1910s Lighting

Big Art Nouveau floor lamp. An eye-catching piece with a beautiful patina and warm ambient light. Wooden stand with good condition and original fabric shade in fair condition with s...

Considered the rarest piece of Georg Jensen on the open market and perhaps in the world; The original Georg Jensen silver six light chandelier #307, designed by Johan Rohde in 1918. ...

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...

This handsome pair of arts & crafts sconces are comprised of a richly patinated pair if bronze sconces and an exceptional pair of green Kokomo glass shades. A fine addition to an...

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....

Art Nouveau Brass table desk lamp with brass shade and wooden base. ca. 1920 Natural aged with small cracks in edge shade 2,5 meter black cotton flex with plug and switch in bulb h...

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...

set of 4 circa 1920’s Caldwell etched mirrored backplate sconces with Cobalt blue glass

An outstanding Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze counterbalance floor lamp By Tiffany Studios (base and shade are both signed) New York, USA, Early 20th Century Gilt br...

Considered the rarest piece of Georg Jensen on the open market and perhaps in the world; The original Georg Jensen silver six light chandelier #307, designed by Johan Rohde in 1918. ...

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...

This antique French Art Deco alabaster table lamp, crafted in the 1910s, features a thick alabaster shade set upon a wrought-iron base. Old alabaster cannot be compared to new ones. ...

Rare white fluted milk glass light complete with the original brass fixture, ruffled glass dish, and bowl from the 1910s. Cleaned and restored. Small quantity available at time of po...

Tiffany Studios New York Greek Key table lamp New York, Circa 1910 Leaded glass, patinated and gilt bronze Dimensions: 21.75 Inches x 16 Inch di...

Arts & Crafts period Heintz Art Metal Shop, Buffalo, NY (1906-1930), bronze boudoir table lamp with pierced floral metal shade. Bulbous base with floral overlay decoration, single so...

Nickel-plated pendant with adjustable height: max. 104cm, min. 90cm Glass in excellent condition. Nickel with age patina - polished. Rewired: 1x40W, E25-E27 bulb. US wiring compa...

Art Nouveau wall or piano lamps made in 1910s. Restored, brass refinished, one glass shade with dent on bottom part - not visible when mounted. Rewired: 40W, E12-E14 bulbs US wiring ...

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...

This beautiful Art Nouveau lamp is a very rare find. This lamp, which bears the name The Forest Fountain, is exceptional. This showpiece of Art Nouveau was masterfully crafted with t...

pair of circa 1920's Caldwell gilt bronze double lights sconces with mirrored back plated

French Art Deco alabaster pendant chandelier, France, 1915-1920. The alabaster here is of exceptional quality. It shows cells, ranging from light beige to dark brown, arranged over t...

An outstanding Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze counterbalance floor lamp By Tiffany Studios (signed under one foot) New York, USA, Early 20th Century Bronze stand, with go...

Fine Swedish Jugendstil suspension light from the 1910-1920s. The body is made of copper, entirely hammered. There are three lights embedded around the rim and a central one with a c...

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...

Antique Oval Brass Ceiling Crystal Chandelier from Italy, 1918 This stunning antique chandelier hails from Italy, crafted in the year 1918. Its oval shape is particularly distinctiv...

This exquisite Art Nouveau mushroom shaped lamp in the style of Galle in Nancy, France. a statement pieces in any room. The glass is multi-layered and decorated in pink, red, light ...

Early 20th century English pair of opaline glass chapel lights An exceptional pair of opaline glass chapel lights. Wonderful early examples which are just the most unusual shape, ha...

Jugendstil pendant, circa 1910 Polished and stove enamelled Glass sticks replaced (new).  

French Louis XVI style bronze four-light bow, ribbon, and tassel chandelier from the early 20th century. An elegant Louis XVI or Neoclassical style bronze four-arm chandelier in the ...

Tiffany Studios "Pomegranate" Table Lamp New York circa 1910 Leaded glass, patinated bronze Shade impressed "Tiffany Studios, New York, 1457-34" Base impressed "Tiffany Studios, New ...

Tiffany Studios Empire Jewel Table Lamp Important and rare Tiffany Studios New York "Empire Jewel" Table Lamp, Only 2-3 known to exist and well documented in Alastair Duncans Tiffan...

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...

Pair of impressive wrought iron wall lamps, in the middle Ages "Game of Thrones" style. Handmade by an blacksmith Artist. Each fixture requires one European E14 / 110 Volt candelabr...

Beautiful handmade table lamp made in Denmark between 1910-1920 at "Møller & Bøgely" workshop. The lamp base is made from earthenware and decorated using hand glazing and sgrafitto t...

Table lamp by Daum (Nancy), France, circa 1915. This elegant lamp features a beautiful glass shade crafted by Daum, suspended from a finely chiseled solid bronze base. The height is ...

Industrial modernist wall or ceiling lamp model "Triplex" designed by Swedish engineer Johan Petter Johansson. This example made by Christian Bergh & Co ca 1930-40s. The design was c...

Tiffany Studios "Pomegranate" Table Lamp New York circa 1910 Leaded glass, patinated bronze Shade impressed "Tiffany Studios, New York, 1457-34" Base impressed "Tiffany Studios, New ...

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

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...

French Art Deco pendant chandelier by Loys LUCHA (Paris), France, 1918-1920. Etched (edge) and enameled (pattern) glass shade hung at its stamped silverplate...

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...

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

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...

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

A pair of circa 1920's Caldwell silver plated chandelier with cherubs atop and 8 lights

These antique green shaded banker's lamps are some of the most popular and desirable desk lamps. Several companies produced these lamps that were originally designed by H.D. McFaddi...

Art Nouveau table lamp made in Austria in 1910s. Restored: cleaned, polished, rewired 1x40W, E25-E27 bulb US plug adapter included

​Antique French Empire Style Figural Carved Dragons 9 Light Chandelier Measures 37 In H x 27.25 In w x 27.24 D

Antique Oval Brass Ceiling Crystal Chandelier from Italy, 1918 This stunning antique chandelier hails from Italy, crafted in the year 1918. Its oval shape is particularly distinctiv...

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 ...

Huge English Country House Decorative Copper Pendant Light with Holophane Pine Shades Exceptional quality copper light fitting of huge proportions. English Made circa 1920. The li...

Very rare figurine group “Festreigen” table lamp, designed by Karl Himmelstoss, 1913, executed by Rosenthal, 1916. White porcelain, three dancing graces in long robes on stepped, profiled and fluted round base, signed on the base (embossed) “K.Himmelstoss”, green color stamp under glaze “Rosenthal Bavaria...

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

Fantastic elegant period arts & crafts style lamp with eight bent slag glass panels over flat panels with bronze overlay. Bronze lamp base with a shade...

An elegant Art Deco Muller Frères globe lamp. The lamp shade gallery and chain are made of metal. It has a molded frosted glass globe shade, decora...

Art Nouveau vintage table lamp or bedside lamp from burnished metal with an amber orange colored decor stone circa 1910 France. A wonderful table lamp or bedside lamp from burnished ...

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

Cream colored flambe glazed stoneware and leaded glass lamp by Fulper. Lamp measures 22" high from base to the top of shade. Stamped manufacturer's mark to underside of shade 'Ful...

Jugendstil Table lamp with opal glass shade and glass sticks vienna around 1910s Brass polished and stove enameled Original opal glass shade The glass sticks are replaced ( new )

Take a look at this fantastic and very rare Art Nouveau chandelier from the beginning of the 20th century around 1905. This lamp is something special, early Scandinavian Art Nouveau,...

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...

Antique Chinese bronze mounted carved jade quartz lamp with teakwood, Circa 1910.

Tiffany Studios New York Greek Key table lamp New York, Circa 1910 Leaded glass, patinated and gilt bronze Dimensions: 21.75 Inches x 16 Inch di...

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

Jugendstil chandelier with loetz glass shades vienna around 1910 Brass polished and stove enameled

A pair of circa 1920's Caldwell one light sconces with scalloped backplate

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").  

Quality English Brass & Cut Glass Flush Ceiling Light Fitting Beautiful decorative pressed brass ceiling fitting with stunning aged finish which has been sealed with beeswax. Engli...

Tiffany Studios Empire Jewel Table Lamp Important and rare Tiffany Studios New York "Empire Jewel" Table Lamp, Only 2-3 known to exist and well documented in Alastair Duncans Tiffan...

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...

Jugendstil Table lamp with original opaline glass shade vienna around 1910 Brass polished and stove enameled.

Tiffany Studios Geometric and Bronze Table Lamp. Art Nouveau Circa 1910 Beautiful leaded glass table lamp by Tiffany Studios. The 18" diameter shade is comprised of a geometric patt...

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