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.
Style: Empire
Color: Gold
Large Pair of French Empire Period Candelabra, Attributed to Claude Galle
By Claude Galle
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent large pair of five-light doré bronze and patinated bronze Empire period candelabra, attributed to Claude Galle made in the early 1800s. This pair of candelabra are set ...
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Empire Style French Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved and silvered. Three stylized horn-formed rolling candlesticks.
(T-Mr-14-Bas).
Category
20th Century 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
19th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp
Located in IT
19th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp
This elegant table lamp model buillotte was made in France in the early nineteenth century, classic taste with decorative elements Em...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Empire Candelabra of Ormolu and Patinated Bronze and Marble
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of late 19th century Empire bronze and ormolu candelabra.
- Caryatid herm female figures on marble block plinths.
- Three ormolu candle arms/cups
- Well modeled.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Four Sweeping Arms Candlestick/Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental candelabra in Empire style.
Bronze, finely engraved and silvered. Chanelled columns with black patination, as holder for four sweeping candelabra arms.
(T-Ra-14).
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th century French Empire Bronze Candlestick Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of late 19th century French empire candlesticks with three lights converted into table lamps
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Porcelain and Brass Table Lamp with Gold Lion Horse Design, Small
By Luc Lanel
Located in New York, NY
A small French porcelain table lamp with brass base, in the Empire style, circa early-20th century, France. This small French porcelain lamp, ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Gold, Brass
Pair of Empire Style Seven-Light Candelabra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Empire Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble Seven-Light Candelabra.
These palatial sized candelabra date to the First Empire period. As becoming of ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Scarce French Empire Period Opaline Glass Brass Candlestick Table Lamp Pair
Located in Forney, TX
Elegant sophistication at its finest, we present this exceptionally rare pair of early 19th century fine quality French Empire Period candlestick lamps.
The original antique table lamps complete, with clear and frosted glass lotus hurricane shades, patinated gilt bronze leaf decorative accents, inner spring-loaded brass column candle tubes, within white opaline glass stems, resting on beautifully patinated brass and iron circular base. circa 1810; France
PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION
Property from the Collection of Pat and Michael York
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Iron
French Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant three light circle 1900 bouillotte table lamp with adjustable shade.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Gilt Bronze Empire Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Gilt bronze double swan arms bouillotte desk/table lamp with ovel red shade.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Silvered Bronze French Empire style Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine example of a French Empire bouillotte lamp made of silvered bronze. The circular base supports four decorative candle arms with nozzles; ...
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Early 20th Century English Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Urn Form Lamp Base
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This detailed bronze urn form lamp features gilt bronze highlights including lepard head handles, and acanthus leaves.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Candelabra By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This Empire style gilt and burnished bronze candelabra by Gherardo Degli Albizzi, with its marble base, resume the great taste of Napoleon period decoration. Base is characterized by...
Category
2010s Italian Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble, Bronze
French Empire Style Table Lamp of Bronze and Flame Shaped Frosted Glass
Located in Barntrup, DE
This beautiful Empire-style table lamp on a bronze plinth with a central pine cone rises on three legs with paw feet topped by three bronze sphinx torsos, supporting the dark green t...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Empire Period Bronze Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An elegant French Empire bronze and marble table lamp, circa 1820 in date.
The candlestick later converted into a lamp features an ancanthus capital, a fluted tapering column on c...
Category
1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair Empire Style Cut Glass and Gilt Bronze Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of very fine quality Empire style Cut Glass and Gilt Bronze Table Lamps. 16 inch height to top of sockets.
Category
Early 20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Gilt Bronze and Griffon Bouillotte Lamp with Tole Shade, C. 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
French Empire gilt bronze bouillotte lamp with three scrolled arms, interior griffon heads, telescopic tole shade with pineapple and feather finial, and resting on the original circu...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Tôle, Tin, Wire
Pair of Silvered-Bronze and Cut-Glass Urn Lamp Bases, French Empire Style
Located in London, GB
A pair of silvered-bronze and cut-glass urn lamp bases in the French Empire style
American, 20th century
Measures: Height 55cm, width 22cm, depth 18cm
These fine lamp-bases, sha...
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Early 20th Century American Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
A Pair of French Empire Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Winged Victory Lamps
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine pair of late 19thC French Empire style candelabra now wired into lamps. The very well cast and patinated winged Victory or Nike s...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Late Empire Ormolu and Patented Bronze Figural Candelabra Lamps, C. 1815
By Louis Isidore Choiselat 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of period Empire figural candelabrum. Each modeled as a winged figure of Victory, of patented bronze, with both arms supporting a floral wreath, and three horns-of-plenty, of or...
Category
1810s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Empire Parcel-Gilt-Bronze Candelabra Lamps
Located in London, GB
Antique French Empire bronze candelabra table lamp with paw feet neoclassical 32.5 inches tall (these lamps have been newly rewired).
Category
1880s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Bronze Figure-Formed Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Finely engraved and silvered bronze. Full plasticised, masculine historical Egyptian representation.
(T-Mr-20-Bas).
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A great quality 19th century gilt bronze lamp with finely chased neoclassical detailing. Tripod base supports a tapered shaft with decorative mounts, surmounted by a 'petal' form top...
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Neoclassical Bronze Three Candelabras Bouillotte Lamp Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French Empire / neoclassical bronze three candelabras Bouillotte lamp with two Edison sockets and dark forest green tole shade.
Category
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of 19th century gilt and patinated bronze candelabra now as lamps. Figural Baccantes holding torchieres. Empire or Charles X ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Early 20th Century Empire Brass and Bronze Table Lamp and Shade
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An early 20th French Empire style table lamp has a concave tri-form bronze plinth base set atop a slightly larger piece of marble in the same shape. The upper bowl portion is support...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Pair of French 1920s Empire Style Bronze and Opaline Glass Table Lamps, Wired
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Empire style bronze and opaline glass candelabra table lamps from the early 20th century, with scrolling arms and volutes. Created in France during the first quarter...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze & Patinated Bronze Oil Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire gilt bronze & patinated bronze oil lamp.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Bouillotte Lamp, Bee and Laurel Leaf Decoration, Painted Green Tôle Shade
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Bouillotte lamp, Bee and Laurel leaf decorations in gilt, painted green tôle shade.
Empire style. Three arm lamp in the shape of swans with ...
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Mid-20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Empire Style Table Lamp (No Shade). Bronze, Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Empire style lamp (without shade).
Patinated bronze. marble base Table lamp raised on a marble base, has a vase shape with simplified swan head handles, following examples from the ...
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20th Century European Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pr. French Empire Period Patinated & Dore Bronze Candlesticks Turned to Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic pair of French empire period patinated and dore bronze candlesticks mounted as lamps. Each is beautifully cast, hand-chased, and hand-chiseled with the finest quality of burnished and matted dore bronze mounts. The fluted columnar bodies are beautiful with a dark patina which is offset with magnificent rich dore bronze mounts. The bodies are fluted with acanthus leaf dore bronze mounts which terminate at either end. The tops are supported by multiple patinated bronze lions paws. The bases are square with dore bronze medusa...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair French 19th Century Napoleon III Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Urn Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Napoleon III Empire style patinated-bronze and gilt-bronze mounted allegorical covered urn vases lamps in the manner of Pierre-Philippe Thomire (Fr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Gilded Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Montreal, QC
French Empire style gilded bronze bouillotte lamp with 4 arms and a black tole lampe shade.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved and antique silvered. Columns as holder for four sweeping candelabra arms.
(T-Ra-11).
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Bronze “Bouillotte” Lamp with Red Tôle Shade
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Empire style bronze 3-arm “Bouillotte” lamp with red Tôle shade. Classic Empire symbols of the eagle finial and swan necks
Dimensions: 26” H x 15.5” W x 15.5” D
Base diameter 7.25”.
Category
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Sheet Metal
20th Century Empire Style Figure-Formed Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Finely engraved and casted bronze. Full plasticized, feminine historical Egyptian representation.
(T-Mr-21-Bp).
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Fine Quality Pair of Early Empire Ormolu Mounted Cut Crystal Lamps
Located in New York, NY
The fine diamond cut crystal column-form table lamps supported by gilt bronze paw feet.
Date: Early 19th century
Origin: French
Dimension: 36 in x 10 in.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Empire Style Gilded Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Montreal, QC
French Empire style gilded bronze Bouillotte lamp with 3 arms with dark green tole shade.
Category
1930s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Horn-Formed Rolling Candlesticks French Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved and casted, partially silvered. Three stylized, horn-formed rolling candle sticks.
(T-Mr-14-Bp).
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique French Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Classical Empire gilt and patinated bronze lamps depicting beautiful maidens in flowing Grecian garb, balancing fine gilt bronze candle holders on their heads and standing on dark gr...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Slate, Bronze
Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Two-Arm Bouillotte Lamps or Table Lamps, 1815
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Empire gilded bronze finely chiseled Bouillotte lamps with dark green painted tole adjustable shade.
Two E 14 light bulbs.
We can deliver wired for US standard.
Category
19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Bronze Casted Figure-Formed Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Finely engraved and casted Bronze. Full plasticised, masculine historical Egyptian representation.
(T-Mr-20-Bp).
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Candelabra after Pierre Philippe Thomire
Located in Berlin, DE
Princely splendid candelabra after Pierre Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) exceptionally fine engraved and moulded bronze. Fully moulded designed f...
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Lamp in Gilt Bronze, 1950s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Empire style lamp in gilt bronze. Shaft in fluted column shape topped by a decor of acanthus leaves, a brettée frieze around a smooth ring and leaves. It is finished by a decor of pa...
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1950s European Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Lamp in Two Patinas Bronze, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Empire style lamp in two patinas bronze in cassolette shape decorated with gadroons and surrounded with three ram heads finished by hoofs. Cassolette topped by a fluted shaft and fin...
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1880s European Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Robert Abbey Templeton Bronze Trophy Urn Table Lamp Empire Shade Light 7102G
By Robert Abbey
Located in Dayton, OH
Templeton 7102G urn table lamp, way buddha bronze with golden beige cast metal empire shade with matching soutache - Robert Abbey
Measures: 10.5” x 24...
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Late 20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Three Claw-Feet French Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved, silvered. On three claw-feet, several times structured, fluted column-shaft.
(T-Mr-15-Bp).
Category
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Gilt and Burnished Bronze Candelabra By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This Empire style gilt and burnished bronze figural candelabra by Gherardo Degli Albizzi resumes the great taste of Napoleon period decoration. Base is characterized by gilt satin br...
Category
2010s Italian Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Elegant two color bronze with face of god of the wind table lamp with hand pleated lampshade.
Category
1920s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Fine and Rare Empire Period Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in Montreal, QC
Fine and rare Empire period gilt bronze bouillotte table lamp with cherubs and decorated with palms relief and resting on paws feet base.
Category
1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Bronze Silvered Three Claw-Feet French Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved, silvered. On three claw-feet, several times structured, fluted column-shaft.
(T-Mr-15-Bas).
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Table Lamps by Thomire à Paris
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous and highly important pair of empire gilt bronze and rock crystal table lamps. Both are signed on the base Thomire à Paris. Each is meticulou...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
French Empire Regency Neoclassical Bronze Patinated Marble 19th Century Lamp
Located in Roslyn, NY
A fine French Empire Regency neoclassical gilt bronze and patinated 19th century lamp with marble center column.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Antique Second Empire Style Five-Arm Candelabra
Located in Montreal, QC
A large pair of Charles X bronze and marble five-light candelabra now fitted as table lamps. This striking pair combine honey-colored Siena marble and dark crisp scrolling bronze in ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Bronze Swan Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style bronze doré 2 arm bouillotte table lamp with swan form arms beneath a red tole adjustable shade 20th century.
Category
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Style Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Large nine candelabra light French empire bronze table lamp.
Category
1920s French Vintage Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
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.
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