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Neoclassical Table Lamps

NEOCLASSICAL STYLE

Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.

Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.

The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.

Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.

Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. 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.

As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.

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Style: Neoclassical
Pair of French 19th Century Bronze Putti Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular Pair of 19th century French Gilt Bronze Putti candelabra lamps. Original marble socle bases. True pair A left side and A right sided...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Antique French Empire Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique French Empire red porcelain and ormolu-mounted lamps, attributed to Sèvres. The porcelain bases of the lamps are decorated with ovals depicting bouquets of hand paint...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of English Style Brass and Tooled Leather Bound Book Form Table Lamps
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable quality pair of vintage brass and tooled leather bound book form table lamps. Each lamp features decorative brass foliate detailing with real leather book form bodies. 4 different color leather book forms feature some of the most classic literature...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Brass

19th Century Classical Continental Bronze Kneeling Females made into Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Classical bronze seated females on a marble base holding gilt bronze made into lamps wired and shaded.
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

Neoclassical hand carved Alabaster Urn Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautifully carved and finely detailed alabaster urn shaped lamp. Newly re-wired.
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Early 20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Alabaster

French Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Handsome French neoclassical gilt bronze table lamp finely cast with acanthus leaf decoration and ebonized details. Newly rewired.
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of gilt brass and bronze bottle-shaped lamps, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of gilt brass and bronze bottle-shaped lamps with Etruscan style handles, standing on a Chinese style circular openwork base. The belly is decorated with a discreet fluted friez...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Ormolu, Sheet Metal

Large Gilt Tole Neoclassical Lamp with Custom Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large gilt tole neoclassical lamp with custom shade.
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1940s American Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Linen

A Pair of Continental Baltic Neo-classic style Rock Crystal
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Continental Baltic Neo-classic (20th Cent) style rock crystal obelisk form table lamps having a downward tapering square column
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20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Rock Crystal

Pair of French Cast-Iron Urn Lamps
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of French, 19th century cast-iron urns in the neoclassical manner, newly-mounted as lamps, with cast-iron finials, and new paper shades. The overall height to the top of the fin...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Steel

19th C Patinated Bronze French Bust of Trojan War Greek General Ajax Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stately Patinated Bronze French Table Lamp depicting the famous Greek war general Ajax with some of the finest and most detailed castings I have ever come ac...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze, Metal

Silver Plate Neoclassical Table Lamp Attributed to E. F. Caldwell, Circa 1910s
Located in New York, NY
ATL1848 A neoclassical style foliate detailed table lamp in its original age-worn silverplate over copper finish, attributed to the New York maker E. F. Caldwell Co. Dimensions: Ov...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Silver Plate, Brass, Copper

Vintage Spanish Silver Plated "Corinthian Column" Table Lamp
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A very elegant table lamp comprised of ebonized wood, with a square base and highly detailed casting of a Corinthian style column capital.
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1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Silver Plate

Pair Gilt Bronze Figural Table Lamps
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of large belle Époque bronze doré three graces figural candelabras mounted as lamps, the gilt bronze bases modeled as the three graces, supporting a tazza, all supported by a ro...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Bronze Neoclassical Candlestick Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 20th Century English candlestick lamp of bronze in a neoclassical style ornamented with rams heads, napolean butting, swags, bellflower...
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

French 19th Century Finial Lamp with Letter Shade
Located in Pembroke, MA
Painted and gilded wood finial that has been electrified to be a lamp. The shade is composed of original French 19th century written letters, making a very elegant and unusual piece.
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Wood

Pair of Silver Plated Tri-form Griffin Lamps
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of mid-19th century nickel electroplated candle holders which had previously been converted to electric lamps during the first half of the 20th century (probably the early 1930...
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19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Nickel

Antique Brass and Tole Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique brass and tole table lamp, made in England and dating from around the 1920’s. It is of superb quality, with fine and intricate d...
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1920s British Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Pair of Italian Neo-classic Marble Column Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Neo-classic Carrera marble column lamps. Column Height: 19"
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble

Classical Style Crystal Stem & Base Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Classical style pair of table lamps with crystal stem and bases, with fabric shades. Dealer: S138XX
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20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Crystal

Pair of Neoclassical Bronze and Ormolu Tabletop Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of neoclassical bronze column tabletop lamps. Each lamp has a central reeded column in patinated bronze with elaborately cast gilt bronze ormolu capital and base, raised on a ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of Italian Alabaster Column Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
These stunning and elegant lamps are made of high-quality alabaster, with a simple columnar design that is decorated with delicate reeded grooves capped with an ionic capital. The co...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Alabaster, Brass

XXTh Century silvered bronze lamps Italian manifacture
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant pair of table lamps with amphora-shaped crystal vase base with finishes, silver-plated bronze pedestal and pleated silk hats. Italian manufacture, early 20th century.
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20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Carved Wood Candlestick Table Lamps with Fortuny Lampshades
Located in Venezia, IT
This is an absolutely fabulous pair of Italian carved wood candlesticks converted to table lamps, early 19th century, painted with ivory lacquer and finished with original gold leaf gilding. Each candlestick stands on a tripod base ending with scrolled feet, with gilt ornament to the centre panel and gilt decorations to the upper stem; it's the usual pattern with only one side decorated, wired and in perfect working condition. The lampshades are new handmade using Fortuny fabric, Caravaggio pattern, in deep burgundy & gold color, finished with gold trim. (Custom orders are welcome: feel free to convo with me to customize your lampshade) Measurements: Candlestick lamp base: H 14" (36 cm) x W 5" (13 cm) x 4.5" Deep (12 cm) Fortuny lampshade...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Wood, Fabric

Pair of French Iron Neo-Classical Double Handle Urn Lamps on Marble Bases
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French Iron Neo-Classical Double Handle Urn lamps on marble bases made in the turn of the 20th Century. Lamp Shades are not included.
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Marble, Iron

Dog Table Lamp Levrier with Owner Late 19th Century Spelter French FREE SHIP
Located in Mimizan, FR
Table lamp dog Levrier with owner late 19th century French Spelter Dog looking for Hares Has been converted very well to a Table Lamp This can be re-wired to US standards or EU and U...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Spelter

Pair of French Neoclassical Toile Decoupage & Wood Column Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French neoclassical toile decoupage & wood column lamps France, circa 1960s Each one of a stained hardwood cylinder column form with a parchment colored Toile vignettes of...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of Bronzed Fluted Ionic Column Lamps 20th Century. Shades not included.
Located in New York, NY
Handsome pair of bronzed fluted ionic column lamps 20th century. Shades not Included.
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Late 20th Century English Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Metal

1950-1970 Pair of Reed Lamps in Brass and Gilt Bronze Signed Charles
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of lamps signed Charles made in France, gilded bronze and brass structure, can be adjusted to 5 cm higher height, 3 bulbs with large base, good condition, circa 1970 Measures: ...
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1960s French Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair of English Cut-Glass Column Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of English cut-glass column lamps with bronzed bases and fittings. Newly electrified with brown silk cords. Price here for a pair.
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1960s English Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Cut Glass

Pair of Neoclassical Style White Porcelain Urns, Wired as Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century Continental Neoclassical style white porcelain urns, wired as lamps with two (2) light sockets.
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Porcelain

French Table Lamp
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
French table lamp Origin France Circa 1930 Bronze, marble and glass Golden patina Electrified 220 W Perfect condition kids round design.
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1930s French Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of Italian Dark Verde Fluted Wood Column Lamps on Lucite, 18th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian dark verde fluted wood column lamps with hints of dark blue and gilt highlights between the flutes on front half of the columns on Lucite Bases. There are six lamps available...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Lucite, Wood

Pair of Ormolu Mounted Rock Crystal Columnar Lamps
Located in Cypress, CA
Exceptional large pair of ormolu mounted hand carved rock crystal columnar table lamps with rock crystal finials. The pair comes with hand gold leafed round shades diameter 18" Roc...
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Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Rock Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of French Neoclassical Haut-Relief Decorated Patinated Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
These superior French neoclassical bronze table lamps likely date to the late 19th century and are designed in the Greco-Roman tradition featuring in haut-relief figures of women pla...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

Maison Charles Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
Maison Charles bronze table lamp, 2 patina bronze. Model "Lotus “, original tole and bronze shade 3 light, 80 watts max bulb.
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1960s French Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

Maison Charles Style Pine Cone Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
Superb lamp in the style of Maison Charles. 1 light, 100 watt max bulb. US rewired and in working condition.  Measures: Shade: 15" diameter, 12" height, base 5" * 5".
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1960s French Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Brass

Neoclassical Style Silvered Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
A very fine bronze table lamp in the neoclassical style with a silver finish. The square base with four ball and claw feet, holding a handsome turned shaft with hammered decoration. ...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze

1950-1970 Pair of Golden Wood Lamps with Sheaf of Wheat
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of lamps in gilded wood with ears of corn, Condition of use , circa on 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Wood

1910 French Pair of Neoclassical Style White Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
French made, circa 1910. Pair of white porcelain column table lamps presented in a neoclassical style. This can be seen at our 400 Gilligan St location in Scranton, PA.
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1910s French Vintage Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Porcelain

Pair of Argand Oil Lamps Later Fitted for Electricity
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of neoclassical green patinated metal and gilt bronze Argand lamps, the reservoir decorated with gilt bronze masks joined by floral swags, over lion bordered columns on stepped ...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Bronze, Metal

Pair of Italian Gilt Carved & Tole Pricket Lamps. Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian painted and gilt carved wood tole prickets with urn & floral motif resting on squared plinths. Prickets have been electrified . Mid 19th Century
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1840s Italian Antique Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Tin

Neoclassical table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical 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, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical 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 Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Chapman Manufacturing Company, Maison Charles et Fils, and Frederick Cooper. 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 $140 and tops out at $70,564 while the average work can sell for $2,188.

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