
Art Deco Style Durand Fashion Art Glass Table Lamp with Custom Shade
By Durand
Located in Stamford, CT
Art Deco style Durand fashion art glass table lamp with custom shade. ESX.
Vintage 1950s Art Deco Table Lamps
Glass
“Art for art’s sake” was a belief strongly espoused by the celebrated French designer and glassworker Émile Gallé. Through his ethereal glass vases, other vessels and lamps, which he adorned with botanical and religious motifs, Gallé advanced the Art Nouveau ideology and led the modern renaissance of French glass.
Gallé was the son of successful faience and furniture maker Charles Gallé but studied philosophy and botany before coming to glassmaking later in life. The young Gallé’s expertise in botany, however, would inform his design style and become his signature for generations to come.
After learning the art of glassmaking, Gallé went to work at his father’s factory in Nancy. He initially created clear glass objects but later began to experiment with layering deeply colored glass.
While glassmakers on Murano had applied layers of glass and color on decorative objects before Gallé had, he was ever-venturesome in his northeastern France, taking advantage of defects that materialized during his processes and etching in natural forms like insects such as dragonflies, marine life, the sun, vines, fruits and flowers modeled from local specimens.
Gallé is also credited with reviving cameo glass, a glassware style that originated in Rome. He used cabochons, which were applied raised-glass decorations colored with metallic oxides and made to resemble rich jeweling. Gallé's cameo glass vases and vessels were widely popular at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, cementing his position as a talented designer and pioneer.
During the late 19th century, Gallé led breakthroughs in mass production and employed hundreds of artisans in his workshop.
Botany and nature remained great sources of inspiration for the artist's glassmaking — just as they had for other Art Nouveau designers. From approximately 1890 to 1910, the movement’s talented designers produced furniture, glass and architecture in the form of — or adorned with — gently intertwining trees, flowers and vines. But Gallé had many interests, such as Eastern art and ceramics. The Japanese collection he visited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (then the South Kensington Museum) during the 1870s had made an impression too.
Breaking free from the rigid Victorian traditions, Gallé infused new life and spirit into the art and design of his time through exquisitely crafted glass vessels and pioneering new glassworking techniques.
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Art Nouveau Style, Bronze, Ebony, Linen, Table Lamps, France, 1920s
Located in Stamford, CT
Art Nouveau Style, Bronze, Ebony, Linen, Table Lamps, France, 1920s Pair of exquisite French Art Nouveau table lamps, each has silver overlay gilt bronze urn supported by a marble b...
Bronze

GAB, Table Lamp, Patinated Bronze, Sweden, 1940s
By GAB
Located in Stamford, CT
GAB, Swedish Mid-Century Modern, Table Lamp, Patinated Bronze, Sweden, 1940s A wonderfully patinated bronze table lamp designed and produced by GAB n Sweden in the first part of the...
Bronze

Large Italian Murano Glass Table Lamp, Mid-Century Modern, Barovier Toso Style
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Stamford, CT
Large Italian Murano Glass Table Lamp, Mid-Century Modern, Barovier Toso Style Handblown Murano glass table lamp having a speckled interior and a textured exterior. Murano Glass ...
Murano Glass

Chinoiserie, Painted Wood, Brass, Table Lamp, USA, 1960s
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinoiserie, Painted Wood, Brass, Table Lamp, USA, 1960s A cream painted wood table lamp having chinoiserie style decoration, designed and produced in the US c. 1960s. Painted Wood...
Brass
Accolay, Ceramic, Stained Glass, Spun Resin, Floor Lamp, France, 1955
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Stamford, CT
Accolay, French Mid-Century Modern, Ceramic, Stained Glass, Resin, Floor Lamp, France, 1955 A ceramic, glass, and steel monumental table lamp or floor lamp designed and produced by ...
Ceramic, Resin

Émile Gallé Antique Cameo Glass Table Lamp, Art Nouveau, France, 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in CABA, AR
Rare Antique French Galle Signed Cut-Cameo Lamp with Original Signed Galle Cut-Cameo Shade, in Red and Yellow Sunset Colors. The lamp features a masterful design with a vibrant palet...
Bronze

Art Nouveau glass table lamp by Émile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
Art Nouveau glass table lamp by Émile Gallé French, c. 1900 Height 58cm, diameter 22cm This striking Art Nouveau lamp is by one of the style’s le...
Glass

Antique Art Nouveau Slag Glass Table Lamp Attributed to Handel, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Art Nouveau period table lamp with gorgeous eight-panel curved caramel slag glass shade Attributed to Handel USA, Circa 1920s Measures: 20"W x 20"D x 23.25"...
Metal

Rare Art Deco Glass Table Lamp with Fabric Shade, Vienna, Around 1920s
Located in Wien, Au
Rare Art Deco glass table lamp with fabric shade, Vienna, around 1920s. 2 Bulbs (one outside and one inside the glass). The fabric shade is replaced (new). Polished and stove enam...
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Table Lamp by Edouard Cazaux, Glass & Iron
By David Gueron Degue, Edouard Cazaux
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Table Lamp by Edouard Cazaux for Degué, France, 1920s. Exceptional French Art Deco table lamp designed by Edouard Cazaux and produced by Degué, France, circa 1920s. This rare lamp features a very thick molded glass shade with a bold and highly stylized geometric Art Deco pattern, emblematic of Cazaux’s collaboration with Degué. The glass displays outstanding depth and clarity, showcasing the technical mastery of French Art Deco glassmaking. The lamp is supported by a superb hand-wrought iron base, perfectly complementing the sculptural quality of the shade. Considered among the finest productions by Degué, this piece is in excellent condition: No chips No cracks No repairs A fine glass thread, inherent to the manufacturing techniques of the period, is visible and documented (see photo). This is not a defect but a characteristic of authentic early 20th-century molded glass. The lamp is professionally rewired for your country (US, UK, EU, etc.) and is compatible with LED bulbs. A museum-quality example of French Art Deco lighting, ideal for collectors of Degué glass, Edouard Cazaux designs, and 1920s decorative arts. About Degué and Edouard Cazaux Degué was the artistic name of David Guéron (1892–1950), an enigmatic and influential figure in French Art Deco glass. Born in Turkey to Spanish Jewish parents, Guéron settled in France after serving in the French Foreign Legion during World War I. Following the success of the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, he established his glassworks in Compiègne, later opening Verrerie d’Art Degué in Paris. Degué became renowned for his innovative cameo glass, internally decorated vessels, sandblasted monochrome designs, and dramatic lighting fixtures. His production included vases, bowls, perfume bottles...
Wrought Iron