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Directoire Table Lamps

DIRECTOIRE STYLE

Formed in the wake of the Jacobin Reign of Terror’s bloody guillotine, the Directoire was established to lead France into order through the leadership of a five-member council of directors. It was brief, lasting only from 1795 to 1799, ending with Napoléon Bonaparte’s coup d’état, and was economically tumultuous. Yet it was an essential bridge between the era of Louis XVI and the elaborate Empire style that followed, with Directoire furniture and decorative arts shaped by a royal passion for classical design and an enthusiasm for postrevolutionary France.

Much of the country’s furniture production had halted during the French Revolution when the furniture guilds system was abolished, but during the Directoire period, the cabinetmakers restarted their businesses, such as François-Honoré-Georges and Jacob-Desmalter who established a new workshop called Jacob-Frères. Pieces made in walnut, elm, mahogany and other inexpensive materials incorporated influences ranging from Egypt to Pompeii, with popular forms including the curule armchair based on an ancient Roman design. The aesthetics of the transitional style were more austere than during the monarchy, with court cabinetmaker Jean-Baptiste Sené, for instance, reimagining his workshop’s neoclassical-style furniture with ungilded surfaces and a reduction of ornamentation.

Symbols referencing the revolutionary tenets of liberty, equality and fraternity were frequently carved into Directoire furnishings, such as the Phrygian cap, clasped hands and the fasces, which is an image of a bound bundle of sticks adopted from the Roman Republic, where it was seen as an emblem of strength through unity.

Elements of the French Directoire style continued through Empire style. Designers Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine are credited today as major proponents of both movements. The classically inspired furniture design is represented in pieces such as the boat-shaped daybed and the klismos chair, which endured in French interiors as well as in styles abroad, including American Directoire.

Find a collection of antique ​​Directoire chairs, tables, daybeds, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Directoire
Early 20th Century French Brass & Painted Tole Four-Light Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a lady's desk with this elegant and colorful antique "Lampe Bouillotte". Created in France, circa 1920 and oval in shape, the table lamp sits on an oval brass base decorated...
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Early 20th Century French Directoire Table Lamps

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Brass, Tôle

Pair of Gustavian Girandoles, 3 Lights, Faceted Blue Crystal. , Sweden 19th
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Swedish Gustavian style girandoles with three lights. The large crystal dagger cut with scratches bears at its top an arrow surmounted by a very luminous lens. It rests on a...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Crystal, Bronze

Maison Jansen Style Brass Arrow Directoire Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
1960s Maison Jansen style brass Directorie style lamp. Brass retains overall unpolished patina. No makers mark or signature. Newly rewired with brown silk braided cord. Original dou...
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1960s French Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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Brass

Antique French Bouillotte Directoire 2 Light Tole Candelabra Parlor Lamp
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Neoclassical Bouillotte / Directoire / Hot Water Bottle silver plate three light table lamp, featuring a fluted column with round dish ...
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Early 20th Century Directoire Table Lamps

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Metal

Antique French Bouillotte Directoire 3 Light Pierced Tole Candelabra Lamp
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Neoclassical Bouillotte / Directoire / Hot Water Bottle silver plate three light table lamp, featuring a pierced / reticulated base wit...
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Early 20th Century Directoire Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of French 19th Century Directoire St. Limoges Porcelain and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Directoire st. Limoges porcelain and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a fine square ormolu base with a lovely beaded wrap around band. ...
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19th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of Directoire Style Antico Verde Marble and Gilt Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
With good quality shades. With single socket and tapered urn with handles and lion masks. Square base with bronze toupie feet. These are very good quality. Great condition.
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Early 1800s French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze

Philippe Barbier Travertine and Gilt Table Lamp
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautiful and striking, 1970's French travertine and gilt metal table lamp, designed by Philippe Barbier. The lamp has been fitted with a new ne...
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1970s French Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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Travertine

19th Century French Directoire Hand Painted Green and Black Tole Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table with this elegant antique tole lamp. Crafted in France circa 1840, the light fixture with new wiring sits on a square base over a ta...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

Small Directoire Style Candlestick in Silvered Metal, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small Directoire style candlestick in silvered metal mounted in lamp. Baluster shape shaft adorned with rings. Circular molded base. Work realized,...
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1890s European Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Bronze

French Directoire Green Tole Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Directoire style green tole and gilt decorated column table lamps with decorated shade 20th century.
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20th Century Directoire Table Lamps

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Metal

Directoire Style Lamp in Glass and Gilt Bronze, 1950s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Directoire style lamp in large candleholder shape in glass and gilt bronze. Fluted baluster shape shaft in polished transparent glass topped by a capital in braided basket shape. It ...
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1950s European Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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Glass

French 19th Century Green Painted Metal And Brass Table Lamp For Candlestick
Located in Copenhagen, K
French 19th Century Green Painted Metal And Brass Table Lamp With Candle Holder
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Early 19th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Mid-19th Century Bouliotte Lamp, Three Socket Candle Cluster and Tole Shade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-19th century French bouliotte lamp. Painted tole shade. Excellent scale and design, circa 1840-1860 in the Directoire style The open work basket form base was used to retain the...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Tin, Bronze

Late 18th Century French Metal Lamp
By Maison de L'Aluminium
Located in Copenhagen, K
Converted oil lamp from "Maison de Laluminium" in Paris. Very nice ornamented bronze, brass and metal lamp.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Brass, Bronze, Metal

Vintage Frederick Cooper French Directoire Bouillotte Brass Lamp Tole Shade 23"
Located in Dayton, OH
An exquisite Bouillotte lamp by Frederick Cooper, circa 1970s. Features a brass frame with two candlestick lights over an asymmetrical quatrefoil base. The lamp is fitted with a back...
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1970s Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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Brass

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Pair of 19th Century Gilded Ormolu Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French 19th century gilded ormolu lamps, each having two putti seated on a scrolling foliate base.
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Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Tole Bouillotte By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This fine and elegant Louis XVI style gilt bronze and hand-painted tole Bouillotte by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has got three-lights. The Toleware shade is hand painted with green ename...
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Pair of Early 20th Century Italian Tole Floral Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of table lamps, each having a floral bouquet, of handwrought tole, fashioned as blooms and vines, inside a cast urn campana urn, on graduated square plinth. Stock ID: D1318.
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Hollywood Regency Sculptural Brass Pineapple Table Lamp Style of Maison Jansen
Located in Verviers, BE
Gorgeous table lamp with golden base Made in France during the 1960s in the style of Maison Jansen. In excellent condition (Original Patina) and in full working order With fit...
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1960s French Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid 20th Century French brass Bouillotte lamp
Located in Delft, NL
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Hollywood Regency Sculptural Brass Palm Tree Table Lamp style of Maison Jansen
Located in Verviers, BE
Gorgeous table lamp with golden base Made in France during the 1960s in the style of Maison Jansen. In excellent condition (Original patina) and in full working order And been ...
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1960s French Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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French Antique Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp in with Tole Lampshade
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A late 19th century three-light 'Bouillotte' table lamp in gilded bronze and brass, with unusual duck's head styled arms and a typical green lacquered metal (tole) shade. Designed in...
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19th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of Girandoles
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of gilt bronze and crystal six-light girandoles.
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1910s French Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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Pair of Girandoles
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Louis XIV Style Bouillotte Table Lamp in Fine Silver on Bronze mood light LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Louis XIV Style Bouillotte Table Lamp in Fine Silver on Bronze mood light LA CA . A very high end, large Side table lamp in fine silver on bronze. This table lamp has a centre pipe that holds the shade and which allows the shade height to be adjusted up or down. This adjustable feature is taken from the original candle burning lamps of the 18th century. This bouillotte is the perfect table lamp to add ambiance "Ambience" to any room. Antique Dealer West Hollywood Melrose Ave La Cienega Blvd. it looks amazing on top of a console or enfilade, an office desk, in an entryway, living room, bedroom etc. Bouillotte was a French card game that was very popular during the late 1700s. The originals were candle burning lamps that had a bowl shaped base where the game chips were stored. A central tube surrounded by candle holders (candelabra) held a metal shade. The bouillotte shade...
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20th Century French Directoire Table Lamps

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1970s Brass Table Lamp Attributed to Maison Jansen
Located in Amsterdam, NH
Elegant brass French table lamp with a pineapple coming from a black and brass base. The lamp comes without shade. For more information please do not hesitate to contact us!
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Mid-20th Century French Directoire Table Lamps

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Brass

Early 20th Century Bouillotte Desk Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Crafted in early 20th century France, this table lamp features a beautiful bronze candelabra base. The lamp has been professionally electrified and restored and has two lights.
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Vintage Frederick Cooper French Directoire Bouillotte Brass Lamp Tole Shade 23"
Located in Dayton, OH
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1970s Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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Antique French Directoire Style Brass Table Bedside Lamps
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary. This Pair of Antique French Directoire style Brass table lamps are made of the highest quality and are bound to bring a sense of luxury into your home or place of choosing! These table lamps are equipped with beautiful black and white decorated shades as well as elaborate decorations on the brass. If you look closely at the photos provided you'll see the attention to detail throughout the lamps. These lamps are in good antique condition with some light surface scratches to brass and shades otherwise good condition. We do recommend all lighting...
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1920s French Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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Pair of French Bronze Directoire Period Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of French bronze Directoire Period lamps with gilt bronze moounts.. Circa 1795 - 1799.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Bouillotte Lamp in Bronze, Directoire Style, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Bouillotte lamp in bronze, Directoire style, 1950s.
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1950s European Vintage Directoire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of Casolettes, 18th C, Mounted as Lamps
Located in Stockholm, SE
Great design, fantastic quality is what identifies these. Originally they were a pair of casolettes with lids. The lids are now missing and they are mounted as lamps. They are made ...
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Early 1800s French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Casolettes, 18th C, Mounted as Lamps
Pair of Casolettes, 18th C, Mounted as Lamps
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H 13 in Dm 6.7 in
19th Century French Directoire Hand Painted Green and White Tole Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or a buffet with this elegant antique tole lamp; crafted in France, circa 1840, the lamp sits on a square base, and features hand pa...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Tôle

Pair of Directoire Style Gilt Bronze Chandeliers, 18th-19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Directoire style gilt bronze chandeliers mounted in lamps. Circular feet and flaring facet shaft. Drilled for electrification. Work realized at the end of the 18th or begi...
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18th Century European Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Pair of Directoire Style Gilt Bronze and Tole Painted Candelabra Lamps
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This handsome pair of lamps feature Classical motifs including swags, tassels, and acanthus leaves. The gilt bronze is accented by Wedgwood jasperware style hand painted designs, and...
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Pair of Directoire-Period Ormolu Candlesticks
Located in Paris, FR
Directoire-period candlestick holders crafted in gilt bronze. Reflecting the late 18th century Directoire taste for the clearly geometrical forms, straight lines and flat surfaces, t...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of Directoire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candlesticks Mounted as Lamps
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Now mounted as Bouillotte Lamps, each patinated winged sphinx raised on rouge griotte marble square bases applied with an ormolu griffin. Each lampshade made of tole.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Directoire Table Lamps

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Pair Of Chartreuse Yellow Opaline Table Lamps
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of opaline lamps in an amazing chartreuse yellow on a bronze decorated marble base. The opaline glass is decorated with a continuous band o...
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Mid-20th Century American Directoire Table Lamps

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Pair of French Directoire Style Opaline Glass and Gilt Metal Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Each with twin sockets, urn form lamps with handles with square plinth bases.
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Early 1800s European Antique Directoire Table Lamps

Directoire table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Directoire table lamps for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage table lamps created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Directoire table lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original table lamps, popular names associated with this style include Maison de L'Aluminium, and Philippe Barbier. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for table lamps differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $431 and tops out at $8,600 while the average work can sell for $1,400.

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