Steel Table Lamps

Art Deco table lamp with mother of pearls top and funkis style framel. Made in 1940s.

An award-winning 1948 design by Swedish-American Greta Grossman for Ralph O. Smith, a California-based lighting company. The lamp, colloquially known as the “Cobra” for its uniquely ...

A steel table lamp designed and produced in the US, 1940s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 16.25” H x 6” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inches): 9” Top Diameter x 12” Bottom Diameter x ...

Discover a rare gem in the world of Design - the extraordinary lamp mod. 522, created by Gino Sarfatti and produced by Arteluce Milano in 1948. This unique lamp is an example of time...

Adjustable shade Good original condition Age patina 1x40W, E25-E27 bulbs Rewired - US plug adapter included.

Pair of World War II era steel and glass nautical / ship lanterns by the Birmingham Engineering Company Ltd, circa early to mid 1940’s, converted / repurposed as a set of table lamps. Brass plaque above glass reads “Masthead Patt. 25A” (missing on one lantern). Knob on handle marked W.T.G. French wired. New off-white shades distributed by the Nantucket Distributing Co. Dimensions: 8” x 7.75” x 30...

An award-winning 1948 design by Swedish-American Greta Grossman for Ralph O. Smith, a California-based lighting company. The lamp, colloquially known as the “Cobra” for its uniquely shaped shade that resembles a cobra’s hood, is counterweighted with a segmented arm curving upward from a round base. The oblong shade slants gently from the arm to its outer edge. Light is controlled by a push button on/off switch on base. Retains the original Good Design label inside the shade. Condition: Vintage condition; professionally cleaned. Some scratches, appropriate to the age and use of the piece, can be observed on the enamel. While we do not guarantee vintage electrical...

Typ 113 Peitsche Table Lamp By Curt Fischer For Midgard Circa 1940s - Curved adjustable arm with its original grey paint - Angled steel shade in original brown paint - Takes E27 fitting bulbs - Designed by Curt Fischer - Typ 113 the "Peitsche" (whip) - German ~ 1940s - 75cm tall x 16cm wide Curt Fischer/Midgard Midgard was founded in 1919 in Auma / Thuringia by the engineer Curt Fischer. Originally for internal needs of his machine factory IWA Ronneberger & Fischer (industrial plant Auma), Curt Fischer developed scissors lamps and articulated lamps. This is why he is considered the inventor of the "tractable light". The in these days widespread ceiling-mounted pendulous lampshades provided only static light from above. As such, the entrepreneur regarded them as rather inflexible. This type of lightning caused the workers to cast shadow over their workpieces themselves. Curt Fischer sketched and manufactured first prototypes of articulated lamps by passing the live cable through tubes and developing articulations between the tubes. He perfected the system, developed many multi-armed desk lamps, work lamps and wall lamps. Within few years he turned to be a luminaire manufacturer which he called Midgard (as the Norse Mythology called the bright Middle Earth inhabited by people). Early on his designs were recognised and valued by Walter Gropius, among others, and hence used at the Bauhaus. Gropius supported Fischer's developments. Their original correspondence has been preserved until the present day. The post-war period Curt Fischer passes away in 1956. His son Wolfgang takes over management in the spirit of his father's. Up until in the late 60s Midgard produced their meanwhile three luminaire ranges: - the historic Steering Lamps, which were used among others at the Bauhaus - the robust and modular as well as maintenance-free Machine Lamp...

Early, 1950s edition table lamp by the Danish designer and architect Vilhelm Lauritzen (1894 - 1984), made by Louis Poulsen, Denmark. Organically shaped matt white steel hood on a br...

Industrial painted steel desk top task lamp, circa 1940s with original finish, articulates at three joints and is newly wired.  

Bubble table lamp designed by George Nelson in 1947-50, USA. Polished steel base and metal and vinyl shade. This is a Modernica edition.

Original Jumo 600 chrome lamp selected by Charlotte Perriand. This lamp was designed by Yves JUjeau, Pierre and Andre MOunique in the 1940s and selected by Ch...

1950s desk lamp designed for Helion VEB Leuchtenbau in the city of Arnstadt, East Germany, unusually with both a Bakelite shade and base, articulated by a brushed steel curved arm. T...

Original Jumo 600 chrome lamp selected by Charlotte Perriand. This lamp was designed by Yves JUjeau, Pierre and Andre MOunique in the 1940s and selected by Ch...

Adjustable shade - height when opened: 28cm Good original condition Age patina 1x40W, E25-E27 bulbs Rewired - US plug adapter included.

Original Jumo 600 chrome lamp selected by Charlotte Perriand. This lamp was designed by Yves Jujeau, Pierre and Andre MOunique in the 1940s and selected by Ch...

A table lamp, designed and produced in Sweden, 1930s. With lively original patina. Sold without lampshade, stated dimensions without lampshade attached. Other designers of the...

A stunning pair of large-scale vintage wallpaper rollers as lamps, circa 1940. Heavy hardwood cylinder form decorated with solid brass motifs....

Iconic Kandem table or desk lamps. These are a rare model as they have a glass base, dating them to WWII when iron was requisitioned for the war effort. Pressed glass base, Bak...

Black fully adjustable desk or table light from ASAS. It was manufactured in Denmark during the 1940s greatly inspired by the Bauhaus Movement with lighting. It features original t...

Allan Gould for Mutual-Sunset Lamp Manufacturing Company, rare desk lamp. Chrome-plated steel with fluted acrylic base.

American Industrial lamp. Steel and old paint on a solid bronze base. Possible U S (no labels) government issue, circa 1940-1950. The height and reach are adjustable. Well used su...

Abstract expressionist, steel, sculpture, Upcycled Into A 16” high table lamp- metal and welder sculptors rose to prominence after WWII, following Julio González and Pablo Picasso an...

Original Jumo 600 chrome lamp selected by Charlotte Perriand. This lamp was designed by Yves JUjeau, Pierre and Andre MOunique in the 1940s and selected by Ch...

The “Cobra” table lamp designed by Greta M. Grossman for Ralph O. Smith in the United States in 1948. A true icon of Mid-Century modern lighting design and winner of the MoMA Good De...

Often wrongly attributed to Eileen Gray was made in the 1940s. This Jumo lamp is very robust with a goose neck, the lampshade and the base of this small Jumo lamp has a design that r...

Erpe Industrial Lamp with flexible neck in green metallic paint. Vintage shaded Belgian drafting or mechanist desk lamp attached to table or desk with screw clamp. Flexible neck allo...