Stiffel Table Lamps
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
Gerald Thurston for Stiffel Mid Century Teak Table Lamp
By Gerald Thurston, Stiffel
Located in Countryside, IL
Gerald Thurston for Stiffel Mid Century Teak Table Lamp
This piece measures: 6 wide x 6 deep x 28 inches high and weighs 4.7 pounds
G...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
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 Table Lamps
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Brass Candlestick Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Midcentury classically styled brushed brass candlestick lamps with enameled centers. Rewired for use in USA, 100W max bulbs.
Category
20th Century American American Classical Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Brass Desk or Table Lamp by Stiffel, circa 1970s
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial Art Deco style brass desk or table lamp, circa 1970s. Lamp has a beautiful, graduated design, a detail reminiscent during the Art Deco period of the 1930s...
Category
1970s American Art Deco Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1950s Patinated Brass Stiffel Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
1950s patinated brass tall table lamps by Stiffel.
Height to light socket 31.5.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Hollywood Regency Lenox Porcelain and Brass Stiffel Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Pair of gorgeous Hollywood Regency Stiffel lamps with a Lenox porcelain vase form body and featuring a classic brass leafed pineapple spacer and pedest...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
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 Table Lamps
Pair of Stiffel Fluted and Studded Brass Urn Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Large studded and fluted brass table lamps from the best years of Stiffel, the fine lamp maker. Black lacquered bases feature subtle chamfered feet. Surmounting the brass urns are br...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Stiffel "Windows" Lamps, USA, 1960's
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Imposing pair of stacked walnut and brass lamps by Stiffel.
Shades not included.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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 Table Lamps
Original Stiffel Pair of Oversized Midcentury Ceramic Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in East Hampton, NY
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Stiffel Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Walnut and brass table lamp, design after Parzinger. Height to brass disk 22.5" Working, clean, original condition. Shade not included.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Edwin Cole for Stiffel Aqua Ceramic & Brass Table Lamp with Glass Shades
By Edwin Cole, Stiffel
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial pair of Edwin Cole for Stiffel turquoise ceramic and bright brass table lamps, circa 1950. Featuring reflective Blue Green glazed ceramic...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Stiffel Crackle Glaze Ceramic and Brass Moorish Style Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Excellent pair of brass and ceramic bodied Moorish style table lamps by Stiffel. Ceramic bodies are a mottled sea foam green crackle glazed u...
Category
1960s American Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Tall Table Lamp or Low Floor Lamp Midcentury Brass and Brushed Stainless
By Stiffel
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome and versatile Stiffel lamp comprised of brass and brushed stainless steel. It can be used as an over-scaled table lamp or a lower than usual floor lamp. It is in fabulous vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Celadon Ceramic Orb and Brass Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of exquisite Parzinger influenced midcentury lamps with a muted celadon green ceramic body with satin brass fittings. Lamps have been rewired with new sockets and silk cords.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Stiffel Patinated Brass Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of patinated solid brass baluster form 52" table lamps. Traditional Machine Age bases with flared section bodies that finish with a poppy flower bobeche. Lacquered ivory metal s...
Category
1960s American Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Hollywood Regency Stiffel Co. Brass and Ebonized Column Form Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of Stiffel Co. brass and ebonized column form table lamps each signed. Each done in the Hollywood Regency Fashion of metal brass and ebony design with milk glass globes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Stiffel Table Lamps
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 Table Lamps
Pair of Stiffel Lamps after Parzinger
By Tommi Parzinger, Stiffel
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 Table Lamps
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Beautiful Table Lamp by Tommi Parzinger for Stiffel
By Tommi Parzinger, Stiffel
Located in Kingston, NY
This beautiful table lamp was designed by Tommi Parzinger for Stiffel. It features a candelabra form design with (nine) cream tubular enamel slee...
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Luxe Hollywood Regency Brass and Cut Glass by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Kingston, NY
Luxe Hollywood Regency brass and cut-glass insert by Stiffel.
Made in America, circa 1960.
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Fluted Walnut and Brass Table Lamp, 1950s
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp with four-point base in fluted walnut and brass by Stiffel, 1950s.
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Pumpkin Shape Brass Table Lamps by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Mid-Century Modern vintage brass table lamps by Stiffel.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Solid Brass Stiffel Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
A solid brass table lamp by Stiffel on a circular brass base plate. The bulbous form ascending from the base features thumbprint impressions all around. The thin stem tapers off until it meets a smaller brass plate...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
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 Table Lamps
Chic Pair of Hollywood Regency White Ceramic and Brass Lamps by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Kingston, NY
Pair of Hollywood Regency white ceramic and brass lamps by Stiffel.
Made in America, circa 1960.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Tall Mid-Century Modern White Crackle Glaze Ceramic and Brass Lamp by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A tall ceramic and brass torchère style table lamp by Stiffel. A rare find, this circular lamp with white crackle glaze, has long been a difficult find for Stiffel lovers.
The ro...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair Stiffel Neoclassical Brass & Ivory lacquered Table Lamps.
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Classic Roman column table lamps by Stiffel. Brass square plinth multi-tiered plinths with acanthus leaf detail. Ivory lacquered columns wrappe...
Category
1960s American Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Impressive Pair of Neoclassical Brass Table Lamps by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Very substantial pair of neoclassical baluster form antiqued brass table lamps by Stiffel. Greek key design on base. The double sockets are supported by a large candle style upright....
Category
1960s American Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Brass and Black Enamel Table Lamps by Stiffle, Pair
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
A substantial pair of tall brass table lamps with black matte enamel and leaf detailing by Stiffel, circa mid-20th century, 1960s. On/off switch convenien...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Hollywood Regency White Craquelure Ceramic and Brass Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large scale white craquelure ceramic lamps with brass base and hardware. The Stiffel Lamp Company, circa 1960's.
Measures 37.5 height, la...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Stiffel Brass Crown and Sage Lacquer Obelisk Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
These unique Art Deco inspired table lamps by Stiffel are comprised of brilliantly juxtaposed brass and cast resin in the form of weather...
Category
1950s American Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Stiffel Brass Candlestick Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Kingston, NY
This beautiful pair of Mid-Century Modernist candlestick table lamps are by Stiffel in the manner of Tommi Parzinger. They feature an antique brass finish and detailing with four tub...
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Brass and Ceramic Stiffel Lamp, 1960s, USA
By Stiffel
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental blue ceramic and brass lamp by Stiffel.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Tall Tommi Parzinger Style Nickel & Brass Stiffel Lamp with Milk Glass Shade
By Stiffel, Tommi Parzinger
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Crackle Glazed Porcelain and Brass Lamps by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of classically styled crackled glazed ceramic lamps on satin brass bases. Rewired for use in the USA.
Shades not included.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Stiffel Lamps in Glazed Ceramic Bottle Form
By Stiffel
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of Mid-Century Modern glazed ceramic bottle vase form lamps on brass bases, in bone with charcoal brown striations and subtle craqueleur to glazing.
Each measures 42in to top of finial 24in to top of base. Brass bases are 6 inches square and have rich patination.
See original ad from a 1960 Chicago Tribune.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Stiffel White Crackle Glazed Ceramic and Brass Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of heavy bodied, white craquelure glazed ceramic table lamps. Patinated brass appointments from the best days of American premier lighting company, Stiffel. Sold sans shades.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Candelabra Lamp by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in Hanover, MA
Large scale candelabra lamp by Stiffel Lighting, sometimes attributed to Tommi Parzinger.
Category
1960s American Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Stiffel Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern solid brass Stiffel table lamp.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Stiffel Brass Table Lamp Mid Century Modern Stacked Orbits Jacks Base Pattern
By Tommi Parzinger, Stiffel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tall sharp looking brass table lamp by Stiffel.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Stiffel Table Lamps with Deco Hollywood Regency Style Glass Diffusers
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Stiffel table lamps (wood bases) with deco Hollywood Regency style form
glass diffusers included. In the manner of Tommi Parzinger
Measures: 31.75" to top of glass diffuser...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Stiffel Mahogany & Brass Open Base Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
Exceptionally designed mahogany and brass open base table lamp by Stiffel. Tapered mahogany body topped with a brass stem and brass bobeche. Brass base is an open circle with four br...
Category
1950s American Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Nickel Stiffel Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pair of Mid Century Stiffel lamps newly plated in nickel and rewired with French braid wire. in the style of Tommi Parzinger.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Pair of Stiffel Ostrich Egg and Antique Brass Table Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in Chicago, IL
A very elegant pair of table lamps from Stiffeal. They feature "ostrich egg" porcelain bodies with antiqued brass square plinth bases and capitals. The keyed switch and original milk...
Category
1950s American Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stifle Brass Table Lamp
By Tommi Parzinger, Stiffel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice brass stiffel table lamp.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stiffel Table Lamps
Large Stiffel Green Ceramic Asian Style Table Lamp with Brass Fittings
By Stiffel
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large-scale Stiffel green ceramic Asian Style lamp with brass details. Shade shown for display only.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Stiffel Table Lamps
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 Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Stiffel table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Stiffel table lamps 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 table lamps, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original table lamps 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 table lamps by The Marbro Lamp Company, Chapman Manufacturing Company, and Frederick Cooper. Prices for Stiffel table lamps 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 $2,000.
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Questions About Stiffel Table Lamps
- 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 ExpertApril 5, 2022There are a few ways to identify if your table lamp is vintage, but it does vary from brand to brand. If you can spot a maker’s mark or manufacturer’s label on your piece, it could tell you where and when it was crafted. On 1stDibs, find vintage and contemporary table lamps from top sellers around the world.
- 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.
- 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.