Bronze and chunk glass orb lamp
Located in Hudson, NY
This is an early 20th c spun bronze sphere with colored glass orbs on a pewter base. Possibly Austrian. The most interesting and beautiful lamp.
Bronze
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Peter Marsh for Nader Multicolor Dalle De Verre, Chunk Glass Globe Lights
By Peter Marsh
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare and unique multicolor leaded glass globe lights by Peter Marsh for Nader. Beautiful and bright multicolored, dalle de verre, chunk glass squares come together in the shape of an...
Brass
$1,053Sale Price|20% Off
Mid century glass chunks ceiling lamp by RAAK, Netherlands 1960s
By RAAK
Located in ECHT, NL
Each chunk is different so none of these lamps are identical making it unique handcrafted pieces.
Metal
Unavailable
H 17 in W 12.5 in D 10.5 in
Art Nouveau Austrian Jeweled Chunk Glass Table Lamp with Dolphin Motif
Located in Chicago, IL
Lighting from both the base as well as the shade, this is an unusual and beautiful lamp. Highlighting the chunk glass elements two glass eyed dolphins support the shade.
Lead
Table Lamps, Pair of Mid-Century Glass Cut Lamps
Located in Glendale, CA
Beautiful pair of glass cut lamps. Big chunks of glass. The lamps are heavy and well crafted.
Brass, Metal
Gold Vintage Murano Sommerso Lamps
Located in Little Rock, AR
Matched pair of vintage sommerso almond shaped Murano table lamps. A towering chunk of GOLD glass, enveloped by a thick layer of NAVY BLUE glass.
Brass
Bitossi Italian Ceramic Cityscape Lamps
By Guido Gambone
Located in Little Rock, AR
These lamps are big chunks, with four distinct sides that bow out near their center.
Brass
Jugenstil table- or desk lamp
Located in Den Bommel, NL
A very rare (so called) "Chunk Jewel" table- or desk lamp. The lamp is made about 1900 in (or in the neighbourhood of) Berlin.
Brass
Vintage Murano, Three-Tier Lamps in White and Clear
Located in Little Rock, AR
We've plated these on Lucite chunks, giving the lamps a cantilevered look. The lamps measure 22 inches to the socket top.
Brass, Nickel
Pair of Custom-Made Spun Lucite Chunk Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A matched pair of table lamps, custom-made to feature vintage 1960s spun Lucite and plexiglas chunk shades.
Art Nouveau Chunk Jewel Lamp
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Petaluma, CA
This colorful and exotic shade rests upon a base signed by the Pairpoint Company. While we bought this lamp as you see it, as far as we know, Pairpoint did not make shades like this...
Silver Plate
Raak Multi-Colored Glass Chunk Table Lamp
By RAAK
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stained Glass Style Cake Shaped Shade with Chunks of Glass sitting on a Wood Base
Metal
Austrian Bronze and Chunk Jewel Table Lamp
Located in Petaluma, CA
This incredibly colorful lamp is one of the more exotic examples of this style table lamp. The jewels are all hand-cut and light up with very vibrant colors. It was very difficult to...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Austrian Chunk Jewel Table Lamp
Located in Petaluma, CA
For those who are not acquainted with this style of lamp, this one is a real treat. Exotic glass and quality metal work make for a great package. Please note that not only the bottom...
Bronze
Pair of Natural Chunks of Rock Crystal Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Large Natural Chunks of Rock Crystal Lamps with Silvered Bases
Gilt Metal & Chunk Glass Table Lamp, Austria circa 1915
Located in Culver City, CA
Austria circa 1915 Gilt metal table lamp with glass stones embedded into shade. 10"dia x 18.5"h Ref. L4951 $ 4,200
Metal
Antique Arts & Crafts Ebonized Chunk Jewel Lantern Form Lamp C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Arts & Crafts Ebonized Chunk Jewel Lantern Form Table Lamp C1920. 19 3/8" x 6 1/8" x 6 1/8".
Metal
Sold
H 19.5 in W 23 in D 8.5 in
Art Nouveau Austrian Bronzed Metal & Chunk Jeweled Glass Table Lamp, c1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An Art Nouveau Austrian table lamp offers bronzed cast metal urn form base with double s-scroll arms terminating in light shades having chunk jeweled glass insets, wired for US elect...
Metal
Austrian Secessionist Wrought Iron Chunk Jewel Newel Post Lamp, ca 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual Secessionist period colorful glass chunk jewel newel post lamp. Wrought iron with colorful hand cut glass jewels in vibrant colors.
Wrought Iron
Large Austrian Secessionist/Arts &Crafts Chunk Jewel Table Lamp, ca. 1900
Located in Petaluma, CA
We have sold many Austrian table lamps with chunk jewel glass, but this may well be the best we have ever offered.
Bronze
Sold
H 24 in W 19 in D 14.5 in
Rare Austrian Colorful Art Nouveau Bronze and Glass Chunk Jewel Table Lamp
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Austrian colorful Art Nouveau bronze and glass chunk jewel table lamp. Attached on bronze sea monster base with eyes en cabochon.
Bronze
Sold
H 24 in W 18 in D 18 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Wilkinson Slag, Chunk & Jewel Glass Table Lamp Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp by Wilkinson offers leaded slag, chunk and jewel glass shade in geometric form over triple socket cast base having scroll and foliate elements rai...
Metal
Austrian Art Nouveau Cast Bronze & Brass Table Lamp with Chunk Glass Jewels
Located in Astoria, NY
Austrian Art Nouveau period table lamp made in cast bronze and brass repousse, with inserted chunk glass jewels in the shade.
Brass, Bronze
Sold
H 31.5 in Dm 9.5 in
Secessionist Style Wrought Iron and Glass Chunk Jewel Newel Post Lamp, ca 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare and unusual Secessionist period colorful glass chunk jewel newel post lamp. Wrought iron with colorful hand cut glass jewels in vibrant colors.
Wrought Iron
Antique Arts & Crafts Ebonized & Chunk Jeweled Lantern C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Arts & Crafts Ebonized & Chunk Jeweled Lantern Form Table Lamp C1920. 16 3/4" x 6" x 6".
Metal
Majestic Tall Danish Modern Solid Mahogany Table Lamp
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare tall solid mahogany table lamp, hand turned chunk of wood freshly rewired with brass fittings, and new twisted cloth cord , Lamp shade it’s not included .
Brass
Whimsical Austrian Bronze Figural Piano Lamp with Frog and Harp
Located in Petaluma, CA
Collectors refer to these as "chunk jewel lamps". We have sold many different examples of this style for many years,and we have never seen this particular model.
Ormolu
Sold
H 10 in W 12 in D 12 in
Felipe Delfinger attr. Modernist Brutalist Chunk Glass Hanging Pendant Lamps
By Felipe Delfinger
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic matched pair Modernist Brutalist Chunk Glass Hanging Pendant Lamps attributed to Felipe Delfinger .
Bronze
Austrian Art Nouveau Bronze Chunk Glass Table Lamp
By Paul Crist Studios
Located in Buffalo, NY
Austrian Art Nouveau bronze chunk glass table lamp, cast bronze with inserted chunk glass jewels in the shade, made in Austria in the 1900s, rewired.
Bronze
Austrian Art Nouveau Bronze Chunk Glass Table Lamp
By Paul Crist Studios
Located in Buffalo, NY
Austrian Art Nouveau bronze chunk glass table lamp, cast bronze with inserted chunk glass jewels in the shade, made in Austria in the 1900s, rewired.
Bronze
Austrian Bronze and Chunk Jewel and Glass Table Lamp
By Paul Crist Studios
Located in Buffalo, NY
Austrian bronze and chunk jewel, slag glass table lamp. This incredibly colorful lamp is one of the more exotic examples of this style table lamp.
Bronze
Green Red Blue Plastic Chunk Brutalist Hanging Pendant Lamp
Located in Ferndale, MI
Brutalist hanging lamp of multicolored plastic chunks set in gold tone resin.
Acrylic, Plastic, Resin
Pink Murano Table Lamps Sommerso
Located in Little Rock, AR
Matched pair of rare and elegant vintage Murano Sommerso Table lamps. A towering chunk of PALE PINK Murano glass dusted with GOLD, enveloped by a thick layer of clear glass.
Gold Leaf
Orchid Melon Pulegoso Vintage Murano Lamps
Located in Little Rock, AR
The hardware is new and nickel plated solid brass. The lamps are mounted on solid Lucite chunks. The lamps measure 22 inches from the table top to the socket top.
Brass
VIntage Stacked Font Murano Lamps in Bahamian Blue
Located in Little Rock, AR
We have these displayed on frosted Lucite chunks. The lamps are 23" from tabletop to socket top.
Lucite
Solid Walnut Sculptural Jewelry Box by Eric Arcese
Located in San Diego, CA
A fun solid walnut sculptural jewelry box by Eric Arcese, circa 2000s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 5.75"W x 4.25"D x 4"H. The box's lid pivots in two pl...
Walnut
$1,862 / set
H 21.66 in W 24.02 in D 35.83 in
Pair of Italian Mid-Century-Modern Lounge Chairs in Ochre Boucle, 1970s Italy
Located in Zagreb, HR
Pair of Vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs or club chairs. Modules can be used as a modular sofa or modular seating set. Beautiful and unique shape. A 1970 design and p...
Bouclé, Foam, Wood
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$5,380
H 33.86 in W 36.42 in D 41.74 in
DESIGNER GEORGE SMiTH CHELSEA LARGE FULL SIGNATURE SCROLL ARM ARMCHAIR
By George Smith
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, George Smith Chelsea, Signature full scroll arm armchair with feather filled cushi...
Upholstery
$7,800
H 27.96 in W 12.41 in D 1.19 in
18th Century Gustavian Sconce Mirror with Center Cameo, Sweden, Circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
18th century Swedish Gustavian single arm candle sconce mirror with center cameo, origin: Sweden, circa 1780 In Scandinavia, candlelight is an important element found in any interio...
Giltwood
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
Child’s Thonet Rocking Chair
By Thonet
Located in New York, NY
Stylish child’s bentwood rocking chair attached to Thonet. This example is in very good original condition showing only light wear normal and consistent with age. Measures: Total H ...
Cane, Bentwood
$4,387Sale Price|25% Off
H 16 in W 12 in D 12 in
Felipe Delfinger for Feders Brutalist Metal & Stained Glass Pendant 1970s Mexico
By Felipe Delfinger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury Brutalist or forged metal and stained glass pendant light fixture by Felipe Delfinger for Feders, 1970s Latin American Modern. Stained glass cubes with uniquely pattern...
Iron
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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