Brass Table Lamps

Tall, sculptural vintage Speer table lamp features elongated crystal glass body with graphic bronze top, mounted on highly detailed bronze base, creating a torch-shaped silhouette. ...

A brass, black-lacquered cast iron and etched glass table lamp designed and produced in Italy, c. 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 15.25” H x 5.75” W x 5.75” D Dimensions of Sha...

A striking example of Swedish modernist lighting design, this table lamp model E1163 was produced by the renowned manufacturer ASEA Belysning in the 1940s. Expertly crafted in solid ...

A white alabaster and brass table lamp designed and produced in Italy, c. 1950s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 8.5” H x 4” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inches): 3.5“ Top Diameter x...

Brass table lamp with pivoting bell section. Good condition, totally brass, joints checked and working.

Bankers style table lamp designed by Robert Sonneman, 1980s. Functions perfectly, halogen bulb included. Very few if any signs of use.

1960s, Finland. Designed by Lisa Johansson-Pape and manufactured by Orno. This lamp features an opal glass base complemented by brass frame accents. It includes a wooden slat shade w...

Incredibly unique pair of vintage lamps constructed of mounted antique English riding boots. Century-old leather is weathered and patina'ed throughout. Plaques are dark, stained wood...

Greta M. Grossman designed the iconic Gräshoppa table lamp in 1947 and with its sophisticated yet playful design, it is still as relevant today. The distinctive, elongated conical sh...

This late Victorian Lantern was converted to a table lamp. Its very ornate in a late Victorian period style. It has a nice etched glass globe shade.

Art Deco brass table lamp model Kongelys, designed by Niels Rasmussen Thykier in 1928 for Fog & Mørup in Copenhagen. This lamp is an early version with a circuit breaker through the ...

Pair of blue marbleized paper candlestick lamps. Brass fluted base and stationary brass bow detailing. As found, original matching paper clip on lampshades are included. The shade o...

Contemporary hand-crafted and hand-polished pair of heavy solid Murano 'rock' lamp with brass fitting in emerald green. Includes US hand dimmer switch. Signed 'Murano'. Also av...

Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...

Inspired by the angular architecture and dark moods of Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece Blade Runner, the Fold Table Lamp deploys folded aluminum fins to reflect an ambient glow forwa...

Solid machined brass in "Smoke" acid patinated finish, hand-stitched goatskin parchment shade, with hand-dyed braided cotton cord. All material finishes are living finishes: they will change and patina for the better with time and use. Shades are made from genuine goatskin parchment, hand-selected for each lamp for its natural texture, pattern and color. Reminiscent of the lunar surface, its superior quality of light is unlike paper of any kind. Variations in pattern and texture are the be expected as each skin is unique. Shade construction is unlined, utilizing a single layer of parchment for optimal light transmission and may have a slight bow or curvature of the surface. This is a natural characteristic of the grain of the animal hide as well as the hand stretching and tanning process. Base is lathe turned from a heavy solid ingot...

A midcentury Hollywood Regency style tall table lamp made by Stiffel Co. This classic lamp features a globe white milk shade. The two toned column is made of brass and ebony metal an...

Rare Tommaso Barbi brass table lamp made in the 1970s. This stunning lamp is finished in brass with a lacquer detail. It’s stamped ‘Tommaso Barbi, made in Italy’ at the bottom of th...

Large Russian polished brass samovar urn mounted as a lamp. Exceptional quality and detail with oversized turned wooden handles on each side and a tall double light head with a brass finial. Brass Russian Samovar. Vasily Stephanovich Batashev - Tula, Russia. Decorative Antique Imperial Russian Brass Samovar, Late 19th Century This beautiful antique brass samovar...

LP01 lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Azucena, 1979 One of the most iconic and original works by the Italian designer and architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni, it is an armchair lamp wit...

A brass, wood and white fabric table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s. Oxidation present to brass Wear consistent with age and use Overall Dimensions (inches): 15"H ...

A pair of brass and woven reed table lamps produced by Itsu, Finland, c. 1950s. Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches):  10” H x 5” W x 8.5” D Depth may vary slightly with shade po...

Rare and very large mid -century Murano glass mushroom table lamp by Barovier& Toso, Italy, circa 1960s. Socket: 3 x e14 for standard screw bulbs. New wiring for US standards on requ...

Two vintage Stiffel table lamps, with brass bases and columns, and octagonal urn-form white porcelain bodies. Gilt trim to white porcelain...

Pair of Lightning Art Deco Modernist Table lamps in the style of Desny French Circa 1930. A superb Art Deco chrome plated table lamp ,made in france circa 1930. In the style of Mais...

Rare vintage accent or table lamp has sculptural rectangular body supported by shaped feet and mounted to a wooden base. The lamp comes with the original harp and Asian "prosperity"...

The Linden table lamp features a cream linen shade and lamp body, solid hardwood walnut base, and brass details. A study in duality, the piece explor...

A brass, green-lacquered metal and white opaline acrylic table lamp produced by Stilux, Italy, c. 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches): 8.25“ H x 3.4” W x 3.4” D Bulb Spec...

Fantastic studded cream leather table lamp with original Maria Kipp shade. Dimensions listed (17 1/2 in. diameter x 39 in. tall) are the overall dimensions of the lamp with the shade...

A large Midcentury teal green glazed ceramic lamp with solid cast brass base and tall neck. Original antique patina. White milk glass reflector. Very high quality iconic lamp by the ...

Unique brass design table lamp from the 1960s. With wonderful new custom made shade by Rene Houben Dimensions Depth: 5.11 (13 cm) width: 15.7" (40 cm) overall height: approximatel...

Pair of diminutive brass tripod table lamps, ideal for a bedside, leather stem and original patina, two variations available

Ettore Sottsass Abat-Jour table lamp for B&B Italia, Italy, 2005. Glazed ceramic base with a blown black glass shade, chrome-plated brass fixtures, and sand-blasted glass diffuser. N...

Table light with opaline glass shade, designed for Villa Steiner Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and label our fixtures. ...

The T-Top lamp is a small, brutalist-inspired table lamp, perfect for bedside or accent lighting in larger living spaces, created by Streicher Goods in Brooklyn, NY. The T-top lamp...

Swiveling Art Deco Banker lamp vienna around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled Wood polished

This stunning table lamp was designed by French designer Jacques Adnet (1901-1984). This classical hickory brown color lamp features a hand-stitched shade with ivory paper lining, a ...

A pair of brass table lamps designed and produced by ABEA, Sweden, c. 1950s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 11.625” H x 3.375” W x 3.375” D Dimensions of Shade (inches): 3.375” Top Di...

Avant Gardistic design against the spirit of age, very early and important design. Most components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will UL-list and lab...

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...

Early 20thC Neoclassical Design Brass Table Lamp of Corinthian Form with Stepped Base Decorated with Laurel Wreaths - 18" diam x 34"h - The lampshade(s) are newly handmade silks by t...

A glass and brass table lamp designed and produced in France, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 10.25"H x 3.75"W x 3.75"D Dimensions of Shade (inches): 3.25” T x 8” B x 5.5” H...

Jean Charles for Maison Charles exceptionally rare and very large tall gold-plated cast brass/bronze table lamp with original brass & bronze metal shade. This is an early example whi...

Pair of pink Murano glass lamps with brass hardware. Restored and rewired with solid three way sockets Each lamp measures 31" H to the finial and 23" to the socket.

Carved Oak table lamp in abstract forms.

A mid - century table lamp by Maison Charles. This high quality lamp is completely made of nickeled brass. It needs three bulbs. The lamp is rewired, so safe and ready to use. So...

A vintage Couesnon brass trumpet made in France that has been upcycled into a one-of-a-kind table lamp. The horn shows signs of being a much loved and used musical instrument; the br...

A light-blue-colored glass, metal and brass table lamp designed and produced in France, c. 1930s. Very light staining present on lamp. Dimensions of Shade (inches): 3” Top Diameter...

Pair of 1960's Mid-night Blue Crystal lamps designed by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors. The Beautiful blue colored lamps have been Newly rewired with adjustable polished Brass double cl...

'Streck' table lamp by Joel Karlsson for Örsjö in black. Executed in powder-coated steel with brass details, the 'Streck' series is both timeless and re...

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, table lamps, model ‘516’, brass, marble, enameled aluminum, Italy, 1948 These desk lamps, model 516, is designed by the influential designer in the field...

Solid brass table or wall lamp with a torch shaped design from the 1950s. Fitted with one E14 socket. Good original condition with new shade.

Pair of brass table lamps by Kai Ruokonen, with large lamella lamp shades. Emanate beautiful, warm light when lit.

Beautiful pair of Green Murano Glass lamps with tiny gold inclusions. The glass lamp bodies sit on a gilded bases and they have been Newly rewired with adjustable polish brass double...

Gino Sarfatti Model #548 table lamp in blue and polished brass. Designed in 1951, this is an authorized re-edition by Alessandro Sarfatti, grandson of Gino Sarfatti, who applies hi...

A very particular and original Murano lamp, a series of round glass leaves arranged one above the other, of a transparent color. Their shape is fascinating. The lamp is composed of ...

Brass table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1950s Brass polished and stove enameled The fabric shade is replaced ( new )

Art Deco lamp foot in brass from Sweden. The lamp foot is from the early 20th century, around 1920 to 1930 and has the simple and sleek lines of the Art Deco period. The geometric fe...

This rare lamp possesses the unique allure that is held by unconventional, decorative designs, most notably those by Italian metal designer Romeo Rega. Cool brass and sleek black lac...

Table lamps in brass, model B-024 manufactured by Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s. Designed by Alf Svensson & Yngvar Sandström, produced by Bergbom.