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Table Lamp With Straw Shade

Ceramic Table Lamp with Straw Shade
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful ceramic lamp with a shade made of braided white thread and straw. Height 35.8" - 91 cm
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Thread, Straw

Ceramic Table Lamp with Straw Shade
Ceramic Table Lamp with Straw Shade
H 35.83 in W 16.15 in D 10.24 in
Boréns Boras table Lamps Glass with original straw shade Sweden 1960
By Boréns Borås
Located in Paris, FR
Rare model of Table lamps by Borén Boras with glass brass and straw shade on Brass stick mid 20th
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Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Straw, Glass

French Riviera Table Lamp With Rattan & Vienna Straw Lamp Shade, 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just is this petite French Riviera Table lamp, 1950s Made with Bamboo and Rattan (Rotin in French
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Table Lamps

Materials

Bamboo

Venini Small Argea Table Lamp Straw Yellow with White Shade
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp handblown glass, with submerged gold leaves. Metal: Gold plated Year of manufacture
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Blown Glass

Scandinavian Modern Teak Accent Table Lamp with Original Straw Shade, Mid Centur
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Elongated mid-century Scandinavian modern accent or table lamp is made of teak with straw shade
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Late 20th Century Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Teak

Venini Large Argea Table Lamp in Straw Yellow w/ White Shade
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp hand-blown glass, with submerged gold leaves. Year of Manufacture: 2000 Metal: Gold
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Blown Glass

Straw Marquetry Table Lamp, Art Deco Style
Located in Paris, FR
A beautiful bronze coloured straw marquetry table lamp. Of rectangular shape, the two sides
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2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Straw

Straw Marquetry Table Lamp, Art Deco Style
Straw Marquetry Table Lamp, Art Deco Style
H 9.06 in W 5.91 in D 2.37 in
Jacques Blin ceramic lamp by with original straw shade France 1950 signed
By Jacques Blin
Located in Paris, FR
Jacques Blin blue ceramic table lamp with its original lampshade Shade is original in raphia
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Raffia, Ceramic

Pair of stuccoed plaster table lamps with straw shades
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Pair of stuccoed plaster lamps. The finish of the plasterwork is slightly textured (see detail
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2010s French Minimalist Table Lamps

Materials

Plaster

Pair of Straw Marquetry Table Lamps, Art Deco Style
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of beautiful bronze coloured straw marquetry table lamps. Of rectangular shape, the two
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2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Straw

Paavo Tynell for Idman ‘5061’ Table Lamp in Brass
By Paavo Tynell, Idman Oy
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paavo Tynell for Idman, table lamp, model ‘5061’, brass, perforated brass, Finland, circa 1950 A
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Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

'Paleae Brasilis' Table Lamp by Brazilian Designer Brunno Jahara
By Ana Voss, Brunno Jahara
Located in New York, NY
shapes where custom-made baskets become hanging lamps, table lamps, using LED technology to create palm
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21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Angelo Brotto Signed Large Bronze Table Lamp, circa 1970, Italy
By Angelo Brotto
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Angelo Brotto signed large table lamp, circa 1970, Italy. Four bronze plaques with sculptural
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy Table Lamp ‘9211’ in Brass
By Paavo Tynell, Taito Oy
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy, table lamp, model '9211', brass, Finland, 1940s A truly magnificent
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Vintage 1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Idun Bronze and Glass Table Lamp, Signed by Stefan Leo
By Atelier Stefan Leo
Located in Geneve, CH
Idun bronze and glass table lamp - Signed by Stefan Leo Bronze textured. Patinaed, lamp shade Pâte
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2010s German Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Louis Sognot Pair of Table Lamps in Rattan and Wicker, France 1960s
By Louis Sognot
Located in Roma, IT
Lovely pair of round table lamp in curved rattan and hand-woven Vienna straw. These delightful
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Fabric, Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan

Contemporary Table Lamp "Big Madame Swo" by Oma Light Design, Barcelona
By Oma Light Design
Located in Girona, ES
collection” is a table lamp composed of a hand-carved wooden foot and an adjustable conical shade. The image
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2010s Spanish Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Iron

Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy '9225' Table Lamp in Brass and Leather
By Paavo Tynell, Taito Oy
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy, table lamp, model ‘9225’, brass, leather, Finland, 1950s This '9225
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Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Cerulean blue crackle glaze ceramic lamp base by Alvino Bagni, Italy 1960s
By Alvino Bagni
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
are pictures showing an example of the lamp base with a straw shade. In great overall condition and
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Paavo Tynell for Idman Rare Pendant Lamp with Textured Surface in Brass
By Paavo Tynell, Idman Oy
Located in Waalwijk, NL
for a table lamp. Yet, this way of structuring the surface stays rare within Tynell’s oeuvre. This
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Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

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Vintage Set of Four Attributed to Mathieu Matégot Dining Chairs, France, 1950s
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1960s One-Light Brass & Crystal Glass Table Lamp by Palwa
By Palwa
Located in Amsterdam, NH
Stunning gilt brass stem and leaves with hanging small and large crystal drops. Beautiful table lamp by Palwa, circa 1960s.
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By Raphaël Giarrusso
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By Giampiero Romanò
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Located in Sint-Kruis, BE
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By Jean-Michel Frank
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
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Located in Van Nuys, CA
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Located in Schagen, NL
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Table Lamp With Straw Shade For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal table lamp with straw shade for your home. Each table lamp with straw shade for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using natural fiber, metal and brass. There are 9 variations of the antique or vintage table lamp with straw shade you’re looking for, while we also have 8 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect table lamp with straw shade — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right table lamp with straw shade, those designed in mid-century modern, modern and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. A well-made table lamp with straw shade has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Paavo Tynell, Venini and Alvino Bagni are consistently popular.

How Much is a Table Lamp With Straw Shade?

The average selling price for a table lamp with straw shade at 1stDibs is $3,715, while they’re typically $700 on the low end and $72,000 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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