$2,800 / set
A pair of French Tole Oil Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French tole oil lamps with brass elements. The tole, hand-painted in a faux-marbre pattern in olive, ochre, siena, and charcoal.
Brass
19th Century Regency Tole Oil Lamps Converted to Electric
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Regency Tole Oil Lamps Converted to Electric Beautiful set purchased in France.
Brass
Pair of French Tole and Faux Marble Column Table Lamps, Originally Oil, C. 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French tole and faux marble column table lamps with the original gilt bronze frosted shades and resting on step back squared ormolu bases.
Marble, Ormolu
$2,880Sale Price / set|38% Off
Pair of 19th C. French Faux Marble Tole Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Lovely pair of lamps made from 19th Century French tole and gilt bronze oil lamps, with a faux marble paint finish.
Metal, Ormolu
$3,496Sale Price / set|30% Off
Pair of 19th Century Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Lighting Acquisitions Of A Pair of 19th Century Tole and Bronze Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps Louis Philippe Style 3-way sock...
Metal, Bronze
$5,200 / set
A Pair of Early 19th Century French Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of early 19th Century French tole sconces. Converted from oil lamps with classical gilt figures and Directoire imagery.
Brass
Regency tole oil lamp electrified
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tole oil lamp electrified with transfer design
Unavailable
H 27.56 in Dm 5.52 in
Pair of Large 19th Century Red Painted Tôle Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
Painted red and decorated with palmettes and urns in gold paint. With the original crystal oil reserves at the top of the lamp. Shown with 22” silk lampshades in ivory, available ...
Bronze
Pair French Tole, Sepia toned Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of French 19th c. oil lamps, tole is very unusual Sepia toned painted scenes, now wired as lamps.
Tôle
Directoire, Retour d'Egypte Period Oil Lamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Directoire, Retour d'Egypte period oil lamp in the form of an Egyptian figure. Original decoration. Now mounted as a lamp, France, circa 1798. Dimensions: Base is 5.75" x 5.75" ...
Tôle
French Gilt and Patinated Metal Column Oil Lamp, Now Electrified
Located in New York, NY
The circular fluted standard, above a gilt garland and rectangular box socle, terminating gilt acanthus molding on a square base. Labeled: Lampe-Silvant. Very good antique conditio...
Gold, Tôle
Pair of Tole Oil Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French painted tole oil lamps with painted neoclassic scenes on body.
Pair of Empire Red Tole Oil Lamps 'Lampes A Quinquet'
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The red tole lamps with shades decorated with palms and ending in a lyre topped by a sphere painted with stars.
Metal
Pair of Empire Gilt and Faux Tortoiseshell Tole Oil Lamps
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each domed shade over a columnar standard, raised on a square plinth. Fitted for electricity.
Metal
Pair of 19th Century French Green Tole Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of mid-19th century green tole oil lamps, decorated with gilt bands, now converted to electricity.
Metal, Brass
DIRECTOIRE PERIOD LAMP
Located in New Orleans, LA
PAINTED TOLE OIL LAMP MOUNTED ON RED BASE
Tole and Brass Oil lamps
Located in Hudson, NY
This very nicely painted pair of tole lamps in imatation of sadronyx has a great color and patina. The old brass fittings are in great shape and and lamps have been fully rewired wit...
Tôle, Brass
19th Century painted tole lamps.
Located in New York, NY
A pair of 19th Century French painted tole and gilt bronze oil lamps converted to electric.
Tôle, Bronze
Pair of French Napoleon III Painted Tole Brass and Cut-Glass Table Oil Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant pair of antique oil lamps made into table lights from Paris, France; crafted circa 1870, the tall "lampes a petrole", are made of patinated red painted tole base and stem, em...
Brass, Tôle
French 19th Century Empire Style Converted Oil Lamp with Tôle Shade
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French Empire-style 19th century gas lamp recently converted to electric, leaving the glorious period details intact to illuminate and inspire on a desk or side table. Below a sage...
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Sold
H 26.5 in Dm 10 in
Vintage French Tole Painted Milk Glass Oil Style Parlor Library Table Lamp 27"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage metal oil / hurricane / bankers style parlor lamp featuring Art Deco styling with mustard yellow / black painted accents and milk glass shade.
Metal
Pair of French Tole Table Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A unique pair of 19th century French tole oil lamps from the end of the Empire period, decorated in yellow painted finish with transferred lithograph scenes of country life, electrif...
Brass, Tin
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole lamps. Each charming electrified oil lamp is raised on its original Ormolu oil canister with ...
Ormolu
19th Century Tole Oil Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century tole oil lamps.
Tôle
Pair of French Tole Oil Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French 19th Century Tole Oil Lamps, Refreshed Painted Decoration and Transfer Details, Newly Rewired Note: Price is inclusive of wiring but does not include stock sha...
Paint
An Early 19th Century Painted Tole Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
An early 19th century painted tole oil lamp, French early 19th century, wired for electricity, as is Column height- 12 1/2” Height to shade rest 24”
Tôle
Gilt Bronze & Polished Tole Oil Lamp, France, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Distinctive Gilt Bronze and Polished Tole Oil Lamp; Newly Wired to US Electrical Standard with Double Swivel Cluster and Adjustable Finial.
Ormolu
Pair Empire-Style Gilt Tole Oil Lamps, France, Early 20th C.
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Empire-Style Gilt Tole Oil Lamps in Chiseled Design with Reeded Central Column.
French Tole Oil Lamps, Electrified
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of French Tole Lamps with Brass Labels and Custom Shades
Pair of Painted Tole Oil Lamps, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Gilt Tole Painted Carcel Oil Lamps, France, Late 19th Century Newly conveted and wired for US electricity Size: 18 inches high or 28 inches high to f...
Pair Of French Tole Oil Lamps, Now Electrified As Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of french oil lamps standing on two black tole columns with octagonal plinths.
Tôle, Brass
19th Century French Tole Oil Lamp
Located in Montecito, CA
Classical French Rusticated Tole Hanging Oil Lamp; all original patina. Intricate Greek Key border; 19th Century.
Metal
Pr. of Tole Lamps in faux Porphyry.
Located in London, GB
Pair of French 19th Century Tole oil lamps.
Tôle
Early Oil Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early brass and tole oil lamp. Features wonderful brass masks.
Brass, Tôle
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.
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