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Antique Arts
Crafts Bradley
Hubbard Style Reverse Painted Lamp C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
double socket base with matching shade housing six reverse painted bent glass panels having landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Arts
Crafts Phoenix School Reverse Painted Lamp, circa 1920
By Phoenix
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp in the manner of Phoenix offers domed reverse painted shade
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Arts
Crafts Pittsburgh School Reverse Painted Panel Table Lamp
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh School table lamp offers a cast shade housing reverse painted
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Luscious and Elegant Reverse Painted Glass Lamps
Located in North Miami, FL
pair of reverse painted glass lamps. The shape resembles somewhat of a bell, with nickel silver
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
A pair of Jansen Reverse-Painted Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Jansen Reverse-Painted Sconces
Category
20th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces
Antique Arts
Crafts Phoenix Reverse Painted Landscape Table Lamp, Circa 1920
By Phoenix
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp by Phoenix offers reverse painted dome glass shade with
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Paint
Antique American Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Glass Bronze Table Lamp Signed 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique American Arts & Crafts reverse painted table/parlor lamp, by the Pittsburgh Lamp
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Arts
Crafts Royal Co. Reverse Painted Table Lamp Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
reverse painted with stylized floral and scroll design over double socket cast base, c1920
Measures- 23
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Arts
Crafts Pittsburgh School Reverse Painted Table Lamp Circa 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp in the manner of Pittsburgh Lamp offers reverse painted shade
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Arts
Crafts Phoenix Reverse Painted Scenic Table Lamp, Circa 1920
By Phoenix Glass
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts Phoenix table lamp offers dome form glass shade with reverse painted
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Arts
Crafts Phoenix Reverse Painted Lamp with Farm
Chickens, c1920
By Phoenix
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp attributed to Phoenix offers reverse painted glass dome shade
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Arts
Crafts Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Cast Iron Farmhouse Parlor Lamp
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian Pittsburgh reverse painted cast iron parlor lamp featuring a landscape of a farm
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
Antique Reverse Painted Pittsburgh Style Bronze Table Lamp, Seascape, circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique reverse painted Pittsburgh style bronze six-panel double light table lamp depicts seascape
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Arts
Crafts Phoenix School Reverse Painted Landscape Table Lamp C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Arts & Crafts Phoenix School Reverse Painted Table Lamp with Double Sockets and Landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Arts
Crafts Reverse Painted Bradley
Hubbard School Lamp, Circa 1920
By Bradley
Hubbard
Located in Big Flats, NY
housing bent glass and hand painted glass panels having countryside scene over double socket cast urn form
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Bradley
Hubbard Reverse Painted Floral Dogwood Table Lamp C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Bradley & Hubbard Reverse Painted Table Lamp with Dogwood C1920.
Measures - 22"H x 19"W x
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Antique Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Courting Scene Linen Fold Table Lamp C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Courting Scene Linen Fold Double Socket Table Lamp C1920
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid-Century Reverse Painted Oriental Style Geisha Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning pair of Asian Style reverse painted geisha lamps in gold, black and white.
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
James Mont oak table lamp with chinese, reverse paint motif
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice James Mont table lamp in pickled oak and reverse painted glass in chinese motif.
Category
Vintage 1940s Table Lamps
Materials
Oak, Glass
Antique Arts and Crafts Jefferson Lamp with Reverse Painted Landscape Scene
By Jefferson Electric Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
scenic landscape reverse painted glass dome shade, working and with professional rewiring, circa 1910
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Phoenix Reverse Painted Table Lamp with Landscape Scene C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Phoenix Reverse Painted Table Lamp with Landscape Scene C1920
Measures - 23 1/2" x 18" x
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Directorie Table Lamp, Artist Signed L.H. Gorham
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Big Flats, NY
two foliate form arms terminating in candle lights seated on onyx, reverse painted shade with
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Metal
Antique Pairpoint Reverse Painted Flower
Butterfly Table Lamp Signed c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Pairpoint Reverse Painted Flower & Butterfly Table Lamp Signed C1920.
Measures - 15" x
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Pittsburg Linen Fold Reverse Painted Landscape Table Lamp C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Pittsburg Linen Fold Reverse Painted Landscape Table Lamp C1920
Measures - 13"H x 10"W x
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Antique Arts
Crafts Stylized Floral Reverse Painted Pairpoint Lamp, circa 1920
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Big Flats, NY
Arts & Crafts pairpoint lamp offer reverse painted bell form shade with stylized floral band over
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Jefferson Arts
Crafts Scenic Reverse Painted Table Lamp C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Jefferson Arts & Crafts Scenic Reverse Painted Table Lamp C1920.
Measures - 21.5"H x
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Arts
Crafts Table Handel Lamp with Pittsburgh School Reverse Painted Shade
By Handel Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
lights and Pittsburgh School reverse painted shade depicting lake scene and foliate overlay, handel lamps
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pairpoint Reverse Painted Art Nouveau Lamp Depicting the Four Seasons
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Pairpoint Reverse Painted Art Nouveau Lamp Depicting the Four Seasons
Circa 1910
Origin
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Antique Arts
Crafts Pittsburgh Style Reverse Painted
Polychromed Lamp, c1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp in the manner of Pittsburgh ight Co. offers reverse painted
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Arts
Crafts Pittsburgh School Bronze Reverse Painted Lamp, circa 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
reverse painted glass dome form shade with still life band of fruit with grape and vine, circa 1920
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pairpoint Reverse Painted "Copley" Lamp Shade with Mahogany and Brass Base
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Antique scenic Pairpoint reverse painted "Copley" lamp shade with Pairpoint mahogany and brass lamp
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Arts
Crafts Handel Obverse Reverse Painted Table Lamp, Signed, Shade No.5347
By Handel Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp by Handel offers obvers and reverse painted shade having
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Wonderful Pairpoint Puffy Hollyhock Lamp Reverse Painted Vibrant Colors Art Deco
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Roslyn, NY
depicts hollyhocks in full bloom against a cheerful background. Hollyhocks are painted in blues, yellows
Category
20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Arts
Crafts Reverse Painted Floral Panel Table Lamp, Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An Arts & Crafts table lamp offers hand painted floral panels seated in cast frame over double
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Pairpoint Reverse Painted Bouilotte Lamp with Original 3-Light Base
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique pairpoint bouillotte lamp features hand-painted floral hexagonal shade with alternating all
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate
Antique Arts
Crafts Reverse Painted Table Lamp, Bradley
Hubbard School c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp in the manner of Bradley and Hubbard offers shade having stylized floral band surmounting double socket flared base with reeding with inverted b...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Antique Reverse Painted Bronzed Metal Epergne Lamps with Floral Elements
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of Antique Reverse Painted Bronzed Metal Epergne Lamps with Floral Design & Elements, C1920
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Reverse Painted Table Lamp, Moe Bridges Co. Geese Flying in the Moonlight
Located in Petaluma, CA
lamps. On occasion we will buy this style of lamp known as "reverse painted". These lamps are
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Arts
Crafts Beach Sunset with Palms Table Lamp 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
with foliate and scroll embossed base surmounted by shade having reverse hand painted glass dome with
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Reverse Painted Pittsburgh Table Lamp with Molded Drapery Shade, c 1910
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Pittsburgh table lamp offers glass molded drapery form shade with reverse painted floral
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Glass Reverse Painted table lamp in the style of Paul Laszlo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice double glass panels reverse painted and wood table lamp.
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Glass
A pair of reverse-painted lamps in the neo-classic manner
Located in New York, NY
A pair reverse-painted lamps in the neo-classic manner
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps
Pittsburgh School Reverse Painted Table Lamp by E. Miller
Co., circa 1920
By Miller Lamp Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
having Dual independently controlled sockets, is embossed with maker, and surmounted by a reverse painted
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Moe Bridges Reverse Hand Painted Boudoir Urn Form Table Lamp, c1920
By Moe Bridges
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique boudoir table lamp by Moe Bridges offers glass dome shade having reverse hand painted
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Arts
Crafts Jefferson Reverse Painted Table Lamp with Landscape Scene, Signed
Located in Big Flats, NY
Arts & Crafts Jefferson Reverse Painted Table Lamp with Landscape Lake Scene with Fishing Boat
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Arts
Crafts Phoenix School Reverse Painted Textured Glass Landscape Scene Lamp
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Arts & Crafts Reverse Painted Textured Glass Landscape Scene Double Socket Lamp in the
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Arts
Crafts Phoenix School Reverse Painted Textured Glass Landscape Scene Lamp
Located in Big Flats, NY
Arts & Crafts Reverse Painted Textured Glass Landscape Scene Lamp in the Manner of Phoenix with
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Antique Pittsburg Reverse Obverse Lake Scene Landscape Painted Table Lamp c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Pittsburg Reverse Obverse Lake Scene Landscape Painted Table Lamp c1920.
19" x 14 1/8" x
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Pair of Moderne, Reverse Painted Sconces with Mirrored Backs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of moderne, reverse painted sconces with mirrored backs.
Category
20th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces
Art Deco Reverse Painted and Brass Table or Desk Lamp by Pairpoint
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in New York, NY
stem.It features a three light design illuminating the reverse hand painted textured glass shade . The
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
French Style Brass and Crystal Chandelier Reverse Painted Glass Center Pediment
Located in Toledo, OH
French style brass and crystal chandelier sky blue reverse painted glass inner center pediment
Category
20th Century Unknown French Provincial Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal
Set of Four Italian Reverse Painted Mirrored Sconces C. 1920
s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of unique (4) reverse painted mirrored sconces with scenes of dogs surrounded by chinoiserie
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Pair of French early reverse painted lucite two-arm sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French early reverse painted lucite two-arm sconces.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Lucite
Early 20th Century Reverse Painting Glass Shade And Bronze lamp
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Reverse Painting Dome Glass Shade and Bronze Table Lamp. It depicts a landscape with
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
Bottega Karin, Reverse Glass Painting, Églomisé Table Lamp, Design Attb, Laszlo
By Karin Van Leyden 1, Paul Laszlo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Reverse paint (églomisé) Made by Karin Van Leyden. The glass lamp itself measures approximate 21 height x
Category
Vintage 1940s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Paint, Glass
Antique Reverse Panel Lamp with Filigree Shade
Polychrome Base, circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique table lamp features scroll and floral filigree shade with eight floral reverse painted
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Reverse Painted Table Lamp
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Petaluma, CA
painted glass shades ever made between 1907-1929. This particular shade is known as their Copley shade
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Wood
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Find many varieties of an authentic piece of reverse painted lighting available at 1stDibs. An item from our selection of reverse painted lighting — often made from glass, metal and brass — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect choice in our collection of reverse painted lighting — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right object in our assortment of reverse painted lighting, those designed in Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau and Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made option in this array of reverse painted lighting has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Pairpoint Glassworks, Jefferson Electric Co. and Fornasetti are consistently popular.
How Much is a Reverse Painted Lighting?
Prices for a piece of reverse painted lighting start at $450 and top out at $27,450 with the average selling for $1,783.
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 Reverse Painted Lighting
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Reverse painting is a method of glass art. The artist paints the back of a glass panel so the finished work can be seen from the opposite side. The technique is centuries old and pieces can be found in a variety of art styles. Browse a selection of reverse painted pieces on 1stDibs.
- How do I reverse paint on glass?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The first step in reverse glass painting is to select your design and to transfer it to a pane of glass. From there you can paint in your design. Once the paint is dry and set, you can proudly display your artwork from the unpainted side that will have no exposed paint and will be less prone to chipping.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Reverse painting on glass is called verre églomisé. The term gets its name from the 18th-century decorator Jean-Baptiste Glomy who became famous for his reverse-painted glass prints. On 1stDibs, you can shop a collection of verre églomisé furniture and jewelry.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The Empire of Light is a series of paintings by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. Although he didn’t plan them as a formal series, Magritte explored this theme in more than 20 paintings from the 1940s to the 1960s. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of expertly-vetted René Magritte pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 25, 2024Dan Flavin's paintings with light were called “icons,” a term that the American artist coined. To produce these works, Flavin created monochrome canvases and then lit them with electric lights. In 1963, he shifted to creating sculptures out of the light fixtures themselves. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Dan Flavin art.
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