Pair Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Lamps on Gold Bronze Bases, Circa 1920.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Lamps on Gold Bronze Bases, Circa 1920.
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Bronze
Pair Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Lamps on Gold Bronze Bases, Circa 1920.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Lamps on Gold Bronze Bases, Circa 1920.
Bronze
Pair of E. F. Caldwell & Co. Dore Bronze Mtd. Carved Rose Quartz & Enamel Lamps
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI style dore bronze mounted hand-carved rose quartz and enamel table lamps. Mounted on two dore bronze open work bases with blue enamel decoration and dore bronze Asian inspi...
Bronze
Rose Quartz Antique Brass Table Lamp
Located in Central, HK
Rose quartz antique brass small, pinched light antique brass with rose quartz ball with shade.
Brass
Antique Rose Quartz Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's Chinese lamp, birds on a inset base. Measurements: Height of body: 11" (to stone) Height to shade rest: 19.5" Width: 11" Depth: 4.5"
Rose Quartz
Antique Rose Quartz "Kwau Yiu" Lamp, circa 1910-1920
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique rose quartz "Kwau Yiu" lamp, circa 1910-1920.
Rose Quartz
Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Carved Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
Base inlaid with stones
Exquisite Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Swan Lamp
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A gorgeous sculptural Chinese rose quartz swan lamp with giltwood and bronze and Carved bone finial with custom shade.
Rose Quartz
Antique Asian Rose Quartz Carved Table Lamp
Located in Toledo, OH
A unique turn of the century Asian rose quartz table lamp. Statue is fixed to a teak wood base which sits atop an embossed, impressed and shaped brass Stand with floral motif. The li...
Quartz
Pair Antique Chinese Gold Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamps, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Chinese Gold Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamps, Circa 1890.
Bronze
Antique Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Table Lamp circa 1920 Gilt Mounting
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Table Lamp circa 1920 Gilt Mounting Beautiful antique Chinese carved rock crystal pink quartz table lamp with carved giltwood base.
Metal
Antique Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Chinese pink quartz sitting on carved rose wood base. Customized to a table lamp with gilt bronze base. Professionally rewired with double sockets. Measurement includes the lampshade.
Bronze
Antique Rose Quartz Guanyin Lamp
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Beautiful carved Guanyin Figure mounted on giltwood base and later French mounted on additional gilt metal base.
$4,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 71.25 in W 80.25 in D 3 in
Antique Polychrome Baroque Gilt Venetian-Style Carved Wood King Headboard
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
This exquisite antique Venetian-style king bed is a true showstopper, featuring an intricately hand-carved and gilded frame with a soft, distressed celadon green finish. The elaborat...
Wood
$12,450
H 44 in W 78 in D 55.5 in
French 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany & Gilt-Bronze Mounted Campaign Day Bed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Empire Style Mahogany and Gilt-Bronze Mounted "Lit en Bateau" Officer's Campaign Bed. The "Boat Shaped" frame, surmounted with columns with Empire style gi...
Bronze
Early Meiji Period Japanese Elm Shadona Cabinet
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1870s/1880s; Japan Late 19th century decorative keyaki (Japanese elm) cabinet. This ornate, pagoda-inspired piece dates to the early/middle Meiji period in Japan and is construc...
Elm
$9,900Sale Price|47% Off
H 69 in W 45.5 in D 16 in
Important Documented Qing Dynasty Chinese Deep Relief Rosewood Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite custom antique 19th century Qing Dynasty heavily carved Chinese rosewood and elm wooden cabinet with double-doors carved set with gilt and deep relief carved wood panels...
Brass
Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Rose Quartz Lamp, circa 1890
Located in Norwood, NJ
19th century antique Chinese hand-carved and polished translucent rose quartz carving of a standing Guanyin with phoenix bird, mounted on a carved green quartz plinth. Mounted as a l...
Quartz, Bronze
$336,560
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Guggenheim Museum, Pauly et Cie
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer cabinet, c. 1750 (Regence Period) A truly magnificent, monumental, and one of a kind cabinet, painted throughout with gi...
Ormolu
$27,500
H 46.46 in W 101.58 in D 20.28 in
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega Decorative Fireplace Mantel
By Vittorio Valabrega
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega, decorative fireplace mantel, lacquered wood, plaster, glass, iron, Italy, 1930s This striking decorative fireplace mantel, presumabl...
Iron
Framed Japanese Festival Kimono with Tsutshugaki Dye
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese festival kimono expertly mounted and displayed in a large acrylic shadow box. This impressive ceremonial garment circa late 19th-early 20th century was made from a thick l...
Textile, Acrylic
$16,626
H 76.78 in W 150.01 in D 86.62 in
Large Neo-Classical Solid Oak Bed painted with Gilt Work & Cherubs, France, 1880
Located in London, Park Royal
Handcrafted in solid oak in France circa 1880, this remarkable Neo-Classical bed was commissioned for a member of European royalty. It was also featured in a film during the mid-20th...
Wood
$12,950 / set
H 27 in W 10 in D 5 in
Massive Pair of 20th C. French Smokey Rock Crystal and Gilt Wood Base Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A massive pair of French Natural smokey rock crystal rectangular form lamps with gilt rectangular wood bases. These are truly a gorgeous pair of lamps, with hand-carved and hand-poli...
Rock Crystal
$6,995
H 78 in W 55 in D 27 in
Antique Austrian Baroque Biedermeier Marquetry Roll Top Tabernacle Cabinet Desk
Located in Portland, OR
A rare & unusual antique Bohemian inlaid marquetry Elm tabernacle cabinet and desk, Austria, circa 1820. The cabinet in two sections, the top with an arched pediment, the sides of th...
Elm, Fruitwood, Ebony
Large French Rococo Revival Style Giltwood Sofa
Located in London, GB
Large French Rococo Revival style giltwood sofa. French, late 19th century. Measures: height 135cm, width 196cm, depth 90cm. This remarkable piece is a large, French, Rococo rev...
Upholstery, Giltwood
Counter / Portuguese Cabinet 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Counter / Portuguese cabinet 19th century in chestnut wood, composed of seven drawers simulating nine. Dimensions: 139 x 91 x 48 cm. Good conditions in general.
Wood
Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Carved Snuff Box
Located in Toronto, ON
This exquisite large antique Chinese circa 1880 carved rose quartz snuff box is a rare Maison Nurita find. Snuff boxes were first used by the Chinese and Mongolians during the Qing d...
Rose Quartz
$242,323 / set
H 81.5 in W 48.04 in D 16.93 in
Pair of Antique Japanese Meiji Era Bronze Elephant and Pagoda Incense Burners
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Japanese Meiji era bronze elephant and pagoda incense burners Japanese, Late 19th Century Sculpture: Height 151cm, width 122cm, depth 43cm Base: Height 56cm, width 82...
Marble, Bronze
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.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
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.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.
Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.