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Period: 1940s
Place of Origin: American
"Carmen Miranda, " Unique Art Deco Table Lamp with Inlaid Wood by Szoeke
By Andrew Szoeke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly inspired by the charismatic presence of Carmen Miranda on the stage and screen, with her vividly-colored dress topped with a hat overflowing with tropical fruit, this 1940s t...
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Wood

General Electric Bakelite Pendant, circa 1940
By General Electric
Located in Surrey, BC
A circa 1940 General Electric industrial “trouble light’ converted into a pendant. Cast metal cage and glass shade with a Bakelite topper. Re-wired and inspected and approved to curr...
Category

1940s Industrial Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Bakelite

Rare Set of Five Lanterns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We have over three thousand antique sconces and over one thousand antique lights, if you need a specific pair of sconces or lights use the contact dealer button to ask us, we might h...
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Metal

Modernist Tropical Etched Slat Glass Bowl Bronze Chandelier
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Unique custom made modernist bronze bowl chandelier made with a bronze frame and etched glass slats featuring a tropical floral motif and large ...
Category

1940s Streamlined Moderne Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Set of Bronze Neoclassic Sconces, Sold in Pairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of four circa 1940s American patinated bronze sconces with two arms and original patina. Sold per pair. Measurements: Height 11.5" Depth 7" Width/length 8".
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Bronze

James Mont Cerused Redwood and Brass Lamps
By James Mont
Located in North Hollywood, CA
James Mont cerused redwood and polished brass lamps.
Category

1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Ribbed Salt Glaze Ceramic Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ribbed salt glaze ceramic lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics. Also in the style of Alberto Giacometti for Jean-Michel Frank. Shade dimensions: 12...
Category

1940s Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Industrial Brushed Steel Dome Billiard Pendant Light By Brunswick Co.
By Brunswick Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, billiard pendant light by Brunswick Co. features a brushed steel dome shade on a pole with brass canopy.
Category

1940s Industrial Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Steel, Brass

Hollywood Regency Leather and Antiqued Mirror Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hollywood Regency leather and antiqued mirror lamp, American, circa 1940s. The original white leather has mellowed to a warm ivory color. Rewired a...
Category

1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Leather, Mirror, Wood

Table Lamp by Walter Von Nessen
By Walter Von Nessen, Nessen Studio
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A corrugated patinated brass table lamp with a glass diffuser shade to direct light upwards and a fabric shade to soften the glow.
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Walter Von Nessen style Machine Age Table Lamp
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in New York, NY
A brass and black metal table lamp; possibly by Walter Von Nessen. USA, circa 1940. Rewired with new sockets and French black silk twisted cord. Takes one standard US bulb, 75 wat...
Category

1940s Machine Age Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Metal, Brass

Monumental Pair of Loretta Holtkamp for Rookwood Pottery "Stag" Table Lamps 1949
By Loretta Holtkamp, Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Majestic pair of Rookwood Pottery Ceramic Table Lamps hand painted by artist Loretta Holtkamp, 1949. Featuring a tapered form with flared rim, decorative Brass neck, overall crackle ...
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass, Metal

Greta M. Grossman "Cobra" Table Lamp for Ralph O. Smith
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Ralph O. Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The “Cobra” table lamp designed by Greta M. Grossman for Ralph O. Smith in the United States in 1948. A true icon of Mid-Century modern lighting design and winner of the MoMA Good De...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass, Steel, Aluminum, Chrome

Tall Nessen Studios Black Leather Wrapped, Chrome & Glass Liner Shade Table Lamp
By Nessen Studio
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Nessen Studios Black Leather wrapped Chrome Skyscraper Table Lamp with White Milk Glass Shade, Circa 1950. Small footprint. Featuring a Black Leather wrapped cylindrical ...
Category

1940s International Style Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Chrome

Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Brass Tripod Floor Lamp, 1950s
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Early Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Brass Tripod Reading Floor Lamp with White Linen Shade. Featuring a joined tripod, three legged patinated Brass framework, Off-White enameled dif...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pair Classical Design Table Lamps Urn Shape Form Reverse Glass Depicting Goddess
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of exceptional Classical style reverse glass table lamps, circa 1940s, urn-shaped form depicting beautiful pattern of goddess on gold-leaf ba...
Category

1940s Classical Greek Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Glass, Wood

Pair of Obelisk-Form Lamps in Rosewood, 1940s
By James Mont
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A robust pair of 1940s obelisk-form table lamps executed in rosewood with decorative, gilt wood details. Highest quality, more than substantial in weight and in presence, and in exce...
Category

1940s Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Rosewood, Giltwood

Large Schoolhouse Rounded Cone Shape Ceiling Glass Globe Pendant
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Once used everywhere from classrooms, libraries and courthouses alike, schoolhouse globes offered a practical and utilitarian design with solid, hard-working ambient lighting. Our gl...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Glass

Industrial Ceiling Lamp, USA, 1940
Located in Milan, IT
Industrial ceiling lamps, with aluminium body and double Holophane glass shades. A glass screen protects the light bulb. The USA, circa 1940.
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Metal

Copper Stacked Base Torchiere Table Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A late 1940s copper torchiere table lamp, featuring a slender copper torchiere lamp shade and stacked base made of lacquered wood steps with dec...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Copper

American Empire Style Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940s American bronze chandelier with painted finish and original etched glass hurricanes. Measurements: Minimum drop 24" Diameter 18".
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Nessen lighting co.Swing Arm Desk Lamp
By Nessen Studio
Located in Westport, CT
Polished chrome and black swing arm desk lamp by Nessen Company Bronx partial original label in very good original condition. Many adjustable way t...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Chrome

Industrial Painted Black Cone Shape Factory Pendant Lights
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, painted steel, cone shape, factory pendant lights with brass switch fitters are newly wired with 36 inches of braided cloth cord to accept 150 w...
Category

1940s Industrial Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass, Tin

Brass Hollywood Regency Style Table Lamp
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Great brass lamp in the Hollywood Regency style. Lamp looks to be from the 1940s. Has wonderful claw feet with nice patina.
Category

1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Glass Empire Column Lamps on Marble Bases
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of glass Empire column lamps on brass and marble bases. Glass column portion is 13.75” high. Marble base is 6” wide, 6” deep and 1” high. Total...
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Nessen Studio Swing Arm Floor Lamp
By Nessen Studio
Located in New York, NY
Early swing arm floor lamp by Nessen Studio. Oxidized chrome lamp with swing-arm feature and original bakelite turn switch. Recently polished out,...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Pair Nessen Studios 907 Brass Floor Lamps with Milk Glass Shades 1940s
By Walter Von Nessen, Nessen Studio
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of Nessen Studios Satin Brushed All Brass Floor Lamps with white glass liner shades, attributed to Walter Von Nessen. Featuring tall brass cylindrical stem on round patinated b...
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Tall Yasha Heifetz Abstract Copper & Bleached Mahogany Table Lamp, circa 1950
By Yasha Heifetz
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Larger American Mid Century handcrafted Yasha Heifetz copper and bleached mahogany table lamp. Featuring a hand sculpted abstract copper panel ...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Copper

Pair of Industrial Table Lamps by Fostoria
By Fostoria Glass Company
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Industrial table lamps by Fostoria, USA, circa 1940. Bold styling and fully adjustable. Fully restored and rewired. Features ...
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Mid-Century Modern Cerused Oak Table Lamps
By James Mont
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A dramatic pair of sculpted geometric cerused oak table lamps designed in the style of James Mont, circa late 1940s. Two-tone ebony and natural ...
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Gilded Art Deco Floor Lamp with Frosted Art Glass Globe, circa 1940
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Art Deco wrought iron floor lamp with scroll design and patinated gold finish. The lamp features a stylized frosted art glass center globe with geometric relief patterns. Recently re...
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of 1940s Cattails Negative-Relief Brass Table Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare and unusual pair of table lamps, cast with cattail design. Components machined with amazing precision, including the matching finned finials. All recessed areas painted an Art D...
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of Copper Arts & Crafts Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1940s large American Arts & Crafts hammered copper table lamps with bronze handles detail and original patina. Measurements: Height of body: 19.5" Height to shade ...
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Elegant American 1940s White Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Buchanan, NY
This elegant American 1940s white ceramic lamp embodies timeless sophistication. It features graceful stylized leaves, delicately encasing the stem, evoking a sense of natural beauty...
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Norman Perry Asian Modern Table Lamp
By Norman Perry
Located in Camden, ME
Beautifully executed - this Chinese modern table lamp by the firm of Norman Perry has a textured-bas-relief carved trunk. This lamp is solid, and larger scale than the photographs sh...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Wood

Four Nickel and Mirror Sconces
Located in Stamford, CT
Large scale and beautiful nickel sconces with carved mirrors. One pair can be purchased. A fifth single sconce is available without the beveled mirror. The price is $1600 per sconce.
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Vintage Cactus Lamp, American Manufacture, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
This cactus lamp is an original decorative object realized in the 1940s. Handmade by American manufacture. The lamp is composed of three independent handmade enlightening bodies....
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Plaster

American Solid Copper and Brass Naval Ships Binacle, Lionel Corp. NY, Circa 1942
Located in Hollywood, SC
American solid copper and brass Navy ships binnacle with interior mounted compass, brass carrying handle, side mounted kerosene lantern, rear mounting bracket and brass plate inscrib...
Category

1940s American Craftsman Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass, Copper

Pair of Wood Asian Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of wood Asian lamps. Wood has been refinished highlighting the robes and head dress. They measure 23" high from base to the bottom of socket. Base is ...
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Wood

Large Industrial Holophane Fixture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Industrial Holophane fixture with aluminum casing; six available.
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Gilbert Rohde Style Brass Ring Table Lamp, Pair
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Made in the U.S, circa 1950, this Gilbert Rodhe style brass ring table lamp features a center brass ring fixed to a lacquered wood base. This la...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Rare Hand Painted Cylinder Table lamp by TYE of California
By TYE of California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Hand Painted Cylinder Table lamp by Tye of California. Signed.
Category

1940s Modern Vintage American Lighting

Set of Four Neoclassic Silver Plated Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1940's large neoclassic style American silver-plated sconces with original finish and patina. Measurements: Height: 12.5" Width: 10" Depth: 6"   
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Pair of Rare Art Deco Table Torcheres, Brass, Glass and Lucite
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully crafted of brass, glass and Lucite, this rare pair of electrified tabletop torcheres are fine examples of American Art Deco design. The flaring brass fixtures are mounted...
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Hollywood Brushed Nickel & Rock Crystals Sconces with Neoclassical Details, Pair
Located in New York, NY
This pair of 1940s Hollywood sconces were realized in the United States, circa 1940. They feature brushed nickel bodies offering cylindrical necks; circular bobeches with foliate det...
Category

1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Rock Crystal, Nickel

1940's Hollywood Cut Crystal Drop-Down Flush Mount Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
1940's Hollywood Cut Crystal drop-down flush mount chandelier with crystal and silvered fittings. This elegant flush mount chandelier features a band of numerous square diamond cut ...
Category

1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Crystal

Torchiere
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
A single black wood standing torchiere with an oval woven shade.
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Set of Glass Flush Mounted Fixtures, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
A set of seven French circa 1940's octagonal gilt bronze and milk glass flush mounted light fixtures with interior light. Sold ind...
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Bronze

American Art Deco Midcentury Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
American Art Deco period polygonal round chandelier (12 sides/12 glasses/six bulbs). 12 stripes of metal on the top part facing the ceiling and reflecting the light down through the ...
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Metal

Pair of James Mont Gilt Foo Dog Lamps on Cerused Oak Bases
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Great pair of Mont lamps, gilt foo dogs, mounted on cerused oak bases. These lamps include the original shades, shades show minor wear. Both lamps are i...
Category

1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Giltwood, Oak

Shirley Zric "Deck of Cards" Hand Painted Ceramic Tile Table Lamp, 1950's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Signed Black Wood encased Painted Ceramic Tile "Playing Cards" Table Lamp. Featuring a wide rectangular Black enameled wood frame inset with six glazed glazed White ceramic tiles, hand painted with the Queen of Hearts, Jack of Diamonds...
Category

1940s Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Large Salmon Color Porcelain Table Lamp, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Large salmon color porcelain table lamp with craquele glaze with custom brass fittings and three bulb assembly, American, 1940s.
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

1940s Heifetz Table Lamp
By Heifetz
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful 1940s carved wood table lamp of a young Spanish matador made by Heifetz. Rewired. Signed.
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

Quartz and Brass Plant Arrangement Table Lamp
By Carole Stupell
Located in East Hampton, NY
Arrangement of rock crystal quartz and brass plant elements on brass base which is intricately etched. This lamp is from the 1940s. All original and newly ...
Category

1940s Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Quartz, Brass

Handsome Pair of Black Granite Urn Shaped Lamps
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Two very substantial heavy masculine lamps having classic urn shaped bases in black granite that rest on black lacquer plinths. Brass double sockets and...
Category

1940s Neoclassical Vintage American Lighting

Wonderful Diamond Crystal Mirror Silvered Bronze Two-Arm Caldwell Sconces, Pair
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Roslyn, NY
A lovely vintage pair of silvered bronze two-arm sconces with multifaceted crystal and mirror diamond centre with prisms throughout, In the manner of E.F. Caldwell marked with original local union...
Category

1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Samuel Marx Pair of Unique Custom Sconces from the Morton D May House St. Louis
By Samuel Marx
Located in St. Louis, MO
Unique pair of sconces from the entrance hall of the Samuel Marx designed masterpiece home of retail magnate and art patron Morton D. May. Sold with photocopy of original blueprint i...
Category

1940s International Style Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Steel

Hollywood Regency Table Lamp with Dolphins
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very glamorous lamp on a Lucite and etched glass base (10 x 6.5), having brass dolphins and central rod with two Lucite rods on either side, black custom shade with gold metallic lin...
Category

1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Lighting

Materials

Brass

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