Chinese Lantern

Framed in northern elmwood, this elegant lantern casts a soft glow through frosted glass. Exemplifying the refined simplicity of 19th century Chinese d...

Framed in hand-carved rosewood, this 19th-century hanging lantern casts a soft glow through frosted glass. The lantern has a square frame, with straight sides and gently arched tops carved with abstract...

Framed in blackwood, this 19th century square lantern casts a soft glow through frosted glass. Displaying the refined simplicity found in furniture of the same era, the lantern illum...

Lanterns in China have a history that goes back over 1,800 years to the Han dynasty: during the Lantern Festival (which falls on the 15 day of the first lunar month) people hang lanterns...

The Chanteloup Lantern by David Duncan Lighting. This artisan crafted, six-sided hanging lantern has been designed in an elegant style. The Chanteloup Lantern features a geometric ga...

Eye-catching Mid-Century Modern cylinder rattan lantern or pendant ceiling lamp, Italy, 1960s. This oriental inspired suspension features two concentric cylinders made of rattan or w...

One of a kind, early 1900s Arts and Crafts light fixture. This antique and extraordinary pendant is another one of our recent, great fin...

French Maison Baguès bronze and crystal pagoda lantern. Stunning French Maison Bagues designed Chinoiserie style bronze and crystal chandelier or lantern in the shape of a pagoda Ou...

This design by Edward F. Caldwell combines elements of classical Chinese Chippendale (18th century) style and Brighton Pavillion(19th century) style with a triple dome pagoda top in ...

American (glass attributed to Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts), circa 1830-1840. Glass, blown, partially frosted, and wheel cut, with cast and die-rolled brass, patinated. This hanging lamp is typical of the production of such lanterns by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company of Sandwich, Massachusetts, during the 1830s, and perhaps as late as the early 1840s. The present example is an unusually elaborate specimen with its overall frosting and cutting. In their The Glass Industry in Sandwich, II (1989), Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser quote Boston & Sandwich Glass Company manager Deming Jarves on the fabrication of lamps of this general type (p. 225 no. 2398). These hanging lanterns could be supplied with a candle or with a peg lamp...