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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Dutch Copper Lantern – 17th/18th Century – Arts & Crafts Style
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique Dutch Copper Lantern – 17th/18th Century – Arts & Crafts Style A rare and characterful large hanging lantern from the Netherlands, likely crafted in the late 17th or early 1...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Copper

Magnificent Dutch Delft Blue and White 18th Century Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A magnificent large 18th century Dutch Delft blue and white baluster vase, the central panel depicting a superb urn of flowers and foliage, now mounted as a lamp with hand gilded fit...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Delft

18th Century India Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Sri Lankan hanging bronze oil lamp with Makara head spout. Solid bronze. Can be hung or used as a stand-alone decorating piece. Great piece to use with any decor. Dimen...
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Sri Lankan Grand Tour Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Tuscan Wood and Iron 9-light Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Very early 18th possibly 17th century Tuscan wood and iron 9-light chandelier. Circa 1800. The chandelier has been professionally rewired, comes with matching chain and canopy. It is...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Iron

Large Louis XIV Period Baroque Italian Carved Giltwood Wall Sconce
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Louis XIV Baroque Italian carved giltwood wall sconce Large early 18th century Italian hand carved and gilded 6-light wa...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of French, 18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Two-Arm Sconces, 1780
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of French, 18th century Louis XVI ormolu two-arm wall-lights, with a knotted drap above scrolling arms with acanthus leaves and flowers.
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Mini P&T Pendant Lamp by Michael Bang for Holmegaard, Denmark, 1970s
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This mini P&T pendant lamp was designed by Michael Bang for Holmegaard in the 1970s. This Danish lamp is made of opaline glass and is black/aubergine on the outside and white on the ...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Glass

Set of Four E. F. Caldwell Silver-Plated Bronze Georgian Style Sconces
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This set of four silver sconces by Caldwell feature classic early Georgian style details, including acanthus leaves and floral rosettes.
Category

American George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Arita Blue and White Early 18th Century Antique Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare early 18th century Japanese Arita baluster vase, painted in tones of blues on a white background, the principal panels decorated with sprays of flowers and foliage, n...
Category

Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Ceramic

1920's Art DecoFrosted Art Glass Female Nude Relief Accent Table Lamp
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1920's Art Deco Frosted Art Glass Female Nude Figural Relief on Lamp. Rare find.
Category

American Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Art Glass

Set of Four Louis XVI Style Mirrored Back Bronze and Amethyst Crystal Sconces
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This set of four sconces, having mirrored pendalogue backplates issuing gilt bronze arms and bobesches feature pale amethyst and clear cut crystal drops.
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Large Pair of Louis XV Ormolu Five-Light Wall Lights in the Style of Caffieri
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each sconce of asymmetrical rocaille design with foliate-cast backplate issuing five foliate S and C- scrolling candle arms mounted throughout with stylized leaf-tip motifs. Drilled ...
Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Gianfranco Frattini Red Floor Lamp
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rare Red lacquered floor lamp by Gianfranco Frattini Sleek aluminum structure with interior bulb with cast iron base Italy, 1960s
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of Lightolier Lights With 16 Glass Blocks Each, USA Circa 1975
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Each light has 16 glass blocks that attach to a polished steel frame. The glass blocks are thick and square with tiny detailed air pockets throughout. In the center of each block is ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

A German Neoclassical Silver And Gilt Bronze Twelve Light Crystal Chandelier
By Werner & Mieth
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An elegant gilt bronze chandelier with drop hung corona interlaced with faceted beads, supporting six ormolu tassels suspended on diamond chain drops. The main ornate frame, mounted ...
Category

German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Ormolu

Large English 18th Century Gilt Bronze Hall Lantern
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Large 18th century English gilt bronze hall lantern with a finely cast frame of serpentine form. The curved glass panels are headed by chased...
Category

English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Baroque Pair of Antique Carved Wood Arm and Fist Wall Sconce Candle Holders
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable pair of 18th century French wall sconce candle holders hand carved depicting hardworking peasant hands in service, protruding from carved, primed and gilt classic...
Category

French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Hardwood

18th Century Pair of Louis XV Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful pair of bronze candlesticks from the Louis XV period resting on an animated circular base, with a baluster-shaped barrel with torso fluting. The candlesticks have kept thei...
Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Antique Chinese Famille Rose & Bird Design Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese table lamp made from an 18th century porcelain vase mounted with wood and brass hardware as a lamp, with a multi-colored fam...
Category

Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Brass

Murano Multicolor "Drop" Chandelier
Located in Red Lion, PA
1960s New old stock modern style Murano chandelier with 10" drops. The clear drops are infused with blue, green, deep yellow and white drips and hang from a large brass structure. Th...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Brass

Extendable Wall Lamp By Franco Mirenzi for Valenti 1970'S
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Extendable wall lamp in chrome-plated metal, painted iron with perspex diffuser designed by Franco Mirenzi and produced by Valenti, 1970s. Max. le...
Category

Italian Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Metal, Iron

Pair Antique Bronze Patinated Putti Angel Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair antique bronze patinated angel putti sconces. Italian late 17th century bronze putti with exceptional modeling seated on scrolled arms each ex...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Decorative Carved Wood Element on a Marble Base. Italian work. 18th Century
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This decorative that can be mounted into a lamp is made of a patinated carved wood element on a Carrara marble base. This is an Italian work. 18th Century
Category

French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Wood

Genoese Chandelier, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Eight-armed chandelier with glass prismatic hangings and gold-patinated and carved wooden shaft. Individual glass stones are blue in color. The chandelier was electrified.
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Wood

18th Century Architectural Element Lamp Conversion
Located in Denton, TX
18th century antique architectural element converted to a lamp with vellum shade Angels in the clouds.
Category

French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Goatskin, Wood

Antique Chinese Famille Rose & Bird Design Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese table lamp made from an 18th century porcelain vase mounted with wood and brass hardware as a lamp, with a multi-colored fam...
Category

Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Brass

Antique 18th Century Wall Candle Sconces Appliques Brass Moulded Hammerd Cast
Located in Munich, DE
These fine wall candle sconces have been handcrafted in the first half of the 18th century out of brass. The appliques have been hammered and chased o...
Category

French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Brass

XXL Brass Wall Sconce by Holm Sorensen, 1960
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful Brass Wall Sconce by Holm Sorensen, manufactured in Denmark during the 1960s. Please note that the price is for one piece. Dimensions: Height: 23.62" (60 cm) Width: 13" (...
Category

Danish Brutalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Brass

Late 18th Century Late-Gustavian Chandelier with Blue Bowl
Located in Ljungby, SE
A late-Gustavian chandelier with a blue bowl, made in Stockholm in the 1790s. The burnished gilded central ring is decorated with lion mask carvings. The ring features six light arms...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Pair Table Lamps Antique Venetian Carved Wood Urns Gilt Green / Shades & Finial
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair table lamps antique Venetian carved wood urns gilt green / shades & finial . Elegant and rare Italian pair 18th century carved wood silvered and polychrome Venetian urns...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Metal, Silver Leaf

Lamp Sole Piccolo Arredoluce Monza for Gio Ponti 6 examples for London Hotel
Located in Roma, IT
Wall or ceiling lamp made in 1959 by Arredoluce Monza based on a design by Giò Ponti. Some 24 lamps were commissioned, including 6 5-pointed Stars, Six Small Suns, Six Large Suns and...
Category

Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Brass

Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Late 17th Century Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp and newly electrified. Decorated in imitation of a Chinese Ming vase with a sage, rocks and vegetation, mounted on a wood base. The dimensions noted include the lampshade and electrical fittings. The vase as mounted in wood is approximately 10in. high and 6in. diameter. The arrival in Western Europe of the first shiploads of Chinese porcelain, lacquerware, ivory and silk in the 17th century stimulated interest in China, or Cathay, as it was then called. Europeans soon began copying the Chinese artworks and decorative objects. These decorative arts inspired by China, which enjoyed their heyday in the late 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, are known as chinoiserie. Soon after the introduction of expensive Chinese...
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Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Faience

Georgian Giltwood Country House Rams Head Wall Sconces
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1800 Georgian Giltwood Country House Rams Head Wall Sconces Provenance: Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, ...
Category

British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Hardwood

18th Century Italian Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Rome, IT
The elegant and finely carved giltwood central base with 18 "S" scrolled gilt bronze arms decorated with hundreds of precious crystal drops creating garlands joined by different leve...
Category

Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Cut Glass

Several J.T. Kalmar Wall Lights Smoked Glass and Brass, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
Several Smoked glass wall lamps from the 1960s. Spectaculair  design and  high quality workmanship. The light illuminates lovely due to the  smoked and structured glass and brass, it...
Category

Austrian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Brass

17th Century Louis XIV Wall Lamp of 5 Lightning in Bronze and Oxidized Silver
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This model is composed of a light plate in the shape of a violin, decorated with geometric patterns and flowers in bas-relief. The bottom of the plate is decorated with rocaille vegetal motifs, while the upper part is surmounted by a flower from which rays emerge. Reference to the sun king, we find these rays crowning the chandelier of Graux-Marly of the chapel of the castle of Versailles. From the rocaille ornaments of the lower part emerge five arms of light finished by a flared cup and a chiseled bobèche. The ensemble offers a condensed version of the magnificence and opulence of the Louis XIV style. We have one wall lamp...
Category

French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Silver, Bronze

George III Giltwood Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
Pair of George III giltwood wall lights, c.1760, of elaborate asymmetric form, the frames composed of scrolled acanthus leaves, with old oil-gilt surface. Suitable for use with candl...
Category

British Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Giltwood

Rock crystal pendants Louis XV style Cage Chandelier with 18 carats gold
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Chandelier Louis XV, In bronze, 64 arms lights, antique fuinish done on top of an 18 carats gold electrolyse.Dimensions : Height 260 cm x 190 cm diameter. Very important Louis XV style chandelier in gilt bronze with rock crystal pendants. Made in the form of a cage, the central shaft of “baluster” shape is surrounded by sixty-four arms of light ending in foliage and decorated with faceted rock crystal pendants. We have this one in stock however we can reproduce it in an other finish or in an other size with rock crystal pendants or clear crystal pendants. Price will change depending on finish and crystal types. We manufacture most of our orders bespoke : from models of our collection that we can adapt to required dimensions, from antiques models which will allow often to get a set or more of identical models, or we can create from scratch the model of our clients. We work from pictures, drawings, designer’s sketches...
Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Rock Crystal, Bronze, Gold

A Fine Pair Of George Iii Wall Lights By William Parker
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine pair of ormolu and cut glass wall lights suspended by oval fluted back plates with ball bead decoration, mounted with a scroll arm supporting cut glass eggs, mounted with a or...
Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Ormolu

Rococo Crystal Chandelier, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This beautiful chandelier boasts a Florentine Rococo style and is handmade in Florence, Italy circa 1950. The gilded iron frame is adorned with an array of crystals, which exude a so...
Category

Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Wrought Iron

18th Century Louis XV Lantern with Six Lights in Bronze Antique
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This eight-sided lantern is a reinterpretation of the domestic models that were very popular in the mid-18th century. Indeed, reserved for a utilitarian use under Louis XIV, the lant...
Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Gabriella Crespi lamp Penguins lost wax bronze sculpture
Located in Roma, IT
This artwork was made in c.1969 with a lost-wax bronze casting. The eggs inside were made with special bubble glass by Barovier and Toso Murano specifically for this model. The Cres...
Category

Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Imari 18th Century Antique Porcelain Octagonal Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A particularly fine large early 18th century Japanese Imari octagonal vase, decorated in the typical Imari palette of blues and iron reds with gilt highlights on a white background, ...
Category

Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Famille Rose Procession Scene Design Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese table lamp made from an 18th century porcelain vase mounted with wood and brass hardware as a lamp, a multi-colored famille rose and genre scene depicting a processio...
Category

Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of 18th Century Giltwood Lamps
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A pair of carved giltwood lamps with an elegant, timeworn patina. The bases feature intricate detailing with scrolling acanthus leaves and classical motifs, inspired by traditional E...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of Italian Carved Wood and Gilt Angel Reliquary Pricket Candelabra as Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of early 17th century Italian carved wood and gilt angel Pricket stick candelabra. Jubilant Angels Holding Cornucopia which holds single pricket fo...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Pine

Pair of 18th Century French Carved Wooden Capitals Mounted as Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally Composite order column capitals, these French architecturals have been repurposed into a pair of desk or table lamps. Wonderfully hand-carved during late 1700s, the wooden capitals feature Neoclassical elements of the Composite order: volutes with egg-and-dart (of the Ionic order) above acanthus leaf caulicoles (Corinthian order...
Category

French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Metal, Iron

Pair of Italian Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier 18th Century Great Beauty
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of elegant and finely carved gilt-wood central base with 8 "S" scrolled gilt bronze arms decorated with hundreds of precious crystal drops creating garlands joined by different ...
Category

Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Cut Glass

Pair Baroque Girandoles
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very unusual pair of late 17th or early 18th century Italian Baroque Girandoles. The girandoles feature a finely executed carved gilt wood frame that is surmounted by a fin...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used d...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Gold Leaf, Metal

18th Century Italian Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very fine 18th century Italian large scale chandelier in giltwood, gilt metal and color and clear crystals from Genoa. The chandelier has 8 lights...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Crystal

Dutch Colonial Two-Tier Brass Floral Chandelier, Circa 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
Dutch colonial two-tier 13-light chandelier with centered bulbous column, scrolled decorative arms, original bobaches and terminating with a brass ball finial. Mid-18th Century. Chan...
Category

Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Pair of 18th Century Gilt Wood and Gesso Girandoles
Located in Hastings, GB
Italian Gilt Gesso over carved wood Lion Paw Girandoles, 18th century mirrored frames with later light fittings, each with a triple lamp ho...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Wood, Gesso

French Gilt Bronze Baroque Style Candlestick Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French gilt bronze baroque style candlestick lamp.
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Ormolu

Mirrored Wall Sconces Swedish Gustavian 18th Century Signed Gilded Sweden, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of mirrored wall sconces made during the early part of the Gustavian period 1775-1790. Made and signed by frame maker Johan Martin ...
Category

Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Wood

Exquisite Pair of Georgian Sconces in the Adam Style, Attributed to Wm. Parker
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This fabulous pair of ormolu mounted cut crystal twin arm sconces are attributed to William Parker. In the Adam taste these sconces feature Neo-Classical motifs, including hand chas...
Category

English Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Boalum Lamp by Gianfranco Frattini & Livio Castiglioni for Artemide, 1970
Located in The Hague, NL
This stunning Boalum lamp, designed in 1970 by Gianfranco Frattini and Livio Castiglioni for Artemide, is a timeless icon of Italian lighting design. The lamp is composed of a flexib...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Plastic, PVC

Pair Of Italian 18th Century Venetian St. Gilt Metal And Crystal Chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative pair of Italian 18th century Venetian st. gilt metal and crystal chandeliers. Each six arm chandelier is centered by a beautiful delicate mottled ...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Metal

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