Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain and French Ormolu mounted lamps
By CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderfully decorative pair of Chinese 19th century Famille Rose Porcelain and French Ormolu mounted lamps. This stunning pair are raised by fanciful circular and concave shaped Or...
Ormolu
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Lamps with Birds, Flowers and Calligraphy
By CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant pair of vintage porcelain lamps was converted from lidded Chinese vase jars, beautifully hand-painted in the Famille Rose palette. Crafted in the mid-20th century, each ...
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Canton Porcelain Table Lamp, Famille Rose
Located in MONTPELLIER, FR
Late 19th century Chinese Canton porcelain vase, later converted into a table lamp.
Metal, Brass
Pair of Famille Rose Canton Enamel Porcelain Chinese 19th Century Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
Now mounted as table lamps with bespoke hand gilded turned bases.
Porcelain
Antique Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Chinese Table Lamps Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Chinese Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Mantle Vases with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of compact size proportions, (se...
Bronze, Ormolu
Rose Medallion Canton Baluster Vase circa 1800 Mounted as a Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Rose Medallion Chinese Export Canton baluster vase circa 1800 mounted as a table lamp wired for the USA.
Brass
Pair of Late 19th Century Chinese Canton Rose Medallion Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A commanding pair of late-19th-century Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain vases, dating to the late Qing dynasty, circa 1880–1900, and later mounted as substantial two-light table...
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion / Canton Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century Chinese Cantonese / rose medallion vase / lamp. Having gilded dog of faux handles and serpents, classical green ground decoration with inset painted ...
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Rose Medallion, Canton Vases or Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive pair of 19th Century Chinese cantonese, rose medallion vases or lamps. Having panels of classical oriental scenes, also flowers, birds and butterflies amongst a green b...
Porcelain
Large Pair of Canton / Rose Medalion Chinese Vases / Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of large 19th century Chinese Canton vases / lamps. Each with a green ground with flowers, foliage, butterflies and birds surrounding panels of various scenes of ...
Porcelain
Beaux Arts Style Gilt Bronze Chinese Famille Rose Canton Porcelain Vase as Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
A Beaux Arts Style Ormoly Gilt Bronze Chinese Famille Rose Canton Porcelain Vase mounted as Table Lamp
Bronze, Ormolu, Enamel
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Vase Mounted as Lamps, 19 Century
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese porcelain Canton Famille rose vase mounted as lamps, 19th century Measure: height of vase 13.25".
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 28.35 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Chinese Canton Famille Rose Vase Oil Lantern Lamps Pair 19th Century
By CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A pair of 19th Century Chinese Canton Famille Rose vase oil lantern lamps. This exquisite pair of oil lamps showcases a beautiful collaboration between French and Asian craftsmanshi...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Rose Canton Lamps
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great pair of drilled vases that have been made into lamps. These are 19th c porcelain.
Porcelain, Wood
Unavailable
H 12.625 in W 5.875 in D 5.85 in
Pair of Square Rose Canton Porcelain Vase Table Lamp Bases Famille Rose
Located in Springfield, VA
Beautiful pair of large hand painted Rose Canton vases. Floral and insect designs. Previously used as lamp bases they both have holes drilled into the bottom. They can also functi...
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Vase Converted into Table Lamp
By CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
Located in Dallas, TX
Add the perfect amount of chinoiserie into your home with this decorative porcelain lamp. Round in shape, the lamp was made by converting a vintage Chinese Famille Rose vase into a C...
Porcelain
Famille Rose Canton Porcelain Vase Lamp
Located in Cheshire, GB
Famille rose Canton porcelain vase lamp, painted with reserves of traditional figures and flower heads within foliate and decorated borders. All raised up on Chinese rosewood base. ...
Porcelain
Chinese canton famille rose porcelain vase lamp
Located in Cheshire, GB
Chinese canton famille rose porcelain vase lamp, decorated with panels of birds, butterflies and native flora, the neck with moulded Chilong and lion dog handles. Converted for elect...
Porcelain
Chinese Rose Canton vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good quality finely painted Chinese rose canton vase with birds and figures now electrified. Circa 1880.
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Rose Canton Medallion Lamps
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good pair of mid-19th century Rose Canton vases that have been fitted as lamps. The vases are finely painted, are in excellent condition and have not been drilled for the e...
Brass
Sold
H 18.75 in W 5.75 in D 5.75 in
Antique Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Chinese Table Lamps Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Oil Lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of good size proportions, (see last image i...
Bronze, Ormolu
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H 18.9 in W 6.21 in D 6.21 in
Antique Chinese Cantonese Famille Rose Verte Canton Porcelain Table Lamp Ormolu
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine example of a Cantonese Hand Decorated Chinese Export Porcelain Vase of seldom seen large proportions no converted to an Electric Table Lamp, with its later heav...
Bronze, Ormolu
Sold
H 18.9 in W 6.89 in D 6.89 in
Antique Chinese Cantonese Famille Rose Verte Canton Porcelain Table Lamp Ormolu
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally Fine example of a Cantonese Hand Decorated Chinese Export Porcelain Vase of seldom seen large proportions no converted to an Electric Table Lamp, with its later heav...
Bronze, Ormolu
Sold
H 18.51 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Antique Chinese Cantonese Famille Rose Verte Canton Porcelain Table Lamp Ormolu
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine example of a Cantonese Hand Decorated Chinese Export Porcelain Vase of seldom seen large proportions no converted to an Electric Table Lamp, with its later heav...
Bronze, Ormolu
Sold
H 19.5 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Antique Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Chinese Table Lamps Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine pair of Chinese Cantonese hand decorated porcelain oil lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of good size proportions, (see last...
Bronze, Ormolu
Sold
H 17.5 in W 4.25 in D 4.25 in
Antique Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Chinese Table Lamps Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Oil Lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of good size proportions, (see last image i...
Bronze, Ormolu
Sold
H 21.5 in W 5.75 in D 5.75 in
Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Mounted Chinese Table Lamps Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine pair of Cantonese hand decorated porcelain oil lamps with ornate ormolu bases now converted to electric table lamps, of large proportions, mid-19th century. T...
Bronze, Ormolu
Sold
H 19.5 in W 5.25 in D 5.25 in
Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Mounted Chinese Table Lamps, Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine pair of Cantonese hand decorated porcelain oil lamps with ornate ormolu bases now converted to electric table lamps, of good size proportions, mid-19th century....
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Pair of Rose Canton Vases as Lamps
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a lovely pair of Rose Canton vases painted over-all with Chinese figures painted in traditional rose medallion pastel colors, converted to lamps with circular lucite base, 19...
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Canton / Rose Medallion Vase or Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century Chinese Canton / Rose medallion vase or lamp. Having classical Chinese scenes painted in the inset panels. Gilded lizards to the neck, mounted on a classi...
Ormolu
Sold
H 18.75 in W 6 in D 6 in
Pair of Famille Rose Canton Cantonese Hand Painted Ormolu Mounted Table Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine pair of cantonese hand decorated porcelain fluid table lamps now converted to electricity, mid-19th century. The main outer bodies of bulbous waisted form wi...
Bronze, Ormolu
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H 27 in W 14.25 in D 10 in
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Mandarin Vases Lamps, Canton, Mounted as Lamps
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Superb pair of Chinese Famille rose mandarin vases, canton, circa 1840 Mounted as lamps. Beautifully enameled with rare scenes of a marriage, its brokering and ceremony, with the cou...
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
By CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
Located in Dallas, TX
Add the perfect amount of chinoiserie into your home with this colorful porcelain lamp. Created in China circa 1950 and round in shape, the Famille Rose style lamp was made by conve...
Porcelain
Pair of Rose Canton Lamps
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a large pair of Rose Canton/Famille Rose vases that have been fitted as lamps. The vases date to the late Ching Period. The large size of the lamps--32" with shade make them ...
Brass
Pair of Chinese Rose Canton Peacocks Porcelain Vase Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Chinese Canton porcelain vases in the famille rose palette, now mounted as table lamps on giltwood turned bases.
Brass
19th Century Chinese Canton, Rose medallion vase / lamp.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century Chinese Canton , Rose medallion vase / lamp, having classical green ground with inset painted panels depicting various interior scenes. Mounted on a ...
Porcelain
Sold
H 17.25 in W 5.75 in D 5.75 in
Antique Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Chinese Table Lamps Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Chinese Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Oil Lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of good size proportions, (see last...
Bronze, Ormolu
Sold
H 16.5 in W 6.25 in D 6.25 in
Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Mounted Chinese Porcelain Lamp
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine example of a Cantonese hand decorated in colors Chinese export porcelain tall cylindrical vase no converted to an electric table lamp of good size proportions, ...
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Chinese Rose Canton Square Vases as Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A lovely, graceful pair of beautifully decorated square vases, mounted as lampls. They are hand painted with reserves of figures, butterflies, flowers and birds, with faux metal h...
Porcelain
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
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The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
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