Empire Table Lamps
EMPIRE STYLE
From 1804–15, Napoléon I reigned as the emperor of France, bringing the country into a new era of opulence after the fall of the monarchy and the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. He declared, “We must have very solid things, made to last 100 years.” Empire-style furniture followed suit, with imposing pieces constructed from mahogany and adorned with gilded ornaments. Expanding on the neoclassicism popularized in the previous century — such as in Louis XVI style — Empire style borrowed from the great civilizations of antiquity, from Egypt to Greece and Rome, to connect this nascent empire to the power of the past.
Napoléon I believed the production of fine furniture would reflect the stature of the republic, with his official architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine leading the way with their work on his residences.
Luxurious materials, symmetrical shapes and bold colors characterize antique Empire-style bedroom furniture, armchairs, cabinets and other structures, with frequent motifs including mythological creatures, geometric designs, acanthus leaves, eagles, bees (the imperial emblem) and swans, a favorite of Empress Joséphine.
Flat surfaces, like marble tabletops, were accented with decadent details, such as the bronze furniture mounts made by sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire for the French palaces. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, who worked as the imperial goldsmith, crafted intricate luxury objects that mixed wood, fine metal, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
The style became popular abroad, influencing the American Empire style. Stately pieces carved with sprigs of olives by cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellange were acquired by American President James Monroe for the White House in 1817.
Find a collection of antique Empire tables, lighting, seating and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Empire
Vintage French Bonze Empire Style Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant vintage French bronze and brass Empire style Bouillotte table lamp with a metal shade.
Measures: Height 20.5" in. (52 cm), diameter 15" in. (38 cm).
Lighting: takes one l...
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20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Beautiful pair of Empire Table Lamps, originally candlesticks from the 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful pair of Empire Table Lamps in Bronze. Originally a pair of Empire candlesticks from the 1820s, converted to table lamps in the early 20th Century.
Newly rewired electricit...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire 1920's Bronze Bouillotte Desk Lamps
Located in Fairfax, VA
French bronze electrified candle desk lamp with adjustable shade.
Beautiful design with face on each arm and flam finial.
Professionally rewired.
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1920s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Wedgwood Jasperware Black and White Urn Form Table Lamps - a Pair
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Antique Black and White Wedgwood Jasperware Urn Table Lamps. Item features porcelain urn form bodies, wooden base, dual sockets, white Greek figures, very nice antique item. ...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique French Empire Converted Cobalt Blue Glass Brass Oil Lamp Urn 29"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Empire Sevres style oil lamp converted to electric - deep cobalt blue glass vase / trophy / mantel urn shaped with brass base, pierced top, and handles decorated with ...
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Early 20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Tole Columnar Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Single tole Empire style columnar lamp, having a round central column with marbelized finish, wrapped in foliate spiral decoration, raised on graduated p...
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Mid-20th Century American Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
A pair of 19th century gilt bronze Empire candlesticks
Located in SON EN BREUGEL, NL
An elegant pair of French candlesticks in gilded bronze.
Beautiful fine quality; decorated with acanthus leaves, palmettes and flowers.
Original gilding.
Place of origin- France
Peri...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Empire Style Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Lampshade diameter 17 inches. Relatively modern nice quality in the French empire style.
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Late 20th Century European Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Empire Figural Parcel Gilt Bronze Three Light Candelabrum
Located in Montreal, QC
Crisply modelled as a standing godess, supporting ebonised and gilt arms, her slender body clad in a clinging toga with gilt tassels , arm bands, and sandals. She stands on an elabo...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of French Empire Bronze and Faux Marble Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Empire bronze and faux marble paint on wood bases. Each have two light. Base paint probably later enhanced.
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair Empire Faux Malachite Table Lamps Gilt Lights
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous pair of French Empire style table lamps
Very distinctive look with the faux malachite bases and columns
These have been crafted from porcelain then skillfully painted to ac...
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1980s Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Malachite
Pair of French Tole Table Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A unique pair of 19th century French tole oil lamps from the end of the Empire period, decorated in yellow painted finish with transferred lithograph scenes of country life, electrif...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Tin
Chapman Style Black Marble & Brass Empire Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A table lamp with a brass column and a stacked black marble and brass base. It is complimented with a slick textured black shade with thin silver trim and a gold interior. It has two...
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1970s North American Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp with Tole Lampshade
Located in Fairfax, VA
French 1920's bronze bouillotte table lamp with hand painted tole shade.
Professionally rewired. 100 watts max each light.
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1920s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
A Pair Of Gilt Brass French Bouliotte Style Candle Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of Mid 20th century Gilt Brass Bouliotte style table lamps with new grey fabric shades. The circular plinth base with reeded stem supporting two tall candle style arms. Circul...
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1950s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Table lamp, Koi fish, hand carved and painted wood, mid-1900s.
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare early 1900s hand carved and painted table lamp in the shape of koi fish. Sweden, empire-style. A beautiful, decorative interior gem.
Shade not included. Re-wired. Smaller sign...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Empire Style Table Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
This lamp, circa 1920, is styled in the French Empire fashion, which draws inspiration from ancient Greek and Roman designs and was popularized during the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte....
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Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Pair of French Empire Lampea A. Moderateur Steel & Brass Column Lamps, 1830s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French Empire Lampea A. Moderateur Steel & Brass Column Lamps
France, circa 1830s
A stunning pair of French Empire Lampea A. Moderateur Steel and Brass Column Lamps from the 1830s. Each lamp stands 26.5 inches high to the top of the socket and 23 inches high to the top of the column, with a diameter of 5.75 inches. These lamps feature a sleek and tailored design, embodying the elegance of the French Empire style.
The lamps are fitted with beautifully patinated brass mounts, complementing the equally muted patina on the steel columns. The makers' plate on each lamp is inscribed with "Lampe à...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique Empire Revival Black Bronze Figural Candelabra Table Lamps - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Empire Revival Tall Black and Bronze Figural Candelabra Table Lamps - Pair
This stunning pair of tall candelabra desk lamps is decorated...
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Early 20th Century American Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French Table Lamps Napoleonic Empire Lamps Black and Gold a Pair
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Vintage classic French gold and black Empire Bouillotte style table lamps
Style: Napoleonic, Empire, Regency, Neoclassical, Louis XVI, Antique, Vintage, classic table lamps.
Design: ...
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20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair French Empire Ormolu & Patinated Bronze Fluted Column Lamps, Signed, 1830s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair French Empire Ormolu & Patinated Bronze Fluted Column Lamps, Signed, Dombrowski Fabricant Rue St. Honoré 343 a Paris, Circa 1830s
A magnificent pair of French Empire Ormolu and...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A pair of French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu candlestick lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most elegant pair of French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu candlestick lamps. Each wonderful candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised and supported on a circular s...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
French 1920's Bronze Bouillotte Desk Lamps
Located in Fairfax, VA
Crafted in France in 1920's double arm bronze desk /table lamp with black lacquered shade.
Professionally rewired.
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1920s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair of table Lamps in Brass Gold Color Silk original Shades France 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Pair of table Lamps in Brass Gold Color Silk original Shades France 19th
US PLUG ADAPTATOR WILL BE FURNISHED FOR FREE TO THE US BUYERS
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Empire Table Lamps Gilt Bronze Corinthian Column E.F. Caldwell Vintage - a Pair
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Empire Napoleonic Style Table Lamps - pair
Patinated and Gilt Bronze and brass Corinthian Column Lamps
Vintage made in the manner of E.F. Caldwell
Origin France 1970 -1979, Light bulb E27, black cord contains a on - off switch
The lampshades are made of linen fabric
Style Neoclassical - Napoleonic, Empire, classic table lamps
Condition: both lamps & shades are in a good condition, minor signs of wear.
The lamps are US compatible, adapter for plug required
Measures: Height 70 cm - 27.5 inches
Width 30cm - 12 inches.
Create the right ambience, good well positioned lighting can make a room!
All our lamps are fully working condition, however, we are shipping from Europe and for all our lamps or chandeliers we always recommend to have it checked by an electrician before use.
Empire is an early 19th century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts and visual arts.
It represents the 2nd phase of neoclassicism.
Popular between 1800 and 1815, the period of the Consulate and the First French Empire...
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1970s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
French Empire Petite Table Lamp
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite French table lamp made in the Empire period. This impressive fixture has a cast bronze female caryatid form lifted on a stylized pedestal of gilt bronze ormolu and yellow ma...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Empire style table or bedside lamp
Located in STRAČOV, CZ
A beautiful Empire style lamp with three arms carrying bulbs. Fabric lampshade finished with a decorative port and in the lower part a decorative port with fringes. The lamp is made of brass. The lamp is for three classic candle bulbs with an E14 socket up to 40W - normal, halogen and LED bulbs are suitable. Condition: fully functional, completely new wiring, new sockets and new pods, new old-style power...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
French Empire Style Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Empire style bouillotte table lamp with decorative three-light cast brass candleholders and adjustable height red tôle shade. New candle covers. Wired and in working order. ...
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Mid-20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Tôle
Frederick Cooper hand painted porcelain table lamp
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a vintage Frederick Cooper hand painted porcelain table lamp. This Frederick Cooper lamp is handpainted in the Empire style with tones of dark cobalt blue, gold and green. Th...
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1990s American Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Charming Bronze Empire Table Lamp, 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Bronze Table Lamp from Empire period. Originally an Empire Candlestick from the 1820s
A charming bronze Empire table lamp, reworked from a candles...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Painted Toleware and Brass Desk Lamp A lovely piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French Painted Toleware and Brass Desk Lamp
A lovely piece, adapted from an original oil lamp, the lamp has a single brass sconce and opposite we can see the secretary bird both set...
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19th Century Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Antique French Silver Bouillotte Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of table lamps from France, silver plated on copper. Each lamp has two candelabra arms. The original dark forest green shades are adjustable. They have been newly wired to fit U...
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1920s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair 19th Century French Empire Ormolu Patinated Bronze Candelabra Lamps.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair 19th Century French Empire Ormolu Patinated Bronze Candelabra Lamps.
Pair of elegant antique French Empire bronze four light candelabras converted to table lamps. The outstandi...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Antique Bouillotte Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of table lamps from France made of finely cast bronze, gilded, each featuring three arms. The original red colored shades are adjustable. They have been newly wired to fit US st...
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1920s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French Napoleonic Table Lamps Tripod Base Lion Paws Empire Lamps a Pair
By Chapman Manufacturing Company, Stiffel, Frederick Cooper, Edward F. Caldwell & Co., Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Vintage French Empire Table Lamps
Style: Vintage Antique, Empire, Napoleonic, Traditional, Classic, Baroque,
Design: Traditional Napoleonic Column lamps in the manner of Chapman, He...
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1970s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Elegant Empire Style Gilt & Patinated Bronze Figural Table Lamp
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Ornate and elegant Empire style table lamp having patinated bronze figural goddess form with marblized base.
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1920s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early Blue Hand Painted Toleware Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
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1930s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Sheet Metal
Noble 20th Century in Empire Style Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved and antique silvered. Columns as holder for four sweeping candelabra arms.
(T-Ra-11).
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20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Elegant pair of Empire Table Lamps, originally candlesticks from the 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant pair of Empire Table Lamps in silver-plated bronze. Originally a pair of Empire candlesticks from the 1820s, converted to table lamps in the early 20th Century.
Newly rewire...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Carrara marble and Gilt Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Empire period Carrara marble and gilt bronze candlestick lamps.
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19th Century Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Beautiful Antique Old Paris Porcelain Pink Table Lamp Base. France 19th century.
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful antique Old Paris porcelain table lamp base
Hand decorated with a soft pink background and in the middle a panel with hand-painted scene of people dancing and playing mus...
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1850s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Empire Style Pair Of Italian Bronze And Brass Column Table Lamps
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Exce...
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Late 20th Century Italian Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Toleware Converted Oil Lamp, Circa 1875
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Painted Toleware Converted Oil Lamp, France
Charming French Tole Lamp on a frosted lucite base. Wonderful patina on this vintage piece. Certainly a statement piece in any home libr...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
French Empire Carved Marble Table Lamp
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French Empire carved marble and brass table lamp. This marble lamp is shaped like an urn with gold gilt brass trim and paw feet with a complimentary new linen drum shade. Recently ...
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20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Marvelous MARBRO Mid Century Polished Brass Table Lamp! Huge Showpiece Lighting
Located in Peoria, AZ
SENSATIONAL!
MID CENTURY
MONUMENTAL
BRASS MARBRO LAMP!
MID CENTURY DECORATION ICON!
DUAL PULL STRING SOCKETS!
POLISHED BRASS
ORIGINAL SHADE & BRASS FINIAL
DIMENSIONS: 40" x 21"
In the forties and fifties, decorators would choose the most impressive lamp they could obtain and place it in a home's "picture window" so that all passerby and visitors could glimpse just how well the occupants lived!
Picture windows started disappearing in the late sixties, but demand for monumental lighting...
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Mid-20th Century American Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Gold
Table lamp, early 20th century, Empire style, bronze and onyx
Located in Monza, IT
Table lamp, early 20th century, Empire style, bronze and onyx
Elegant table lamp made of onyx and bronze decorations, Empire style.
The object has a base so well made that it is aest...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
French Bouillotte Lamps Napoleonic Empire Green Gold Gilded Vintage Table Lamps
By Frederick Cooper, Edward F. Caldwell & Co., Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Stiffel, Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Vintage classic French green and gold gilded bronze Bouillotte style table lamps
Style: Napoleonic, Empire, Regency, Neoclassical, Louis XVI, Antique, Vintage, classic table lamps.
D...
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20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very stylish 19th century Empire style 'Bouillotte' table lamp in gilt bronze, lit by three curvaceous 'swans head' arms and topped with a green lacquered metal (tole) shade adorne...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair Vintage Roman Column Form Green Marble and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of vintage Empire style table lamps of Roman column form, finely crafted from variegated green marble with brass mounts including Corinthian style capitals and square stepped ba...
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20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
pair of French 19th century Empire st. Glass and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and wonderfully detailed pair of French 19th century Empire st. Glass and Ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square lattice cut column with an Ormolu plinth and capita...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Bronze Dore Two-Light Candelabra Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a desk or library with this elegant antique three-arm candelabra converted into a table lamp. Created in France, circa 1860, the fixture sits on a triangle base embellished ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Elegant Empire Table Lamps in Bronze. Early 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Pair of Elegant Empire Table Lamps in bronze, early 19th Century France, originally candlesticks.
Includes new black lacquer lampshade with gold details, giving the lamp a warm and ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Empire Brass and Giltwood Lamp
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Single lamp, nice elegant lines. Made in the 19th Century.
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19th Century Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Maitland Smith French Empire Figural Phoenix Bouillotte Candlestick Table Lamp
Located in Dayton, OH
Monumental late 20th century Maitland Smith Empire style Bouillote / Budoir lamp. Made from brass with a pierced and paw footed base over an acanthus wrapped column leading to a figural winged Phoenix / Griffon candlestick...
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Late 20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Empire Style Lamps
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful Empire style lamps. Cut glass or pressed glass oil reservoirs with flame tops and key detail. 3 portraits adorn the top of the highly ornate bases. Heavy.
Curbside to NYC/P...
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20th Century Unknown Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of English Adam Silver Plated Empire Column Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Please note lamp shades NOT included.
Pair of Antique silver plated table lamps. Originally oil lamps converted to electric/plug in.
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Early 20th Century English Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Bronze Table Lamp by Danish Sculptor TH Stein Denmark 1850’s
Located in Valby, 84
Artist made Bronze lamp attributed Danish Sculptor TH Stein and is made in the 1850’s.
The lamp has clear references to both Pompeii and Herculanum.
The lamp is made in solid bronze ...
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1850s Danish Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Spelter Table Lamp In Empire Style. French C.1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful spelter table lamp
Amazing old bronze patina
The lamp has been re-wired.
Shade not included
The measurement relates to the lamp base not including shade
Free UK shipp...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Spelter
Empire table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Empire table lamps for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, 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, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Empire table lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original table lamps, popular names associated with this style include Alexandre Vossion, Gherardo Degli Albizzi, The Marbro Lamp Company, and Chapman Manufacturing Company. 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 $194 and tops out at $117,686 while the average work can sell for $2,769.