$556Sale Price|20% Off
French Empire Tole Painted Metal Shade Brass Bugle Table Lamp, circa 1950s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This French Empire style brass bugle table lamp, dating from the 1950s, beautifully captures the neoclassical elegance of the period.
Brass
Pair of WWI Military Trench Art Memento Lamps with Bouillotte Style Shades
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Military Copper Bugle Lamp 24.5 -inches high, horn width 6.75-inches wide , 8 inch diameter base, the shade has 13.25 -inch diameter x 7-inch high shade.
Metal, Brass, Copper, Iron
$245Sale Price|30% Off
Vintage Frederick Cooper Brass Trumpet Hunt Bugle Horn Table Lamp 38"
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Frederick Cooper brass instrument table lamp in the shape of a bugle decorated with black tassels, standing on a dark wood base, with a ring shaped finial. 6.5” x 6” x 25.5”...
Brass
Louis XVI Style Lamp in Porcelain and Gilt Bronze, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Baluster shape with a bugle Louis XVI style lamp in anthracite grey porcelain with a gilt wormy decor, in marble imitation.
Bronze
Vintage Brass Looped Hunter's Horn Bugle Made into a Table Lamp by Robert Abbey
By Robert Abbey
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage brass looped hunter's bugle made into a table lamp. handcrafted Robert Abbey table lamp.
Brass
Pair of Antique Bugles Mounted as Lamps SATURDAY SALE
Located in West Palm beach, FL
Pair of antique metal cavalry bugles mounted as lamps (removable). They have been fitted on custom black bases with custom shades.
Brass, Copper
Sold
H 20.87 in W 6.89 in D 6.89 in
Vintage Bugle Lamp, English, Copper, Oak, Military, Bespoke, Table Light
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage bugle lamp. An English, copper and oak military musical instrument, with a bespoke, handcrafted table light fitting and glass shade.
Copper
Bugle Lamp stamped "US Regulation"
Located in Scarsdale, NY
Signed US Army Regulation. This lovingly worn bugle was too good to part with so someone made it into a lamp!
Brass
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 29 in W 13 in D 13 in
French Brass Bouillotte Lamp with Tole Metal Shade, Circa 1940
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This elegant French brass Bouillotte lamp with a tole metal shade, circa 1940, captures the timeless sophistication of traditional French lighting design. Inspired by 18th-century Bo...
Brass
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
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.