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Table Lamps For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1920s
Pair Art Deco Josef Hoffmann Bevelled Glass w/ Gilt Roman Gladiator Table Lamps
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 1925 Art Deco Bevelled Glass with Gilt Roman Gladiator Relief Detail Table Lamps by Josef Hoffmann. The detail and quality of these l...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
French Empire Paris Porcelain Vase Converted into a Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Empire period porcelain vase. The vase is totally gilt with matte and burnished highlights. The twin handles each show a modeled classical female head and on the front of the vase is a painted classical scene. The scene depicts a Roman/Greek seated young warrior...
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Early 18th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Wrought Iron Lamp in Art Nouveau - Art Deco Style by Muller Frères, Circa 1920
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
A superb Art Nouveau - Art Deco table/living room/desk lamp, rare and exceptional, signed by Muller Frères Lunéville, one of the most prestigious names in French Art Nouveau and Art ...
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
English Glazed Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single circa 1920's English glazed porcelain table lamp with bronze base.
Measurements:
Height of body: 12"
Height to shade rest: 2...
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1920s English Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Large Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Lamp
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Late 17th Century Large Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp and newly electrified.
Of octagonal shape, decorated with oriental figures in a landscape.
The dimensions indicated herein include the lampshade. The vase only with its base and cover is approximately 12in. high by 8in. 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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Late 17th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Faience
Swedish Grace Porcelain Table Lamp Pink / Purple Glazing, Louise Adelborg, 1920s
By Rörstrand
Located in Odense, DK
Wonderful and unique table lamp made by Swedish artist Louise Adelborg in the 1920s at the "Rörstrand" workshop. The lamp base is made from glazed porcelain decorated with an amazing...
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1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Silk
Swedish Grace Pink Porcelain Table Lamp w. Foliage Decor, Louise Adelborg, 1920s
By Rörstrand
Located in Odense, DK
Wonderful and unique table lamp made by Swedish artist Louise Adelborg in the 1920s. The lamp base is made from glazed porcelain with handmade foliage ...
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1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Silk
Arts & Crafts Hand Forged Brass and Iron Verdigris Table Lamp, C. 1920s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Early 20th century Electric handwrought Iron and Verdigris Brass Table Lamp. Featuring an open tri form in Iron and Brass with handwrought scroll feet. Square cap bolts to legs and bottom/top of column...
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1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Art Nouveau Table Lamp, Poppy Decor, Black Terracotta, "L. Hjort" Denmark, 1920
Located in Odense, DK
Amazing Art Nouveau earthenware / terracotta table lamp with flower / poppy decorations made in Denmark at "L. Hjorth Terracottafabrik". The lamp is in original vintage condition with socket and shade holder in brass, iron and porcelain.
In the 1850s at the island of Bornholm in Denmark the small terracotta factory "L. Hjort" specialized in producing earthenware in the unique "black terracotta" style achieved by firing coal...
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1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
Pair of Mistletoe Boule de Gui Art Deco table lamps Edgar Brandt and Daum 1925
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of Mistletoe or Boule de Gui Art Deco table lamps by Edgar Brandt and Daum.
Wrought iron lamp bases stamped E. Brandt.
Orange and bleu pâte de verre glass shades signed Daum Na...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI Period Giltwood lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most decorative pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI Period Giltwood lamps. Each finely carved lamp is raised by a triangular base and supported on three paw feet. The...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Giltwood
Jaeger LeCoultre France 1928 Art Deco Luxhora Cylindrical Desk Clock and Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
Desk Lamp and Clock designed by Jacques-David LeCoultre.
An extremely rare and one of a kind Luxhora desk lamp-clock, created in France during the art deco period. This piece was as designed by Edmond Jaeger and manufactured by Jacques LeCoultre...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Steel, Chrome
Pair of Italian Painted Urn Form Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Italian painted urn form lamps.
Stunning pair of Italian painted or polychrome urn form lamps on faux marble bases that date to the 1920s.
This lovely pair of Italian Baroque style lamps...
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1920s Italian Baroque Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
1924 Gabriel Argy Rousseau Nightlight Lamp Plantes Aquatiques Pate Verre Glass
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Nightlamp "Plantes Aquatiques" (Aquatic Plants) made in yellow, red, pink and purple glass pate-de-verre by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau in 1924.
Wrought iron base. New wiring.
Molded signa...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Iconic Pair of Bauhaus WG24 Table Lamps by Prof. Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Located in Weesp, NL
Iconic Pair of Bauhaus WG24 Table Lamps by Prof. Wilhelm Wagenfeld (Designed 1924)
Made by Tecnolumen, Germany – Numbered and Authenticated
Step into the essence of Bauhaus design ...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Industrial Desk Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique industrial task lamp with an aluminum shade and black cast iron base.
USA, 1920-1930.
Features:
*Rewired with French silk twist cord
*Takes standard bulb, 60 watts ma...
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1920s American Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Vintage Glass Stingray Table Lamp Style Eckart Muthesius 1920s Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco vintage table lamp from ray skin and opaline glassin the style Eckart Muthesius, 1920s Germany.
An important high quality table lamp with a wooden base covered with ray ski...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Pair of French Leune / Daum Enameled Vases as Lamps; Signed Leune
By Daum
Located in San Francisco, CA
The bottle-form vases now mounted as lamps enameled with cascading holly bush stems over a satin finished glass; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; Leune was a decorating w...
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
A Pair of Oriental Porcelain Vase Lamps A Lovely Vintage pair dates back to t
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Oriental Porcelain Vase Lamps
A Lovely Vintage pair dates back to the 20th Century, the lamps have been matched with new pale blue shades
Each vase has a cartouche with ...
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1920s Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Charles HARVA French Art Deco Crackle Glaze Ceramic Lamp, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco crackle glaze ceramic table lamp by Charles HARVA, France, 1920s. Geometric shape with stylized fish decoration. Close to the Robert Lallemant's work. Fabric lamp sha...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Double Arm Bohemian Girandoles 'Candelabrums' Cranberry & Clear Crystal
By Moser Leo
Located in Denver, CO
A beautiful pair of Bohemian Girandoles (Candelabrums) with Cranberry & Clear Crystal made in the in
country of Czechoslovakia.
There are no cracks, breaks or repairs to the glas...
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1920s Czech Bohemian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
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...
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Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Pine
Pair of Intricately Carved Burmese Dragon Lamps Each Mounted on Carved Wooden
Located in London, GB
A pair of intricately carved Burmese wooden lamps each with upright dragon mounted on carved wooden base with another dragon coiled around it. Both dragons have red stone eyes. Re wired with new brass fittings, antique god...
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1920s Colonial Revival Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Art Deco Table Lamps in wood and chrome, 1920, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table lamps Art deco.
Exhibited at Original antique show ( Miami beach ) and Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)".
Materia: chromed and wood
Style: Art Deco
Coun...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Lady Lamp
Located in London, GB
Art Deco Lady Lamp.
A better than average art deco / nouveau lady table lamp. Original 1920’s/1930’s.
Model is semi nude athletic physique female holding ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Onyx, Zinc
Art Deco Table Lamp by Albert Cheuret
Located in Miami, FL
Fabulous French Art Deco table lamp by Albert Cheuret with an Alabaster Shade, Gilded Bronze shaft and details.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Paul Milet for Sèvres Azure Art Deco Table Lamp with Glass Diffuser Shade
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This Art Deco era porcelain torchiere table lamp was designed by Paul Milet (1870-1950) for Sèvres and comes complete with its original glass diffuser shade. The body of the lamp has been finished in a rich azure/sapphire jewel...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
Pair of Late 18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu and White Marble Candelabra
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A fine pair of Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze candelabra in the form of atheniennes. The rams-headed tripod has a snake entwined through the stem, the central ovoid form whit...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Lauritz Adolph Hjorth Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Unusual table lamp made by the Danish ceramist Lauritz Adolph Hjorth, this black glazed ceramic table lamp features several nocturnal animals. Signed at the bottom.
Lauritz Adolph Hjorth (1831-1912) is a Danish ceramist who’s works are highly sought.
Early in his career Lauritz Adolph Hjorth created utilitarian items, including water-coolers, flowerpots, and milk-jugs. In 1862 he began concentrating on decorative vases and figurines that referred in style and ornamentation to antique and old...
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1920s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
French Art Deco Pelican Table Lamp Night-Light, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Table Lamp / Night-Light, 1900s. This charming French Art Deco table lamp, dating from the 1920s, features a spelter pelican with glass eyes, perched gracefully on a ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Marbro Oxblood Elephant-handled Chinese Urn Table Lamp Sangre de Boeuf Regency
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Marbro company was founded by Morris Markoff and his brother, hence the name "Marbro" from Markoff brothers. They started the company shortly after WWII. The company was located in a 3 story brick building in the garment district of Los Angeles, just south of Downtown right by the Santa Monica Freeway. During the time they ran the company, they sold almost as many antiques as they did lamps.
Marbro sold their products mainly through interior designers and a few upscale furniture stores. Most of the products were built to order. A typical order from a designer or retailer took between 75 and 90 days to complete.
Most of the components that made up the lamp bodies (ceramic, brass, glass, etc) were purchased from small companies and antique dealers around the world. For the most part, none of the bodies were made on site. . Italy was the source for alabaster, Japan and China for Porcelain, Brass in India and Crystal from Germany and France. Lamps would also be made from sculptures that customers brought to in to the shop.
Once the lamp bodies arrived, a group of Marbro employees would make the wood bases, spin the metal caps, make the shades, and do the painting and tinting. With the help of about 20-40 other true world class artisans, metal workers, finishers and handmade shade makers, they produced lamps and shades that were truly some of last of their kind of art.
Here we have an astonishing example of Marbro production. This mid to late 18th century lusciously oxblood lacquered "sang de boeuf" Chinese urn was almost certainly a custom commission by a client, the owner of the Qing urn. The exceptional quality of the urn, it's size, gentle proportions, the even application of the oxblood glaze (especially over the stunning elephant handles) are of a quality that I have not seen before in a lamp.
The Marbro artisans truly did right by their client, as they allowed the exceptional form and color of the Chinese antique take center stage. The simple base follows the proportion of the body yet perfectly echoes the angle and curve of the elephant trunk handles.
Victorian lampshade...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Two Art Deco Table Lamp, Vienna, Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Two Art Deco Table lamp, Vienna, around 1920s
Polished and stove enameled.
The fabric shades are replaced (new).
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Rare Original 1920s danish table lamp in iridescent glass, perforated lamp shade
Located in København K, 84
This original 1920s Danish Art Deco table lamp embodies the luxurious and modern spirit of the period, blending craftsmanship with innovative design elements. The lamp’s iridescent g...
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1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Pair of 18th Century Column Capital Lamps from France
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of 18th century French oak column capitals have been turned into wonderful table lamps. The capitals are Corinthian style with acanthus lea...
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18th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Bronze Table Lamp circa 1925
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco bronze table lamp circa 1925.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Chinese Art Deco Pottery Lamp, circa 1930
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Chinese Art Deco pottery lamp, circa 1930.
Category
1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Terracotta
French Art Deco Table Lamp in Walnut with Stylized Floral Decoration 1920s
Located in Salzburg, AT
The lamp base has a classic shape.
The base has a small rim and a raised curve (diameter foot 24cm) on this curvature are various hand painted
floral flower elements in different si...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Art Deco Table Lamp Vienna Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco table lamp vienna around 1920s
Original condition
Only the shade is replaced.
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Tall Brass Corinthian Column Table Lamp with Shade
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A tall brass Corinthian column table lamp with shade
This is a very attractive lamp it has a heavy single corinthian style colum...
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1920s Adam Style Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Wall Lamps, Sweden, 1920s
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tinned copper sheet.
Produced by in Sweden, 1920s.
Category
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Copper
Daum French Art Deco Table Lamp, 1920
By Daum
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
This French Art Deco table lamp by Daum (Croismare), dating from the 1920s, showcases the finest craftsmanship of the era. The lamp features a blown double glass shade in rich blue a...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Multi-Colored 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 famille rose intr...
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18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Pair French Cut Crystal Doré Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Neoclassical Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
Beautiful pair of leaded cut crystal urns with etched body and fluted top sitting on graduated crystal pedestal. Doré bronze ormolu filigree handles al...
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1920s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Modernist Brass Table Lamp Art Deco Dutch 1920's
Located in London, GB
Rare Modernist Art Deco table or desk curvaceous lamp in the shape of a mushroom with decorative brass beads is extraordinary rare example of Dutch design in the 1920's. It is of the...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
A Black Lacquer and Gold Decorated Standard Lamp
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Black Lacquer and Gold Decorated Standard Lamp
This is a fine quality Chinoiserie lamp it stands on a turned round wooden base which has gold and coloured floral decoration as has...
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1920s Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Lacquer
Kangxi Apple Green Crackle Glaze Baluster Vase/Lamp, China, Early 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare Kangxi Dynasty (1654-1722) apple green over white crackle glazed baluster shaped ceramic vase/lamp - white crackle glazed interior and base - large...
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Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
A Large Pair of Chinese Blue and White Baluster-form Vases now as Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
each tall vase with flaring neck above a bulbous body ending in a splayed foot; adorned overall with hand-painted lappet perimeter bands and floral vines; raised on custom wooden pai...
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1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Table lamp Sign: Le Verre Francais France ( Flowers Begonias ), 1922
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais France
acid worked
Le Verre cameo glass was a separate line of art glass designed by Charles Schneider. Its production was made at the same time as the ...
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of 1920's Marble Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
This pair of 1920's marble lamps epitomizes the Art Deco era's sleek elegance and refined craftsmanship. Standing tall and commanding attention, these lamps boast a timeless allure t...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
Vintage Jacques Adnet Quadro Table Lamp for Lumen Center Italia ca. 1970s
Located in Geneva, CH
Vintage Lumen Center Quadro lamp by Jacques Adnet, produced ca. 1970's
Black marble base, brass nickel plated structure. Clear neons incandescant 30W with dimmer.
Table lamp, icon of...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Nickel
Fine Late 17th Century Delft Garlic Vase Lamp
By Delft
Located in London, GB
An early nineteenth century painted pine chest of drawers, in excellent serviceable condition.
English, early nineteenth century.
Category
17th Century German Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Delft
Art Deco Lamp, France, 1920, in Chrome
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table lamp Art Deco
Materia: Chrome
Style: Art Deco
Country: France
To take care of your property and the lives of our customers, the new wiring has been done.
If you want to live i...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
French Art Deco Brass Table Desk Light Banker Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, NL
French Art deco Brass desk light / banker lamp
Marble opaline glass
2,5 meter black cotton flex, plug and switch
Available with UK / US plug
Priced per individual item. All lamps...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Iron, Brass
18th Century Japanese Arita Imari vase / lamp.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 18th Century Japanese Arita Imari porcelain vase / lamp. Having wonderful bold colouring to the classical motif decoration to the boarder...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Amsterdam School Bronze Table Lamp, Netherlands, 1920s
Located in Antwerp, BE
A striking Amsterdam School table lamp from the 1920s, crafted in bronze with a beautifully hand-painted glass shade attributed to Jaap Gidding. This piece embodies the era’s refined...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Art Deco Yellow and White Lamp by Charles Catteau for Boch, 1923
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Vintage Art Deco Yellow and White Lamp by Charles Catteau for Boch, 1923
Illuminate your space with this exquisite Art Deco lamp, designed by the renowned Charles Catteau for Boch in 1923. This stunning piece features a vibrant yellow and white ceramic...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Pair of Aged Brass Lamps by Frederick Cooper
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage pair of aged brass lamps by Frederick Cooper
A pair of urn style table lamps with intricate details and a beautiful patina on the br...
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1920s American Greco Roman Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique and Vintage Table Lamps for Sale: Find Art Deco Table Lamps, Murano Glass Table Lamps and Other Lighting on 1stDibs
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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