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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
Period: 19th Century
Pair 19th Century Empire Table Lamps
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair of 19th Century Empire table lamps with three brass legs, ormolu eagle busts in relief and Corinthian style capitals. The pair sit on triform bases featuring lion paw feet on si...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Marble, Brass, Ormolu

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

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Ormolu

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

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Bronze

Beautiful pair of Empire Table Lamps, originally candlesticks from the 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful pair of Empire Table Lamps in gilt Bronze. Originally a pair of Empire candlesticks from the 1820s, converted to table lamps in the early 20th Century. Newly rewired elect...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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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

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Bronze

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

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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

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Brass

Bouillotte Lamp Empire Period
Located in BARSAC, FR
Lampe bouillotte en bronze doré finement ciselé à trois bras de lumière figurant des cygnes. Abat-jour en tôle laqué vert orné de frises dorées. Bras de lumière et abat-jour réglab...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

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

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Brass, Bronze

Small Table Lamp From The 19th Century
Located in BARSAC, FR
Charming little bouillotte lamp in gilded and chiseled bronze, with one arm of light and red lacquered sheet metal lampshade. Old work from the beginning of the 19th century, empire...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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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

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Metal

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 ...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Beautiful Antique Old Paris Porcelain Table Lamps Oil Lamps Franc 1880s
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful Antique Old Paris Porcelain Oil Lamps ca 1880s Beautiful antique Old Paris porcelain Lamps These lamps, originally oil lamps, we...
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1880s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Porcelain

French Bouillotte Bronze Three Lights Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A French Empire-style period bouillotte lamp, boasting three bronze lights and an adjustable screen, is complemented by a verdant tole shade in hues of green.
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass, Bronze, Copper

French Empire Style Table or Desk Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
Unusual petite size neoclassical style table or desk lamp, dark green reservoir encircled by bronze band raised on cloven hoof tripod feet over circular marble base. Later converted ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

French Empire Green Painted Table Bouillotte Candlestick Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century Green Painted Library Table Lamp, France Charming French desk lamp with narrow brass center support in between two bases best used for candles, or just left alone for ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze, Metal

Pair of table Lamps in Bronze Gold Color Silk original Shades France 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This pair of table lamps is in the style of Empire. They were created in the 19th Century in France, they are in Bronze and silk for the shades. The color is Gold, it is a pair of ve...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Empire Style Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Fairfax, VA
Pair of 19th century urn shape two color bronze and marble that they have custom made to table lamps and fitted with silk lampshades.
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century directoire bouillotte table lamp. Lamp features original elements and original black tole lampshade with gilt brass leaf applied detailing. Newly rewired with side ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze, Tôle, Brass

Elegant pair of Empire Table Lamps, originally candlesticks from the 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant pair of Empire Table Lamps in Bronze. Originally a pair of Empire candlesticks from the 1820s, converted to table lamps in the early 20th...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

19th century French empire bronze ormolu table lamp
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Tall 19th century french empire bronze ormolu lamp, circa 1860. Here we have a lamp of the finest quality, previously would have been a gas lamp but converted to electricity in the ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

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 20...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Elegant Table Lamp in bronze. Originally an Empire candlestick from the 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Table Lamp in bronze. Originally an Empire candlestick from France made during the 1820s. The middle part in the form of a column. Richly decorated with leaf and period Empir...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

A Rare Brass Bouillotte Triple Branch Table Lamp With Height Adjustable Shade
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Rare Brass Bouillotte Triple Branch Table Lamp With An Adjustable Height Shade. Complete with rare brass accessories such as a candle snuffer and candle wick cutter...
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19th Century British Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Brass

19th Century Empire Style Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
French Empire style Electrified bronze and brown lacquer on bronze oil lamp with three-way socket and fitted with silk lampshade.
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19th Century Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Table Lamp in gilded and dark patinated bronze. Empire 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Table Lamp in gilded and dark patinated bronze. Originally an Empire Candelabra from the 1820s converted into a table lamp in the early 20th Century. The lampshade in black ...
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1820s European Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Table Lamp in gilded and dark patinated bronze with marble base. Empire 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Table Lamp in gilded and dark patinated bronze with a marble base. Empire, made during the 1820s. Originally a empire candlestick converted to a table lamp in the early 20th ...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze

Beautiful tablelamp originally a Empire Candlestick i bronze. From 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful Table Lamp, originally a Empire Candlestick i Bronze from France during the 1820s. Newly rewired electricity New lampshades in black lacquer with gilding on the inside t...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Beautiful pair of Empire Table Lamps originally candlesticks from the 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful pair of Empire Brass Table Lamps originally candlesticks from the 1820s, converted to table lamps in the early 20th Century. Newly,...
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1820s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair of French Louis Philippe Siena Marble and Gilt Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
a pair of fine lamps of Siena marble with gold and silver gilt bronze mounts and supports, France, circa 1830 37" H x 8" diameter base PRICED WITHOUT SHADES (SHADES AVAILABLE SE...
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1830s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Siena Marble, Silver, Bronze

French 19th Century Brass and Onyx Single Lamp
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A 19th century French Empire style single light table lamp with contemporary linen shade. Elegant with neoclassical designs and featuring a tapered onyx shaft ornamented with decorat...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Onyx, Brass

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

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Bronze

Bouillotte French Lamp Gild Bronze 4 lights Flora Motive Empire Style
Located in Sweden, SE
Stylish antique Bouillotte lamp. Square foot with a four candleholders in flora motive candleholders and adjustable fabric shade with fixation bolt in form of an arrow feather. The ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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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.  
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

MID 19th CENTURY EMPIRE BOUILLOTTE LAMP
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant bouillotte desk lamp from the Empire period. The stem is made of bronze and has a green patination, and is decorated with phytomorphic elements (including a pine cone in the ...
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19th Century English Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Winged Victory Empire Figural Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Winged Victory French Empire figural lamp patinated and gilt bronze, column on stepped black veined marble base. 19th century, France MEASUREMENTS; 30.25" H x 16" diameter (shade)...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze

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 Empire Table Lamps

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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
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Empire Bouillotte Lamp
Located in New Haven, CT
This fine French Bouillotte lamp has the highest quality ormolu and an original tôle shade held by swans. The base, which would hold the Bouillotte game pieces is cutout in Athenian...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Gilt bronze Table/Desk Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Fantastic gilt and oxidized 19th century bronze candelabra that has been electrified with double pull chain sockets. Measurement includes the lampshade.
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair 19th Century French Empire Style bronze mounted Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair 19th Century French Empire Style bronze mounted Porcelain Table Lamp with fine gilding and hand-painted floral motifs on white and green ground.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Porcelain

Late 1800 Empire Style Empire-style lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks
Located in Catania, IT
Lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks in empire style from the late 1800s in good condition with small wear and tear caused by years and use. Please review the attached images carefully. The empire style is one of the most appreciated to this day for its invaluable value. It is a current of the nineteenth century: Neoclassicism, of which it is the highest expression. Interested in furniture, architecture, decorative and visual arts, the Empire style characterised each field in a distinctive way; it went beyond the geographical limits of birth to expand much further and enjoy enormous success. First of all, since Napoleon's Empire style is a current of Neoclassicism, the reference to classical art is evident, both in furniture and architecture. This is particularly visible in the choice of shapes and decorations. On the other hand, with the archeological discoveries of Herculaneum and Pompeii there was the discovery of many Greco-Roman objects...
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1890s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Wood, Giltwood

Empire-style lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks from the late 1800s
Located in Catania, IT
Empire-style lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks of the late period of the 800 in good condition with wear and tear caused by the years and use. The empire style was the exaltatio...
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1890s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Giltwood, Wood

Impero style Lacquered and gilded wood candlesticks from the late 1800s
Located in Catania, IT
Candlesticks in lacquered and gilded wood of the final period to the 800 and empire style with wear caused by the years and use. Please view the pictures carefully. The empire style ...
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1890s Italian Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Wood, Giltwood

19th Century, French Empire Onyx & Brass Paw Footed Lamp
Located in Harlingen, TX
A 19th century French Empire (converted) two-light table lamp with shade. Neoclassical design featuring a tapered onyx shaft ornamented with decorative brass mounts supported by a tr...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Onyx, Brass

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.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Billiard, Snooker or Kitchen Island Brass Chandelier, 1850s
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A huge and impressive French Empire brass chandelier for billiard/snooker or kitchen island. Lamp socket: 2 x E27 or E26 ( US) for standard screw bulbs. France, circa 1840 - 1860s....
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Brass

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

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Bronze

French 1870 Pair of Empire Candle Holders Lamps Ormolu with Gray Dotted Granite
Located in Miami, FL
French empire pair of candle holders lamps. Exceptional pair of antique candleholders, created in Paris France during the imperial period of Napoleon III, circa 1870. They was designed with French empire neoclassical patterns, masterfully crafted with parts made up in gilt bronze ormolu and patinated bronze. Mounted in fluted columns pedestals carved from gray dotted Granite, with polished finish. Embellished with garlands and putties mounted in a four square and stepped bases. Weight: Combined of 12 Pounds (5.45 Kilos). Measurements: 15 Height by 4.50 Length by 5.15 Width Inches, (38 x 11.43 x 13.08 Cm). French Empire Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was Emperor of France from 1852 to 1870 under the name of Napoleon III. In a way, the artistic codes of the Napoleon III style, also called Second Empire style, were presented at the Exhibition of 1844, during the reign of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans. The second Empire style, also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts, which uses elements of many different historical styles, and also made innovative use of modern materials, such as iron frameworks and glass skylights. It flourished during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III in France (1852–1870) and had an important influence on architecture and decoration in the rest of Europe and North America. Major examples of the style include the Opéra Garnier (1862–1871) in Paris by Charles Garnier, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Church of Saint Augustine (1860–1871), and the Philadelphia City Hall (1871–1901). The architectural style was closely connected with Haussmann's renovation of Paris carried out during the Second Empire; the new buildings, such as the Opéra, were intended as the focal points of the new boulevards. Comfort was the first priority of Second Empire furniture...
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1870s French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Granite, Bronze, Ormolu

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

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

French Pair Empire Dore Bronze Winged Putti Candelabras
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Wonderful pair of French Napoleon III Empire style gilt doré and patinated bronze neoclassical four-arm candelabra with finely cast decorated detail. Each lamp features a classical w...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

19th Century French Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A late 19th century Louis XV-style Bouillotte table lamp, with original, green, gilt- decorated tole lampshade, above a base of three upturned decorative brass candle arms supported ...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Brass

Antique Empire Bronze Column Table Lamp, Early 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 19th century Empire brass column table lamp Additional information: Materials: Brass Color: Gold Period: early 19th century Styles: Empire Lamp Shade: Not Included ...
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Early 19th Century Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Brass

Austrian Ormolu Mounted Amethyst Glass Campana Urn Lamp, Late 19th C
Located in Harlingen, TX
An antique late 19th century cut amethyst glass lidded campana urn vase from Austria, set atop a marble block and converted into a dual socket table lamp...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Marble, Brass, Bronze, Gold Leaf

French 19th Century Tole Sinumbra Lamp from the Estate of Paul and Bunny Mellon
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine classical carcel lamp would originally have had a burner and glass shade but now is fitted for electricity and will require a tole or cloth shade...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze

French Empire Brass Candlestick Lamp
Located in Canton, MA
Early 19th Century French Empire brass candlestick with ornate pressed patterns. Mounted as a table lamp on a wooden base. A lovely addition to a small desk or a shallow table...
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Early 19th Century Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Brass

French 19th Century Tole Sinumbra or Carcel Lamp from the Estate of Bunny Mellon
Located in Hudson, NY
This very nice carcel lamp now converted to electricity comes from the estate and Paul and Bunny Mellon and formed part of the decorations of their home Oa...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Bronze, Tin

Pr of French Old Paris or Vieux Paris Urns Now Converted into Table Lamps, C1810
Located in valatie, NY
Pr of French Old Paris or Vieux Paris urns now converted into table lamps c1810. Old Paris porcelain or Vieux Paris is very broadly defined as porcelain made by artisans in and aroun...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Table Lamps

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Porcelain

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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