The Marbro Lamp Company was one of the finest lamp producers during the mid-1900s. Its pieces were mainly sold in a handful of exclusive furniture shops. Marbro was the go-to supplier of Hollywood Regency and mid-century modern style lighting for interior designers. Its table lamps, chandeliers, floor lamps and wall sconces have graced the homes of many celebrities.
Brothers Morris and Elliott Markoff founded the Marbro Lamp Company in 1934. Its name is a combination of “Markoff” and “brothers.” The brothers relocated from Chicago to southern California after the end of World War II and set up an assembly plant in the garment district of Los Angeles.
Vases and objets d’art, sourced from all over the world, were used as lamp bases. The brass bases came from India, alabaster from Italy, porcelain from Japan and China and crystal from Germany and France. Murano glass and whimsical bronze figurines were two of the more popular base materials.
Marbro lamps were one-of-a-kind and took between 75 and 90 days to complete. Occasionally, they were made from sculptures that customers brought into the factory. Highly skilled woodturners and shade-makers crafted lampshades and wooden bases in Marbro’s shop. Some metal and glass pieces went through paint or staining treatments. The company’s best-known products were these table lamps, but it also produced a wide variety of decorative objects.
The Masco Corporation acquired the Marbro Lamp Company in 1987. Its Los Angeles assembly plant shuttered its doors in 1990. Its equipment and remaining inventory were moved to LaBarge Mirrors — a Masco subsidiary — in Michigan. Shortly after, the production of Marbro lamps ended.
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Marbro Company Alabaster Lamp
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid alabaster lamp, hand carved in Italy, in Chinoiserie style by Marbro Company. Lamps are sold separately and are slightly different heights noted below. Alabaster is 22"H. 2 ...
Alabaster, Brass
Solid Alabaster Table Lamp
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking, large, richly carved, solid, golden alabaster, beaker-form table lamp in the Chinese style. The whole surrounded by eight, segmented extrusions and embellished with incis...
Alabaster
Mid-Century Italian Alabaster Marbro Company Lamp
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alabaster carved in Italy, urn lamp by the The Marbro Lamp Company. Circa 1950's. New linen shade is 18" diameter.
Alabaster
Pair MId-Century Alabaster Lamps from The Marbro Lamp Company
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of alabaster urn shaped lamps , hand-carved in Italy, by The Marbro Lamp Company. Circa 1950's .New heavy textured linen shades are 20" in diameter.
Alabaster
Rock Crystal Candlestick Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rock Crystal from Madagascar in the form of a Neoclassical designed lamp. Silver metal spacers and base plate. New 18" linen shade.
Rock Crystal, Metal
Antique French Glazed Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A richly painted, glazed and parcel gilt gas table lamp, converted to electricity, with gilded mounts. Off-white woven 18" diameter lamp shade.
Metal
18th Century Style Table Lamp in 18K gilted bronze and pink rock crystal
By OMBRES ET FACETTES
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, IDF
Table lamp of style louis XV in 18K gilted bronze with parts in cut pink rock crystal. We have one table lamp in stock however we can produce them made to measure and in other fin...
Bronze, Nickel
Salmon Pink Ceramic Table Lamp 1970s Art Deco Style Hollywood Regency Pastel
Located in London, GB
A tall salmon-coloured table lamp, with shades of the Art Deco style, in a wonderful textured ceramic. The nod to the Golden Girls-era 1980s; elegant ...
Brass
Pink Painted Glass Table Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
A ginger jar shaped glass table lamp painted in pink. Decorated with the simple form of the elegant calla lily, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and arrow-shaped leaves. A round ...
Linen, Glass, Lucite, Paint
Artisan Blush Color Murano Glass Table Lamp with Avventurina, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Hand-blown blush color Murano glass table lamp adorned with clear glass ornamentation and avventurine throughout. Burnished brass base is decorated with an etched floral motif. 34" i...
Metal, Brass
Barovier Murano Pink Opaline Glass Footed Lamp
By Barovier
Located in Smyrna, GA
RARE and amazing footed lamp by Barovier and Toso; one of the oldest and most well-known glass makers in Murano. Ribbed pink opaline filled with gold dust, makes this lamp a true sho...
Blown Glass
Rose Sculpture Table Lamp 13 Roses Hand Carved Pink Onyx Block, Linen Lampshade
By Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
"Roma Imperiale II" is not just a table lamp or sculpture, imagine it as a memory, the memory of a nobility now dissolved, a suspended memory, forgotten in a secret garden, of those ...
Onyx, Marble
