Silvered Bronze Toothpick Holder of Dressed Monkey with Umbrella and Top-Hat
Located in North Miami, FL
Silvered bronze toothpick holder of dressed monkey with umbrella and top-hat By: unknown Material: bronze, silver, metal, copper Technique: cast, patinated, silvered, molded, polish...
Silver, Bronze, Metal, Copper
Art Deco Table Lamp PLUIE Monkey with Umbrella by Max Le Verrier, France, 1930
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco lamp monkey with umbrella PLUIE by Max Le Verrier. Patinated metal on Portor marble base, frosted glass umbrella shade.
Marble, Metal
Art Deco Style Table Lamp PLUIE Monkey with Umbrella by Max Le Verrier, France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco style lamp monkey with umbrella PLUIE by Max Le Verrier. Patinated metal on marble base, frosted glass umbrella shade.
Marble, Metal
Pair of "Pluie" Table Lamps/Sculptures by Max Le Verrier Signed "Le Verrier"
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Beirut, LB
Max LE VERRIER creates his monkey with an umbrella, in front of the cages of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.
Marble, Metal
"Pluie" Table Lamp/Sculpture by Max Le Verrier Signed "Le Verrier"
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Beirut, LB
Max LE VERRIER creates his monkey with an umbrella, in front of the cages of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.
Marble, Metal
Vintage Chinoiserie Giltwood Chandeliern with Monkey
Located in New York, NY
Vintage mid-century chandelier in the Chinoiserie style crafted from hand-carved giltwood featuring a Monkey figure with umbrella and eight electrified candle arms with faux wax can...
Wood
Max Le Verrier (1891-1973), "The Rain"
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional Art Deco sculpture/lamp by Max Le Verrier (1891-1973) representing a monkey under an umbrella. It is titled "The Rain" or "Monkey with an Umbrella".
Marble, Bronze
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H 17.33 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Art Deco Table Lamp Seated Monkey with Umbrella by Max Le Verrier, France, 1930
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Description: Art Deco table lamp seated monkey with umbrella. Artist / maker: Max Le Verrier.
Marble, Metal
Pair of Porcelain Table Lamps with Monkeys and Umbrella Shades
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of vintage Chinese table lamps with paper umbrella shades hand decorated and varnished over porcelain bamboo plants with monkeys on turned wood bases.
Porcelain
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H 17.33 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Art Deco Style Table Lamp Monkey with Umbrella by Max Le Verrier France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Description: Art Deco style table lamp seated monkey with umbrella. Artist / maker: Max Le Verrier.
Marble, Metal
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H 17.33 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Art Deco Style Table Lamp Monkey with Umbrella by Max Le Verrier France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Description: Art Deco style table lamp seated monkey with umbrella. Artist / maker: Max Le Verrier.
Marble, Metal
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H 17.33 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Art Deco Style Table Lamp Monkey with Umbrella by Max Le Verrier France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Description: Art Deco style table lamp seated monkey with umbrella. Artist / maker: Max Le Verrier.
Marble, Metal
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Oil, Canvas
Pair of 70s Style Italian Bamboo and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Brass
Geometric Mid Century Open Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
Finished in Batavia Black with a Sandbar finish interior, this bookcase showcases rhythmic, crescent-shaped oval cut-outs that form an architectural silhouette—an homage to the sculp...
Wood
Art Nouveau Conifer Clock by Joself Kratina
By Josef Kratnia
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Czech artist Josef Kratina lived in Paris for several years and was a student of Auguste Rodin. He lived in New York from around 1907 onwards. Note: We highly recommend shipping thr...
Brass
$3,954 / set
H 13.78 in W 27.96 in D 3.75 in
Pair of Entomology Specimen Display Cases By J T Stockall London Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large and impressive pair of late 19th early 20th century Entomology specimen cases, containing a varied collection of over one hundred insects from around the world pinned to an e...
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
$195,000
H 25 in W 20.5 in
Pablo Picasso, "Tête de Femme", original linoleum cut, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original linoleum cut in color by Pablo Picasso, 1962. It is hand signed and numbered 40/50 from the edition of 50; there were also 35 artist's proofs. This piece is...
Linocut
Victorian Internal Door with Stained Glass
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
You can imagine this Victorian internal door with stained glass situated in a period kitchen or in the entrance hall of a traditional Victorian townhouse. This mahogany door is over ...
Lead
Art Deco Chandelier Petitot, France 1935
By Atelier Petitot
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Art Deco Chandelier Petitot, France 1935. new nickel plated. rewired.
Nickel
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.5 in Dm 24 in
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company Leaded Glass Peony Table Lamp C. 1915
By Unique Art Glass Company, Tiffany Studios
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company (New York, active 1889-1917), circa 1915. This truly magnificent leaded glass table lamp which was produced during the time period after Louis Comfo...
Bronze
$61,298
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
$4,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.25 in W 33.5 in
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow" Arthur Heyer 1872-1931
By Arthur Heyer
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow" Arthur Heyer 1872-1931 Oil on canvas Signed lower right "Heyer A." 25 1/2 x 21 (29 1/4 x 33 1/2 frame) inches From 1890 to 18...
Canvas, Oil
Egyptian Stone Relief of Man and Wife
Located in London, GB
This painted limestone relief is an exquisite example of New Kingdom relief carving from the apogee of Egyptian artistic production. Carved in raised relief - a labour-intensive tech...
Limestone
$1,746
H 10.63 in W 7.88 in D 2.56 in
Spartiate by Max Le Verrier Spartan Archer Warrior Sculpture in Spelter
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Spartiate” Original “Max Le Verrier”, signed Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Max Le Verrier” (1891-1973) Art Deco style, France Sculpture made in “Régule” (spel...
Marble, Spelter
$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
$2,206
H 6.7 in W 6.11 in D 3.55 in
Original Max Le Verrier 1920s French Art Deco Bookends Reading Ladies Marble
By Max Le Verrier, Max Le Verrier
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Stunning pair of original antique Art Deco ''Reading Ladies" bookends by Max Le Verrier 1920. Patinated spelter with ''Portor Marble'' base. Superbly styled Art Deco design fittin...
Marble, Spelter
$347,200
H 68 in W 55 in
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
Oil
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.