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A pair of French Tole Oil Lamps
A pair of French Tole Oil Lamps

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.

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Antique 1850s French Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

19th Century Regency Tole Oil Lamps Converted to Electric
19th Century Regency Tole Oil Lamps Converted to Electric

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.

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Antique 19th Century French Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of French Tole and Faux Marble Column Table Lamps, Originally Oil, C. 1820
Pair of French Tole and Faux Marble Column Table Lamps, Originally Oil, C. 1820

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.

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Antique 1820s French Louis Philippe Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Pair of 19th C. French Faux Marble Tole Lamps
Pair of 19th C. French Faux Marble Tole Lamps

Pair of 19th C. French Faux Marble Tole Lamps

$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.

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Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Ormolu

pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole lamps
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole lamps

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 ...

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps
Pair of 19th Century Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps

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...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Bronze

A Pair of Early 19th Century French Sconces
A Pair of Early 19th Century French Sconces

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.

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Antique 1820s French Empire Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

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Regency tole oil  lamp electrified
Regency tole oil  lamp electrified

Regency tole oil lamp electrified

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H 17.5 in Dm 4.5 in

Regency tole oil lamp electrified

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Tole oil lamp electrified with transfer design

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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Pair of Large 19th Century Red Painted Tôle Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps
Pair of Large 19th Century Red Painted Tôle Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps

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 ...

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Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair French Tole, Sepia toned Lamps
Pair French Tole, Sepia toned Lamps

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.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

Directoire, Retour d'Egypte Period Oil Lamp
Directoire, Retour d'Egypte Period Oil Lamp

Directoire, Retour d'Egypte Period Oil Lamp

Unavailable

H 28 in W 5.75 in D 5.75 in

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" ...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

French Gilt and Patinated Metal Column Oil Lamp, Now Electrified
French Gilt and Patinated Metal Column Oil Lamp, Now Electrified

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...

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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Gold, Tôle

Pair of Tole Oil Lamps
Pair of Tole Oil Lamps

Pair of Tole Oil Lamps

Located in New York, NY

Pair of French painted tole oil lamps with painted neoclassic scenes on body.

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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Pair of Empire Red Tole Oil Lamps 'Lampes A Quinquet'
Pair of Empire Red Tole Oil Lamps 'Lampes A Quinquet'

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.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Empire Gilt and Faux Tortoiseshell Tole Oil Lamps
Pair of Empire Gilt and Faux Tortoiseshell Tole Oil Lamps

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.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of 19th Century French Green Tole Table Lamps
Pair of 19th Century French Green Tole Table Lamps

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.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

DIRECTOIRE PERIOD LAMP
DIRECTOIRE PERIOD LAMP

DIRECTOIRE PERIOD LAMP

Located in New Orleans, LA

PAINTED TOLE OIL LAMP MOUNTED ON RED BASE

Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Table Lamps

Tole and Brass Oil lamps
Tole and Brass Oil lamps

Tole and Brass Oil lamps

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H 33 in D 6.5 in

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...

Category

Early 20th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle, Brass

19th Century  painted  tole lamps.

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.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle, Bronze

Pair of French Napoleon III Painted Tole Brass and Cut-Glass Table Oil Lamps
Pair of French Napoleon III Painted Tole Brass and Cut-Glass Table Oil Lamps

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...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Tôle

French 19th Century Empire Style Converted Oil Lamp with Tôle Shade
French 19th Century Empire Style Converted Oil Lamp with Tôle Shade

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...

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Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass, Bronze

Vintage French Tole Painted Milk Glass Oil Style Parlor Library Table Lamp 27"
Vintage French Tole Painted Milk Glass Oil Style Parlor Library Table Lamp 27"

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.

Category

Late 20th Century French Provincial Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of French Tole Table Lamps, 19th Century
Pair of French Tole Table Lamps, 19th Century

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...

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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Tin

19th Century Tole Oil Lamps
19th Century Tole Oil Lamps

19th Century Tole Oil Lamps

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H 25 in W 7.25 in D 7.25 in

19th Century Tole Oil Lamps

Located in Atlanta, GA

19th century tole oil lamps.

Category

Antique 19th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

Pair of French Tole Oil Lamps
Pair of French Tole Oil Lamps

Pair of French Tole Oil Lamps

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H 29.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in

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...

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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Paint

An Early 19th Century Painted Tole Oil Lamp
An Early 19th Century Painted Tole Oil Lamp

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”

Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

Gilt Bronze & Polished Tole Oil Lamp, France, Late 19th Century
Gilt Bronze & Polished Tole Oil Lamp, France, Late 19th Century

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.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Ormolu

French Tole Oil Lamps,  Electrified
French Tole Oil Lamps,  Electrified

French Tole Oil Lamps, Electrified

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of French Tole Lamps with Brass Labels and Custom Shades

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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Pair of Painted Tole Oil Lamps, 19th Century
Pair of Painted Tole Oil Lamps, 19th Century

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...

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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Pair Of French Tole Oil Lamps, Now Electrified As Table Lamps
Pair Of French Tole Oil Lamps, Now Electrified As Table Lamps

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.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle, Brass

19th Century French Tole Oil Lamp
19th Century French Tole Oil Lamp

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.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Pr. of Tole Lamps in faux Porphyry.
Pr. of Tole Lamps in faux Porphyry.

Pr. of Tole Lamps in faux Porphyry.

Located in London, GB

Pair of French 19th Century Tole oil lamps.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

Early Oil Lamp
Early Oil Lamp

Early Oil Lamp

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H 22 in W 15 in D 9 in

Early Oil Lamp

Located in New Orleans, LA

Early brass and tole oil lamp. Features wonderful brass masks.

Category

Antique 19th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Tôle

Tole Lamp
Tole Lamp

Tole Lamp

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H 29 in D 5.5 in

Tole Lamp

Located in Seattle, WA

Early 20th century tole oil lamp base decorated with bees. Wonderful crackled green color and lots of patina.

Category

Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

Pair French Tole Lamps
Pair French Tole Lamps

Pair French Tole Lamps

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H 31.25 in W 4.75 in D 4.75 in

Pair French Tole Lamps

Located in Atlanta, GA

Pair of French Tole Oil Lamps converted to electricity. Nice brass detail on handles and base is complimented by "cranberry red" paint. 16" Ecru pinch pleated silk shades included.

Category

20th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pair of Tole Column Lamps
Pair of Tole Column Lamps

Pair of Tole Column Lamps

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H 18 in W 5 in D 5 in

Pair of Tole Column Lamps

Located in St. Louis, MO

Pair of black tole oil lamps, each a fluted Ionic column on a stepped base with brass mounts, now electrified. 28¼" to top of the shade.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tin

19th Century Tole and Bronze Lamp, Formerly Oil
19th Century Tole and Bronze Lamp, Formerly Oil

19th Century Tole and Bronze Lamp, Formerly Oil

Located in Atlanta, GA

19th century tole and bronze lamp, formerly oil New wiring.

Category

Antique 19th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze, Tôle

Pair of French Tole Lamps, Formerly Oil
Pair of French Tole Lamps, Formerly Oil

Pair of French Tole Lamps, Formerly Oil

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H 20.25 in W 9.75 in D 5 in

Pair of French Tole Lamps, Formerly Oil

Located in Atlanta, GA

PAIR OF FRENCH TOLE LAMPS, FORMERLY OIL WITH THEIR ORIG.

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Antique 19th Century Table Lamps

Pair of 19th Century Tole and Gilt Bronze Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps
Pair of 19th Century Tole and Gilt Bronze Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps

Pair of 19th Century Tole and Gilt Bronze Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps

Located in London, GB

Gilt bronze mounts with foliat leaf and berry and acanthus leaf decoration in relief. Central fluted columns supported on a plinth base. Stamped 'Lampe a Moderateur/Par Brevet d‘In...

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Table Lamps

Materials

Ormolu, Tôle

Faux Porphory-Painted Tole "Carcel" Lamp, France, 19th Century
Faux Porphory-Painted Tole "Carcel" Lamp, France, 19th Century

Faux Porphory-Painted Tole "Carcel" Lamp, France, 19th Century

Located in New York, NY

Distinctive Faux Porphory-Painted Tole "Carcel" Oil Lamp in Gilt and Burgundy Tones on Marble Base, Newly Wired with a Double Swivel Cluster to U.S.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Tôle

Rare Early 19th Century Tole Carcel Lamp
Rare Early 19th Century Tole Carcel Lamp

Rare Early 19th Century Tole Carcel Lamp

Located in New Orleans, LA

Rare early 19th century French tole carcel oil lamp with marbleized decoration and painted glass shade, circa 1830, later adapted to electricity

Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Restauration Fluted Column Oil Lamp Converted To A Table Lamp
Restauration Fluted Column Oil Lamp Converted To A Table Lamp

Restauration Fluted Column Oil Lamp Converted To A Table Lamp

Located in London, GB

Tole and bronze. With finely incised ormolu decoration, France Circa 1830. Shade not included. Height with shade: 81 cm (32")

Category

Antique 19th Century French Restauration Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle, Ormolu

Restauration Fluted Column Oil Lamp Converted To A Table Lamp
Restauration Fluted Column Oil Lamp Converted To A Table Lamp

Restauration Fluted Column Oil Lamp Converted To A Table Lamp

Located in London, GB

Bronze and tole with finely incised ormolu decoration. Shade not included. Height with shade 81 cm (32") For more information http://www.juliaboston.com/lamp1880a-1919.html

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Antique 19th Century French Restauration Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze, Tôle

Large Empire Fluted Column Oil Lamp Converted To A Table Lamp
Large Empire Fluted Column Oil Lamp Converted To A Table Lamp

Large Empire Fluted Column Oil Lamp Converted To A Table Lamp

Located in London, GB

In tole and bronze with finely incised ormolu decoration. France circa 1815. Shade not included. Height with shade 94 cm (37")

Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze, Tôle

Pair Of French Oil Lamps, Now Electrified As Table Lamps C. 1820
Pair Of French Oil Lamps, Now Electrified As Table Lamps C. 1820

Pair Of French Oil Lamps, Now Electrified As Table Lamps C. 1820

Located in London, GB

A pair of french oil lamps standing on two black tole columns with octagonal plinths.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle, Brass

19th Century Italian Venetian Gilt Tole Lantern with Oil Lamp
19th Century Italian Venetian Gilt Tole Lantern with Oil Lamp

19th Century Italian Venetian Gilt Tole Lantern with Oil Lamp

Located in Charleston, SC

A grand Venetian gilt tole lantern, circa 1840, featuring three candles and original centre oil lamp accented with tole and brass flag.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Lanterns

Materials

Copper, Tôle

Antique hexagonal painted tole & iron lantern
Antique hexagonal painted tole & iron lantern

Antique hexagonal painted tole & iron lantern

Located in New York, NY

A antique hexagonal painted tole & iron lantern (formerly an oil lamp) now wired for electricity with a 3 light cluster, c.1900, as is, Diameter-27" Height-28"

Category

Antique 19th Century French Lanterns

Materials

Tôle, Iron

French Oil Lamp Wall Sconces (Wired)
French Oil Lamp Wall Sconces (Wired)

French Oil Lamp Wall Sconces (Wired)

Located in Santa Rosa, CA

Great pair of petit wall sconces with black tole shades and brass body. Each one has a bee on it with information on the front about the lights in French.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass, Tôle

French Railroad Oil Lamps
French Railroad Oil Lamps

French Railroad Oil Lamps

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H 13 in W 9 in

French Railroad Oil Lamps

Located in Long Island City, NY

A pair of French, 19th century painted tole railway car oil lamps. Each marked "Chemins de Fer du Midi".

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Antique 19th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces

Pair of French Bass Mounted Bronzed Tole Column Oil Lamps, Now Electrified
Pair of French Bass Mounted Bronzed Tole Column Oil Lamps, Now Electrified

Pair of French Bass Mounted Bronzed Tole Column Oil Lamps, Now Electrified

Located in New York, NY

Each with a column above a square plinth, mounted with a brass maker’s plaque. Each marked: Par Brevet Dinvention Lampes Hydrostatiques Thilorier et Barrachin, Rue du Bouloy No. 4. ...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Tôle

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Located in Philadelphia, PA

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Pair of David Duncan Celadon Boissy Backplates with Clear Hurricane Shades

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By David Duncan

Located in New York, NY

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Pair Of Empire Style Bronze Table Lamps
Pair Of Empire Style Bronze Table Lamps

Pair Of Empire Style Bronze Table Lamps

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H 32 in W 6.25 in D 5.75 in

Pair Of Empire Style Bronze Table Lamps

Located in Essex, MA

Lampshade diameter 17 inches. Relatively modern nice quality in the French empire style.

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Late 20th Century European Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

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Tole Oil Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of tole oil lamps available for sale. Each of these unique tole oil lamps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, tôle and brass. There are all kinds of tole oil lamps available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Tole oil lamps made by Empire designers — as well as those associated with Baroque — are very popular at 1stDibs.

How Much are Tole Oil Lamps?

Tole oil lamps can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $3,300, while the lowest priced sells for $550 and the highest can go for as much as $18,500.

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.