Fritz Heckert Lighting

Murano glass, gold and enamel table lamp, Italy, Early 20th century.

Walter von Nessen Enameled Brass, Steel & Glass Table Lamp for Miller Lamp Company, Circa 1935. Featuring a Pagoda style form, with step up Art Deco styled column with patina to...

Elegant Colonial Revival table or desk lamp produced by Gamla Stans Lampverkstad in Stockholm during the 1960s. The lamp is executed in brass and features a tall, slender stem with ...

On offer is an early 20th-century "After Bergman" cold-painted spelter lamp, one that explicitly bears a stamp, likely for the manufacturer Müller (often associated with Müller Co. or other specialized French/Austrian metal foundries operating in the 1920s–1930s). The lamp depicts a Middle Eastern carpet seller sitting cross-legged inside his market stall, which is shaded by broad green banana leaves. Richly patterned Oriental rugs, complete with fringe, are draped over the structure. The rug seller is shown playing a rebab, an ancient Middle Eastern stringed instrument. He holds the instrument vertically resting on his lap or the floor. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Middle Eastern and North African marketplaces, known as “souks,” were incredibly competitive, noisy, and bustling environments. To stand out, merchants did not just sit quietly waiting for foot traffic. They utilized street performance—called busking—as a highly effective marketing tactic. A rug merchant playing a piercing, hypnotic melody on a rebab would successfully create an inviting ambiance, draw a curious crowd to his market stall, and provide a pleasant environment to keep potential buyers lingering around his expensive textiles longer. During the height of the Art Deco and Orientalist craze, the original cold-painted bronze designs by Franz Bergman were incredibly popular and expensive. To meet the demand for more affordable home lighting, alternative foundries bought or replicated the original molds. Rather than using costly heavy bronze, these foundries cast the lamps using spelter (a zinc-based alloy popular in France and Austria). Spelter was lighter, easier to cast, and took enamel "cold paint" exceptionally well. The kneeling merchant and the structural pillar show the classic, slightly softer detailing indicative of a high-quality spelter casting rather than crisp chiseled bronze. The striking orange, yellow, and green pigments applied directly onto the metal capture the exact moody, bazaar-like atmosphere intended by the original theme. A light bulb socket is hidden underneath the canopy of the roof structure. When turned on, the bulb illuminates the entire interior marketplace scene from above, shining down through the leaves and casting a dramatic, warm, atmospheric glow. Because these "After Bergman" pieces are genuine early 20th-century antiques in their own right, they carry significant historical value and are highly sought after by collectors of Art Deco and Orientalist lighting...

Although Louis Comfort Tiffany is world-renowned for his works in glass and bronze influenced by the Art Nouveau style -- including his stained glass lamps and windows, and his many ...

Contemporary Art Nouveau Revival Yellow Glass Jardinière Mexican Table Lamp with Ornate Figures Throughout. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 32" H (to finial) x 22" H (to light...

Architecturally refined Greek revival table lamp in bronze with columns and Greek key detail. Stylized Greek key finial. Sold sans shade.

French Maison Jansen style bronze Orientalist lamp. Unusual French Maison Jansen inspired bronze orientalist or chinoiserie style figural lamp. This ...

Viennese cold painted bronze orientalist lamp attributed to Bergman of a middle eastern man riding a camel. Signed Austria.

Art Deco revival desk lamp produced around 1950s. Lovely design. Lamp housing shape is reminiscent of Glenn H Curtiss early planes. Whoever designed it must have been a fan. Both l...

Sculptural ceramic table lamp formed as a dramatic, upward-sweeping wing or flame motif, cradling a spherical glass globe at its center. Executed in a deep, glossy dark glaze, the pi...

A Rare E. F. Caldwell & Co. Ormolu Mounted Orientalist, Islamic-style Persian Ceramic Lamp with Champlevé Enamel Mounts, Jeweled Ornament, and Lim...