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Place of Origin: Chinese
Torch Pendant S2 Round Ø150 Red By Established
Sons Sylvain Willenz
By Established
Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
With its tactile, silicone the Torch Light reveals its references to the shape and material of the typical torch, while the diamond-texture diffuser cleverly references the glass of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Lighting
Materials
Silicone
Cave Inspired Unique Form, Natural Beige Fiberglass Table Lamp by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Cave Table Lamp by kar
Dimensions: W 22 x D 29 x H 31 cm
Materials: Fiberglass.
We are delighted to share the news with you that Cave Table Lamp is officially launched. This is the latest design from kar Studio...
Category
2010s Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Fiberglass
Houseof Yolk yellow diffuser wall light
By houseof
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
Create an ambient atmosphere in your home with our sand diffuser wall light. A subtle fold runs through the centre of this classic circular shade, enabling a focused light flow for a...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Metal
$204 / item
Montera JH42, Amber
Ruby, Table Lamp by Jaime Hayon for &Tradition
By &Tradition, Jaime Hayon
Located in Dubai, AE
The Montera table lamp by international artist and designer Jaime Hayon seamlessly blends past and present.
Montera pays homage to the heritage ...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
19th Century Chinese Urn Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally, a ginger jar converted to a lamp. Fine French dore bronze mounts. Custom parchment shade is 14" in diameter by 9.5" high. The overall body width is 9.5".
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Mist AP17 Table Lamp, Grigio Caldo, by All the Way to Paris for &Tradition
By &Tradition, All The Way To Paris
Located in Dubai, AE
Centered around a mouth-blown opal glass shade, the Mist Table lamp features a solid marble pillar and a discreet dimmer switch. The striking contrast between materials results in a ...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Stone, Marble
Important Chinese blue ceramic lamp with butterflies, Quing Thongzhi, China 1865
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Chinese lamp in blue ceramic decorated with butterflies and flowers.
China.
QING dynasty, Tongzhi era, 1861-1875
Blackened wooden base
In excellent condition, electricity ...
Category
1860s Chinese Export Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain, Wood, Ceramic
$2,584 Sale Price
20% Off
Houseof Charcoal Grey Bar Opal Ball Wall Light
By houseof
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
A perfect space saving light our bold charcoal grey bar opal ball wall light. With the power of a floor lamp but without the footprint, the metal bar holds three opal glass shades, w...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pale Turquoise Crackle Glaze Pair Table Lamps, China, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Chinese pair of pale turquoise crackle glazed lamps.
Classic tall cylinder, tulip shape.
Base 6" diameter and 14" tall
Shade diameter 16"
Overall height 24"
New Belgian ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Walking Floor Lamp Polished or Matte Brass Gold Lighting Customizable
By Zhipeng Tan
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The walking floor lamp can also be used as a sculpture or an accent piece in the interior. It is handmade by renowned Chinese artist Zhipeng Tan and can be customized in size and color.
Keyword: Floor lamp, lighting, sculpture
About the artist:
Since graduating with an Industrial design degree from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhipeng Tan has focused on the ancient technique of lost-wax casting. Through this foundry process, rich in heritage and tradition, Tan explores his interest in organic forms. Often inspired by his environmental surroundings such as water and plants, he explores anthropomorphic themes, as well. Though trained as an Industrial designer, he has become an accomplished self-taught sculptor, eagerly exploring the elastic and permeable boundaries between art and design and finding a harmonious fusion of sculpture and furniture, provocative objects of both beauty and utility.
In spite of his rigorous training in computer modeling, Tan develops all of his concepts exclusively with hand drawing, preferring the direct connection to his work that sketching provides. As he likes to say, “Every line in the artwork is touched by me.” Most of his work is hand-sculpted in clay and the final work is achieved through casting, hammering, welding and polishing. He has chosen brass as his preferred medium in part because of its connection to historical tradition, but most especially because of its warm color, rich luster and versatility.
Though from his early work, one may sense the influence of Joan Miró, Henry Moore and Constantin Brancusi and in his more recent pieces there is a nod to the Post-Pop sensibilities of Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami, the work of Zhipeng Tan is thoroughly original, an expression of his exuberance and imagination. In all of his work, one may see an exploration of our fundamental humanity and a desire to discover worlds within worlds. From the 33 Step Chair...
Category
2010s Chinese Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Celadon Table Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese porcelain table lamps with a classic form and an off white celadon finish with four subtle rings around the diame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinoiserie Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
$2,950 / set
Pair of Porcelain Pagoda Table Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Art Deco table lamps with yellow glazed porcelain having open fretwork and center medallions with carved mahogany pagoda top and bases.
Category
20th Century Art Deco Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
$2,200 / set
Fine pair Antique Chinese Export Orange Ground
24K Gilt Vases Turned to Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Orange Ground and 24K Gilt Decorated Vases later turned to Lamps. This is a truly beautiful pair of...
Category
1860s Chinese Export Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Small Vintage Side Lamp, Chinese, Bronze, Desk, Table Light, Decor, Circa 1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small vintage side lamp. A Chinese, bronze and mahogany desk or table light, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Of appealing fi...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair of 19th Century Famille Noire Chinese Vase Lamps, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
A pair of 19th century Chinese Famille Noire baluster vase lamps.
Beautifully hand painted.
In very good original condition. Wear consistent with age and use. Some loss to the glaze ...
Category
1860s Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Reverse Table Lamp-Travertine Stone
Bronzed Aluminum-by Aleksandar Lazic-Audo
By Aleksandar Lazic, Audo
Located in Dubai, AE
In his search for simple and clever solutions in any given space, Danish designer Aleksandar Lazic looked to Italian marble tables from the 1970s when creating the Reverse Lamp. Insp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Travertine, Aluminum
Early 21st Century Boho Finley Looped Rattan Chandelier After Arteriors
By Arteriors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Make a dramatic statement with the iconic "Finley" chandelier in the manner of Arteriors , a stunning piece that perfectly embodies Vintage Boho style with its organic form and natur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Metal
Modern Aluminum Wire Sphere Sculpture Chandelier Lighting
By Catellani
Smith
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This amazing chandelier is a work of art and is based off of an Italian iconic chandelier that retailed for over $12,000. It was purchased in 2011 by a Los Angeles interior designer ...
Category
2010s Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Metal
Gio Chandelier LN15, Vermilion Red, Dark Burgundy
Ecru White, by Luca Nichetto
By Luca Nichetto, &Tradition
Located in Dubai, AE
Drawing inspiration from Gio Ponti’s Murano Chandelier, the Gio chandelier conveys the same striking expression whilst focusing on fundamental geometr...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Chinese Canton Porcelain Square Tea Jar Lamp, Circa 1900-1920
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Chinese canton porcelain square tea jar lamp, Circa 1900-1920.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White and Blue Figurative Scene Stoneware Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) table lamp made from an off-white and blue stoneware vase with carved floral bands, two small decorative handles, and a scene depicting two women...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Chinese Export Oxblood Red Porcelain Vase Table Lamps - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of Chinese Export phoenix tail form oxblood red porcelain table lamps in very good condition. The wiring is vintage but in wor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
$1,516 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Blue and White Porcelain Jars Table Lamps, Wired for the USA
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of blue and white porcelain table lamps, each featuring a square jar form hand-painted with detailed landscape scenes and mounted on clear lucite bases. The crisp cobalt blue ...
Category
2010s Chinese Lighting
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Dellintero Outdoor Pendant Chandelier by Elisterno
By Elisterno Outdoors
Located in City Of Industry, CA
Dellintero Outdoor Pendant Chandelier by Elisterno - bringing a new level of luxury to outdoor spaces. Inspired by classic European lighting but engineered with modern technology in...
Category
2010s Industrial Chinese Lighting
Materials
Brass
$3,600 Sale Price / item
57% Off
Fragment 08 Pendant Light by Sing Chan
Located in Geneve, CH
Fragment 08 pendant light by Sing Chan
Dimensions: D 35.5 x H 70.5 cm
Materials: Stainless steel, glass.
All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance.
The past and the future are never disconnected. In this multifarious world, things are full of connections. Maybe we have to be reckless, maybe we can turn a blind eye, maybe we can be voracious, and maybe we can be casual, the time is.
It has been two years since the last lamp creation, and this presentation will continue the past, complementing the Fragment series and expressing some ideas that have not been realized. The new collection was inspired by I.M. Pei's Louvre Pyramid, which was heavily criticized by Parisian society for being too avant-garde and out of place in the Classic Louvre. It seems to be the same as Fragment series, seeking a balance point between the avant-garde and the classical. The glass is attached to the metal to wrap the light, and the light travels through the tight structure, sometimes hitting the wall, sometimes being free, extending infinitely in the limited space.
Although inspired by the Louvre Pyramid, but different in light efficiency. In the initial test, only the four sides of the glass were tested without fixed light effect. Staggered light was born to form a unique cross light...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
$9,489 / item
Concrete Wall Lamp / Sconce / Outdoor Lighting
D
By Bentu Design
Located in Paris, IDF
"D" by Bentu Design
Wall lamp or sconce. Outdoor lighting. Three sizes available.
Concrete
Sizes
8.2 × 8.2 × 6 cm
8.2 × 8.2 × 16 cm
8.2 × 8.2 × 26 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Chinese Lighting
Materials
Concrete
$360 / item
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Vase / lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose vase, having a yellow ground with floral decoration. An inset hand painted panel depicting exotic birds flowers and trees.
C...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Chinese Kangxi Blue and White 20th Century Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of large Chinese blue and white baluster vases, decorated in tones of blue and whites in the Kangxi manner, now mounted as lamps with hand gilded turned bases.
Height of...
Category
20th Century Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Fine Cerulean Blue Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Elegant Pair of Cerulean Blue Chinese Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps, circa 1900 or earlier, with very fine custom made raspberry red silk shades, on ebonized bases
tested -
ove...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Off-White Orange and Pink Floral Motif Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of similar Chinese porcelain table lamps made from off-white, urn-shaped vases with pink, orange and green florals, berries, leaves and snap dragons with wooden bases and brass...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Torso Table Lamp, Black /Off-White, in Ceramic/Linen by Kroyer-Saetter-Lassen
By Audo
Located in Dubai, AE
The transformative powers of light come into play on the Torso Table Lamp by Krøyer-Sætter-Lassen, designed with a timeless look that lends itself to any setting. The elongated base ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Linen
Ju Sconce by objective OBJECT Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Ju Sconce by objective OBJECT Studio
Dimensions: D 10 x W 10 x H 71 cm
Materials: Steel, plaster, led.
objective OBJECT
an embodiment of our archite...
Category
2010s Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Steel
$7,610 / item
Tripod HM8 Floor Lamp, Matt Black by Hvidt
Mølgaard for &Tradition
By Hvidt
Mølgaard
Located in Dubai, AE
Tripod from 1953 reflects the clean minimalism of Old Masters Hvidt & Mølgaard.
A floor lamp built from lacquered steel with brass details, it strikes a delicate balance between the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass, Aluminum, Steel
Houseof White flower glass pendant light
By houseof
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
This elegant ceiling pendant is a nod to the classic French brasserie lights; it will work wonderfully in a cosy dining nook or even as the focal point in a living room. With polishe...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Iron
$218 / item
Pair Famille Verte Chinese vases / lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th Century Chinese Famille Verte porcelain vases / lamps. Each with scrolling foliate and motif decoration to the whole, having this very decorative yel...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Style Filigree Gilt Wood Dragon Floor Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese-style (19th Century) carved and filigree gilt wood 6 sided dragon base floor lamps with round brass filigree shade (PRICED AS Pai...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Brass
LBM Table Lamp - Luis Pink - by Moisés Hernández for Hay
By HAY
Located in Dubai, AE
Inspired by the innovative architecture of fellow Mexican Luis Barragan, Moisés Hernández designed the LBM Table Lamp to reflect his fascination with monolithic geometry, color, ligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Steel
Kangxi Apple Green Crackle Glaze Baluster Vase/Lamp, China, Early 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare Kangxi Dynasty (1654-1722) apple green over white crackle glazed baluster shaped ceramic vase/lamp - white crackle glazed interior and base - large...
Category
Early 18th Century Qing Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Jade Quanyin Figures Mounted as Candelabra Lamps
By Edward Farmer
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese carved jadeite figures of standing Quanyins on their original carved wood bases, later mounts in the style of Farmer and Co on gilt repose bronze bases and two light ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Lighting
Materials
Jade, Bronze
Fragment 07 Ceiling Light by Sing Chan Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Fragment 07 ceiling light by Sing Chan
Dimensions: D 80 x H 28 cm
Materials: Stainless steel, glass.
All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance.
The past and the future are never disconnected. In this multifarious world, things are full of connections. Maybe we have to be reckless, maybe we can turn a blind eye, maybe we can be voracious, and maybe we can be casual, the time is.
It has been two years since the last lamp creation, and this presentation will continue the past, complementing the Fragment series and expressing some ideas that have not been realized. The new collection was inspired by I.M. Pei's Louvre Pyramid, which was heavily criticized by Parisian society for being too avant-garde and out of place in the Classic Louvre. It seems to be the same as Fragment series, seeking a balance point between the avant-garde and the classical. The glass is attached to the metal to wrap the light, and the light travels through the tight structure, sometimes hitting the wall, sometimes being free, extending infinitely in the limited space.
Although inspired by the Louvre Pyramid, but different in light efficiency. In the initial test, only the four sides of the glass were tested without fixed light effect. Staggered light was born to form a unique cross light...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Stainless Steel
$10,434 / item
Filigrana Light S4 Ellipse Ø450 Red Canes Pendant Light by Established
Sons
By Established
Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Harnessing a technique that dates back to the 16th century, the technique is an art form passed from generation to generation. The range of suspension lights are handmade from Veneti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Lighting
Materials
Steel
Houseof White Ceramic Flower Table Lamp
By houseof
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
Soften your interior with the natural elements of ceramic and linen. The sculptural ceramic base complements the flower-shaped linen shade. Standing tall at 54cm, this table lamp wil...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
$273 / item
Filigrana T6 Mushroom Blue Canes Dimmable Light by Established
Sons
By Established
Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An impressive sculptural addition to the iconic Filigrana range bySebastian Wrong. A large, mushroom table light with a soft diffusedglow, this beautifully designed lamp is an eye-ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Lighting
Materials
Steel
Pair Estate Chinese "Famille Rose" Porcelain Lamps, Circa 1950
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair estate Chinese "Famille Rose" porcelain lamps, circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Torch Pendant S3 Cone Ø300 Yellow By Established
Sons Sylvain Willenz
By Established
Sons
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
With its tactile, silicone the Torch Light reveals its references to the shape and material of the typical torch, while the diamond-texture diffuser cleverly references the glass of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Lighting
Materials
Silicone
Chinese Porcelain Vase Mounted as Lamp, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Bronze mounts by E.F. Caldwell and Co.
Category
1870s Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Wucai Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
A Chinese Wucai Porcelain Vase Lamp with ebonized base.
Measures 6" in width, 6" in depth and 17" in height to the top of the bulb socket
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Lighting
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Houseof Curved Floor Lamp with Olive Green Marble Base, Metal and Glass Shade
By houseof
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
Deeply coloured and luxurious olive green marble anchors this sculptural lamp. With curved brass arms raising frosted glass pill shades, it spreads a warm soft light around the space...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
Early 19th Century Chinese Celadon vase/lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality early 19th Century Chinese Celedon porcelain vase / lamp. Having a wonderful bellied form with classical embossed motif decoration around, shell like handles to e...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Large Asian Porcelain Sang de boeuf Vase mounted as Lamp
Located in Greenwich, CT
A superb large sang de boeuf or oxblood Chinese Porcelain baluster vase, with vibrant depth of glaze, mounted as a lamp .
dimensions - for vase only - approx 21 in. H x 10.5 in. W ...
Category
Late 19th Century Ming Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Vintage Chinoiserie Cinnabar Style Urn Table Lamps
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Pair of vintage table or accent urn lamps feature ornate faux cinnabar bodies, adorned with garlands of flowers with leaves and bands of leaves on urn covers. Highly detailed, graphi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Lighting
Materials
Plaster
$752 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Montera JH42, Forest
Sky, Table Lamp by Jaime Hayon for &Tradition
By &Tradition, Jaime Hayon
Located in Dubai, AE
The Montera table lamp by international artist and designer Jaime Hayon seamlessly blends past and present.
Montera pays homage to the heritage of Spain, displaying a clear correlat...
Category
2010s Scandinavian Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Oriental Porcelain Celadon Glazed Painted Vase Mounted as a Lamp 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An oriental porcelain
Celadon-Glazed painted
Vase mounted as a lamp
20th century.
Of meiping form painted
with flowering branches of peonies
and poem inscription,
on turned wood stand...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Lighting
Materials
Celadon
Chinese Famille Rose Vase or Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century style Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vase, having mythical Dragons, flowers and foliage to the yellow ground. Mounted on gilded ormolu base and top.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Chinese Brass Urn Table Lamps With Elephant Handles
Located in West Hartford, CT
Vintage Chinese archaistic urn form lamps having molded geometric designs and elephant handles. 22.5”h to top of socket.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Lighting
Materials
Brass
$760 Sale Price / set
57% Off
Pair of Carved Rock Crystal Lamps
Located in Hudson, NY
A pair of 20th century Chinese carved rock crystal covered vases mounted on 20th century French or Italian giltwood bases as lamps.
The ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal
$14,000 / set
White Long Tube Neck Pair Lamps With Shades, China, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Chinese white long tube length neck pair of lamps with rounded base.
Base measures 9.5" diameter and 15" tall.
Shade diameter is 16".
Overall height is 24".
New Belgian ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Pair 19th Century Rose medallion vases / lamps.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century Chinese Rose medallion vases / lamps, with classical scenes depicting various courtiers, gilded foo dog and lizard mounts, raised on rococo s...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Houseof Sand Opal Disk Wall Light with Metal and Glass Shade
By houseof
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
This modern wall light works everywhere. The disk mounted, opal glass shade, diffuses a warm illuminating glow. Ideal for a living space, kitchen, bedroom or bathroom. Or sand is the...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Chinese Lighting
Materials
Metal
Marbro Oxblood Elephant-handled Chinese Urn Table Lamp Sangre de Boeuf Regency
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Marbro company was founded by Morris Markoff and his brother, hence the name "Marbro" from Markoff brothers. They started the company shortly after WWII. The company was located in a 3 story brick building in the garment district of Los Angeles, just south of Downtown right by the Santa Monica Freeway. During the time they ran the company, they sold almost as many antiques as they did lamps.
Marbro sold their products mainly through interior designers and a few upscale furniture stores. Most of the products were built to order. A typical order from a designer or retailer took between 75 and 90 days to complete.
Most of the components that made up the lamp bodies (ceramic, brass, glass, etc) were purchased from small companies and antique dealers around the world. For the most part, none of the bodies were made on site. . Italy was the source for alabaster, Japan and China for Porcelain, Brass in India and Crystal from Germany and France. Lamps would also be made from sculptures that customers brought to in to the shop.
Once the lamp bodies arrived, a group of Marbro employees would make the wood bases, spin the metal caps, make the shades, and do the painting and tinting. With the help of about 20-40 other true world class artisans, metal workers, finishers and handmade shade makers, they produced lamps and shades that were truly some of last of their kind of art.
Here we have an astonishing example of Marbro production. This mid to late 18th century lusciously oxblood lacquered "sang de boeuf" Chinese urn was almost certainly a custom commission by a client, the owner of the Qing urn. The exceptional quality of the urn, it's size, gentle proportions, the even application of the oxblood glaze (especially over the stunning elephant handles) are of a quality that I have not seen before in a lamp.
The Marbro artisans truly did right by their client, as they allowed the exceptional form and color of the Chinese antique take center stage. The simple base follows the proportion of the body yet perfectly echoes the angle and curve of the elephant trunk handles.
Victorian lampshade...
Category
Late 18th Century Qing Antique Chinese Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
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