Visual Comfort French Bouillotte Brass 4 Arm Candelabra Table Lamp Tole Shade
By Visual Comfort
Located in Dayton, OH
Large and Impressive late 20th century French inspired Bouillotte lamp by Visual Comfort. Features a four arm candelabra over baluster support and square footed base. The lamp featur...
Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Gilt Brass Converted 4 Arm Candelabra Table Lamp Light
Located in Dayton, OH
An elegant French Louis XVI Converted Candelabra Lamp. Features a gilt brass finish with classical motifs over a footed base on a black marble plinth. Arms are scrolled with acanthus...
Marble, Brass
1940s 4-Arm Brass and Crystal Pendants Mounted Lustre Candelabras
Located in Germantown, MD
A exquisite 4-arm Solid Brass and various green and crystal clear Crystal pendants Mounted Lustre Candelabra.
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Large Scale French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality true pair of large scale French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candelabra lamps. Each seven arm candelabra is raised by a beautiful wonderfull...
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Rouge marble candelabra lamps attributed to Barbedienne and after a model by John Flaxman. Each seven arm lamp is rais...
Marble, Ormolu
Greta Magnusson Grossman 'Cobra' Table Lamp in Black
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Executed in metal with brass accents and a semi-matte black finish. The 'Cobra' Table Lamp is a classic and yet unique lamp that with its tubular flexible arm can be bent in all dire...
Aluminum, Steel
Hollywood Regency Monumental Candelabra Lamp in Brass and Cream Lacquer
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Statement-making Monumental Lamp with 4-Arm Candelabra attributed to Tommi Parzinger. Original shade includes beautiful gold appliqué roses and exquisite embroidered edges. Graceful ...
Brass
Unavailable
H 39.5 in W 6.75 in D 6.75 in
Pair of Large Regency Seven-Light Candelabra Lamps, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large Regency period finely cast ormolu and patinated bronze seven-light columnar candelabra, having six scrolled cast bronze arms centering a single upright arm all with orm...
Bronze
Sold
H 31.5 in W 12 in D 5.5 in
Antique French Tole Metal & Wood Table Lamp / Candelabra W/ Red Birds - 4 Arm
Located in Kennesaw, GA
Happy Holidays! Where did the year go? This is an antique French tole table lamp. The ebonized urn base is carved wood, and the branches and leaves are metal. There are four arms wit...
Metal
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H 20.25 in W 8.75 in D 10 in
2 Antique Baroque 4 Arm Candelabras Candle Holders Converted Lamps 20"
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of antique bronze baroque style four arm candelabras, mounted on black painted metal bases and partially converted for electrics. Dimensions: 10" x 8.75" x 20.25" (Width x Dept...
Metal, Bronze
Sold
H 35.5 in W 11 in D 11 in
Visual Comfort French Bouillotte Brass 4 Arm Candelabra Table Lamp Tole Shade
By Visual Comfort
Located in Dayton, OH
Large and Impressive late 20th century French inspired Bouillotte lamp by Visual Comfort. Features a four arm candelabra over hexagonal support and circular base. The lamp features a...
Brass
Pair of Limed Oak 4-Arm Candelabra Lamps
Located in New Preston, CT
Handcrafted four-arm candelabra lamps in limed oak with burlap shades.
Twin Arm Task Lamp, Multiple Finishes
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Twin-Arm Task Lamp in Hand-Rubbed Antique Brass and Dark Walnut Base with Natural Paper Shade Height: 17" Width: 23" Base: 5½" x 8¾" Oval Available Finishes: antique brass, pol...
Pair of Louis XV Style Candelabras now as Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Louis XV Style Bronze Doré 4 Light Candelabras now as Lamps with pleated silk shades. Beautifully sculptured with vines & leaves, & note the twist of the center candle bearin...
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
$95,950 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Chrysanthemum Tiffany Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 255 pcs Fitted Chest
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Chrysanthemum (c1880) originally called Indian Chrysanthemum .Tiffany's luxurious Chrysanthemum silver was designed in 1880 by Charles Grosjean. With its flowing curves, swirling ve...
Sterling Silver
$74,975 / set
H 1 in Dm 10.8 in
Set of 12 Exquisite "Gilded Age" Sterling Silver Tiffany Charger Plates
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite set of 12 "Gilded Age" Sterling Silver Tiffany Charges was realized in America in 1905. Each plate has heavily detailed boarders featuring a Kylix cup amid scrolling s...
Sterling Silver
$58,181
H 17.33 in W 22.05 in
Macbeth and the Three Witches a Painting on Panel by Francesco Zuccarelli
By Francesco Zuccarelli
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting, created during Zuccarelli's stay in England, represents the decisive moment when Macbeth, together with Banquo, meets the three witches who announce that he will be Ki...
Oil, Wood Panel
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
$976,800
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Tiffany & Co., Paulding Farnham.
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum...
Sterling Silver
Exceptional 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted English Partners Desk
By Cope and Collinson
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptional and Unusual 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted English Partners Desk Made for the French Market The rectangular top with gilt-tooled leather writing-sur...
Bronze, Ormolu
1987 Vintage Frederick Cooper Brass 2 Light French Bouillotte Table Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Dayton, OH
1987 Tall Frederick Cooper two light French bouillotte table lamp in brass with black accents and marble tipped finial. Measures: 7” x 30” / Shade - 16.25” x 7” (Diameter x Height).
Brass
Pair of French gilt bronze table candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of French gilt bronze table candelabra French, 19th Century Height 75cm, diameter 35cm The fine gilt bronze candelabra in this pair are crafted in the eclectic style that preva...
Ormolu
$97,500 / set
H 124 in W 62 in D 3 in
Pair of Large and Great Quality Late 19th Century Hand-Carved Giltwood Mirrors
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Pair of Large And Great Quality Late 19th Century Hand Carved Giltwood Mirrors The tops shaped as a large shell, with floral designs and intercrossed weaves. The sides and bottom...
Wood, Mirror
$125,000
H 34 in W 60 in D 26 in
Palatial Louis XV Style 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Chinoiserie Commode
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary fine and Palatial French Louis XV style 19th century ebonized lacquered Chinoiserie style and finely chased gilt bronze-mounted two drawer Serpentine commode with ma...
Marble, Bronze
$161,360Sale Price|20% Off
H 86 in W 33 in D 33 in
Cristalleries De Baccarat, a Large French Cut-Crystal Tsarine Torchere
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Cristalleries De Baccarat, A Large French Cut-Crystal Twenty-Four Light Tsarine Torcheres, Standing Floor Chandelier. "A Magnificent Chandelier" Each central stem issuing twent...
Crystal
$164,665
H 125.99 in W 95.28 in D 4.73 in
Large William IV period English gilt wood over-mantle mirror after Chippendale
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
This exceptional over-mantle mirror has a prestigious provenance, having been in the collection of a renowned English aristocratic family. The work is surmounted by a spread eagle be...
Mirror, Giltwood
$224,500
H 104.5 in W 69.75 in D 24 in
Flemish Early 19th Century Rosewood, Mahogany, Ebony, & Ormolu Specimen Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and large scale Flemish early 19th century Rosewood, Mahogany, Ebony, ivory, Tortoiseshell and ormolu specimen cabinet. The fifteen drawer one door cabinet is raised by...
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Mahogany, Rosewood
$1,029,160
H 33.47 in W 44.49 in D 24.81 in
Russian Malachite and Silver Table by Imperial Silversmiths the Grachev Brothers
By Grachev Brothers
Located in London, GB
Russian malachite and silver table by Imperial silversmiths the Grachev Brothers Russian, 1884 Measures: Height 85cm, width 113cm, depth 63cm This beautiful silver table was man...
Malachite, Silver
$240,266
H 115.5 in W 62 in D 10 in
19th Century George III Style Carved Mirror after a design by Thomas Johnson
By Thomas Johnson, London 1
Located in London, GB
A George III style carved giltwood mirror After a design by Thomas Johnson Of grandiose proportions, the central oval glass plate built up in a concentric arrangement of mercury ...
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
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The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.