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.
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H 38.5 in Dm 11 in
Large Blue and White French Porcelain Table Lamp with High Relief Motifs
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant Blue and White French Provincial Style Table Lamp This captivating French porcelain table lamp, circa 1920s, features a beautifully de...
Brass
$1,300
H 34.65 in Dm 7.49 in
French Blue & White Willow Porcelain Table Lamp, by Louis Drimmer, Limoges
By Limoges, Louis Drimmer
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This elegant Porcelaine de Limoges table lamp, designed by Louis Drimmer, features a finely crafted blue-and-white porcelain body decorated with the celebrated Willow pattern, one of...
Brass
Murano Blue Opalescent Table Lamp with Giltwood Base, Mid-Century
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A mid century large scale single Murano blue opalescent colored glass table lamp with gold inclusion elements. Mounted on gilt wood base. Newly wired with a brass 3 way socket and co...
Blown Glass, Giltwood
French Blue and White Porcelain Baluster Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French blue and white porcelain baluster lamp Striking blue and white floral transfer ware baluster vase mounted as a gas lamp with gilt brass floral decorated base and pierced gall...
Brass
$1,450
H 20 in Dm 12 in
Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Late 17th Century Dutch Delft Faience Blue and White Chinoiserie Baluster Vase Mounted as a Lamp and newly electrified. Decorated in imitation of a Chinese Ming vase with a sage, rocks and vegetation, mounted on a wood base. The dimensions noted include the lampshade and electrical fittings. The vase as mounted in wood is approximately 10in. high and 6in. diameter. The arrival in Western Europe of the first shiploads of Chinese porcelain, lacquerware, ivory and silk in the 17th century stimulated interest in China, or Cathay, as it was then called. Europeans soon began copying the Chinese artworks and decorative objects. These decorative arts inspired by China, which enjoyed their heyday in the late 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, are known as chinoiserie. Soon after the introduction of expensive Chinese...
Faience
Mid 20th Century Blue and White Porcelain Vase Lamp With Floral Motif
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Blue and white porcelain lamp in the style of traditional Chinese export ware, converted from a vase form. The body features hand-painted floral an...
Porcelain
$449
H 30 in W 5 in D 5 in
Mid 20th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vase Mounted as Table Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid 20th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vase Mounted as Table Lamp Measures 5" in width x 5" in depth x 20.5" in height x 30" to the top of the porcelain finial
Enamel
$2,777
H 22.45 in W 5.52 in D 5.52 in
Antique Blue Sevres Style Porcelain Table Lamp, France, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century French blue Sevres style porcelain table lamp raised on a square ormolu base, hand painted and signed on the ovoid body.
Porcelain
Antique French Blue Porcelain Lamp with Ormolu Mounts, Circa 1885-1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Vibrant Color Blue Porcelain Lamp with Ormolu Mounts, Circa 1885-1890.
Ormolu
$536
H 11.82 in Dm 8.67 in
1970s Biot Ceramic Table Lamp – White and Blue Floral Design, French Provincial
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1970s Biot Ceramic Table Lamp – White and Blue Floral Design, French Provincial Style Description: This beautiful ceramic lamp was crafted in Biot, in the South of France, during th...
Stoneware
Mid-Century Modern Asian Motif Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Toledo, OH
Mid-Century Modern Japanese motif porcelain table lamp, circa 1940s. Turquoise and Green Japanese motif designs with brass dragon handles. Single socket lamp with brown colored cord ...
Brass
Vintage Dore Bronze Urn Lamp Bird Designs Lapis Set Stones Marbro Lamp Company
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Toledo, OH
Bironze dore urn lamp by Marbro Lamp Company. Bird designs with set lapis stones accenting the eyes and tail feathers. Silk shade has some minor spots. Ball pull chains with roller s...
Bronze
Mid Century Egyptian Motif Glass Table Lamp
Located in Toledo, OH
Mid Century Egyptian Motif glass table lamp with Egyptian scenes encircling the lamp. Has metallic background and wood grain base and Leviton sockets with pull chains. Original pap...
Glass
Pair of Hollywood Regency Modern Glass Chapman Lamps
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Toledo, OH
A beautiful pair of Hollywood Regency glass Chapman lamps. The Chapman name is on the socket. They are in very good condition with an internal blemish on the top square that cannot b...
Glass
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Floral Table Lamp USA Signed
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Toledo, OH
Pairpoint reverse painted eight panel table lamp. Two sockets with acorn pulls on silver plated engraved foliage base. 16" shade decorated with floral desi...
Glass
Reverse Painted Classique Floral Table Lamp
By Classique
Located in Toledo, OH
Reverse Painted Classique Floral Table Lamp, circa 1920s. Blue and green reverse painted shade with a floral border. Signed on edge with "1218 AD". Bronze...
Bronze
