1910s Lighting

An Art Deco ceiling pendant in dark oxidised brass and pink coloured glass shade with brown stripes. The lamp is simple and elegant with two light sources. Beautiful with the lights ...

A beautifully decorative opaline glass pendant light made in England by Falks. c.1915. Well designed and pleasingly balanced, this pendant features a bulbous, thick pressed opaline ...

A beautifully crafted and rare antique silver plated wall light, made in England by the General Electric Company (GEC) c.1910. This refined piece of Edwardian lighting features exc...

Tiffany Studios New York Geometric Table Lamp Dichroic glass (blue to red) geometric shade with a rarer “Library” in my opinion Art Deco looking patinated bronze base. Table Lamp Ci...

Art Nouveau pendant light in the style of W.A.S. Benson, made by General Electric France around 1910. Copper pendant light with a superb wheel-cut uranium glass shade. Wired with a B...

Pair of Art Nouveau wall sconces, circa 1910. Gilt brass mount, pâte de verre shades signed Muller Frères Luneville. Wired, E14 socket. Small screw-in bulbs. In perfect condition. ...

Housing 6 lights, sitting in silver and gold color wood bulb holders. Will be newly rewired with certified US UL socket for the USA and appropriate socket for all other countries and...

Large Bauhaus pendant and ceiling light made of opaline glass with patinated copper fittings in the early 20th. In the style of the Luzette pendent designed by Peter Behrens in 1908 ...

This superb Tiffany Studios table lamp, dating to circa 1915, represents the height of American decorative artistry in the early twentieth century. With its refined conical leaded gl...

Rare Peter Behrens, "Luzette" pendant lamp from 1910-1920, frame in old copper and opaline glass.  

Elegant pair of French wall sconces in gilt bronze, dating from the early 20th century. Each sconce is richly decorated with scrolling acanthus arms and crowned by a classical urn fi...

This beautiful, exclusive set of two alabaster wall lights is sure to be a real eye-catcher. The design is in the style of French Art Deco, simple yet sophisticated. The alabaster's ...

An antique MILLER SLAG GLASS PANELED AND LACQUERED GILT METAL TABLE LAMP, SIGNED, DOGWOOD PATTERN, PATENTED 1919, the domed shade with six conforming slag ...

A beautifully crafted and rare antique silver plated wall light, made in England by the General Electric Company (GEC) c.1910. This refined piece of Edwardian lighting features exc...

A rare and finely executed early 20th century desk lamp produced by Tiffany Studios in the United States, circa 1910. This lamp represents a significant example of Tiffany Studios’ m...

Big Jugendstil nickel wall lamp with opaline glass shade vienna around 1910 Very beautiful opaline glass shade Rare model

Art Nouveau lamp circa 1910 by General Electric France in bronze and copper. Opalescent uranium glass shade. Wired, B22 LED socket. In perfect condition. Total height: 50 cm Base di...

Art Deco ceiling lamp with Opaline glass shade, circa 1918. Polished and stove enameled.

Housing 2 lights each, sitting in crystal bobeches dripping with crystals. These will be rewired with certified UL US sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for every other coun...

A pair of substantially made wall lamps with Moonstone glass shades. c.1910 Former gas lamps made of cast brass, all of which has a developed a beautiful patina, professionally conv...

French Art Deco Table / Piano Lamp by Charles Schneider & François Carion, Paris, 1910s. Rare and refined French Art Deco table or piano lamp created in the 1910s, featuring a m...

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 green Slag Glass panels give off a charming and warm glow when lit. C1912 lamp is in excellent antique condition and has recently been refinished with a dark mission Oak stain. Wiring is sound. See my other mission lamps...

A pair of circa 1920's Caldwell gilt bronze sconces with etched mirrored backplate.

French Art Deco Alabaster Pendant Chandelier with Goat’s Head Motifs, France, 1910s. Luxurious and sculptural French Art Deco pendant chandelier crafted in France circa the 1910s. T...

Very large Maria Theresa chandelier with 28 candles material metal frame with baluster decoration in the center, richly decorated with glass prism This chandlier is in perfect condit...

Fantastic simple & elegant arts and crafts mission Oak desk table lamp. Beautiful Carmel Colored Slag Glass in a quarter sawn oak lamp frame. Perfectly proportioned and in excellent ...

“Dagobert Peche was the greatest ornamental genius Austria has produced since the Baroque” - Josef Hoffmann With the striking presence of this six-armed chandelier by Dagobert Peche...

Tiffany Studios Dragonfly Table Lamp A gorgeous Tiffany Studios diachronic light blue to green Dragonfly table lamp with confetti glass wings...

Tiffany Studios Daffodil Table Lamp All I can say is these are the yummiest and most desirable blues in the Tiffany Studios candy store. Circa...

1910-1920 Handel Art Nouveau Table Lamp, Elegant proportioned bronze base & fittings, 3 original light sockets with bell chain pulls, in attractive old patina. Handel label on ba...

This two-flame Art Deco chandelier, originally used in Gocar's interiors during the 1910s–1920s, is a beautifully restored centerpiece for any vintage or modern interior. The fixture...

Beautiful Art Nouveau lamp, circa 1910. Brown-veined alabaster shell. The base is bronze with floral decoration. Electric and in perfect condition. Total Height: 52 cm Shell Diamete...

Peter Behrens Luzette pendant lamp from 1910-1920, frame in old copper and opaline/satined glass. Beautiful and perfect original co...

Peter Behrens, "Luzette" pendant lamp from 1910-1920, frame in old copper and opaline glass. It is the biggest one with 32 cm diameter and total height 70 cm (27").  

French Art Deco table lamp by Daum (Nancy) and CharlesRanc, France, circa 1915. Classy & genuine glass shade by Daum hung at its solid bronze eagle base by Charles Ranc. Height : 14....

This small table lamp is a small work of art. The beautiful Jugendstil lamp base is designed in the classic style of the heyday of this style era. The lampshade is a brass lamp dome ...

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...

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...

Tiffany Studios Bronze And Favrile Glass Harp Table Lamp. Circa 1910, period Art Nouveau Art Deco Patinated bronze and Iridescent favrile glass Height: 13....

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...

Charming Art Deco Frenc chandelier manufactured in chrome metal (brass most likely) and a pressed glass central globe. Made in France in the late 1930's. This light can be install...

Rare and important French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider, produced in Epinay-sur-Seine, Paris, circa 1918–1920. This striking lamp features a sculptural blown molded glass...

This is an impressive large antique George V sterling silver Corinthian column table lamp bearing hallmarks for Sheffield 1910 and the makers mark of the world renowned silversmith W...

Tiffany Studios Apple Blossom Leaded Glass and Bronze Table Lamp, The patinated bronze base with with Acorn design in wonderful condition...

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...

This exquisite acid-etched table lamp, signed by Handel and crafted in America circa 1910, is a superb example of early 20th-century decorative arts. The lamp features a beautifully ...

Tiffany Studios Jeweled Feather Table Lamp. New York, Circa 1910 Base signed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 584, Height 22 Inches Shade signed TIFF...

A pair of circa 1920's Caldwell double light sconces with etched mirrored backplate

Jugendstil Pendant with palme koenig glass shade vienna around 1910 Polished and stove enamelled.

Circa 1910 Hurricane glass sconces with silver plate bronze body, two lights

Magnificent Restored Chandelier from the Neoclassical Era – circa 1910 For sale is a stunning chandelier from the Neoclassical period (circa 1910), characterized by its elegant symm...

Custom snake lamp stylized after the original designed (sculpted) concept of Edgar Brandt. Depicts a highly detailed snake coiled around a stained glass shade with an open mouth, exp...

Jugendstil Chandelier with opaline glass shades vienna around 1910 Brass polished and stove enameled Original opline glass shades

This exceptional Art Deco enameled railway lantern, known as the “Lampe Paradou,” was produced by Usines Foal, located at 48 quai de Mariemont, Brussels, Belgium, circa 1918–1920. Or...

Restored Gilded Iron and Crystal Chandelier Italian Louis XVI Style, circa 1910 A beautifully restored chandelier from around 1910, crafted in the refined Italian Louis XVI / Neocla...

A carved oak and beige brown fabric floor lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1910s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 72” H x 28” Diameter Bulb Specifications: E-26 Bulb Number of ...

Jugendstil brass table lamp in very nice oirignal condition.

1920 Caldwell bronze double light sconces federal style with convex mirror inset

A beautiful antique table lamp, with a bronze statue of two herons in the reeds. The lamp stands on a black marble base, and the marble base has small graceful legs, so that the ele...