Metal Table Lamps

Neo Gothic bronze architectural fragment mounted as lamp.

This is a wonderful pair of vintage brass three ball stacked lamps in great vintage condition These hard to find lamps are made by the stiffel lamp company

A pair of Mid Century Murano glass lamps by Barovier & Toso. Beautiful pineapple gold color with controlled bubbles and silver inclusions. Original brass base and hardware. Nice aged...

Fabulous pair of stainless cylindrical table lamps by the Nessen lighting Co. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, no scratches or dings to the metal. Sold as a pair. Sh...

Beautiful frosted white glass table lamp by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. This is the medium size... The lamp has a two way switch which allows for a choice of three lighting opti...

A classic George Nelson Half lamp for Koch Lowy. In brass finish. Very good overall conditon. The shade pivots to aim light. The switch has minor edge paint loss, shade has a minor h...

Art Deco brass table lamp vienna around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled Cut glass shade

Pair of solid, turned brass mid-century table lamps with silk shade by Luciano Frigerio, 1960s The elegant base consists of a solid brass band (2.5 cm wide x 1.0 cm thick) twisted ...

Maestro Alberto Dona 'in 1998 created a beautiful lamp. This is definitely a very simple but effective lamp. The lamp is placed on a round crystal base, which instead of the usual Cl...

Dusk dawn table lamp in polished brass and metalized glass.

Glass table light base by Karl Wiedmann. Producer WMF, Germany, 1950s. This table lamp was designed by Karl Wiedmann in the 1930s and manufactured by WMF in the 1950s. The lamp ...

Large Brass Corinthian Column Table Lamp This is a very attractive piece, the lamp has a single fluted column set on a very attractive stepped base This is an attractive piece with...

A stunning American Art Nouveau Emeralie table lamp or desk lamp with its original shade. This superb banker's lamp / Emeralite with red / orange opaline glass shade and brass base w...

wonderful 1920s articulating table-mounted desk lamps by Curt Fischer for Midgard in original grey-green hammer finish and on/off turn switch on the shade, arm lengths of the smaller...

Very dramatic large tall sculptural table lamp in the style of James Mont having gilded plaster Quan Yin figure standing in contrasting black metal platform with detailed columns.

Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With over 17 years of artisanal exper...

Very rare table lamp by Harveiluce in chrome and yellow The body is made of metal completely painted yellow The lamp is designed for a large reflector lamp This piece has an attribut...

Mezzo Oracolo table lamp, single piece, Gae Aulenti, Artemide, Italy, 1960, opaline glass, enameled metal, iconic object of 1960s Italian design, wear compatible with age and use, pr...

American art deco chrome and black enamel ringed Saturn desk lamp. Shown with a 7.75" High by 8.75" Diameter black drum shade

A vintage 'Lesbo' table lamp, designed by Angelo Mangiarotti. Italy, Artemide, 1967. Hand-blown Murano glass with opal glaze and polished metal base embossed with the text: Design A...

Pair of brass stiffel lamps. Lamps have three sockets and well designed. Shades included.

Vintage Italian Oggi Maria Pia newspaper table lamp with painted metal (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 198...

This Danish Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) table lamp from the 1920s is an exquisite example of early 20th-century craftsmanship. Cast in bronze, the lamp features a striking blend of orga...

Designed by Paolo Rizzatto, the D13 Costanza lamp eliminates a warm pleasant light through the matte white plastic shade. The lamp is dimmable by touchin...

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...

Very large, heavy Mid Century modern table lamp. Made in Germany. Made in the early 1950s. Very solid and built to last. Base and neck are made of brass. The huge shade with a diamet...

Gae Aulenti & Piero Castiglioni 'Minibox' table lamp in gold for Stilnovo Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Mi...

Green Marble Peono Table Lamp by Simone & Marcel Dimensions: Ø 40.6 x H 61 cm. Materials: Brass, acrylic and green marble. Also available in differ...

Functionalist desk lamp designed by Danish Architect Vilhelm Lauritzen in the late 1940s. Made for "DSB" (The Danish Railway Company) hence the name "Konduktørlampe/Train Conductors lamp". Its was manufactured by Louis Poulsen. This example is from the earliest production with the old bakelite...

Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen was a Danish designer who is best known for his wide collection of lighting fixtures. A licensed ornamental metalworker, Holm-Sørensen started his design car...

1970s Modern Brass Cylinder Table Lamp Pair Pop Art Sculptural Style of Robert Sonneman. No verification present. Features new cable wiring...

Italian modern glass and steel table lamp Patroclo by Gae Aulenti for Artemide, 1970s Table lamp mod. Patroclo in glass and steel. The rounded glass diffuser is covered with a metal ...

A rare all brass modernist gimble desk light. The whole lamp is made of brass and bronze, non ferrous materials which leads us to believe it has a scientific or petrochemical backgr...

Pair of Brutalist lamps in stained teak and 24K gold gilded metal by Laurel Lighting Co.

Imposing Space Age table lamp from Kaiser Leuchten in a special color. The central body of the lamp is orange. The slender shaft merges at the bottom into a trumpet-shaped foot. The...

A beautiful Austrian cold painted bronze lamp. The 16” tall lamp with middle eastern motif, feature a large, bronze elephant being ridden by a ma...

An early 20th century, patinated, cast bronze and champleve enamel vase that has been converted into a lamp; in an urn shape with an intricate greek key motif and handles cast with b...

A pair of Italian 18th century figurative hand-carved candlestick table lamps. This exquisite pair of table lamps have been fashioned from a pair of 18th century hand-carved figurine...

2 table lamps in stainless steel from Il Punto La Bottega, very chic. Italy, circa 1970.

A pair of circa 1920's large cut crystal table lamps with bronze base. Available matching pair, but with different base

The Paddle 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 lamp feat...

This Mid-Century Bulb table lamp was produced by the German manufacturer Doria Leuchten. It comes with a large glass diffuser and lamella base. The structured glass creates a special...

This stunning Handel Cherry Blossom leaded glass lamp is circa 1910. The 12" wide x 6" tall shade is decorated in pink flowers with multiple shades ...

Pair of large scale Murano Italian long neck hand blown glass table lamps on gilt metal bases. The design of the glass is executed with a unique clear and white control bubble patter...

Gino Sarfatti was an Italian designer and businessman born in 1912 in Venice. After studying aeronaval engineering in Genoa, he founded the Arteluce company in 1939 in Milan. Its pur...

Carl Auböck #7255-1 horn table lamp, Austria made of horn, brass and chintz. Also available in a large version (D50 / H65 cm).

Classic midcentury table lamp designed by Gerald Thurston, made by Lightolier, circa 1950s. The lamp has a three leg, tripod form base of black rods, which support interior diffusers...

Tegola table lamp by Bruno Gecchelin for Skipper and Pollux, 1970s Quality product, a beautiful Tegola table lamp designed by Bruno Gecchelin for Skipper and Pollux. For interior dec...

Ettore Sottsass (1917) Edition Artemide. One table lamp Model PAUSANIA 1982 Measurements: H 16"1/2 x W 18"3/4 x D 4"1/4 This lamps shows some marks of old repairs but works perfectl...

Chrome Table lamp Model Tokyo ,in the Bauhaus style . Comes with Three round glass plates on .top .That gives the light a nice diffuse effect . Designed in the early 1980s by W.K...

Bauhaus Model WG 24 table lamp by Prof. Wilhelm Wagenfeld. Originally manufactured in 1924. Current production designed by Tecnolumen. Wired for U.S. standards. ...

Model Lp01 armchair lamp by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1970s. Black leather and brass. Brass shade adjusts to various positions. Ho...

A pair of large white-lacquered metal and acrylic table lamps designed by Ruud Ekstrand for Bergboms, Sweden, 1970s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 27.50 ...

Vintage pair original Alsy solid two patina brass trumpet Bouillotte style, double arm table lamp with oval parchment paper shades. US Rewiring and each lamp takes 2 light bulbs max...

'Streck' Table Lamp by Joel Karlsson for Örsjö. Executed in powder-coated steel with brass details, the 'Streck' series is both timeless and refined in ...

Midcentury amazing small pair of table lamps in brass and engraved glass in the style of Fontana Arte. Made in Italy in the 1950s.

Angelo Brotto was a Venetian artist and designer, recognised as a master of Murano glasswork and for his unique lamp designs. After graduating in 1941 from the Academy of Fine Arts i...

42" tall (depending on harp used and shades), 28" to light switch. 8" wide at the base. Walnut elements carved on a lathe have produced this fine pair of elegant lamps, coupled with ...