pittsburgh style Jefferson table lamp features cast base and reverse painted
Category

Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Arts & Crafts Handel Obverse Reverse Painted Table Lamp, Signed, Shade No.5347
By Handel Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp by Handel offers obvers and reverse painted shade having
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Lamp, circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh lamp offers double socket base surmounted by shade with reverse painted
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh School Reverse Painted Table Lamp Circa 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp in the manner of Pittsburgh Lamp offers reverse painted shade
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Arts & Crafts Phoenix School Reverse Painted Lamp, circa 1920
By Phoenix
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp in the manner of Phoenix offers domed reverse painted shade
Category

20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

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
Category

20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pairpoint Reverse Painted Directorie Table Lamp, Artist Signed L.H. Gorham
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Big Flats, NY
two foliate form arms terminating in candle lights seated on onyx, reverse painted shade with
Category

20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Onyx, Metal

Handel 6688 18” Floral Table Lamp
Located in Milford, NH
This wonderful floral table lamp has a reverse painted shade floral clusters of flowers in pink
Category

20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Phoenix Reverse Painted Landscape Shade & Bronzed Base, c1920
By Phoenix
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Phoenix table lamp offers reverse painted dome form glass shade having hand painted
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

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
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Art Glass

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
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique Reverse Painted Pittsburgh Table Lamp with Molded Drapery Shade, c 1910
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Pittsburgh table lamp offers glass molded drapery form shade with reverse painted floral
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Reverse Painted Lamp by "Pittsburgh"
Located in Petaluma, CA
reverse painted lamps. The shade is divided into interesting scenic panels separated by an exterior ridge
Category

Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Antique Reverse Panel Lamp with Filigree Shade & Polychrome Base, circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique table lamp features scroll and floral filigree shade with eight floral reverse painted
Category

Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

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
Category

Early 20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Art Glass

Antique Reverse Painted Boudoir Table Lamp, Landscape Scene, Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique boudoir table lamp offers reverse painted glass shade with landscape scene over single
Category

Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Paint

Antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Table Lamp circa 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp by Pittsburgh Lamp Co offers dome shade having reverse
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Table Lamp, Roses, circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
painted glass shade with roses, circa 1920 Measures: 20" height x 12.5" shade diameter, 7.5" diameter
Category

20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Antique Handel School Pittsburgh Style Reverse Painted Table Lamp, Winter
By Handel Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Handel School table lamp features Pittsburgh style reverse painted glass dome shade with
Category

20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

French Reverse Painted Rainaud Figural Rare Form Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in Big Flats, NY
French Bouillotte table lamp by Rainaud Co. features rare form reverse painted oval shade with
Category

Antique 19th Century French Victorian Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Arts & Crafts Handel Reverse Painted Boudoir Table Lamp, c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts boudoir table lamp by Handel offers reverse floral painted shade over
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Art & Crafts Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Phoenix Table Lamp, circa 1910
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
reverse painted dome shade with lake and landscape scene, circa 1910 Measures: 26" height x 18
Category

20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Antique Arts & Crafts Reverse Painted Scenic Table Lamp, Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp offers reverse painted glass shade having landscape scene
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh School Reverse Painted Panel Table Lamp
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh School table lamp offers a cast shade housing reverse painted
Category

20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Arts & Crafts Phoenix Reverse Painted Landscape Table Lamp, Circa 1920
By Phoenix
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp by Phoenix offers reverse painted dome glass shade with
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Paint

Antique American Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Glass Bronze Table Lamp Signed 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Portland, OR
base. The shade is reverse painted with a pastoral landscape at sunset, with birds flying over a
Category

Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Antique Arts & Crafts Phoenix Reverse Painted Lamp with Farm & Chickens, c1920
By Phoenix
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp attributed to Phoenix offers reverse painted glass dome shade
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Arts & Crafts Phoenix Reverse Painted Scenic Table Lamp, Circa 1920
By Phoenix Glass
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts Phoenix table lamp offers dome form glass shade with reverse painted
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Arts and Crafts Jefferson Lamp with Reverse Painted Landscape Scene
By Jefferson Electric Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
scenic landscape reverse painted glass dome shade, working and with professional rewiring, circa 1910
Category

20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

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
Category

20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh Style Reverse Painted & Polychromed Lamp, c1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp in the manner of Pittsburgh ight Co. offers reverse painted
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh School Bronze Reverse Painted Lamp, circa 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
reverse painted glass dome form shade with still life band of fruit with grape and vine, circa 1920
Category

20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pittsburgh School Reverse Painted Table Lamp by E. Miller & Co., circa 1920
By Miller Lamp Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
having Dual independently controlled sockets, is embossed with maker, and surmounted by a reverse painted
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

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
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Rare Handel Stream Scene Table Lamp Numbered 5673
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Handel table lamp has cone-shaped reverse and obverse painted shade with a woodland stream with
Category

Early 20th Century American American Classical Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Handel Reverse Painted Shade Boudoir Lamp
Located in Toledo, OH
A beautiful Handel reverse painted boudoir lamp. This lovely lamp features an exterior reverse
Category

Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh Style Table Lamp, Reverse Painted Shade, c 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
with reverse painted glass shade having winter landscape scene, c1920 Measures: 15.75" height x 11.5
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Banker's/ Desk Lamp by "Pittsburgh Lamp Co." Reverse Painted Shade, ca. 1920's
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Petaluma, CA
change the angle of the shade with the 2nd knuckle. The beauty is in the lovely painted scene on the
Category

Vintage 1920s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique Arts & Crafts Jefferson Reverse Painted Lamp, circa 1920
By Jefferson Electric Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts Jefferson table lamp offers hexagonal reverse painted shade with landscape
Category

20th Century Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Bronze Lamp Base with Hand Painted Handel Lamp Shade
By Handel Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Handel lamp with original reverse painted shade. Has original cloth label on the bottom of the base
Category

Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh School Gilt and Coppered Reverse Painted Table Lamp
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
decorated cast base with dual lights and reverse painted shade depicting winter landscape stream scene with
Category

20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pittsburgh Lamp Reverse Painted with Jungle Scene on Pleated Glass Shade
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pittsburgh lamp features reverse painted jungle scene on pleated glass shade, circa 1920.
Category

Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

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Reverse Painted Shade For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic reverse painted shade available at 1stDibs. A reverse painted shade — often made from glass, metal and brass — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a reverse painted shade — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A reverse painted shade, designed in the Arts and Crafts or Art Nouveau style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made reverse painted shade over the years, but those crafted by Pairpoint Glassworks, Handel Lamp Co. and Phoenix are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Reverse Painted Shade?

Prices for a reverse painted shade can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $900 and can go as high as $6,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,550.
Questions About Reverse Painted Shade
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The first step in reverse glass painting is to select your design and to transfer it to a pane of glass. From there you can paint in your design. Once the paint is dry and set, you can proudly display your artwork from the unpainted side that will have no exposed paint and will be less prone to chipping.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Reverse painting is a method of glass art. The artist paints the back of a glass panel so the finished work can be seen from the opposite side. The technique is centuries old and pieces can be found in a variety of art styles. Browse a selection of reverse painted pieces on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Reverse painting on glass is called verre églomisé. The term gets its name from the 18th-century decorator Jean-Baptiste Glomy who became famous for his reverse-painted glass prints. On 1stDibs, you can shop a collection of verre églomisé furniture and jewelry.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 24, 2021
    Yes, you can paint a glass lamp shade. You can use glass paints or acrylic paint to give old glass fixtures an inexpensive makeover. You can also use stencils for added visual appeal. Find a variety of lamp shades on 1stDibs.