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Bankers Lamps, America circa 1950
Located in Culver City, CA
Bankers lamps
America circa 1950
Chrome / wood veneer desk lamp with adjustable shade
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Banker Lamp Vienna, 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art deco banker lamp vienna 1920s
Brass polished and stove enamelled
Green glass shade.
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Banker Lamp Vienna Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco banker lamp Vienna, around 1920s
Polished and stove enameled.
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Banker Lamp, Vienna, Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco banker lamp vienna around 1920s.
Brass polished and stove enamelled.
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Banker Lamp Vienna Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Banker lamp vienna around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enamelled.
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Banker Lamp Vienna Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco banker lamp vienna around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled.
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Banker lamp vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Banker lamp vienna around 1920s
The shade is replaced ( new )
Brass is polished and stove
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Bakelite Desk or Banker
s Lamp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Art Deco Bakelite Desk or Banker's Lamp
Beautiful Bakelite Lamp with Pen Holders and adjustable
Category
20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bakelite
Brass and Leather Bankers Lamp by Chapman
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Vintage bankers lamp by Chapman, USA, circa 1960. Antiqued solid brass with leather wrapped shade
Category
Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage "Banker" Lamp by George Kovacs, Italy, 1980s
By George Kovacs
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage "Banker" Lamp by George Kovacs, realized in the 1980s.
Brass Structure.
Excellent
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Emeralite Green Shade Bankers Lamp
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
This desk lamp is made by the most noted and prolific maker of these "Banker's Lamps", Emeralite
Category
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Yellow Glass and Brass Bankers Lamp
Located in Charleston, SC
The Banker Lamp is a timeless classic of brass plating with a yellow opaline glass. An iconic
Category
Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Bronze Bankers Lamp by I.P. Frink
By I.P. Frink
Located in New York, NY
Bronze bankers lamp by I.P. Frink. USA, circa 1920.
On/off switch on base. Fully
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Green Shaded Banker
s Lamp, Signed Verdelite, circa 1917
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
We have a particular fondness for the Verdelite Co. when it comes to these banker's lamps. We just
Category
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Table Lamp
Banker Lamp
Vienna, around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco table lamp ( Banker lamp ) Vienna, around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enamelled.
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Banker
s Lamp with Original Glass Shade, Dated 1917
By Amronlite
Located in Petaluma, CA
For those looking for the typical antique banker's lamp, stop, we have one that is a cut above the
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Swiveling Art Deco Table Lamp
Banker Lamp
Vienna, Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Swiveling Art Deco table lamp 'Banker Lamp' Vienna, around 1920s
Polished and stove enamelled.
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Greenalite Bankers Lamp with Dark Green Glass Shade
Located in Lincoln, GB
A stunning Greenalite bankers lamp in brass.
The shade is a lovely hue of dark green glass and
Category
Vintage 1920s Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
German Bauhaus Adjustable Bankers Lamp attributed Midgard
By Midgard
Located in New York, NY
lamp traditionally called a Bankers Lamp. Solid brass adjustable Bauhaus desk bankers lamp with wedge
Category
Vintage 1950s German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Green Shade Banker
s Lamp, Signed Amronlite
By Amronlite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These period banker's lamps are one of our most popular items. They are useful and beautiful, and
Category
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Signed Emeralite Lamp Banker
s Lamp with Oversized Bellova Etched Shade
By Emeralite, Bellova
Located in Petaluma, CA
We have been selling these banker's lamp for over 40 years, and we can tell you that we have a very
Category
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Double Shaded Banker
s Lamp Signed, "Emeralite"
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
"Banker's Lamps". There is a model that has two shades, but on just a single arm, not a terribly rare model
Category
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Banker
s Lamp w/ Original Green Shade, Signed Amronlite
By Amronlite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These banker's lamps which were introduced in 1909 by Harrison D. McFaddin have become the most
Category
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1970s Bankers Lamp in Brass and Green Marble
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Art Deco revival Bankers Lamp in green marble and brass.
Brass has a nice patina. Marble is in
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Art Deco Banker Lamp with Green Glass Shade, Vienna, Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Banker Lamp with Green Glass Shade, Vienna, Around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Green Shade Banker
s Lamp, Emeralite, ca. 1917
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
Emeralite was the premier maker of banker's lamps for many years in the early part of the 20th
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Banker
s Lamp with Red Opaline, France, circa 1900
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb banker's lamp / Emeralite with red / orange opaline glass shade and brass structure composed
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Racing Green Brass Bankers Lamp With Adjustable Green Glazed Shade
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Iconic Antique Green Brass Bankers Lamp With Brass Adjustable Shade, Heavy Brass Stand and Baize
Category
Vintage 1950s British Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Emeralite Green Shade Banker
s Lamp, ca. 1917
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These lamps which have come to b known as banker's lamps are the most popular antique lamp for use
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Green Shade Banker
s Lamp, Signed Verdelite
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
We like to buy and sell these banker's lamps. Considering what the reproductions look like, one can
Category
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Green Shaded Banker
s Lamp, ca 1920
Located in Petaluma, CA
This neat banker's lamp is not your standard fare. Note the work on the shade with the
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1940s Brass Banker Lamp with Green Glass Shade
Located in Cordova, SC
Vintage Art Deco Banker lamp with a green glass shade and brass base and arm. The lamp has newer
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Green Shaded Banker
s Lamp, signed Emeralite, ca. 1915
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
This handsome banker's lamp was made by the most famous manufacturers of these lamps, Emeralite
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Green Shade Banker
s Lamp, circa 1917 by the Emeralite Co.
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These Banker's lamps are one of our best selling items, when we can get them undamaged and with the
Category
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Green Shade Banker
s Lamp by Amronlite, ca. 1915, All Original
By Amronlite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These antique green shaded banker's lamps are some of the most popular and desirable desk lamps
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Unusual Antique Banker
s Lamp w/ Green Shade, by Eagle Co. ca. 1920
s
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very special banker's lamp is a rare and beautiful choice. The dedicated art deco designed
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Bankers Lamp
Located in Vienna, AT
Steel construction with bakelite shade fitted with one E27 socket, made in Germany in the 1930s.
Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Vintage Articulated Green Glass Brass Bankers Lamp Desk Lamp 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly superb Vintage articulated brass bankers lamp, dating from the second half of the
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Banker
s Lamp, W/Green Glass Shade, Bronze Base, ca. 1915
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
Banker's lamps are the perfect fit for any desk. The shade has the 2 nice features that Verdelite
Category
Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Nessen Brass and Milk Glass 1970s Banker Lamp Sconces
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1970s Brass and milk glass bankers lamp sconces by Nessen.
Only sold in a pair. The price
Category
Vintage 1970s North American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Desk Banker
s Lamp
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass construction with an adjustable glass shade, fitted with one E27 porcelain socket up to 100Watts (or LED).
Original condition, never restored, glass shade was missing and this...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs Memphis Style Desk Table Bankers Lamp C. 1990
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in New York, NY
Rare bankers lamp form, Post Modern, Memphis School, desk lamp designed by Robert Sonneman for
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Green Enamel Banker Lamp, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage banker table lamp was made in former Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. It features a
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel, Chrome, Iron
Vintage Brass Banker
s Lamp with Green Glass Shade c.1950-1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original brass Banker's desk lamp with green glass shade.
CREATOR Unknown
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Emeralite "Bankers Desk Lamp"
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
Emeralite was the premiere maker of these bankers lamps. The name signifies quality, and it has
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Emeralite Banker
s Desk Lamp
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
Emeralite has taken on the generic name for all of these banker's lamps. This is a signed, period
Category
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Green Shade Banker
s Lamp for a Roll Top Desk Etc by Emeralite, Art Nouveau
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
This is a most unusual lamp. It has that typical cased green glass shade, but this is not the
Category
Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Banker
s/ Desk Lamp by "Pittsburgh Lamp Co." Reverse Painted Shade, ca. 1920
s
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Petaluma, CA
their lamps to recognize their work. So much more fun than the usual green shade bankers lamp that you
Category
Vintage 1920s American Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Copper Bankers Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
An excellent original Art Deco period bankers lamp, this was made in England and it dates from the
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Copper
Green Shade Banker
s Desk Lamp signed
Verdelite", circa 1917
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
of these banker's lamps. What separates this from the general look is the unusual and wonderful art
Category
Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Brass Hand Library Desk Lamp by Chapman
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage brass hand bankers lamp by Chapman.
Handsome human fist decoration top of the shade
USA
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Early 20th C. Emeralite Goose Neck Office Lamp
By Faries Lamp Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
An adjustable Banker's lamp with a cone shaped, green shade fabricated by Faries Lamp Co. The
Category
Vintage 1910s American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Banker
s Desk Lamp by Verdelite, Original Green Shade, ca. 1917
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very handsome and original example of these highly sought after green glass banker's lamp. This
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chapman Fist Bank Lamp
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Brass banker lamp with brass fist. Works well single switch under the hood. Hood moves freely
Category
Mid-20th Century American Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Brass Green Glass Banker Table Desk Light
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Brass desk light / banker’s lamp
Green glass shade
2.5 meter / 100" black cotton flex, plug and
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Banker
s Desk Lamp by Emeralite, Original Green Shade, ca. 1917
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very fine example of the genre known as banker's lamps. This example is signed by the most
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Art Deco Marble and Brass Bankers Desk Lamps with White Milk Glass Shades
Located in Doylestown, PA
Unique pair of Art Deco brass and marble bankers lamps with hand-blown white milk glass shades, c
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
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Bankers Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of bankers lamps available for sale. The range of distinct bankers lamps — often made from metal, brass and glass — can elevate any home. Find 344 antique and vintage bankers lamps at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 7 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. There are all kinds of bankers lamps available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of bankers lamps to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Deco, mid-century modern and industrial bankers lamps are of considerable interest. Not every interior allows for large bankers lamps, so small bankers lamps measuring 3.55 inches across are available at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made bankers lamps over the years, but those made by Emeralite, Verdelite and George Kovacs are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Bankers Lamps?
Prices for bankers lamps start at $104 and top out at $27,400 with the average selling for $919.
Finding the Right Table Lamps for You
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.
Questions About Bankers Lamps
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Banker’s lamps are green because it was believed that the color would be mentally soothing to encourage concentration. It was also thought to reduce eye strain. You can shop a selection of banker lamps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A banker’s lamp was traditionally used on bankers’ desks or in libraries or other office-type settings. The green-tinted shade helped keep the eyes feeling comfortable and protected from the glare of the bulb. Browse a collection of banker’s lamps from top sellers on 1stDibs.
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