Vintage Sea Urchin Lamp
Located in Fairfield, CA
A small vintage handmade lamp made with a sea urchin shell as the lamp shade.
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sea Urchin Lamp
Shell, Wood
Vintage Sea Urchin Lamp
Located in Fairfield, CA
A small vintage handmade lamp made with a sea urchin shell as the lamp shade.
Shell, Wood
$2,450
Sea Urchin Table Lamp
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Modernist mid century sculptural sea urchin table lamp crafted with bleached coconut husk spines over a metal frame with a one bulb socket inside.
Wood
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Sea Urchin Table Lamp
Located in San Diego, CA
A really cool and hard to find mid-century sea urchin table lamp, circa 1970s. The lamp is crafted with hundreds of leather strips over a metal frame supporting a one bulb socket.
Metal
Mid-Century Sea Urchin Table Lamp
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking sea urchin form table lamp ambitiously crafted with hundreds of bleached coconut husk spines fixed to a sturdy metal frame.
Metal
$72Sale Price / set|20% Off
Fab Vntage Pair of Sea Shell Urchins Lamp Finials
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Lamp finials nature’s beauty sea shell pink urchins on brass bases.
Shell
Geometric Sea Urchin Glass Flush Mount Wall or Ceiling Lamp, Germany 1970s
By Honsel, Helena Tynell
Located in Andernach, DE
Comes in a round, geometrical bubbly sea urchin shape with partially frosted and clear glass.
Metal
Large Five Light Root Wood and Copper Sea Urchin Table Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Extremely unusual English Channel sea urchin lamp on root wood base with copper folliage.
Copper
An Amazing Sea Urchin Lamp
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large and decorative and handmade of cut vinyl tiles, this amazing sea urchin lamp, has subtle mood lighting when lit.
Curtis Jere Midcentury Sea Urchin Lamp
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Hastings, GB
Curtis Jere Sea Urchin table lamp, circa 1960s-1970s A fantastic composition of naturalistic stems and leaves in patinated copper carrying five lights made of real sea urchin shell...
Shell, Wood
A resin sea urchin table lamp
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
A resin sea urchin table lamp
Resin
Sea Urchin Shell & Burl Lamp by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sculptural table lamp with a burl wood base, copper leaves, and stems holding two sea urchin shells.
Copper
Nice Lucite Table Lamp with Inclusion of Sea Urchin
By Romeo Paris
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1970s Lucite table lamp.
Mid-century Sculptural Sea Urchin Table Lamp after C. Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Lovely Mid-Century Modern sculptural sea urchin table lamp made in the manner of C. Jere.
Copper
Sold
H 26 in W 23 in D 23 in
Sculptural Mid-Century Sea Urchin Fantasy Table Lamp Attributed to Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
A fantastic composition of a polished burled root wood from which springs stems and leaves of patinated copper carrying four lights made of real sea urchin shells inserted in petal l...
Other, Copper
Sold
H 19 in W 10 in D 10 in
Vintage Pair of White Sea Urchin Style Palm Beach Table Lamps Newly Restored
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage pair of "sea urchin style" Palm Beach table lamps. Newly lacquered a fresh white, all new nickel hardware, 3 way sockets, newly wired.
Composition, Nickel
Italian Murano Bubble Glass Globe Chandelier with Brass Details, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
The wonderful glass globe is entirely hand-craftet and has countless bubbles of different sizes in the glass and looks like a sea urchin, especially when the hanging lamp is lit.
Brass
Maison Charles lamp, pink sea urchin and gilded bronze, France, Circa 1960
By Maison Charles
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Maison Charles lamp, pink sea urchin and gilded bronze. Hollywood Regency.
Metal
Pair of Mid-Century Sculptural Sea Urchin Table Lamps by Curtis Jere
By C. Jeré Artisan House
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of mid-century sculptural sea urchin table lamps by Curtis Jere and Artisian House, circa 1970s.
Copper
Sold
H 25.25 in W 19 in D 19 in
Jere Style Brutalist Fantasy Sand Dollar Sea Urchin Sculptural Metal Table Lamp
By Silas Seandel, Curtis Jeré
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Five stems rise from the pot and are each topped with a single light bulb. Authentic sea urchin shells act as lamp shades and are hugged secure by ribbons of metal.
Brass, Metal
Sold
H 4.73 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Sea Urchin Bubble Lamp Glass Flush Mount Light Hustadt Leuchten, Germany 1960s
By Helena Tynell
Located in Andernach, DE
Comes in a slightly square but round bubble sea urchin shape and design. The funky glamorous glas 'globe' is sitting on a metal base, holding 1 of E27 screw fittings.
Metal
Mid Century "Sea Urchin" Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical, hand wrought copper lamp with unusual shades made of sea urchin shells.
Table Lamp with Sea Urchin Motif
Located in Woodstock, NY
Single lamp, with black iron supports, and central pottery casting of a sea urchin.
Sea urchin decorative floor lamp by Curtis Jere
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A decorative brass sea urchin floor lamp with a cylindrical base by Curtis Jere.
Chrome, Brass
Thompkins of Key West Manzanita Burl & Sea Urchin Table Lamp
Located in Southfield, MI
Late 60's 5 light table lamp fashioned from a manzanita burl, copper and natural sea urchins.
Copper
French Bronze Table Lamp with Urchin Ball Shades
Located in Fairfax, VA
A rare French 1970s bronze table lamp with sea urchin shades.
Bronze
Italian 1970's "Sea Urchin" Pottery Lamp
Located in Aspen, CO
Italian 1970's "Sea Urchin" pottery lamp.
Pottery
Sculptural Sea Urchin Table Lamp, Late 20th Century
Located in Noorderwijk, BE
Eye-catching, sculptural lamp made with the shells of five sea urchins. When lit, they produce an amazing warm glow.
Base Metal
Sculptural Sea Urchin Table Lamp, Late 20th Century
By Artisan House
Located in Noorderwijk, BE
Eye-catching, sculptural lamp made with the shells of three sea urchins. When lit, they produce an amazing warm glow.
Copper
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
Rosso Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Streicher Goods, Ethan Streicher
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
Brass
Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...
Brass
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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