In the early 20th century, a Chicago artist named Frederick Cooper found himself captivated by home lighting and electric lamps, which were only common in approximately half of American households during the mid-1920s. Cooper, whose primary media were sculpture and painting, began to design stately, modern table lamps that mirrored the grandeur of the burgeoning architecture in the Windy City.
Cooper accrued some notoriety as a forward-looking lamp designer who combined materials like brass, ceramics, glass and wood to create exquisitely crafted lamps, particularly at a time when the striking chrome finishes and sharp geometric angles of Art Deco lighting had become immensely popular.
The Frederick Cooper Lamp Company was eventually sold to Benjamin Markle and Russian immigrant Leo Gershanov. Under their stewardship after the Second World War, the manufacturer flourished in Chicago and the local lighting artisans at Stiffel gained a formidable competitor. The timing was particularly ripe — the demand for table lamps to furnish new houses exploded, and the company built on Cooper’s artistic reputation and his signature styles.
Lighting designers at Frederick Cooper innovated in the years that followed, integrating alluring materials like glazed ceramics, painted porcelain, marble and jade. Apart from the classic Art Deco designs that defined the studio’s work in its early days, the company’s craftsmen experimented with Asian-inspired designs and produced floor lamps, wall lights, modernist chandeliers and other fixtures in varying furniture styles such as Neoclassical, Hollywood Regency and Empire.
Now owned by Wildwood, the Frederick Cooper Lamp Company has collaborated with many high-profile designers such as Larry Laslo, Mario Buatta and others on a range of lighting projects.
Find an extraordinary collection of Frederick Cooper floor lamps, table lamps and other fixtures on 1stDibs.
Vintage Adjustable Brass Floor Lamp by Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage adjustable floor or reading lamp features the timeless modern silhouette; the articulating swing design allows for ease of use in various interiors. The lamp is mounted on a ...
Brass, Iron
Mid-C. Frederick Cooper Asian Regency Marble and Brass Floor Lamp, Circa 1950s
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid-century Frederick Cooper Asian Regency marble and brass floor lamp. Dark Grey bluish marble with a Asian motif throughout the brass. Origina...
Marble, Brass
Frederick Cooper Asian Regency Marble and Brass Floor Lamp, Circa 1950s
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid-century Frederick Cooper Asian Regency marble and brass floor lamp. Green marble with a Asian motif throughout the brass. Original harps tha...
Marble, Brass
Mid Century Frederick Cooper Faux Bamboo & Etched Brass Tray Smokers Floor Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid Century Frederick Cooper Faux Bamboo & Etched Brass Tray Smokers Floor Lamp. Measures 15" in diameter and stands 55" tall.
Brass
$500Sale Price|50% Off
1960s Frederick Cooper Brass Table Floor Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Born in Chicago 1960s Frederick Cooper brass table floor lamp. Classic mid century styling. Table is functional and holds weight. No shade incl...
Brass
Frederick Cooper Solid Brass & Lucite Swing Arm Floor Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Palm Springs, CA
High quality vintage 1970's floor lamp made of solid brass and lucite (acrylic) with swing arm produced by American manufacturer Frederick Cooper of Chicago. Brass more recently clea...
Metal, Brass
Acrylic and Polished Brass Floor Lamp by Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large glamorous acrylic and polished brass floor lamp designed by Frederick Cooper in the 1970s. The lamp has been newly rewired and new vanilla linen shade. The bottom base ha...
Brass
Pair of Mid Century Modern Frederick Cooper Brass and Lucite Floor Lamps
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Elegant pair of lamps designed by Frederick Cooper. Solid brass with Lucite accents.
Brass
Sculptural Brass Mid Century Modern Lamps by Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural Pair of Brass and Wood Mid Century Lamps, made by Frederick Cooper of Chicago, American, circa 1960s. They have been rewired and are ready to use. The height to the top of...
Brass, Metal
Vintage Frederick Cooper Porcelain Table Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Frederick cooper hand-painted porcelain vase table lamp. Hand-painted floral porcelain table lamp. Black wood base. Brass st...
Porcelain
Vintage Brass Swing Arm Floor Lamp
By Underwriters Laboratories
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Fully functional Underwriters Laboratories vintage brass swing arm floor lamp. 12" arm expand. Classic style.
Brass
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.25 in W 16 in D 12 in
Mid-Century Frederick Cooper Tang Dynasty Horse Table Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in San Diego, CA
Original Mid-Century Modern plaster Tang dynasty style horse, with a brass rod supporting a vintage custom square shade. The beautiful finish (faux marble) makes this piece sculptura...
Metal
Italian Brass Floor Lamp, 1950s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Floor lamp from Italy, 1950s. The lamp is made of brass and has two opaline glass shades on a crystal glass base.
Crystal, Brass
Vintage Brass Adjustable OMI Floor Lamp with Brass Rounded Shade
Located in New York, NY
Lovely heavy brass pharmacy style adjustable floor lamp . This OMI lamp adjusts in height from 43” -50”. The shade adjust up and down and side to side and is 6” x 5”. With slats on t...
Brass
$3,250
H 64 in Dm 11.5 in
Mid Century Faux Bamboo Brass Floor Lamp by Frederic Cooper with Cast Brass Bird
By Maison Baguès
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Amazing and rare faux bamboo floor lamp with a parrot sitting on a perch. All in solid brass and in excellent vintage condition with new silk cord wiring.
Brass
Lucite and Brass Table Lamp by Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Highland, IN
Frederick copper was known for the high quality of their lamps and this handsome table lamp in Lucite and brass is a prime example. The crispness of the design is matched by the qua...
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Brass Three Arm Floor Lamp, 1960
Located in Benington, Herts
A very stylish and unusual large mid 20th century curved Italian three light floor lamp. Italian Circa 1960-70s Of unusual form, the tapered and shaped rectangular brass base i...
Brass
Holtkoetter Brass swing arm floor lamp Germany 1980s
By Holtkoetter
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice swing arm Brass floor lamp .adjustable in height . Halogen . Comes with a good working dimmer on the shade . Good quality lamp .Manufactured by Holtkoetter Germany 1980s V...
Brass
Sleek Mid-Century Modernist Chrome Swing-Arm Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century modernist swing-arm floor lamp features a Minimalist round chrome base and cylindrical shade with the ability to swivel into various positions; ideal for armchair re...
Chrome
1960s Brass Floor Lamp, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia. Made of brass, plastic Has signs of use. Cleaned. Bulb 2x60W, E27 or E26. American adapter included.
Brass
Pair of Frederick Cooper Pharmacy Lamps
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Highland, IN
Chicago lamp maker Frederick Cooper is well known for their high quality products. This pair of pharmacy floor lamps is no exception. They have a classic versatile design, quality co...
Brass
Frederick Cooper Carved And Stained Oak Candle Stick Floor Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid 20th Century Frederick Cooper carved and Stained Candle Stick Floor Lamp. Measures 11" in width, 11" in depth and 49.5" in height.
Oak
Sold
H 52 in W 44 in D 9.5 in
Vintage Frederick Cooper Mid Century Modern Brass Pharmacy Task Floor Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage Frederick Cooper Mid Century Modern Brass Pharmacy Task Floor Lamp. Circa Lat...
Brass
Sold
H 66 in W 14.5 in D 14.5 in
Frederick Cooper Brass Floor Lamp with Frosted Glass Shade, Modern USA
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Astoria, NY
Frederick Cooper Brass Floor Lamp, with frosted glass square shade. 66" H x 14.5" W x 14.5" D. Provenance: From a 57th Street Estate.
Brass
Elegant Frederick Cooper chinoiserie floor lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Allentown, PA
This is an elegant Frederick Cooper chinoiserie style floor lamp. This floor lamp features a faux bamboo Regency style walnut table base w...
Brass
Frederick Cooper Brass Floor Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in West Hartford, CT
FC makes some of the finest lamps in the world. Manufactured in High Point, NC, USA and wired for USA. Brass is gorgeous.
Brass
Polished Brass Multi-Directional Pharmacy Floor Lamp by Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice polished brass multi-directional pharmacy floor lamp by Frederick Cooper, circa 1970s. The lamp is multi-directional it goes up and down and rotates to a 360 degree and i...
Brass
Sold
H 54.25 in W 10.5 in D 19.25 in
Mario Bautta for Frederick Cooper Faux Bamboo Gooseneck Floor Lamp
By Mario Buatta, Frederick Cooper
Located in Norwalk, CT
Handsome standing lamp with great functionality, designed by Mario Buatta for Frederick Cooper. Substantial brass base with elegant faux bamboo rod curves t...
Brass
Mid-Century Bamboo Decorated Standing Floor Lamp with Shade
By Frederick Cooper
Located in New York, NY
Bamboo decorated standing floor lamp with shade by Frederick Cooper. In 1923, Frederick Cooper, a Chicago artist, established a studio to create beautiful sculpture and watercolor paintings. American architecture was in its heyday in the Windy City. Mr. Cooper was drawn to the still fairly new invention of lamps. Through mixing the media of brass, fabric, glass and wood, cooper created exquisitely designed lamps that matched the swift innovation in American architecture. This heritage carries on today, with designs that are at the forefront of style and fashion. We create the most artistic designs, using exquisite materials and superior craftsmanship. Quite simply, we design and create illuminated art. We use the finest natural materials - brass, bronze, nickel, copper, marble, jade and alabaster – and also create art glaze ceramics, hand decorated porcelain, and crystal. Our design committee is in unfettered pursuit of the broadest array of styles - refreshed traditional to transitional with classic lines. These include Deco, Nouveau, Cubist, Organic - clean and elaborate. We have design collaborations with Larry Laslo, Mario Buatta, Alexander Julian...
Wood
Polished Brass Multi-Directional Pharmacy Floor Lamp by Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice polished brass multi-directional pharmacy floor lamp by Frederick Cooper, circa 1970s. The lamp is multi-directional (goes up and down and shade rotates from side to side...
Brass
Pair of Frederick Cooper Brass Reading Lamps
By Frederick Cooper
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of Frederick Cooper, Chicago brass reading lamps. Height adjustable from 39.5" to 56". Lights dimmable and the shades pivot. Sometimes known as the pharmacy lamps.
Brass
Mid Century Neoclassical Floor Lamp Perched Bird Holding Light Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular floor lamp in the faux bamboo style with a parrot holding a working light in it's beak. Double cluster lamp above to supply plenty of illumination. Faux bamboo pole...
Brass