Bronze French “Snake” Table Lamp
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage golden bronze French table lamp dates from the early 20th century.
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
Bronze French “Snake” Table Lamp
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage golden bronze French table lamp dates from the early 20th century.
Bronze
Daum Table Lamp Snake Bronze Yellow Crystal, France
By Daum
Located in Rijssen, NL
A stunning table lamp, with a bronze snake and yellow crystal glass.
Glass
Art Deco Style , Modern , Snake Lamps , Bronze Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This size of the Snake Lamps designed by ( E. Brandt ) has not been seen in many years . Another one of his most popular Sculpturers ever seen . Cast after the designer in lost wax B...
Bronze
Modern Deco cast Bronze Stepped Column Lamp with real Snake skin upholstery
Located in London, GB
Designed and manufactured by Andrew Kornat Designs, this lamp has a modern Deco vibe with sleek and elegant proportions. The lamp was designed when Andrew found a 12ft Snake Skin in ...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Lamps with Snake Handles circa 1870
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A truly stunning pair of vasiform lamps in the Louis XVI taste, they feature solid bodies crafted of a brilliant exotic polished onyx both in the ovular upper body and the squared ba...
Onyx, Bronze
Pair of Victorian Solid Cast Bronze Figural Cherub Oil Lamp Bases Holding Snakes
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This matched pair of solid cast bronze figural cherub oil lamp bases are unmarked, but presumed to be made in the United States during the Victorian period. The bases are very detail...
Bronze
Pair of French Art Deco Bronze Table Lamps With Snakes & Roses
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of French Art Deco Bronze Table Lamps With Snakes & Roses 12.5" x 13" x 29
Bronze
Austrian Art Nouveau Snake Table Lamp
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Englewood, NJ
An Austrian patinated bronze "Snake" table lamp of a coiled snake decorated with an extremely rare "Phänomen" decorated shade with iridized blue pulled feather decoration against an ...
Art Nouveau Lamp with Snake
Located in Petaluma, CA
We find that many of our best art nouveau pieces come from Austria as is the case here. This nicely cast snake is holding a beautiful hand blown Austrian glass shade probably made by...
Bronze
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H 16.54 in W 8.27 in D 7.49 in
Art Nouveau bronze lamp nude with snake and flowers Henri Levasseur France 1900
By Henri Levasseur
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful Art Nouveau bronze lamp nude with snake and flowers. By the French sculptor Henri Levasseur (Paris, 1853-1934) Patinated bronze on a marble base. Literature: “The Par...
Marble, Bronze
French Art Nouveau Gilt Serpent / Snake Table Lamp with Copper Roses
By Maison Jansen
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous and unique 1920s French Art Nouveau gilt over bronze serpent or snake table lamp embellished with lovely copper roses.
Copper, Bronze
French 1970s Snake Table Lamp with Original Shade, After Edgar Brandt
By Edgar Brandt
Located in London, GB
This fantastic table lamp in the shape of a very lifelike snake has it's original glass shade and was made in the manner of Edgar Brandt. We've had it rewired with black rope twi...
Bronze
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H 20.25 in Dm 7.25 in
A Pair of Austrian Art Nouveau Snake Table Lamps Decorated with Loetz Shades
Located in Englewood, NJ
An Austrian Art Nouveau cast and patinated bronze "Snake" table lamps decorated with matching "Loetz" art glass shades.
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Snake / Cobra Table Lamp with Round Globe
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool Art Deco bronze cobra / snake table lamp on marble base with colorful round globe, circa 1960s.
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Snake / Cobra Table Lamp with Round Globe
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool Art Deco bronze cobra / snake table lamp on marble base with colorful round globe, circa 1960s.
Bronze
Rococo Style Bronze Girandole Table Lamps with Snakes and Crystals
Located in Astoria, NY
Rococo style pair of gilt bronze girandoles with slithering snake motif and five twisting arms each. Attached rock crystal pendants and drops, atop urn-form standards supported on ro...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Hand Cast Art Deco Bronze Snake Floor Lamp
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Custom snake lamp stylized after the original designed (sculpted) concept of Edgar Brandt.
Bronze
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H 20.48 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
Very Nice Bronze Table Lamps in the Manner of Pierre Cardin, 1970
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice pair of snake shaped table lamps with solid bronze bases, in the manner of Pierre Cardin, France, 1970.
Bronze
Large Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Table Lamp with Snake Decoration
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century candlestick converted to a table lamp. Cast gilt leaves surround the top and bottom of the patinated column, supported on three gilt bronze paw feet mounted on a c...
Bronze
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H 25 in W 16 in D 9 in
Antique Art Deco Period Snake Form Table Lamp with Amber Glass Beaded Shade
Located in New York, US
Our Art Deco period patinated bronze table lamp in the manner of Edgar Brandt is fashioned in the form of a coiled snake with hammered metal shade hanging from its mouth, with shade ...
Bronze
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H 28.35 in W 14.57 in D 14.57 in
Important Snake Lamps, Pair, circa 1900 Helosinware Vienna Kralik Style of Loetz
By Kralik Glassworks
Located in Vienna, AT
Vienna was one of the most important junctions of the European art scene during the Wiener Jugendstil. This circumstance granted the artists of this time a richly range of goods of h...
Bronze
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$2,800 / set
H 17.5 in W 10.5 in D 6.5 in
Pair of Art Deco Murano Smoked Glass Wall Sconces, Italy Contemporary
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Art Deco style Murano smoked glass wall lights, contemporary Smoked / fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finial and brass accents Art Deco inspired de...
Brass
Austrian Art Nouveau Table Lamp w/ Original Hand Blown Iridescent Glass Shade
By Loetz Glass
Located in Petaluma, CA
A fine example of Art Nouveau lighting. The bronze base is richly patinated and beautifully cast with an art nouveau design. The shade is a deep green when lit and purple and green w...
Bronze
$13,052Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.53 in W 23.63 in D 11.03 in
19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved & most impressive Italian Vanitas bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with a Belgian Black marble Roman toga (ro...
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
$9,739
H 62.6 in Dm 16.34 in
Very Rare Stunning Vintage Bronzed Snake Floor Standing Lamp After Edgar Brandt
By Edgar Brandt
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this very rare floor standing snake lamp after the original by Edgar Brandt which sold in 1994 at Christies for $76,000 A very good looking and decorati...
Bronze
$33,393Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.35 in W 30.32 in D 12.21 in
Antique Tiffany Studios Adjustable Lamp Base with Later Stained Glass Shade
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Tiffany adjustable bronze lamp base, stamped "Tiffany Studios, New York, 7984", circa 1915. The base was acquired with its current Tiffany Style stained glass shade with Dragonfly mo...
Bronze
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.5 in Dm 24 in
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company Leaded Glass Peony Table Lamp C. 1915
By Unique Art Glass Company, Tiffany Studios
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company (New York, active 1889-1917), circa 1915. This truly magnificent leaded glass table lamp which was produced during the time period after Louis Comfo...
Bronze
$5,500
H 10.5 in W 8 in D 5 in
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Ruby Papillon Glass And Gilt Metal Mounted Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Gilt Metal Monted Glass Vase. A highly sought after vase culminating the zenith of Loetz and the Art Nouveau design. Czech Republic Circa 1900 Rubin Ruby P...
Metal
$7,000
H 17 in W 6.25 in D 6.25 in
Art Nouveau Ginko Leaf Vase Attrib to Paul Dachsel For Czechoslovakian Amphora
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Earthenware
$38,717
H 9.06 in W 7.09 in D 0.04 in
1925 René Lalique Statuette Suzanne Opalescent Butterscotch Glass
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Statuette "Suzanne" made in deep butterscotch glass by René Lalique in 1925. Molded signature. Perfect condition. Exceptional and extremely rare color. height : 23 cm width : 18 ...
Blown Glass
Gunnar Eklöf, Ceiling Light for Corona Belysning, Sweden, 1940s
By Gunnar Eklöf
Located in Hammarö, SE
A rare Swedish Modern ceiling light designed by Gunnar Eklöf and produced by Corona Belysning, Sweden, during the 1940s. This elegant fixture showcases the refined Scandinavian aest...
Metal
$43,425Sale Price|25% Off
H 27 in Dm 20 in
A Louis Majorelle and Daum Nancy Gilt Bronze and Pink Glass Table Lamp
By Louis Majorelle, Daum
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A Louis Majorelle and Daum Nancy Gilt Bronze and Pink Glass Table Lamp, Circa 1900 Introducing an exquisite piece of Art Nouveau mastery – the Louis Majorelle and Daum Nancy Gilt Br...
Bronze
Stunning Art Deco Style Six Panel Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
Stunning six panel screen/room divider. Screen is designed to replicate tiles of the art deco era, painted in rich colors including sage green, rust, burgundy, and pink. Two splendi...
Wood
Tiffany Studios Pine Needle Pattern Hankerchief Box
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage early 20th century Tiffany Studios, New York “handkerchief” box is designed in caramel color favrile art glass with a pine needle patterned dore’ bronze overlay & four b...
Brass
$11,317
H 29.53 in Dm 23.63 in
Art Nouveau Lamp, Patinated Bronze and Stained Glass, Tiffany style, 1980's
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
We are delighted to offer this stunning Art Nouveau style salon lamp, a faithful reinterpretation of the "Hanging Head Dragonfly Shade and Mosaic and Turtleback Base" model created b...
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Edgar Brandt Art Deco Lamp
By Edgar Brandt
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco lamp circa 1925. Wrought iron base decorated with algae and spirals. Stamped E. Brandt alabaster top. Electrified, in perfect condition. Height: 48 cm Shell diameter: 20...
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
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.
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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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