Early 20th Century Lighting

Rare Bauhaus German Zenith Brass Table Lamp. Amazing Zenith Brass & Glass Table Lamp Germany 1920's -1930's Bauhaus period. Gorgeous brass having incised handle with acanthus leaf ...

Pair of Maison Bagès gilded wrought iron two-arm wall lights, France, 1920s. Wonderful art environment handcrafted in wrought iron and gilded, enriched with ten clear faceted crystal...

Housing one light. Will be newly rewired with a certified US UL socket for the USA and appropriate socket for all other countries and ready to hang. Clear and peach crystal...

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

Top class, antique chandelier with hand carved leaf patterns shade and perfect matching canopy. Thanks to its large size and superb condition this three-light alabaster chandelier w...

The striking hand-painted majolica lamp features the portrait of a warrior surrounded by traditional Italian urns and fruits designs; the other side features an abstract design in t...

2 Art Deco table lamps with fabric shades vienna around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled The fabric shades are replaced ( new )

Special Antique Electrified Temple Lantern - Fine Interior Lighting Choice, One-Of-A-Kind Japan, a handsome tall classic antique Temple Lantern enhanced with new interior paper and...

Art Deco wood table lamp with nickel- plated metal and fabric shade vienna 1920s Metal nickel - plated The fabric shades is replaced ( new )

6 Italian Mid-Century-Style (1940's) Murano flush mounted dome shaped ceiling fixtures with gold dusted glass flowers attached to brass (interior) frame (PRICED EACH)

Classic 1920’s wrought iron, wood & brass floor lamp. The lamp has an intricate ornate base and a twisted brass stem. Decorative metal elements surrounding the wood pieces on the stem. All original surfaces. Re-wired with two vintage brass sockets...

Unique and all handcrafted, practical size antique circular chandelier. Some chances you only get once in your life and that is exactly what we thought when we first saw this unique...

Beautiful statement piece Tiffany Studios lamp with a large 18" diameter shade and 23" tall base. The 18" leaded glass shade in the swirling leaf design is larger than the more commo...

We were lucky to find a collection of these new old stock lamps. They Green over white deep porcelain shades. All will be finished and newly wired to your drop length. The shade is 1...

Standout group of three colonial style continental smoke bell glass light fixtures hand blown in classic form with cut designs and brass hammered hardware, using candle power as orig...

This is a stunning Antique pair of ormolu and porcelain two branch wall lights, Circa 1900 in date, Of elegant classical form with a ribbon crest upturned reeded arms with acanthus ...

Fine and quintessential example of a period Art Deco chandelier. Circa. 1920's. Original satin glass "Cloud" motif glass shades. Polished chrome and brass ring detail. Designed in th...

American slag glass table lamp in the Art Nouveau style, likely from the 1910s to 1920s. Features a paneled shade in green, amber, and cream glass with decorative metal overlay, and ...

Stunning, geometrically circular Art Deco chandelier. With early 20th century lighting as one of our specialities, we were thrilled to find another rare and truly beautiful Art Deco...

French Art Deco pair of wall sconces by Jean Gauthier (Paris), France, 1920s. 2 thick enameled molded glass shades. Brass fixtures. Each : Height: 10.45"(26.5cm), Width : 4.15"(10.5c...

Set of four English circa 1920s leaded glass pendant light fixtures. Sold individually. Measurements: Diameter: 21" Minimum drop: 14"

A rare 1930s pendant ceiling lamp by Paavo Tynell for Oy Taito, exemplifying the designer’s early mastery of form, material, and light. The elegant patinated brass frame supports fou...

Handcrafted and very stylish pair of Art Deco white and black veins alabaster wall lights. If you are looking for a great shape and practical size pair of sconces to grace your livi...

Pair of French Art Deco Pendants or semi flush mounts by MULLER FRERES (Luneville) and Marcel VASSEUR, France, ca.1920. Glass and wrought-iron. White frosted glass shades by showing ...

This early glass candle chandelier has a nice rich look. Its complete with its milk glass dome and glass tube candles. The finish is untouched and came out of a small 1920s New York...

A silverplate candelabra-form lamp with four faux candle lights set on an ornate classical base. The design incorporates masks and scrollwork in high relief, with a timeworn finish s...

Elegant functionalist 3-flamming chandelier made in 1920s. Made of chrome and sand blasted glass. Glass in perfect condition, chrome with minimum age patina - polished. Central rod c...

A vintage brass bouillotte lamp featuring a two-arm design with turned center support and original black tole shade. The shade is adjustable on a central rod capped with a loop finia...

Railway red lantern made in 1908 for "Adlake" Adams and Westlake Company This red lantern is a piece of American history and a testimony of the cons...

We have a collection of these original cast iron wall bracket sconces in stock. This is a classic design that we refinished and rewired. The hand blown tipped globe is nice contrast...

Pair Japanese White Porcelain Flower Encrusted Table Lamps C.1920 In very good condition commensurate with age. Minor losses to petals.

Large pair of large Chinese Blue and White porcelain lamps. Large antique vases mounted and made into lamps. Lamps are newly re...

This lamp is a elegant testament to the classic Tiffany Studios design. Crafted in early 20th century, this lamp is evocative of the Art Nouveau style that Tiffany lamps are known fo...

Jugendstil Pendant with original cut glass shade vienna around 1908 Polished and stove enameled Original antique cut glass shade.

Six-light French Empire pure crystal basket chandelier with a clean hexagonal gilt bronze frame and 6-faceted crystal obelisks Measures: Diameter 22 in/ 53 cm Height 55.2 in 31.5 in ...

Housing one light from top. This will be rewired with a certified US UL socket for the United States and an appropriate socket for all other countries and ready to hang.Gold gilt met...

Early 20th century Art Nouveau newel post lamp also known as pillar lights. This light has a beautiful women with her arm raised and four lights. New...

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...

In the style of Leonardine comes this stylized table lamp in patinated pewter. It depicts a woman whos dress floats down and creates the base. It was made in France circa 1920-40. It...

England, 1920 Copper wall lantern with pebbled glass panes. 14"w x 10”d x 21”h Ref. L5129

Perfectly handmade Arts and Crafts lantern, ceiling light. Finding rare or unique light fixtures always makes our day and when we came across this handcrafted copper Dutch pendant we were immediately 'sold'. The calm and stylish look and feel of this handcrafted kind of 'witch hat' design light fixture makes it an absolute joy to look at, both on and off. So if you live or work in an Arts & Crafts (inspired) building and you are looking for the perfect fixture to grace your living or work space then this very rare and all handcrafted, copper specimen...

One of a kind and perfectly balanced light fixture with a top class alabaster shade. Thanks to its beautiful design and its truly excellent condition this perfectly balanced alabast...

A fine example of Art Nouveau lighting. The bronze base is richly patinated and beautifully cast with an art nouveau design. The shade is a deep g...

Group of three identical, perfect size and great shape antique pendants. If you are looking for a group of beautiful and truly stylish pendants for a midcentury, for an Art Deco or ...

Beautiful and inspiring Mother Mary statuette by Steph Uiterwaal. If you are a collector of stylish and meaningful religious art then this serene and divine sculpture of Mary holdin...

Rare and beautiful Art Nouveau, three light pendant light. This rare and wonderfully stylish Art Nouveau pendant dates from the earlier days of European, indoor lighting. This larg...

Rare Holophane Copper Caged 'STEPLITE" Pendant Light Price is Per Light A large and extremely rare example consisting of a three part glass design with aged copper and brass fitting...

8-light French Empire basket gilt bronze chandelier with crystal plums. Measures: Diameter 18 in/ 45 cm Height 34 in / 86 cm Weight 22 lb/ 10 Kg Eight light bulbs E14, good work...

Pair of Muller Frères wall lights circa 1925. Gilt bronze mount. Glass paste tulips, signed Muller Frères Luneville. Electrified and in perfect condition. Total height: 30 cm Width:...

FRITS SCHLEGEL & VILHELM LAURITZEN SCANDINAVIAN MODERN Rare, large adjustable table lamp with cone-shaped brass shade by Frits Schlegel and Vilhelm Lauritzen. Mounted with push but...

A small but very charming opaline ceiling pendant with ornate solid brass gallery, England circa 1920. Glass in great condition, age related marks across the hooked gallery. Rewired...

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...

Extremely rare 8 matching sconces. Housing three lights each, sitting in crystal bobeches dripping with crystal beads. Will be rewired for FREE with certified UL US sockets for the U...

An elegant French Art Deco Alabaster ceiling lamp featuring a carved blossom-like decoration and its original alabaster canopy. This lamp is fitted with an E27 socket and has been ne...

French Art Nouveau bronze and Muller Frères Lunéville polychrome glass four-light chandelier, circa 1920. This impressive French Art Nouveau period chandelier features a mottled “Pât...

Spectacular Arts & Crafts Art Deco Gilt solid brass chandelier with 6 lights. Totally restored with new wiring, sockets, chain and canopies. Truly a wonderful piece with a commanding...

Large archaic bronze Chinese table lamp in the style of James Mont, circa early 1900s. This lamp is a show stopper! Beyond impressive - true statement piece in every sense. The soli...

Pair of antique Chinese champlevé or cloisonné lamps. Lovely pair of antique Chinese bronze champlevé or cloisonné table lamps. Offered champleve or cloisonne lamps are executed in a lovely floral pattern of beautiful shades including chartreuse, turquoise, pinks and whites. These lamps are in very good antique condition and have been newly wired to U.S. specifications. Champlevé is an enameling technique in the decorative arts, where troughs or cells are carved, etched, or cast into the surface of a metal object...

A circa 1900's English adjustable desk lamp with ruby glass insets. Measurements: Height: 14.25" width: 5.25" Depth: 10.5".

Hand crafted orange, brown spray decor on white frosted glass. Original patinated brass hardware. Fantastic 1930s piece of art and design, Germany or Austria. Working perfectly, li...