Copper Lighting

RECLAIMED HOLOPHANE VERDIGRIS PENDANT LIGHTS A fab run of vintage Holophane spun aluminium shades with polished copper fittings. Theses origi...

Tiripiti means gold in Purepecha lenguage and is also the name given to the gods that are manifestations of the sun. The lamp casts its light through the greatness of pre-Colombian c...

Sculptural Italian Art Deco chandelier from the 1930s - a design that has been attributed to Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa. Dark patinated copper hardware with a multi-tiered glass cen...

Marble Floor Lamp "Wagneriana" by Lella and Massimo Vignelli The "Wagneriana" floor lamp, a masterpiece of design crafted by the renowned Italian duo Massimo & Lella Vignelli in 198...

This striking ceiling lamp from 1960s Italy showcases a unique blend of materials and a sophisticated Mid-Century Modern design, characteristic of classic Italian craftsmanship. At ...

Moon bracket lamp by SB26 Dimensions: W 159 x D 43 x H 19 cm Materials: Steel, copper, brass gilded with pure gold. Evoking an Industrial metal ...

Steel/brass frame nickel-plated, opaline glass shade, fitted with one E27 socket. Made in Austria in the early 1930s.  

Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. A rare and large Arts and Crafts circular copper light with repousse circular details and hand riveted decoration to the upper section with a flaring ...

1970s Explosion proof passage way light reclaimed from a super tanker modified to function as a table or desk lamp. The light itself is made from bronze, brass and has a tempered ...

Slim WS 96 Wall Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: D 6 x H 96 cm Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Black Nickel Finish) Also Available: Satin Gold and Nickel finishes All our lamps ca...

Large custom made Palm Beach Style Seashell Shell Encrusted 6 Arm Chandelier. Six light sea shell chandelier, copper tube frame, six scroll arms, no visible markings. All festooned w...

Illuminate your space with a touch of rustic elegance and sporting charm with this exquisite, wall hanging lantern. Crafted from solid copper, this piece is not just a light fixtur...

Pair of Niermann Weeks 'Neapolitan' Crystal and Copper Metal Two Light Wall Sconces Measures 9" in width, 6" in depth and 24.5" in height.

Beautifully hand carved alabaster Beaux Arts or Classical Revival light fixture with copper-clad hardware. In exceptional original condition, and of excellent quality. Newly re-wire...

Copper and Glass Table lamp in the manner of Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. Glass rods around stem. Rewired in antique style flex and PAT tested Italy, Circa 1930.

Article: hanging light Modell: Kastor Design: Jo Hammborg Producer: Fog and Mørup Origin: Denmark Age: 1960s This metal han...

Basic Knot 5 Sand Sculptural and Nylon Table Lamp by Hot Wire Extensions Dimensions: D 31 x W 28 x H 38 cm Materials: Waste nylon powder, natural white marble sand, copper pipe, han...

This striking Brutalist wall lamp from the 1970s is a bold example of the raw, industrial aesthetic that defines the Brutalist movement. Crafted from copper, the lamp features a rugg...

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...

OBJ-07 copper wall lamp by Manu Bano Dimensions: W 60 x D 60 x H 15 cm Material: Copper Manu Bañó's new collection explores the limits and properties of...

A copper wall light designed and produced in the US, 1960s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 4.9” H x 13” W x 5.5” D Back Plate Dimensions (inches): N/A Bulb Specifications: E-26 Bulb N...

An elegant white opaline glass pendant made in former Czechoslovakia. c.1950 Moulded dome shaped opaline glass shade with a vortex-like underside and copper monks cap gallery. Re...

A fantastic pair of early ship's Starboard & Port lanterns executed in copper with the original fresnel lens to each, they retain a wonderful old and warm patina throughout the surfa...

A very rare chance to acquire a pair of double matching Art Deco wall light sconces. Made from butterscotch colored catalin/phenolic Bakelite and copper metal-ware, all with original...

A beautiful pair of Lisa Johansson-Pape floor lamps model 30-058 in painted metal, brass and copper details with acryilic and rattan shade. This floor lamp is a more rare modified de...

This stunning hexagonal Gothic copper hanging light with a dark green tassel fringe, dates from the Edwardian era - and would be perfect above a dining table. Each of the six sides o...

Erik Tidstrand for Nordiska Kompaniet, desk lamp, model '29595', lacquered steel, brass, walnut, copper, Sweden, 1930s This desk lamp, designed by Erik Tidstrand for Nordiska Kompa...

Artistically made vintage hand crafted solid brass and copper lantern with two 60/watt light, seeded acrylic glass like at all side, with beautiful patina. Originally was converted f...

Pair of Hans-Agne Jakobsson C627/110 'Rulle' raw copper outdoor sconces. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in raw ...

TC floor lamp 1 by Studio ThusThat Unique piece. Dimensions: 150cm x 58cm x 30cm Materials: Hand-formed slag geopolymer, hammered copper, brass fitt...

Louis Poulsen A-19 'Nyhavn' Copper Sconce by Alfred Homann & Ole V. Kjær 1976 Designed by Alfred Homann and Ole V. Kjær in 1976 Manufacturer: Louis Poulsen Elevate your exterior or ...

A large English copper street lantern. 20th Century Of large imposing form, hexagonal glazed lantern with a wonderful patina throughout. Top loop allows the lantern to be hung fro...

Rare and wonderful set of wall lights on a copper shade and stem in steel. Designed and made in Norway by Finn Lunde AS from, circa 1970s second half. Each ...

Mid-Century Modern Copper Lamp with Glass, 1960s Fully functional. The lamp need 1x E27 / E26 Edison screw fit bulb, is wired, in working condition and runs both on 110 / 230 volt....

Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen Artichoke pendant light, Denmark, circa 1957. Copper, aluminum, and enameled steel.

Monumental 1950s Conical Perforated Copper Pendant Attributed to Paavo Tynell. Executed in perforated copper with an attractive patina, this sculptural pendant lamp is highly charac...

Pair of late 19th century Empire gilt bronze ormolu wall appliques of arms holding Caduceus staffs, France By: unknown Material: bronze, copper, metal, cord, ormolu Technique: cast,...

1950s large Scandinavian outdoor wall light in patinated copper and amber glass. Designer unknown. Executed in richly patinated copper and textured amber glass. A highly sculptural d...

- Rewired - repolished

A series of suspensions where material touch and hug, but never amalgamate, almost like lovers, copper and handblown glass entwined in embrace. Calimero looks toward the future but s...

Circa 1920. We offer this fantastic Art Deco torchiere floor lamp made in cooper, Wood details and great patina.

Brutalist hanging pendant by noted artist Nanny Still - McKinney made in Finland for Raak. The cylindrical copper clad body features a serie...

Copper and metal pendant lighting from DDR. The light requires one E27 light bulb. Very good vintage conditionn. Free worldwide standard shipping. Express shipping on reques...

Poul Henningsen. Table lamp, 'PH 3½-2½ Kobber Bord' - Limited Edition from 2014. Glossy polished copper stem. Solid copper upper shade. Opal glass middle and lower shades. H. 45 cm. Ø 33 cm. Light signs of wear. Sold in its original box with the 2 large shades...

A set of two large "PH 4.5" copper wall lamps by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, Denmark 1970s. This iconic lamp was first designed in 1966 and was meant for outdoor use. This pai...

Rare early ’PH 3,5/2 table lamp’ with patinated browned brass frame and original red/golden copper shades. Designed 1926 and made at Louis Poulsen, 1927-1928. Stamped ‘PAT.APPL.’ Th...

This is an antique circa 1910 Charles Limbert Table Lamp. The base is hammered copper in perfect condition with no dents. The mica on the shade if from...

Ceiling Lamp in Copper and Glass by Poul Henningsen, 1930's Additional Information: Material: Copper and glass Style: Mid century, Scandinavian Very rare ceiling lamp model PH 5/4 P...

Sometimes you find something incredible extraordinary. This set of Danish copper wall sconces is indeed that. Made by Fog & Mørup, Denmark, 1960s. Back in the days a company, hote...

Pair of copper and blown glass pendant light by Nanny Still McKinney for RAAK of Amsterdam. The pendant lights themselves measure 6.5” dia. X 8.75” h without cord and canopy. We have...

- very nice style of lighting - rare type

A copper wall light designed by Anders Pehrson and produced by Atelje Lyktan, Sweden, 1960s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 6.78” H x 7.58” W x 10.25” D Back Plate Dimensions (inches)...

Pair of Antique English Copper Lanterns that were removed from the Birmingham, England Railroad Station many years ago. This particular Pair of Antique English Copper Lanterns were o...

Late 19th Century French Napoleon III 24-light gilt bronze monumental chandelier By: unknown Material: metal, bronze, copper, tin, glass Technique: cast, molded, polished, metalwork...

Circa 1920. We offer this fantastic Art Deco table lamp made in cooper, great patina.

Wall lantern made of solid copper, beautiful oxidized patina with one 60/watt light. Suitable for wet location UL approved up to US code.

Considered the father of industrial design, “the prestige of Peter Behrens is assessed by the quality of his disciples”. Indeed Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius all...

Pair of impressive of Copper wall lamps with Diamond-shaped leafs by Svend Aage Holm Sorensen. An eye-catching set for a beautiful place. * A pair (2) sconces with five flame-cut c...

Copper and alabaster Arts & Crafts chandelier with original twirled copper 'chain' & original canopy. With early 20th century lighting being one of our specialities, finding this rare and extraordinary pendant more than made our day. The combination of the striking alabaster shade and the uniquely designed patinated copper gallery with embossed organic patterns, make it an absolute joy to own and look at. The good condition alabaster shade comes with a large number of natural veins and patches and they are among the most colorful you ever saw. But what makes this Arts and Crafts pendant truly stand out from anything you ever saw are the four extra 'windows' in the copper frame that each has its own little alabaster bowl shade. And with each of those four shades having its own socket, the light and the form that this creates has an aesthetical beauty that you simply don't find anywhere. This too makes this six-light Arts and Crafts pendant extra special and an absolut joy to own and to look at. The unique and organic design of the pure Arts & Crafts body and its matching large canopy will never fail to impress, also, because of its good overal condition. The original and superb condition, twirled copper down-rods are like the icing on the cake of this unique pendant and this antique light fixture will bring the kind of pure class and beauty that you don't find anymore in this day and age. Thanks to the hook inside the copper canopy, mounting this stylish and rare ceiling lamp is child's play. Mind you, this all handcrafted fixture from the earliest years of the 1900s will arrive rewired to the highest standard (with black wire) for safe and immediate usage in the country where it will go to so it will definitely be ready for you to use and enjoy. Our fair price for this rare Arts and Crafts ceiling light...

French wrought iron chandelier has six candelabra arms. This chandeliers would work beautiful over a pool table, kitchen island, dining table, bar, or entrance hall. Diameter 33.4...