European Table Lamps

Pair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades. Stamped. Josef Frank was a true European...

Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with cotton shades. Stamped. Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable. H: 54 cm W: 42 cm Shade D: 15 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...

Designed by Max Ingrand and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Fontana total black table lamp, 2014 Edition, is an unusual Total Black produced in 2014 to mark the 60th anniversary of...

A rare pair of Regency twin-light gilt bronze mounted, pillar and file cut, glass candelabra by John Blades. The firm of John Blades was first recorded in the London guide for 178...

In protoplasting nature, rusak combines metal and exotic leaves to make opposing processes — life and death, renewal and decay — evident. A load-bearing structure, formed by hand using welded steel, evokes organic shapes and ornate 17th-century furnishings. In place of a lampshade, Rusak attaches real leaves from the exotic plant Thaumatococcus Daniellii, a rhizomatic herb widely cultivated in central Africa for its exceptionally sweet fruit and useful leaves. The entire sculpture is then coated in zinc...

Here you are shown the US wired 'Tahiti' Table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. The light fixture is of a polychrome enameled metal "duck" with a pivoting-like head mounted on a black and white bacterio-patterned laminate base. EU VERSION 220v AVAILABLE IN ANOTHER LISTING. Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated in architecture at the Politecnico di Torino. One of the most influential and important figures of the last century. As an Architect and Designer, he has participated in all radical movements whether created from the 1970s and 1980s. In 1981 he founded the Memphis group, a group that has radically changed the scenario of Italian and world design. Honored with numerous international awards, was winner of the Golden Compass in 1959. He designed the first laptop "Valentina" by Olivetti. He died in 2007 at the age of 90 years. Memphis Milano is the great cultural phenomenon of the 1980s that revolutionized creative and commercial logics in design. Born from the idea of Ettore Sottsass and a group of young designers and architects, in Milan, coupled in the years by famous designers from the international scene, Memphis turned upside down all of the existing parameters on living. Ettore Sottsass as the backbone of the group, design gained a new concept and expression through new shapes, materials and patterns, expanding the creative limits of the industry. Memphis became a symbol of New Design. Its influence is still clear in various sectors of production and beyond. Additional info: - Dimensions: H 23.5 inches - Materials: Metal - Lighting info: 50 W, 12 V -Additional Lighting Info: Please note that this item is wired in 110 V for the standard US light socket. - Price includes additional US rewiring cost for accessibility to US outlets. - If you are interested in the EU version of this light, please refer to the dealers storefront for the (EU) wired light fixture...

Striking pair of Murano glass table lamps layered with a pristine crystal clear glass outer layer, frosted glass interior, and 23-kara...

Magnificent pair of handblown Murano glass lamps in jet black and "Pulegoso" opaline glass with brass ring elements. Rewired for the US. Pulegos...

Rare Desk / Table Lamp in Brass and Leather, 1950's Additional Information: Material: Brass, leather Style: Mid century, Scandinavian Produced by AB E. Hansson & Co in Malmö, Sweden...

This extraordinary ceramic lamp from the mid 1920s has the quiet, comfortable elegance characteristic of design from the region.

Large antique Viennese cold-painted bronze lamp of a princess by Bergman Austrian, c. 1910 Height 42cm, width 24cm, depth 13cm Crafted by the renowned Franz Xaver Bergman (1861-193...

Table Lamp in Brass and Original Lamp Shade by Josef Frank, 1960's Additional Information: Material: Brass and original lamp shade Style: Mid century, Scandinavian Rare table lamp model 2467...

Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy, table lamp, model ‘9225’, brass, leather, Finland, 1950s This '9225' desk lamp, designed by the master of lighting Paavo Tynell in the fifties, stands as ...

Pair of Table Lamps in Brass by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, 1950's Additional Information: Material: Brass Style: Mid century, Scandinavian Pair of table lamps model BN-26 Produced by Hans...

Table Lamp in Brass and Black Fabric Lamp Shades by Sonja Katzin, 1950's Additional Information: Material: Brass and black fabric lamp shades Style...

Exquisitely crafted table lamp in bronze with mounted polished agate specimen, Belgium 1970's. The coloration of the agate, with black, beige and amber, is very chic. This lamp ha...

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

Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, ‘President’ table lamp, model ‘14099’, nickel-plated steel, plexiglass, Italy, circa 1970 The President table lamp is designed by Angelo Lelii for Arred...

Murano glass lamp/vase, design by Carlo Nason, Mazzega production, 1970s. Large object composed of interlocking, smoky/amber-colored glass sectors and a filigree glass element. The l...

Numbered: 4077. This elegant mid-century lamp possesses an almost antique elegance, reminiscent of classical pottery.

These sleek and modern Murano glass table lamps have alternating solid black spheres with amber gold glass cylinders. The beautiful pair have thick round glass bases and show a very ...

Pair of petite Murano glass lamps made of all hand-blown glass elements from the island of Murano outside Venice, Italy. This pair features glass made with several different techniqu...

Pair of Italian lamps made of Murano glass. This pair features iridescent green glass discs separated by a brass structure. They are hand-crafted and have been newly wired to fit US ...

Grooved brass spherical lamp in patinated brass. Shade is for photographic purposes.

A blue-coloured glass table lamp designed and produced by Ateljé Engberg, Urshult, Sweden, c. 1970s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 14” H x 3.75” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inches)...

A steel and black-lacquered metal table lamp designed and produced in Italy, 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 19 “ H x 7.75 “ Diameter  Bulb Specifications: E-14 Bulb Number of S...

A brass and travertine table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, 1970s. Sold without Lampshade Dimensions of Lamp (inches) : 9.62 x 6.81 x 5.06 (Height x Width x Depth) Dimens...

The “technicity” of the metal element combined with the blown glass diffuser gives tread an “industrial” style. An object reminiscent of vintage electrical equipment for its particul...

Mini version of the Pipistrello lamp designed by Gae Aulenti in 1965. Table lamp diffused lighting. Glazed stainless steel structure, white opal methacrylate diffuser. Base and knob...

Table lamp indirect light. Adjustable reflector with inside screen made of aluminum painted in white. Molded resin structure in the new golden color. Also available in the series-pro...

Glass table lamp with an interesting shape and two-tone coloring. Its sleek design and muted color pallette make it a modern, simple and understated lighting option for any space. Al...

"Equatore" is a small table lamp, designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti and manufactured by Fontana Arte, made in glass and metal and is part of a collection including table, floor an...

Modernist pair of handblown, ridged, Murano "Avventurina" glass table lamps. Rewired for the US. Measure: The height to the top of the glass is 17.5". Avventurina: Clear glass with ...

Gherpe table or floor mood lamp (1968). Superstudio (Italy) / Poltronova. Animal-like & changeable in shape, thanks to its "scales" that revolve around a central pivot / laser-cut...

Striking table lamp from ASEA, made completely from brass. Cool, clean design with shade that can be adjusted to direct and soften the light.

An adjustable table lamp, designed and produced by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy, 1966. White-lacquered metal socket is mounted on the base in form of a leather pouch filled w...

A desk lamp for Lightolier that has been rewired for use in the United States. Often attributed to Maurizio Tempestini.

This handmade 1960s table lamp was designed by the brilliant Einar Johansen and produced by Søholm Stentøj (stoneware). The manufactory was one of the most revered names in Danish ce...

A set of six lamps with star cut bases mounted with a Fine knurled band issuing four leopard paw feet this supporting the slice cut eight sided columns terminating with a decorative ...

Interesting shape. Lovely color. Newly wired to US standards. Shade not included.

Rare table lamp by Alfredo Barbini for Barbini. Large Murano glass opaline sphere with a central crystal stripe. An emotional table-sized full moon.

A bronze and brass table lamp designed and produced in France, c. 1960s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 10” H x 4.75” W x 4.75” D Bulb Specifications: E-14 Bulb Number of Sockets: 1 A...

A opaline glass and nickel table lamp designed and produced in Italy, c. 1930s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 7.25”  H x 4.75” D Stated dimensions include shade. Bulb Specifications:...

A beige parchment paper and brass table lamp designed by Karl Trabert and produced by Schanzenbach & Co., Frankfurt am Main, Gemany, c. 1930s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 19”  H x ...

A rattan and cream-white parchment paper table lamp designed and produced in France, c. 1960s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 12.25” H x 8” Diameter Bulb Specifications: E-26 Bulb Num...

A brass and off-white fabric table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1930s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 20.25” H x 11” W x 5.25” D Stated dimensions include shades Bulb Spec...

A large acrylic, black-lacquered metal and marble "Snow" table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti in 1973 and produced by O-Luce, Italy, c. 1970s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 25.75”...

An adjustable brass piano lamp or table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 12” H x 8” W x 9” D Stated dimensions include shade. Bulb Specif...

A stained pine, hand-painted paper and acrylic table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1960s Overall Dimensions (inches): 10” H x 4.75” D Stated dimensions include shade. Bulb...

A blown glass and white fabric table lamp, designed by Ture Berglund and produced by Skansen, Glass, Sweden, c. 1940s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 11.5”  H x 5.5”  D Stated dimensi...

A pair of white-lacquered wood table lamps designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 9” H x 3.75” Diameter Dimensions of Shade (inches): 5” Top Diamete...

Pair of Table Lamp in Brass and Matte Opaline Glass by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, 1950’s Additional Information: Material: Brass and matte opaline glass Style: Mid century, Scandinavian R...

A pine table lamp produced by Candela, Sweden, c. 1980s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 10.5” H x 7” D Stated dimensions include shade. Bulb Specifications: E-14 Bulb Number of Socket...

A brown-glazed stoneware table lamp designed by Bruno Karlsson and produced by Ego Stengods, Sweden, c. 1960s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 7”  H x 4.5” Diameter Dimensions of Shade...

Italian pair of Murano "incamiciato" gold glass table lamps. Master glassblowers layered clear glass with "polvera d'oro" (23-karat gold leaf flecks) over a pristine white opaline gl...

Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, ‘Filo Sfera’ table lamp, model ‘14071’, chrome-plated metal, metal wire Italy, circa 1969 The distinctive table lamp model 14071, named Filo Sfera, is a...

A green blown glass and brass table lamp designed by Börne Augustsson and produced by Åseda Glasbruk, Sweden, 1940s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 13”  H x 4.5” Diameter Dimensions o...

A pine and off-white fabric table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 9.5”  H x 4.5” W x 4.5” D Stated dimensions include shade. Bulb Specif...