Cloisonne Lamp
Vintage 1930s American Table Lamps
Wood
Vintage 1960s Unknown Table Lamps
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Floor Lamps
Bronze, Enamel
Early 20th Century Asian Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Table Lamps
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
20th Century Table Lamps
Vintage 1920s Chinese Table Lamps
Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Bronze, Enamel
Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Antique 19th Century American Other Table Lamps
Bronze, Brass, Enamel
American Table Lamps
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Enamel
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Metal
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Linen
Antique 1890s Japanese Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1920s Chinese Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Enamel
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century French Table Lamps
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Chinese Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps
Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Bronze, Pewter
Antique 19th Century Unknown Floor Lamps
Metal
Antique 18th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics
Copper
Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Metalwork
Bronze, Enamel
Antique 19th Century Chinese Metalwork
Silk
Early 20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Table Lamps
Brass
Antique 19th Century Asian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Other Table Lamps
Enamel
Early 20th Century American Ming Table Lamps
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Enamel, Metal
Antique 19th Century British Floor Lamps
Brass, Enamel
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Enamel, Metal
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Export Table Lamps
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Indian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Brass, Enamel
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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.
- What is cloisonné worth?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 8, 2024What a cloisonné piece is worth will depend on what type of piece it is, its condition, rarity and more.
Cloisonné (“cell” in French) is a technique in which thin wires of fine silver or gold are used to outline a design, which is then filled with enamel. The piece is subsequently placed in a kiln where the enamel is melted. Cloisonné is distinct because the individual wires remain visible, forming an outline of the motif. When it comes to jewelry design and other disciplines, cloisonné enamel was popular during the Byzantine Empire.
Collectors of authentic antique Chinese furniture and decorative objects know that Ming dynasty-era cloisonné objects are particularly coveted. Although ornamentation was minimal at the time, Ming dynasty furniture often featured carved or painted details of flowers, insects, dragons, fruits and other motifs.
As overseas trade expanded, techniques from the West, like cloisonné enamel painting, adorned table screens and other pieces. With respect to Ming-era cloisonné objects and furnishings, an elaborately decorated item featuring lots of vibrant colors and details is likely to be more valuable at auction than its minimally adorned counterpart (the same goes for Victorian cloisonné objects). Chinese cloisonné vases created during the Ming and Qing eras represent a golden age of Chinese furniture design.
Chinese cloisonné objects were frequently imported to Japan, where the technique wasn’t adopted until the 1800s. Although it was a time of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions during the Meiji era, and today, Meiji-era cloisonné vases or incense burners in good condition are of great interest to collectors.
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