French Lighting

An exquisite French Art Nouveau boule de gui/mistletoe ball chandelier, in absolutely stunning condition, decorated with hand painted mistletoe leaves and opaline glass berries, the ...

A stunning French Art Deco chandelier in grand scale (26" in diameter with 36" drop adjustable) by the French Artist J. Rorobet. It is most uncommon to find two pairs of matching wal...

This stunning 1980s wall light by the renowned French Maison Baguès is a true work of art, almost sculptural in its grandeur. Crafted with exquisite attention to detail, the light fe...

Small 'Fly 1 Metal' Alabaster Sconce in the Manner of Pierre Chareau Handcrafted in Los Angeles in the workshop of noted French designer and antiques dealer Denis de le Mesiere, who meticulously pays homage to the work of Pierre Chareau with scrupulous attention to detail and materials. Executed in the highest quality solid European alabaster blocks...

This elegant French brass and glass bell jar lantern dates to the 19th century and embodies the restrained refinement of neoclassical lighting from the period. The fixture features a...

This desk lamp was designed by Eileen Gray and manufactured by Jumo, France in 1930s. A brass construction, features a gunmetal effect on the adjustable shade. The lamp remains in...

A colorful, antique French Art Deco pagoda ceiling light, chandelier made of hand blown cut crystal glass attributed to Maison Baguès, in good con...

Antique French, four light pendant. This stunning and highly stylish chandelier originates from early twentieth century France and to have found it in this good condition again fe...

Elegant pair of 1940s bronze sconces, reminiscent of Poillerat. Rewired. *Lampshades iaren't included but available on request.

Striking and exclusive 1920s bronze and alabaster light fixture for the perfect atmosphere. If you are looking for a remarkable light fixture to grace your living space, then this a...

Elegant articulate wall lights, in black enameled metal with brass accents, swivel joint at the cylinder, complementary detachable shade extensions (not shown) & custom US back plate...

Mid Century French "Cocotte" Brass Lamp era Biny, Lacroix, Guariche 1950 Very nice tripod "cocotte" style desk lamp. Emblematic of the design of the 50's l...

This striking Mid-Century Modernist ceramic floor/table lamp, crafted in France circa 1960, is a harmonious blend of stunningly curated natural materials and modernist design princip...

Wall lamp Quantum in solid forged bronze and in solid selenite lampshade. Exceptional piece, each piece is unique.

Arlus Style Sconce with two -branch opaline lampshades 1960

Pair of 1950's French opaline glass lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 18" Height to shade rest: 25" Diameter: 6.5"

Elegant Art Deco floor lamp, circa 1940, France. Bronze patinated metal, new ivory fabric shade. Rewired.One E27 bulb of 60W. Dimensions: 178 cm H, 53 cm diameter. All purchases are ...

This is a Vianne table lamp, made around the 1970s in France. The lamp features a brass base and 3 arms with blue and clear glass shades with a floral pattern on it. Illuminates be...

Art nouveau lamp circa 1910. Brass and copper base. Iridescent glass tulip signed Quezal. In perfect condition and electrified. Total height: 38.5 cm Base diameter: 15.5 cm Width: 30 cm Quezal Art Glass Quezal Art Glass – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2003 By Malcolm Mac Neil Some of the most beautiful and alluring art glass made in America during the early part of the 20th Century was made by the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company. Often in the shape of blossoming lilies with brilliant gold interiors and colorfully decorated with floral and other motifs inspired by nature, Quezal art glass ranks right alongside the iridescent glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frederick Carder. Quezal artisans created an extensive range of decorative and useful items, including vases, compotes, finger bowls, open salts, candle holders, and shades for lighting fixtures, which are equivalent in terms of beauty and quality of craftsmanship to Tiffany’s Favrile and Carder’s Aurene glass. In recent years, glass collectors have discovered anew the special charms and appeal of Quezal art glass, and collector desirability for this lovely glassware has increased dramatically. The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company was incorporated a century ago, on March 27, 1902. It was founded by Martin Bach, Sr., Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Bach, Lena Scholtz, and Adolph Demuth. The factory was located on the corner of Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Maspeth, Queens, New York. In October 1902, the trademark “Quezal” was successfully registered. By 1904, roughly fifty glassworkers were employed at the works. Martin Bach, Sr. was the president, proprietor, and guiding force behind this successful company. Born in 1862 in Alsace-Lorraine to German parents, he emigrated to the United States in 1891. Before his emigration, Bach worked in Saint-Louis, France, at the Saint-Louis Glass Factory. After Bach arrived in this country, he was hired by Louis C. Tiffany as the latter’s first batch-mixer or chemist at the newly established Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, in Corona, Queens. After a period of about eight years, Bach left Tiffany and established his own glassworks. By this time, Bach had already started his small family. He and his German-born wife, Anne-Marie Geisser, whom he married in the fall of 1889, in Paris, France, had three children. Two daughters, Jennie and Louise, were born in France and a son, Martin, Jr., was born in Corona. Bach was assisted by Thomas Johnson, an English immigrant, and Maurice Kelly, a native of Corona, both of whom were gaffers or master glassblowers. Johnson and Kelly helped pave the way for Quezal’s early accomplishments and later recognition. Thomas Johnson, like Bach, was a founding member and also previously employed by Louis C. Tiffany. Johnson’s association with Quezal, however, was relatively short lived. Around 1907, Johnson left for Somerville, Massachusetts, where he became involved in making Kew Blas glass, under William S. Blake at the Union Glass Company. Maurice Kelly’s tenure with Quezal was also brief. Kelly worked at Quezal from January 1902 until July 1904, but by November 1904, he was making Favrile glass at Tiffany Furnaces, where he would happily remain until 1918. To this day, the belief still exists that there once existed a man named Quezal, who worked for Louis C. Tiffany, and it is after him that Quezal glass is named. In truth, however, the founders of the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company named the company and its products after one of the world’s most beautiful birds, the elusive and rare quetzal, which dwells in the treetops of the remote tropical forests of Central America. A rare company promotional brochure provides a vivid description of the quetzal: Of all the birds of the America’s, it is the most gorgeous. No more splendid sight is to be seen in all the world than a quezal, flying like a darting flame through the depths of a Central American forest. Its back is of a brilliant metallic green, so vivid it shines even in the twilight of the woods like a great emerald and its breast is a crimson so deep and bright that every motion of the wonderful creature is a flashing of rubies among the trees and giant creepers. It bears a true golden crown upon its head – a helmet of bright yellow and green, shaped just as the helmet of old Aztec kings were shaped. Its tail is composed of lacelike plumes, extending more than two and one-half feet beyond its body. The quezal was certainly an appropriate designation for the company’s resplendent glassware. One of the most prized characteristics of Quezal art glass is the shimmering and dazzling brilliance reflected in the iridescent surfaces on the interior as well as exterior of the glass. The radiant rainbow colors in metallic hues, including gold, purple, blue, green, and pink, to name only a few, were certainly inspired by the quetzal and its feathers. Not surprisingly, lustrous feathers, in shades of opal, gold, emerald, and blue, are among the most common decorative motifs encountered on Quezal glass. The enduring hallmark of Quezal art glass is its unique expression of the Art Nouveau style, based on organic shapes and naturalistic motifs coupled with technical perfection in the execution. Vases, compotes, drinking vessels, and shades for lighting fixtures were often fashioned to resemble flowers such as crocuses, tulips, calla lilies, casablanca lilies, and jack-in-the-pulpits. Variously colored inlaid threads of glass, pulled and twisted by hooks, simulate naturalistic floral and leaf patterns, lily pads, clover leafs, and vines. Opal, gold, and green colors prevail and the glass is generally opaque. Red is the rarest color of all. Compared with Tiffany’s Favrile glass, the crisp, vivid, and colorful decoration of Quezal art glass is distinctively precise, symmetrical, and restrained. Other Quezal wares recall shapes and styles favored in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome, as well as the Italian Renaissance and the Georgian period in England. This is especially true of classic-shaped vases and bowls of translucent amber glass, which have a single surface color such as iridescent gold or blue. Still, others were inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese forms. The Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Alvin Silver Manufacturing Company in Sag Harbor, Long Island, purchased Quezal art glass, which they in turn embellished in their shops with silver overlay decoration in the fashionable Art Nouveau style and later resold. Gorham’s silver overlay designs mostly include stylized floral motifs. Alvin’s silver designs are wonderfully organic. One sumptuous design is of a group of sinuous iris blossoms with carefully articulated petals surrounded by attenuated meandering vines. Collectors should note that not all silver-deposit pieces are marked with a maker’s mark since the silversmith had to be quite careful not to damage the glass underneath. A rare 1907 retail catalog survives from Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Company, a luxury goods retailer in Philadelphia, which reveals original retail prices of Quezal art glass. A surprising revelation provided by this catalog is that Quezal art glass was nearly twice as expensive as comparable French imported glass made by such renowned firms as Gallé and Daum. Hock glasses, a stemmed glass used primarily for drinking German white wine, were sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $75. Fingerbowls were also sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $100. These high retail prices were nearly the same as those charged for Tiffany’s Favrile glass, and suggest Quezal art glass was also marketed towards the high-end or luxury market. Electricity was a brand new invention in the late 1800s and American glass manufacturers developed novel approaches for concealing the electric light bulb, which was rather harsh to the eye and perhaps unflattering to the domestic interior. Tiffany, Steuben, and Quezal responded to this need with the most extraordinary and beautiful art-glass shades, all of which were  hand-made and exquisitely fashioned. Many other companies also made art glass shades for table and floor lamps, electroliers, hallway fixtures, and wall sconces, but it was Quezal that excelled in this area and was the most prolific. Quezal art glass shades were available in an infinite variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and decorations. Some shades are formed and decorated as lilies while others are bell-shaped and have ribbed or textured decoration. Rims are usually plain but sometimes are notched or ruffled. Common motifs include feather or hooked feather, leaf and vine, applied flowers, drape, fishnet, King Tut, and spider webbing. The workmanship shown on most Quezal shades...

A pair of rare French 1960s hand thrown ceramic artist made sconces in matte black and white. Wonderful looking. Rewired with one candelabra socket each .

Early 20th century Art Nouveau newel post lamp also known as pillar lights. This light has a beautiful women with her arm raised and four lights. New...

Pair of Art Deco wall lights, circa 1925. Wrought iron frame with pine decoration. Alabaster tulip. Electric, E14 socket. In perfect condition. Total height: 30 cm Width: 34 cm Dept...

A French Art Deco flush mount was created by the French artist "Muller Freres". The shade dimensions are 13.25" in diameter by 4.5" in Depth in clear frosted glass with intricate geo...

Atelier Michel Armand, 'Fleur' table lamp in nickled bronze. This sculptural lamp is crafted by Atelier Michel Armand. Its abstract form is that of a flower, meticulously crafted fro...

Black Lacquered hourglass tapered wood base floor lamp with brass hardware and paper shade by J.A Motte. Base only 55x6

A large Art Deco leaded glass ceiling lamp with bronze mounts, France 1950s. Beautiful large conical milky white glass shade reflecting a pleasan...

This exceptional Art Deco chandelier, designed by Pierre D'Avesn for Daum (Croismare, Nancy) in the 1920s, features a magnificent decorative motif depicting two fish swimming amid de...

LU-FE-17655-01 Maison Baguès Lantern, 1 light. Various finish possible: leaf gilt gold strong patina, leaf gilt silver, black paint… Contact us f...

Postmodern Aluminium Sconce "Cyrano" by Bernard Dequet for Lucien Gau, 1990s.

Cirkus track lights by AGO Lighting Coated ABS, aluminum UL Listed LED GU10 110-240V (not included) Four colors available: Charcoal, grey, green, terrac...

Art Deco Daum Freres Nancy table lamp. Colorless smoky pinkish glass, etched ice-mat, with a geometric pattern. Three arms in chromed hammered wrought iron holding the shade. Electri...

A French circa 1900s wrought iron double tiered twelve-light chandelier with crystals and original patina. Measurements: Height 35" Width 28".

Corolle lamp by Georgia Jacob, made from resin on a marble base. France, 1970s. perfect vintage condition. rare yellow version. we also have the orange colored on stock.

Moody and chic. Electrification required.

Handcrafted and very stylish pair of Art Deco white and black veins alabaster wall lights. If you are looking for a great shape and practical size pair of sconces to grace your livi...

A beautiful flush mount chandelier attributed to Maison Bagues, France. It is made of a brass frame with a glass and crystal glass balls. The Fixtu...

Elegant French Art Nouveau three-light chandelier in brass with frosted glass shades, circa 1920. An elegant French Art Nouveau chandelier, crafted in richly patinated brass and fit...

Large Pierre Guariche 'G13' wall or ceiling light for Sammode Studio in black. Originally designed by Pierre Guariche, this iconic lamp is a newly produced authorized re-edition by...

An elegant late 20th century table lamp in neoclassical bouillotte style, made of high-quality gilt bronze with refined detailing and a beautifully polished finish. The craftsmanship...

Ceramic foot with geometric relief produced by the Jean Roger workshop in Paris. Available in different colors for the foot, and different fabrics for the oval lampshade...

Pair of bronzed brass wall lights with frosted art glass globes, for indoor or covered outdoor use, France, 1930-1939. All wall sconces are in very good condition, beautiful patina, ...

A beautiful and lovely nickeled bronze and glass table lamp by Sabino, France, Paris, circa 1930s. The amp is signed on the bottom and on the glass shade with "Sabino Paris...

French 1930s, Art deco, clear glass, cast desk light / table lamp Cast Iron Base and arm with Frosted glass shade. Black cotton wire and plug. Also, available with US/UK plug E27 /...

A three-arm cage chandelier with crystal drops.

A French gilded bronze antique hall lantern, the brass bulbous candle sconces, surrounded by four sectional circular decorative embellishments fa...

French Art Deco Table Lamp by Hettier & Vincent, Paris circa 1920 – Glass & Wrought Iron. Authentic and rare French Art Deco table lamp by Hettier & Vincent, crafted around 1920 in P...

Standout pair of French antique table lamps crafted in porcelain in classic form with pleats, hand decorated with birds, plants and bugs and set on custom brass bases.

19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze chandelier exhibiting the finest casting, with 12 candle arms suspended by four chains with numerous rock crystal pendants and sphere at the ...

Impressive pair of sconces by Maison Jansen figuring a bronze hand holding a black lacquered torch. One light, 60 watts max. US rewired. Dimension without shade: 14 inches height, ...

Pair French Art Deco signed Art glass sconces with original mounts circa 1930s. Each glass portion is signed as pictured molded into the glass when made.

Housing 6 lights. This chandelier will be completely rewired with certified US UL sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for all other countries. This incredible chandelier i...

A large brasstable lamp with shade. It has 3 way liting, the bulb lited, the small red light candle-like lited, and both lited, very unique.

Floor lamp, vintage brass finish in industrial style. Light up your reading corner with this charming floor lamp. This aged brass light fixture will be perfect next to a chair, armc...

A stunning very large, bamboo and rattan 3 stemmed palm tree floor lamp in the style of Mario Lopez Torres with seven coconut lights at differing heights below bamboo leaves. Re wire...

21st Century French Floral Metal Painted Chandelier This charming French country chandelier is crafted from metal and features a cascade of intricately detailed roses and leaves, al...

A purple-colored glass and rope pendant light with alabaster finishing likely designed and produced in France, c. 1930s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 28"Height x 14"Diameter Stem L...

French “Clichy” green coloured glass pendant lamp Brass glass holder Weight : 0.85 kg / 1.9 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standa...

Brutalist copper leaf and branch wall sconce circa 1960s-1970s French Beautiful handcrafted wall sconce in the form of a single leaf in brass and steel stems The brass leaf and has...

A nice pair of sconces of the well-known French house "Maison Lunel", these in particular is the model Arus, are composed of three branches of black lacquered metal ending in three b...

Art Deco sconce with nickel finish. Customer can choose from : Nickel finish Gold finish Chrome finish Old bronze Size