Royal Haeger Ceramic Table Lamp
Monumental Pair of "Earth Wrap" Royal Haeger Ceramic Table Lamps, circa 1970
By Royal Haeger
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial pair of Royal Haeger "Earth Wrap" Pottery Table Lamps. Featuring large bottle forms
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
$2,000 / set
H 37 in Dm 8 in
Vintage Coastal Royal Haeger Glazed Ceramic Parrot Table Lamp
By Royal Haeger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Enhance your coastal decor with this vintage Royal Haeger glazed ceramic parrot table lamp
Category
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Royal Haeger Glazed Ceramic Parrot Lamp
By Royal Haeger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of retro elegance to your decor with this vintage Mid-Century Modern Royal Haeger
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Royal Haeger Turquoise Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century pair of ceramic lamps featuring a Turquoise glaze and sitting upon custom Lucite bases
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Pair of Royal Haeger Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Drip Table Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful pair of table lamps attributed to Royal Haeger. These ceramic lamps have a ginger jar
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Monumental 1980's Royal Haeger White Glazed Ceramic Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Royal Haeger, with paper label on socket.
Lamps measure:
35" height to top of finial x
21.5
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Royal Haeger Mid Century Modern Ceramic Turquoise Green Table Lamp Pair
By Royal Haeger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Italian Style Ceramic Pottery Turquoise & Green Table Lamps On Solid
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
$1,800 / set
H 37 in W 6 in D 6 in
Vintage MCM Royal Haeger Glazed Ceramic Lamp
By Haeger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This iconic Mid-Century Modern TV lamp by Royal Haeger is a quintessential example of 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Coastal Royal Haeger Sailfish Lamps - a Pair
By Royal Haeger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Illuminate your space with these vintage coastal Royal Haeger sailfish lamps. Featuring sleek
Category
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair Mid-Century Modern Drip Flambe Ceramic Table Lamps Haeger 1950s
By Royal Haeger, Haeger
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
table lamps in similar shape with this glaze are documented to Royal Haeger both in publications and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Fruitwood
$1,400 / set
H 22.5 in Dm 6.32 in
Mother & Child Giraffe Lamp by Royal Haeger Pottery
By Royal Haeger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Adorable vintage table lamp with mother and fawn.
Please confirm location NY or NJ
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic
Haeger Intense Yellow Ceramic Urn Table Lamp Union Made 1950s
By Royal Haeger
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage large, sculptural table lamp features urn shaped ceramic body with bold, intense yellow
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-Century Royal Haeger Shell-Form Lamp, Sculptural Coastal Decor, Vintage-Tags
By Royal Haeger
Located in Lomita, CA
Royal Haeger Shell-Form Table Lamp — Coastal / Sculptural Ceramic Lighting
This is a distinguished
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$760
H 22 in W 12 in D 3 in
Mid Century Modern Drip Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp
By Royal Haeger
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful ceramic drip glaze table lamp. This lamp has multi-colored swirled drips on a brown
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid 20th Century Postmodern Ceramic Swirl Lamps, a Pair
By Royal Haeger
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Awesome pair of post modern glazed ceramic lamps in the style of Royal Haeger. Black circular
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
1958 Helmut Bruchman Turquoise Blue Etruscan Glaze Table Lamp by Haeger
By Royal Haeger, Raymor, Bitossi, Helmut Bruchman, Aldo Londi
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Turquoise glaze Etruscan table lamp designed by Helmut Bruchmann for Haeger Lamp Co, circa
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage MCM Tall Royal Haeger Attr Blue Glazed Ceramic Pottery Floral Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Blue & Green Tall Glazed Ceramic Pottery Floral Table Lamp Attributed to
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
$950
H 42 in W 8 in D 8 in
c. 1980 American Royal Haeger Sang de Boeuf Glazed Vase Lamp
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1980 Royal Haeger sang de boeuf art glazed vase lamp, American. Graceful ovoid form; gilt
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Large Haeger Modern Ceramic Drip Glaze Vase Vessel Raku Collection
By Haeger
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
history, Haeger also made lamps, from models designed for tables and desks during the Art Deco era to its
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Recent Sales
Pair of Royal Haeger Table Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Large pair of Royal Haeger lamps in a matte mustard glaze. They have a charming profile. Please
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Blue-Green Drip Glaze and Gilt Royal Haeger Attributed Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Stamford, CT
variegation to the glaze and pleasing craquelure, believed to be Royal Haeger. Hardware newly gilt.
New
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1950s Pink Ceramic Gazelle Table Lamp by Royal Haeger
By Royal Haeger
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Midcentury mauve-pink ceramic gazelle antelope deer table lamp made by Haeger Potteries of Dundee
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Original Pair of 1963 Royal Haeger Table Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in South Charleston, WV
original pair of Royal Haeger Lamps
that have little to no signs of ever having been used.
These lamps
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair of Royal Haeger Genie Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in South Charleston, WV
Royal Haeger
circa 1955, Porcelain
Pair of large ceramic glazed Table lamps
Measures 31.5" to top
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Haeger "Earth Wrap" Globe Lamp
By Royal Haeger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Royal Haeger globe table lamp from the "Earth Wrap" series. Brown base coat with abstract textured
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair Of Haeger Ceramic Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Pair of ceramic lamps produced by Haeger pottery, which have a wonderful drip glaze finish in
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Coastal Royal Haeger Parrot Lamps - a Pair
By Royal Haeger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Brighten up your space with these Vintage Coastal Royal Haeger Parrot Lamps. Featuring vibrant
Category
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair Mid-Century Modern Blue Flambe Glazed Ceramic Table Lamps by Haeger
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of mid-century modern period table lamps, circa 1960s, attributed to Royal Haeger
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Haeger Pottery Fish Lamp
By Royal Haeger
Located in Bellport, NY
Playful tall green ceramic Haeger Lamp.With small and large fish on both sides (relief) New
Category
Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Haegar Etruscan Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a beautiful pair of glazed lamps with shimmery gold glazing, they stand tall and have been
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Art Deco Ceramic Table Lamps with Ribbon Motif
By Royal Haeger
Located in South Charleston, WV
Attributed to Royal Haeger, circa 1940., Ceramic cast. Measures: 25 tall x 9.5 wide and 5.5 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Royal Haegar Drip Glaze Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Dallas, TX
The lamps were produced by Royal Haegar in the 1960s. They feature a high gloss drip glaze in
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Lucite
Pair of Gloss Black Ceramic Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in New Windsor, NY
Beautiful pair of Postmodern high gloss black glazed lamps. Fully working condition with old wiring
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Lilac Glazed Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury feathered lilac glazed ceramic lamps on satin nickel disc bases. Rewired for use in the
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Pair Haeger Blue Green Etruscan Ceramic Table Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of etruscan lava glaze finish ceramic table lamps by Royal Haeger, in vibrant blue and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Streamline Greyhound TV Lamp by Royal Haeger
By Royal Haeger
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century greyhound TV lamp with built in planter by Royal Haeger #6202. This lamp features a
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Haeger Earth Wrap Ball Form Pottery Lamp
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century pottery lamp by "Haeger" in the "Earth Wrap", or "Orange Peel" glaze. Perfect condition
Category
Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Table Lamps by Royal Haegar
By Royal Haeger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of table lamps. The ceramic portions are by Royal Haeger and called the earth wrap pattern
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Royal Haegar Drip Glaze Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful pair of Royal Haegar drip glaze lamps with an acrylic base. Lamps have been expertly
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Lucite
Mid Century Modern Asymmetrical Green Ceramic Table Lamp
By Haeger
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
the sides of the base. Similar glazes were used by Royal Haeger on their lamps and decor items.
The
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of 1940's Hollywood Regency Drip Glazed Table Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Burbank, CA
Vintage pair of Mid century Modern table lamps for sale. They are both in good condition, and rare
Category
Vintage 1940s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pr. American Mid Century Table Lamps att. to Royal Haeger
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in New York, NY
Pr. brass and ceramic table lamps, having elegant elongated hourglass stems, with squat ceramic
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Blue/Green Etruscan Glazed Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Pair of midcentury glazed ceramic lamps in beautiful tones of blue and green with raised glaze
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Pair of Green Drip Glaze Table Lamps with Gold Leaf Gilt Hardware
By Royal Haeger
Located in Stamford, CT
Excellent pair of table lamps similar in style to Royal Haeger, the dramatically proportioned body
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Leaf
Blue and Green Glazed Table Lamps with Gilt Base
By Royal Haeger
Located in Stamford, CT
Excellent pair of elegantly formed Mid-Century glazed ceramic lamps, with gilt hardware. Some
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Pair of Exceptional Royal Haeger Art Deco Table Lamps
Located in Miami, FL
Featuring original fiberglass oversized shades and ceramic fish finials, this matching pair of Deco
Category
Vintage 1930s American Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fiberglass
Pair of Blue and Green Drip Glaze Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Stamford, CT
Royal Haeger.
New wiring. Lamp shades are for display purposes only and are not included.
Overall
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Pair of Blue and Green Drip Glaze Lamps with Gilt Hardware
By Royal Haeger
Located in Stamford, CT
Excellent pair of table lamps similar in style to Royal Haeger, the dramatically proportioned body
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Hager Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of Hager, tan to brown, glazed ceramic lamps c. 1960
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blue and Green Ceramic Lamp in the Style of Royal Haeger, circa 1950
Located in Dallas, TX
Blue and green ceramic lamp in the style of Royal Haeger
Measures: 17 1/2" shade diameter X 29
Category
Vintage 1950s Table Lamps
Italian Ceramic Haegar Floor Lamp by Sebastiano Moglio
By Sebastiano Maglio, Royal Haeger
Located in Chicago, IL
A monumental ceramic Haeger floor or table lamp by
Sebastiano Moglio. Shade not included.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Art Deco Ceramic Lamps with Nautical Motif
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Royal Haeger Cermic lamps with Matching Planter. Restored and Rewired. Original Whale
Category
Vintage 1930s American Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Haeger Blue and Green Drip Glaze Lamps with Gilt Hardware
By Royal Haeger
Located in Stamford, CT
Excellent pair of Royal Haeger blue and green tones drip glaze table lamps; unusually deep and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Pair of Blue and Green Glazed Table Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Stamford, CT
Excellent pair of elegantly formed Mid-Century glazed ceramic lamps, with gilt hardware. Some
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Blue and Green Drip Glaze Lamps
By Royal Haeger
Located in Stamford, CT
Royal Haeger.
New wiring. Lamp shades are for display purposes only and are not included.
New
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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Vintage 1970s Mexican Tea Sets
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Brass
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Royal Haeger Ceramic Table Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic royal haeger ceramic table lamp available at 1stDibs. Each royal haeger ceramic table lamp for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, metal and brass. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer royal haeger ceramic table lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A royal haeger ceramic table lamp is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern and Art Deco styles are sought with frequency.
How Much is a Royal Haeger Ceramic Table Lamp?
The average selling price for a royal haeger ceramic table lamp at 1stDibs is $1,600, while they’re typically $349 on the low end and $3,850 for the highest priced.
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.
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.
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