Stiffel Lighting
When Ted Stiffel (1899–1971) founded Stiffel in 1932 in Chicago, he wanted to make functional, thoughtfully designed table lamps, floor lamps and other fixtures that were available at an accessible price. Born in Memphis, Stiffel first pursued a career in music before serving in World War I. After his discharge, he worked with the Western Electric Company in Chicago and then the Nellie J. Kaplan Company, a lighting firm also in the Windy City.
After he started his own lamp business, Stiffel began supplying area department stores and by the 1940s had opened a large factory that was producing lamps for nationwide sale, eventually competing with the likes of the Frederick Cooper Lamp Company, also based in Chicago.
In 1948, designer Edwin J. Cole joined the company and created some of the firm’s most striking table lamps. Today, Cole’s vintage mid-century modern lighting fixtures for Stiffel, frequently with distinctively tall and shapely ceramic bodies and finished with decorative brass chinoiserie details, are highly prized by collectors.
One of Stiffel’s innovations was his patented switch, which simplified turning lights on and off: All someone had to do was grasp a lamp’s pole and gently pull down. He also designed a pole lamp with a vertical tube that held a series of fixtures on the outside. The upright pole lamp was so innovative that Sears, Roebuck and Company copied it. Stiffel sued, and the case ended up in the Supreme Court in 1964. The ruling against Stiffel was influential in whether states can give a patent to objects that do not have the invention required of federal patents.
After declaring bankruptcy in 2000, the brand was revived in 2013 in Linden, New Jersey, where newly produced high-quality lamps carry the Stiffel name.
Find a collection of vintage Stiffel lamps and other lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
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Creator: Stiffel
Pair of Hollywood Regency-Style Brass and Glass Stiffel Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Statuesque Hollywood Regency-Style table lamps by Stiffel composed of solid brass stems and adornments with white enameled metal accents. Includes glass shades/diffusers only (the br...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Vintage Painted and Parcel Silvergilt Columnar Lamps by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of neoclassical style table lamps, by Stiffel; in column form, painted and accented with silvergilt, each ionic capital over tapering column, raised on square plinth.
Stock I...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of Stiffel Heavy Brass and Porcelain Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Germantown, MD
An exquisite pair of Victorian style solid brass and porcelain table lamps by Stiffel. Very good vintage condition. Comes with Stiffel original shades in good vintage condition. Meas...
Category
Late 20th Century American Late Victorian Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$825 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-Century Brass Tension Pole Lamp by Stiffel with Spiral Arms and Cone Shades
By Stiffel
Located in Stockholm, SE
A sophisticated mid-century tension pole lamp attributed to Stiffel, crafted in the 1950s. This elegant piece features a polished brass structure with three striking cone-shaped shad...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Rare 1950s Stiffel Black Lacquer and Brass Suspension Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare 1950s Stiffel suspension table lamp. Four brass rods with ball finials support a black lacquered cup with internal light socket. Original off-white la...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
$2,062 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Elegant Tall Stiffel Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant tall pair of white porcelain and brass table lamps by Stiffel.
Shade diameter 15".
Category
1950s American Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$1,650 / set
Mid-Century Large Jade Green Porcelain, Brass Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Impressive large scale Jade green porcelain lantern lamps featuring aged brass hardware. Lamps have been rewired for use in USA using edison type bulbs, 75W max bulbs. Lamps sit upon...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
pair of large Stiffel brass lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
rare pair of american table lamps in brass with their original shades
base height 60cm square base 14cm
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$2,200 / set
Pair of Large Ceramic Lamps by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Large ceramic lamps by Stiffel lamp company.
The ceramic lamp bodies have a paint splattered crackled glaze finish.
The lamps have brass h...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$4,200 / set
Stiffel Jade Green Porcelain Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Midcentury jade green glazed porcelain lamps with satin brass hardware. Lamps have been rewired for use in the USA, double cluster sockets can...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$4,500 / set
Pair of Stiffel Lamps after Parzinger
By Stiffel, Tommi Parzinger
Located in New York, NY
Stylish pair of brass lamps by Stiffel, designed in the style of Tommi Parzinger. Tall and elegant, clean and working condition. Nice heavy lamps, well crafted, made with top quality...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$1,800 / set
Pair of Hollywood Regency Polished Nickel Lamps by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Stately pair of polished nickel stylized urn form lamps with Greek Key patterned bases, Designed by Stiffel.
Shades not included.
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Nickel
James Mont Style Neoclassical Black Urn Lamps with Brass Handles by Stiffel 1960
By James Mont, William Billy Haines, Stiffel
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Gorgeous pair of fully restored neoclassical Stiffel table lamps freshly lacquered in black with polished brass handles. Unapologetically refined and upper crust. Oozing elegance and...
Category
1960s American Neoclassical Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair Stiffel Porcelain Obelisk & Decorative Brass Table Lamps.
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Stiffel neoclassical table lamps with Lenox porcelain obelisk bodies detailed in gilt edging. Wood base with brass feet, brass decorative pineapple and leafed spacer. Brass s...
Category
1950s American Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Monumental Stiffel Parzinger Mid Century Regency Table Lamp Bronze Brass mcm 50s
By Stiffel, Tommi Parzinger
Located in Peoria, AZ
Stiffel Mid Century
Bronze Brass Regency
Table Lamp
Epitome of Mid Century Elegance!
Attributed to Tommi Parzinger
A simply stunning Stiffel!
Great regency design exemplified i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Tall Tommi Parzinger Style Nickel & Brass Stiffel Lamp with Milk Glass Shade
By Tommi Parzinger, Stiffel
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Hollywood Regency Stiffel brushed Brass & Nickel Plate Table Lamp. Circa 1960. Small footprint. Featuring a tall slender reflective form a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Vintage Stiffel Faux Bamboo Ceramic Torchiere Lamps
By Tommi Parzinger, Stiffel
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful pair of Stiffel lamps with a faux bamboo motif. Great bone color offset with antiqued brass accents. Lovely streamlined design with on/off switch on both torchiere and on s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Nickel Plated 1950's Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderful pair of Stiffel lamps newly plated in polished nickel.
Modernist oil lamp form on four tapered legs. Newly rewired. Shades for display only.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Nickel
$3,720 Sale Price / set
31% Off
Pair of Midcentury Green Glazed Pagoda Style Stiffel Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Stamford, CT
Lucious green glaze on the these vintage pagoda style Stiffel Lamps. Top of the line Lamp Company.
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
1960's Hollywood Regency Brass Torchiere Floor Lamp by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Burbank, CA
Vintage Hollywood Regency torch floor lamp for sale. Manufactured in the late 1960's / 1970's by high-end lighting design company Stiffel, and still retains the original label undern...
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Tri-Light Floor Lamp, Hexagon Base and Finished in Antiqued Brass, 1960s
By Stiffel
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Stiffel tri-light floor lamp, hexagon base and finished in an antiqued brass finish. From the mid-late 1960s. The lamp is fitted with a Tri-light center lamp and milkglass shade, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Parzinger Influenced Brass Table Lamps by Stiffel
By Tommi Parzinger, Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Tommi Parzinger influenced Mid-Century Classic polished brass lamps with three stacked graduated orbs on square base with concave centres. Rewired for use in USA.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
1970s Stiffel Double Cone Floor Lamp Patinated Brass Arched Star Base
By Stiffel
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Fabulous modern tall floor lamp by Stiffel
unmarked
very rare model four-star arched base
adjustable double shade cone.
53.5 tall x 21 width x 14 depth
Preowned original vintage c...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Art Deco Revival Brass Desk or Table Fan Lamp Uplight, circa 1970s
By Stiffel
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful Stiffel Art Deco Revival brass table or desk lamp, circa 1970s. The lamp is in the shape of a fan and creates a wonderful uplight. Works as it should. In very nice conditio...
Category
1970s American Art Deco Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Custom Finished, Stylized Bamboo Satin Brass Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of satin brass stylized bamboo column lamps with dual sockets and coral pull chains. Rewired for use in the USA with gold twist cords.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Coral, Brass
Stiffel Bronze, Crackled Porcelain Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mid century crackled porcelain lamps with custom finished dark bronze fittings. Rewired for use in the USA, 100W max bulbs. Height listed is...
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$4,200 / set
A bespoken Stiffel brass lamp with a lotus design base
By Stiffel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A quite dramatic tall table lamp made by Stiffel lamps USA circa 1960s. Brass construction with a single socket on candlestick-style enamel tubular stand set in a petaled lotus flowe...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Stiffel Tall Brass Candlestick Barley Twist Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage heavy brass table lamp features an elegant candlestick or baluster lamp form with barley twist accent on the column. The lamp is mounted on heavy, stable stepped octagonal b...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stiffel Brass Floor Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Stiffel Brass Floor Lamp
3 lights plus 1 mogul Light
Lights turn on separate with our without mogul.
Milk glass shade in good condition, no chips.
...
Category
20th Century North American Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Magnificent Tall Vintage Stiffel Bamboo Brass Table Lamp with Custom Shade
By Stiffel
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Impressive tall large table lamp by Stiffel having bamboo inspired columnar brass lamp on 7.5” square base with round feet. Shade is a show stealer that looks hand painted with gold...
Category
1940s American Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Rustic Patinated Brass Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in San Francisco, CA
A tall, brass table lamp with an aged patina. A column shape with a bulbous bottom and square base. Made by Stiffel in the mid-20th century. Newly rewired a dimmer on the socket. 7" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Stiffel Sculptural Table Lamp, Ceramic and Brass, Mid Century Modern
By Stiffel
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Stiffel table or accent lamp was made with graphic, angular brass base and pillar top juxtaposed by rounded ceramic body in complex smoky brown color glaze. Reserved color p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Midcentury White Porcelain and Brass Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Buchanan, NY
This single vintage brass and porcelain Stiffel table lamp features a charming pineapple brass detail atop a white porcelain base. In very good vintage condition, it adds a touch of ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Original Stiffel Pair of Oversized Midcentury Ceramic Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of Mid-Century Modern glazed ceramic bottle vase form lamps on bronze bases, in bone with grey striations and subtle craqueleur to glazing. Double cluster sockets and silk rewir...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vintage Stiffel Mid-Century Modern Glazed Ceramic Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning vintage MCM table lamp. Made by the iconic Stiffel group. A chic brilliant blue glazed ceramic body with heavy brass details. Acquired from a...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
French Provincial Stiffel Floor Lamp With Glass Table and tripod legs
By Stiffel
Located in Waxahachie, TX
This MCM STIFFEL Tri-Leg Brass & Glass Table Floor Lamp.
Works well, is a stunning addition to any home. The lamp features a unique design, with a tri-leg base made of brass and glas...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$600 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid Century Modern Stiffel Striped Pottery Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Sarasota, FL
Lovely tall bottle form lamp in a striped decor.
Brass and pottery.
Fine condition
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Art Nouveau Style Large Brass Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Germantown, MD
Late 20th Century Stiffel Art Nouveau Style large brass table lamp
Measures 7 inches in diameter and stands 34" tall.
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Nouveau Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large Brass Fluted Drum Shape Table Lamp by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice looking solid brass Mid-Century Modern table lamp by Stiffel.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Brass Table Lamp by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern table lamp by Stiffel.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern brass lamp by Stiffel.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Stiffel Bronze, Bone Crackle Glazed Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid Century Porcelain lamps in a cream color crackle glaze with brown horizontal striations. Lamps mounted on custom finished bronze bases and have been rewired by a professi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$4,500 / set
Stiffel Hollywood Regency Style Brass & Ebony with Lion Head Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Plainview, NY
A midcentury Hollywood Regency style tall table lamp made by Stiffel Co. This classic lamp features a globe white milk shade. The two toned column is made of brass and ebony metal an...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$950 Sale Price
32% Off
Stiffel Mid Century Brass Wood Candlestick Floor Side Table Lamp 52"
By Stiffel
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century Stiffel floor lamp made of brass featuring square wood side table and candlestick design.
Dimensions:
17" x 17" x 52"h, table heigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$612 Sale Price
20% Off
Wow! Stiffel *Incredibles 2* Mid Century Danish Modern Table Lamp Rare Aluminum!
By Stiffel
Located in Peoria, AZ
Stiffel
Mid Century Modern
Aluminum & Steel
Table Lamp
Epitome of Mid Century Elegance!
As Seen in Incredibles 2!
The rarest Stiffel Lamp in the World!
35" x 18"
WOW! This i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Tall Stiffel Tommi Parzinger Style Brass Four Column Table Lamp
By Stiffel, Tommi Parzinger
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Stiffel Four Column Brass Table Lamp with Grasscloth Shade, often attributed to Tommi Parzinger. Featuring four Brass architectural squared columns rounding to base, atop a square B...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass, Metal
Parzinger Style, Mid-Century Bronze Lotus Lamps
By Stiffel, Tommi Parzinger
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury stylized lotus lamps in a custom aged bronze/brass finish. Lamps have been rewired for use in USA, uses edison type bulbs up to 100 watts. Lamps have on/off switch at base...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$3,800 / set
Chic and Rare Pair of Midcentury Tiffany Blue Lamps with Original Shades
By Stiffel
Located in Buchanan, MI
Chic and rare pair of midcentury Tiffany blue lamps with original shades. Pristine condition, great scale and color. 35" to top of socket, shade meas...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Tommi Parzinger Style Brass Ball Lamp by Stiffel
By Stiffel, Tommi Parzinger
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-century brass Stiffel lamp in the style of Tommi Parzinger. Stacked brass ball style with overall unpolished patina. Lamp is newly rewired with new double socket. Lamp takes 2 st...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large Vintage Hollywood Regency Stiffel Ceramic Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Vintage Hollywood Regency Stiffel ceramic Lamp. Style of Tommi Parzinger. A beautiful purple glaze on this ceramic base.
some ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Original Stiffel Tension Rod Brass Floor Light
By Stiffel
Located in North Miami, FL
Vintage midcentury lamp from the 1950s consists of 6 illuminating arms on an all brass adjustable tension pole. A single dial switch turns on the floor lamp. The height is semi adjustable, the top of the pole is spring loaded and can be lowered depending on your ceiling height.
Note: Tension rod...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Solid Brass Trophy Table Lamp, circa 1960s
By Stiffel
Located in Germantown, MD
Stiffel Solid brass trophy table lamp, Circa 1960s
Measures 7" in diameter and 25.5" Tall to the top of the socket and 37" to the top of the current...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$289 Sale Price
57% Off
Pair of Stiffel Obelisk Lamps after Tommi Parzinger
By Stiffel, Tommi Parzinger
Located in Hanover, MA
Impressively tall and architecturally inspired pair of vintage 1960's table lamps in the style of Tommi Parzinger in pecan wood and bronze-tone brass.
Four spheres atop a plinth base...
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Mid-Century Stiffel Solid Brass and Glass Galleried Smokers Floor Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid-Century Stiffel Regency Solid Brass and Glass Galleried Table Smokers Floor lamp with solid brass trip pod snake feet. Measures 17" in width, 17" in d...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Regency Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
$1,496 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Massive 40" Tall Patinated Brass Table Lamp by Stiffel Quality MINT
By Stiffel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large Massive 40" Tall Patinated Brass Table Lamp by Stiffel Quality MINT
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Brass Lotus Motif Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century Modern table lamp by Stiffel.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Vintage Stiffel Brass & Glass Oil Reservoir Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Vintage oil-lamp style table lamp with fluted brass column base. Substantial bulbous oil reservoir with key turn. Switch on both base and socket. Classic design.
Curbside to NYC/Phi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
French Empire Style Table Lamps by Stiffel, a Pair
By Stiffel
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of French Empire style table lamps made by Stiffel. Brass columns are turned with large ceramic fonts in white trimmed in gold. Bases are decorated with dentils on a square ba...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Empire Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Oversized Stiffel Brass Table Lamp with Double Socket
By Stiffel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This large table lamp was manufactured by Stiffel in the 1960s and features a double socket and three illumination settings. The heavy patina to the bras...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vintage Stiffel Hollywood Regency Brass Baroque Candlestick Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Stiffel Hollywood Regency Brass Baroque Candlestick Table Lamp On Metal Base. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 36.5" H (to finial) x 28" H (to light socket) x 7" W x 7"...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Stiffel Lighting
Materials
Brass
Stiffel lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Stiffel lighting are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Stiffel lighting, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original lighting by Stiffel were created in the mid-century modern style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider lighting by Robert Sonneman, Gerald Thurston, and The Marbro Lamp Company. Prices for Stiffel lighting can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $160 and can go as high as $7,750, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,975.
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Questions About Stiffel Lighting
- Are Stiffel lamps made in China?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022No, Stiffel lamps are not made in China. The Stiffel Lamp Company was founded in 1932 in Chicago and throughout its many years in business, they proudly still produce all their products in America. Browse a selection of Stiffel lamps on 1stDibs.
- Are Stiffel lamps valuable?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021No, Stiffel lamps are not extremely valuable. These lamps typically sell for anywhere between $100 and $500. These lamps are high quality, however, and will last a lifetime.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024To identify a Stiffel lamp, first try to locate the brand's foil tag. Usually, the tag will read "SLC," “Stiffel Lamp Company" or “Stiffel.” You may find it on the shade, the base or the light socket. Because these tags tended to come loose over time, a vintage Stiffel lamp may no longer have one. If you can't find a label, examine your lamp closely. Stiffel has produced lamps out of high-quality bronze, brass, pewter and silver, so their pieces tend to be weighty. A light lamp that seems hollow is unlikely to be a Stiffel. Looking at images of Stiffel lamps shared on trusted online resources can also be helpful during the identification process. In addition, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer can identify your lamp for you if you run into any difficulty. On 1stDibs, explore a diverse assortment of Stiffel lamps.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, Stiffel lamps are still in production. With a variety of lamp styles available, the Stiffel Lamp Company has a rich history rooted in unique, art-driven design made with high-quality materials. On 1stDibs, find a unique collection of authentic Stiffel lamps.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify a Stiffel brass lamp, look for the maker's markings, which may include “Stiffel Lamp Company," "SLC" or “Stiffel." Locations of markings varied over time, and they appeared in the form of both etched signatures and foiled labels. Check your lamp’s switch, shade, bulb interior, neck and base for these markings. If you can't find a Stiffel mark, it may have once had a paper label that has since become detached. In this case, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer can assist you with the identification process. Find a selection of Stiffel lamps on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify vintage Stiffel lamps, first check a piece for any markings. Nearly all Stiffel lamps have a marking at least on the switch, but some also feature large foil stamps on their bases or bulb sockets. By comparing the marks on your lamp to images and descriptions published on trusted online resources, you can often determine approximately when Stiffel produced your lamp. If your lamp is 20 to 99 years old, it is vintage. Older Stiffel lamps are antiques, and newer ones are contemporary. When in doubt, consult a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer. Find an assortment of Stiffel lamps on 1stDibs.