Pair of Chinese Yellow Ground Blue Underglaze Lamps
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A stunning pair of Chinese vases repurposed as lamps dating from the 1960s.
Vintage 1960s Chinese Table Lamps
Brass, Enamel
Pair of Chinese Yellow Ground Blue Underglaze Lamps
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A stunning pair of Chinese vases repurposed as lamps dating from the 1960s.
Brass, Enamel
Pair Chinese 19th Century Powder blue porcelain vases / lamps.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pair Chinese 19th Century Powder Blue vases / lamps.
Porcelain
Huge Pair 1960s Japanese Kutani Porcelain Table Lamps with Chinese style Peacock
By The Marbro Lamp Company, Mottahedeh, Frederick Cooper, Kutani Studio
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of monumental Japanese "Kutani Ware"" hand painted porcelain table lamps with Cerulean blue peacocks and flowers, circa Mid 20th Century. These amazing huge lamps are forty inch...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Vintage Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Table Lamps - A Pair
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Vintage Chinese hand-painted porcelain table lamps, pair with traditional figural and floral motifs.
Porcelain
One Pair Chinese Lacquered Elm Grain Jars Table lamps
Located in Buchanan, MI
One Pair Chinese Lacquered Elm Grain Jars Table lamps Great color and form.
Wood
Pair of Small Celadon Chinese Table Lamps, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Chinese porcelain celadon baluster vases, with stylised handles to the necks and wonderful floral and foliate incised decoration, now mounted as lamps with hand gilded...
Ceramic
Large Pair Chinese Celadon Glazed Bottle-form Porcelain Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
each large vase with long neck and everted lip above a bulbous body; all in a soft green celadon glaze with brass caps and bases
Ceramic
Large Pair Chinese Celadon Glazed Bottle-form Porcelain Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
each large vase with long neck and everted lip above a bulbous body; all in a soft green celadon glaze with brass caps and bases
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Celadon Porcelain Vases / Lamps, circa 1920
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative pair of 18th century style Chinese Celadon porcelain two handled vases / lamps, raised on carved pierced hardwood stands, circa 1920.
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Cream Balance Beam Design Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Chinese table lamps made from cream, gourd-shaped vases hand-painted with figures on a balance beam and wooden bases with brass hardware.
Metal, Brass
Pair of Chinese Famille Noir Vases Now as Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of Chinese Famille Noir decorated baluster form vases, now electrified as lamps mounted on wooden bases.
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A beautiful pair of 19th century Chinese rose medallion / Cantonese vases, each with wonderful classical motif decorations in yellows, blue backgrounds. Inset hand painted panels of ...
Porcelain
$2,322 / set
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two table lamps. Height base 39 cm. Width 17 cm. Depth 16 cm. Total height 70 cm. Diameter shade 33 cm. Shades shown are for demonstration purposes only.
Brass
Pair of Chinese Archaistic Brass Table Lamps, 1940s
Located in Dallas, TX
An impressive pair of chinoiserie-inspired brass table lamps in the manner of Hollywood Regency designer James Mont.
Brass
Pair Chinese Peacock Decorated Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of large Chinese peacock enameled decorated porcelain vases mounted as lamps.
Enamel, Brass
Pair Mid Century Asian Inspired Brass Table Lamps w Gargoyle Handle & Shades
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic simple yet elegant pair of Asian inspired brass table lamps with cast brass gargoyles as handles. Hardwood bases painted black as is the caps on top of the brass. Black sh...
Brass
Pair Chinese Republic Period Porcelain Vases as Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of hand-painted porcelain Republic period Zun-form vases with matte glaze, made into lamps at a later date, mounted on ebonized wood bases. Vases 19" high. New linen shades. a...
Porcelain, Linen, Wood, Paint
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Lamps With Colorful Figure Detail
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Striking and elegant, this pair of Chinese porcelain lamps features a classic vase shape with intricate, colorful figural scenes on a crisp white ceramic background.
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Chinese Flambe Oxblood Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of 19th century Chinese Asian Sang De Boeuf "Oxblood" glazed vases as table lamps mounted on turned giltwood bases.
Brass
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Double Gourd Vases as Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of 20th century, Chinese porcelain, double gourd shaped vases as lamps on gilt-wood mounts.
Porcelain, Giltwood
Pair Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Figural Lamps
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Figural Lamps.
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain and Patinated Bronze Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (early 20th century) table lamps crafted from Chinese porcelain urns in the Famille Rose style Pair of Chinese famillie rose table lamps.
Bronze
$1,600 / set
Pair Of Samson Chinese Export Style Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Interesting lamps with a central porcelain ginger jar with prunus decoration with cover with a carved and painted wood base to match and blend with the porcelain. An extender between...
Porcelain, Wood
Pair Chinese Vase Lamps Porcelain Famille Rose Table Lamps 1930
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This attractive pair of Chinese porcelain vase lamps are decorated in the traditional famille rose palette, featuring lively courtly scenes with elegantly dressed figures gathered wi...
Porcelain
Pair Hand Painted Porcelain Chinese Lamps Kutani Revival Hollywood Regency
By Kutani Studio
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration a pair of Chinese table lamps. Hand painted. Kutani Revival style.
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Shiwan Ware Pottery Statue Lamps
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Antique Chinese Shiwan Ware Pottery Statue Lamps
Pottery
Pair of LARGE Antique Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Lamps
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Large pair of large Chinese Blue and White porcelain lamps.
Porcelain
Pair Estate Chinese "Famille Rose" Porcelain Lamps, Circa 1950
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair estate Chinese "Famille Rose" porcelain lamps, circa 1950.
Porcelain
Pair of Antique 19th Century Chinese Bronze Candlestick Lamps
Located in Peabody, MA
Pair of antique bronze work Chinese candlesticks converted to lamps, ca. late 1800s. 38" high to top of finials, 26.5" high to top of sockets.
Bronze
Stunning Pair of 19th Century Chinese Blue & White Table Lamps
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Handsome large pair of slightly different blue and white Chinese vase shaped antique table lamps having lovely decoration and wooden bases.
Ceramic
Lacquered Bamboo Pair Table Lamps, Black & Cream, China, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Chinese pair of lacquered bamboo lamps. Black ground with cream vertical dash design.
Bamboo
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Hat Stands Mounted as Lamps
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair of Chinese enamel and pierced Porcelain Wig / hat Stands Mounted as Lamps, with Ebonized wooden base.
Brass
Pair Chinese Blue and White crackleware vases / lamps, 19th Century.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th Century Chinese blue and White crackleware vases / lamps.
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Crackleware Pale Celadon Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of chinese crackleware lamps. Of baluster form, having applied Taotie masks dressed with French Ormolu mounts.
Ormolu
Pair Chinese blue and white Ginger jar vases / lamps, C19th.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An unusual pair of late 19th Century Chinese blue and white ginger jar lamps.
Porcelain
Pair of early 20th large Chinese Cantonese vase lamps
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of early 20th large Chinese Cantonese vase lamps circa 1910.
Ceramic, Porcelain
Imposing Pair Chinese Off-white Glazed Ceramic Baluster Form Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
each of impressive scale (25.5" to top of ceramic, 12" diameter) featuring a curvaceous and sculptural baluster form with long neck and everted lip above a tapering body ending in a ...
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Blue & White Porcelain 20th Century Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Chinese porcelain vases, decorated throughout in the 17th century Kangxi style with lotus flowers and trailing foliage in tones of blue on a white background, now moun...
Porcelain
$12,000 / set
Pair of Chinese Polished Bronze Figural Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese polished bronze figural lamps. Unique and very well designed.
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Ginger Jar Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th century Chinese Famille rose lidded ginger jar lamps, each with wonderful colorful scenes depicting vases, motifs and floral decoration, raised on pierced...
Porcelain
Pair of Late 19th Century Chinese Crackle-Ware Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A pair of late 19th century Chinese crackle-ware vases/lamps.
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Crackle Ware Vases/Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of Chinese blue and white crackle ware vases / lamps, each with oriental figures looking up at bats flying around the sky.
Porcelain
$2,438Sale Price / set|25% Off
Pair of Kerosene Lamps with Birds in Chinese Style
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of French antique kerosene lamps. The bronze paunch is decorated with birds on branches and flowers in Chinese style.
Bronze
1940s Chinese Celadon Green Ceramic Table Lamps - A Pair
Located in New York, NY
Crafted in the 1940s, these table lamps have ceramic bodies, brass hardware, and ebonized wood bases. The ceramic bodies are in an elegant urn form and have an exquisite celadon gree...
Brass
Pair of Chinese Celadon Glaze Porcelain Vases Mounted as Table Lamps
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Chinese Celadon Glaze Porcelain Vases Mounted as Table Lamps Dimensions: 5" in width, 5" in depth and 21.5 inches in height.
Celadon, Porcelain
Pair of Vintage Chinese Coy Fish Yellow Ginger Jar Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Vintage Chinese Coy Fish ginger jar lamps.
Porcelain
Associated Pair of 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Mirror Black Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Associated pair of 19th century Chinese porcelain mirror black lamps, circa 1880 Baluster Classic form.
Porcelain, Hardwood
Pair Chinese Famille Rose Export Porcelain Vases Mounted as Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (19th century) Chinese export porcelain vases in the Famille Rose style, later mounted as table lamps.
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Blue and White Crackle Ware Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pair late 19th century Chinese blue and white crackle ware vases, each with hand painted scenes of Doves sitting among flowers and foliage set between Brown engraved boarders.
Porcelain
Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
An exceptional pair of early 20th century Chinese Canton enamel vases, each decorated throughout with wonderful flowers and foliage, now mounted as lamps with hand gilded turned base...
Enamel
PAIR OF 196CM TALL DRAGON FLOOR STANDING ORNAELTY CARVED CHINESE PAGODA LAMPs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super decorative pair of Circa 1940's Chinese Pagoda style floor standing lamps with ornately hand carv...
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Bronze Foo Dog Lamps
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A striking and sculptural pair of mid-19th century Chinese bronze foo dog incense burners, later converted into lamps in the early 20th century.
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Famile Verte and Coral Tall Table Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous pair of Chinese Famile verte and coral tall table lamps.
Ceramic
$1,920Sale Price / set|31% Off
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Lamps with dragon motif
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese blue and white lamps with dragon motif. 20th Century. 8" diam. 15" to top of vase 25.5" overall height
Porcelain
$850Sale Price / set|34% Off
Pair Of Hollywood Regency Blanc De Chine Lamps
By Frederick Cooper, Wildwood Lamp Company, Chapman Manufacturing Company, The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of Hollywood Regency Blanc De Chine Lamps. This lovely pair of Asian modern blanc de Chine table lamps feature trees with floral blossoms mounted on wooden bases. These beautif...
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain and Brass Table Lamps with Chinese Decoration
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and fine pair of table lamps is made of porcelain in the blue and white tons with Chinese decoration on a brass base.
Brass
Pair of Chinese Imari 19th Century Porcelain Sleeve Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of large early 19th century Japanese Imari porcelain sleeve vases, decorated with figures within floral and foliate garden scenes in the typical Imari palette of iron red...
Porcelain
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.
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The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
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