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Unique Art Glass & Metal Company (New York, active 1889-1917), circa 1915. This truly magnificent leaded glass table lamp which was produced during the tim...

A very well presented 10" glass 'Blondel Stilleto' pendant light by Holophane. c.1920 Two-part prismatic glass shades bearing the Holophane stamp to inside rims, with simple three...

Luzette Pendant Light By Peter Behrens For Siemens Circa 1920s - Opaline glass bottom and top - Takes E27 fitting bulbs - Model L1521 - Produced by Siemens & Schukert, Berlin - Desi...

Tiffany Studios New York "Vine Border" Shade and Library Base Table Lamp In perfect original condition which is extremely rare for a 115 yr old lamp. The glass is diachronic and lig...

Exquisite Émile Gallé “Clematis” Table Lamp, ca. 1900 An extraordinary example of French Art Nouveau glass artistry, this Clematis table lamp by Émile ...

72 cm (28.35 inch) Weight: 16 kg (35.27 lbs) Sockets: 12x max. 40W Edison Screw Sockets E14 (E12 USA) for incandescent and self-ballasted LED lamps USA and CAN: All elec...

The "Belted Turtleback" Chandelier by Tiffany Studios New York is a refined study in monochromatic expression. Separated into three distinct tiers, the conical lamp shade offers a ma...

Outdoor luminaire from Josef Hoffmann 1904 for the Sanatorium Purkersdorf. Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and label our fi...

Three-arm chandelier with fabric shades. The given length is just the chandelier with no chain, the total drop is custom-made. WW-Archiv, MAK M1652. Originally manufactured at the Wi...

Hammered Hanging- lamp from the showrooms of the Wiener Werkstaette used by Hoffmann in several variations. Works-number M115, pattern-book of the Wiener Werkstaette: WWMB 3 p. 256-2...

Hanging- lamp from the showrooms of the Wiener Werkstätte used by Hoffmann in several variations. Hammered originally. Works-number M115, pattern-book of the Wiener Werkstaette: WWMB...

Presenting a gorgeous and extremely rare early 20th century American Dedham pottery oxblood & gilt bronze table lamp of large proportions. In the shape...

Tiffany Studios Poinsettia Three Light Table Lamp, leaded glass shade on patinated bronze "Library Small # 363" base, marked "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1998" to shade and "TIFFANY STU...

French glass flush mount / sconce. Metal bulb holder with brass glass holder. Frosted glass shade. Brass ceiling plate / wall plate : diameter 10 cm Weight: 0.57 kg / 1.3 lb Price...

Floral jugendstil table lamp with glass shade vienna around 1908 Brass parts polished and stove enameled Original glass shade The glass sticks are replaced ( new ).

An ultra rare Uchiwa "Shichi" pendant lamp by Ingo Maurer for Design M, 1970s, Germany. Executed in bamboo and rice paper in original red color! Socket: 1 x E27 or E26 or standard s...

A Tiffany Studios 18” geometric lampshade with a wide circumferential Oak and Berry band just above the shoulder of the shade.The shade is signed "Tiffany Studios, New York” & number...

1920 designed Josef Hoffmann chased brass lamp base, different finishes available. Hand sewn Lamp Shade with a Josef Frank fabric, different patterns available. Sample book of the Wi...

Art Nouveau ceiling lamp Photography fails to capture the simple elegant illumination provided by this lamp. Fitting messing pendant ceiling light with screw fixing to hold a styli...

Inspired by the layered significance of the calla lily in Mexican culture, this collection blends the bold heft of cast bronze with sculpted, flowing curves that echo the flower’s fo...

Pendant, used in several Versions in Showrooms of the Wiener Werkstätte. Also available in a single Originally manufactured at the Wiener Werkstätte Atelier, now custom-made product...

Pair of rare table lamps by Ingo Maurer for Design M, 1970s, Germany. Executed in bamboo, rice paper fan and black lacquered iron. Socket: 1 x E27 or E26 (US) for standard screw bul...

Hammered brass, optionally varnished or nickel-plated, all other finishes on request. Originally manufactured at the Wiener Werkstaette, now manufactured at the WOKA workshop in Vien...

Antique French Art Nouveau Green Glass and Wrought Iron Pendant Light, ca. 1920. Add a timeless touch of elegance to your interior with this Antique French Art Nouveau Pendant Light...

Antique original Art Nouveau ceiling chandelier , painted iron and polychrome enameled ceramic by Bassano-Nove. Overhauled electrical system, rea...

A smaller version of the famous and magnificent "Palme" chandelier designed by Josef Hoffmann Material Hand formed sand casted brass, crystal glass. Different variations are availabl...

While they are obviously not a pair, they were so close, we thought it best to list them as such. The bases are bronze and the shades are etched. The arms can be moved around the cen...

Art Nouveau chandelier from Hector Guimard. Bronze with patinated nickel finish and purple glasses (lie de vin).

This stylish original Tiffany Studios floor lamp dates from the early 20th century. The wonderful yellow/cream color geometric lampshade features mottled glass & the undulating botto...

A Wonderful Set Of 4 / Two Pairs Of Art Nouveau Style Single Candelabra Arm Chrome / Nickel Wall Sconces In The Manner Of Vaughan

Tiffany Studios Banded Dogwood Leaded Glass and Bronze Art Nouveau Table Lamp. The bronze base is rare and exquisite in this example and is a wonderful marriage to this perfect Bande...

Large Maria Theresa Chandelier, first half of the twentieth century In 1743, a chandelier was made in honor of Austrian Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780) that became the prototype f...

Beautiful Italian midcentury chandelier with Amber Glass Flowers & Beaded Glass Fringe in the style of Art Deco and Art Nouveau. Dimentions: Height 26.35 in. (chain/6 in)/ 72 cm (cha...

Muller Frères, Lunéville, “Anémones” Lamp Mushroom lamp in multi-layered glass with acid-etched and wheel-carved decoration of red and mauve magnolias in ...

Ceiling light with opaline glass shade, different sizes, comes as well as a downlight Total drop custom made All components according to the UL regulations, with an additional char...

Japanese iron pagoda garden candle lantern. Hand cast iron Japanese candle lantern with hearts on top. Can rest on table or hanged by loop Meas...

Art nouveau lamp circa 1910. Brass and copper base. Iridescent glass tulip signed Quezal. In perfect condition and electrified. Total height: 38.5 cm Base diameter: 15.5 cm Width: 30 cm Quezal Art Glass Quezal Art Glass – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2003 By Malcolm Mac Neil Some of the most beautiful and alluring art glass made in America during the early part of the 20th Century was made by the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company. Often in the shape of blossoming lilies with brilliant gold interiors and colorfully decorated with floral and other motifs inspired by nature, Quezal art glass ranks right alongside the iridescent glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frederick Carder. Quezal artisans created an extensive range of decorative and useful items, including vases, compotes, finger bowls, open salts, candle holders, and shades for lighting fixtures, which are equivalent in terms of beauty and quality of craftsmanship to Tiffany’s Favrile and Carder’s Aurene glass. In recent years, glass collectors have discovered anew the special charms and appeal of Quezal art glass, and collector desirability for this lovely glassware has increased dramatically. The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company was incorporated a century ago, on March 27, 1902. It was founded by Martin Bach, Sr., Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Bach, Lena Scholtz, and Adolph Demuth. The factory was located on the corner of Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Maspeth, Queens, New York. In October 1902, the trademark “Quezal” was successfully registered. By 1904, roughly fifty glassworkers were employed at the works. Martin Bach, Sr. was the president, proprietor, and guiding force behind this successful company. Born in 1862 in Alsace-Lorraine to German parents, he emigrated to the United States in 1891. Before his emigration, Bach worked in Saint-Louis, France, at the Saint-Louis Glass Factory. After Bach arrived in this country, he was hired by Louis C. Tiffany as the latter’s first batch-mixer or chemist at the newly established Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, in Corona, Queens. After a period of about eight years, Bach left Tiffany and established his own glassworks. By this time, Bach had already started his small family. He and his German-born wife, Anne-Marie Geisser, whom he married in the fall of 1889, in Paris, France, had three children. Two daughters, Jennie and Louise, were born in France and a son, Martin, Jr., was born in Corona. Bach was assisted by Thomas Johnson, an English immigrant, and Maurice Kelly, a native of Corona, both of whom were gaffers or master glassblowers. Johnson and Kelly helped pave the way for Quezal’s early accomplishments and later recognition. Thomas Johnson, like Bach, was a founding member and also previously employed by Louis C. Tiffany. Johnson’s association with Quezal, however, was relatively short lived. Around 1907, Johnson left for Somerville, Massachusetts, where he became involved in making Kew Blas glass, under William S. Blake at the Union Glass Company. Maurice Kelly’s tenure with Quezal was also brief. Kelly worked at Quezal from January 1902 until July 1904, but by November 1904, he was making Favrile glass at Tiffany Furnaces, where he would happily remain until 1918. To this day, the belief still exists that there once existed a man named Quezal, who worked for Louis C. Tiffany, and it is after him that Quezal glass is named. In truth, however, the founders of the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company named the company and its products after one of the world’s most beautiful birds, the elusive and rare quetzal, which dwells in the treetops of the remote tropical forests of Central America. A rare company promotional brochure provides a vivid description of the quetzal: Of all the birds of the America’s, it is the most gorgeous. No more splendid sight is to be seen in all the world than a quezal, flying like a darting flame through the depths of a Central American forest. Its back is of a brilliant metallic green, so vivid it shines even in the twilight of the woods like a great emerald and its breast is a crimson so deep and bright that every motion of the wonderful creature is a flashing of rubies among the trees and giant creepers. It bears a true golden crown upon its head – a helmet of bright yellow and green, shaped just as the helmet of old Aztec kings were shaped. Its tail is composed of lacelike plumes, extending more than two and one-half feet beyond its body. The quezal was certainly an appropriate designation for the company’s resplendent glassware. One of the most prized characteristics of Quezal art glass is the shimmering and dazzling brilliance reflected in the iridescent surfaces on the interior as well as exterior of the glass. The radiant rainbow colors in metallic hues, including gold, purple, blue, green, and pink, to name only a few, were certainly inspired by the quetzal and its feathers. Not surprisingly, lustrous feathers, in shades of opal, gold, emerald, and blue, are among the most common decorative motifs encountered on Quezal glass. The enduring hallmark of Quezal art glass is its unique expression of the Art Nouveau style, based on organic shapes and naturalistic motifs coupled with technical perfection in the execution. Vases, compotes, drinking vessels, and shades for lighting fixtures were often fashioned to resemble flowers such as crocuses, tulips, calla lilies, casablanca lilies, and jack-in-the-pulpits. Variously colored inlaid threads of glass, pulled and twisted by hooks, simulate naturalistic floral and leaf patterns, lily pads, clover leafs, and vines. Opal, gold, and green colors prevail and the glass is generally opaque. Red is the rarest color of all. Compared with Tiffany’s Favrile glass, the crisp, vivid, and colorful decoration of Quezal art glass is distinctively precise, symmetrical, and restrained. Other Quezal wares recall shapes and styles favored in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome, as well as the Italian Renaissance and the Georgian period in England. This is especially true of classic-shaped vases and bowls of translucent amber glass, which have a single surface color such as iridescent gold or blue. Still, others were inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese forms. The Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Alvin Silver Manufacturing Company in Sag Harbor, Long Island, purchased Quezal art glass, which they in turn embellished in their shops with silver overlay decoration in the fashionable Art Nouveau style and later resold. Gorham’s silver overlay designs mostly include stylized floral motifs. Alvin’s silver designs are wonderfully organic. One sumptuous design is of a group of sinuous iris blossoms with carefully articulated petals surrounded by attenuated meandering vines. Collectors should note that not all silver-deposit pieces are marked with a maker’s mark since the silversmith had to be quite careful not to damage the glass underneath. A rare 1907 retail catalog survives from Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Company, a luxury goods retailer in Philadelphia, which reveals original retail prices of Quezal art glass. A surprising revelation provided by this catalog is that Quezal art glass was nearly twice as expensive as comparable French imported glass made by such renowned firms as Gallé and Daum. Hock glasses, a stemmed glass used primarily for drinking German white wine, were sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $75. Fingerbowls were also sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $100. These high retail prices were nearly the same as those charged for Tiffany’s Favrile glass, and suggest Quezal art glass was also marketed towards the high-end or luxury market. Electricity was a brand new invention in the late 1800s and American glass manufacturers developed novel approaches for concealing the electric light bulb, which was rather harsh to the eye and perhaps unflattering to the domestic interior. Tiffany, Steuben, and Quezal responded to this need with the most extraordinary and beautiful art-glass shades, all of which were  hand-made and exquisitely fashioned. Many other companies also made art glass shades for table and floor lamps, electroliers, hallway fixtures, and wall sconces, but it was Quezal that excelled in this area and was the most prolific. Quezal art glass shades were available in an infinite variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and decorations. Some shades are formed and decorated as lilies while others are bell-shaped and have ribbed or textured decoration. Rims are usually plain but sometimes are notched or ruffled. Common motifs include feather or hooked feather, leaf and vine, applied flowers, drape, fishnet, King Tut, and spider webbing. The workmanship shown on most Quezal shades...

Beautiful table lamp, rarely found in these dimensions. In mint condition.

Early 20th century Art Nouveau newel post lamp also known as pillar lights. This light has a beautiful women with her arm raised and four lights. New...

Bronze color upright ,comes with a handmade stained Glass shade , Stoneware base . Beautiful colored shade ,gives a very nice effect when lid . very good condition . Tiffany & Co i...

Art Nouveau Guimard chandelier with bronze nickel finish and dark blue glass.

A beautiful Tiffany style table lamp, French production from the 1930s, Art Nouveau period. The base is in cast brass and base in black marble, the lampshade in colored glass and cry...

This is a nice sized lamp with a 17 inch diameter. The base is heavy bronze with with beautiful clean lines. The shade and slag glass are free of cracks or chips. Each glass panel ha...

Introducing our Exquisite Antik Chandelier – a masterpiece of elegance and style that seamlessly complements any space with a touch of timeless beauty. With its stunning details and ...

Old chandelier with love and professionally restored in Berlin. electrical wiring works in the US. Re-wired and ready to hang. not one missing. Cabling completely renewed. Crystal, h...

Bronze chandelier from an original Hector Guimard drawing. Nickel patinated finish.  

Muller Frères, chandelier with 4 tulips and central basin. The 5 glass paste pieces are signed. Wrought iron frame decorated with roses. In very good condition and electrified. Tota...

The size and the color of this glass shade is amazing. It's one of the largest hand blown teardrop shades of this type that we have ever offered. The s...

Tiffany Studios Pomegranate Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Table Lamp. A beautiful Tiffany Studios ensemble with a rare and early patinated bronze base with original Bryant socket...

Five-arm chandelier for the Welz Family in Vienna. Lit.: WW Archive at the MAK in Vienna. A three-arm version will cost about 2/3 of the five-arm version. Available in different fini...

This pair of Portuguese Art Nouveau brass table lamps, produced circa 1900–1920, reflects the refined decorative metalwork characteristic of early 20th-century Portuguese craftsmansh...

A very nice clean example of a leaded glass table lamp from the early part of the 20th century. The lamp was made by Lamb Bros. The ring on the top of the shade was done by Lamb Bros. The heat cap and finial are also the work of Lamb Bros. It's an antique leaded glass made famous by Tiffany. The floral shade is colorful and has just a couple, (I see just 2) that are closed and secure, not uncommon on these lamps. The condition is actually amazing as it has no broken tiles. The base is very art nouveau and a particularly nice example. A really nice antique lamp...

Art Nouveau-style pewter chandelier with eight arms, circa 1940. Vintage polished pewter French chandelier newly wired for use within the USA with eight candelabra sockets and all UL...

Deep earth tones in the stone are highlighted by a deep shade carved with a double band motif.  

A great design from 1900, Adolf Loos has used this lamp in several Interiors: Turnovsky, Paul Khuner, Lit.: E. Ottillinger, Adolf Loos, Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Salzburg 1994,...

Presenting our cherished old chandelier, lovingly and professionally restored in Berlin. Its electrical wiring is compatible with the US, having been re-wired and prepared for easy h...

Wall or ceiling light with opaline glass, pictured in brass, designed for the viennese tram/streetcar Brass, optionally varnished or nickel-plated, all other surfaces on request, opa...

French “Clichy” yellow glass pendant lamp Brass glass holder Weight : 0.85 kg / 1.9 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for ...

French wall lamp White satin glass. Brass wall piece and arm diameter brass wall mount: 10 cm / 3.94, 3 holes to secure Weight: 0.70 kg / 1.5 lb Multiple flower design glasses in ...

Very elegant chandelier, pictured is a patinated-Version (DM 35cm), also available with a bigger diameter. Total drop can be custom made. Most components according to the UL regulati...