Art Deco Floor Lamps
Jacques Adnet French Art Deco Floor lamp
Jacques Adnet (1900 - 1984) designed this beautiful and useful floor lamp shortly after World War II. The adjustable brass shaft sits on three brass feet and is wrapped in saddle stitched blood red leather. The height of the lamp is adjustable from 60” to 79”. A new custom made “No Shadows” silk shade has been installed. The fixture takes three bulbs: a 100 to 300 watt in the center and two round 60-watt bulbs on either side. The lamp has been rewired for American electricity and is in excellent condition.
French Art Deco Parchment Torchiere with Metal Shade and Base
This monumental French art deco torchiere is from the 1930’s. The parchment (goatskin) covered shaft rises from a domed wood base and increases in circumference until it supports the black enameled shade. The lamp has been rewired for American electricity. It is 75” high, the shade is 27 ½” in diameter.
American Art Deco Aluminum Triple Cone Torchiere
This streamline American art deco torchiere is from the 1930’s. Constructed of aluminum, the sturdy floor light has three stacked shades, each with four “Speed” rings as they expand outward. The sleek shaft rises from a stepped up, weighted base. The torchiere has been polished to a bright silver sheen, rewired and fitted with a 100-150-300 Watt bulb. It stands 66 ½” tall. The top shade is 13” in diameter.
Kurt Versen American Art Deco Flip Top Floor Lamp and Torchiere
Kurt Versen (1901 - 1997) designed this American art deco aluminum and chrome floor lamp in the 1930’s. The lamp performs two functions; with the bowl up it is a torchiere, flip the bowl down and it is an excellent reading light, with Versen’s signature offset standard on the base. The lamp is 62" high as a torchiere, and 56 ½" high as a reading lamp. The fixture has been rewired, the metal polished and clear lacquered to protect it.
French Art Deco Torchiere with Ball
This French art deco torchiere dates from the 1930’s. The wooden base has a nickel collar which supports the wooden shaft of increasing diameter. The shaft is interrupted by a nickel donut and terminates at a nickel ball. A two step nickel shade holds the socket, which can accept an up to 300 W light bulb. The wood has been refinished, the nickel replated and the lamp rewired for American electricity. The torchiere is 68” high and the shade is 20” in diameter.
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French Art Deco Torchiere with Glass Wings by Atelier Petitot
This classic French art deco torchiere by Atelier Petitot is from the 1930’s. The wood shaft swells as it rises to meet ten graduated rings. The illuminated glass fins are frosted with a design that echoes the steps of the nickel shade. The lamp is 66” tall and 18” in diameter.
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American Art Deco Wrought Iron Floor Lamp
This American art deco hand wrought iron floor lamp dates from the 1920’s. The diamond shaped standard encloses an arabesque of fanciful flowers, leaves and buds in black and gold patinas. Sitting on four feet with scrolled ends, the lamp has been rewired. The lamp is 72” high and 16’ wide.
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Pair ATELIER PETITOT French Art Deco Torchieres
This rare pair of majestic French art deco floor lamps is a creation of the famed Atelier Petitot in Lyon, France. A similar lamp appears in their 1937 catalog. The torchieres have weighted three step nickel bases with three faux painted Macassar ebony shafts separated by bright nickel “speed” rings. The upper wood portion incorporates a ball and dome motif and is surmounted by a unique stepped bright nickel bowl. The lamps are 70” tall and the bowls are 18” in diameter at the top rim. The metal has been replated and coated with clear lacquer and the lamps have been rewired for American electricity.
French Art Deco Ceramic Figural Torchiere
This very classy French art deco ceramic floor lamp is from the 1940’s. The lamp rises from its base through three swelling columns separated by bronze rings to support three gold leaf hair putti. From their midst a bronze shaft supports a white ceramic bowl. The lamp measures 71” high x 16 ¾” in diameter and has been rewired for U.S. Electricity.
Edgar Brandt Torchiere
This art deco torchiere was made in the 1920’s by the French wrought iron master Edgar Brandt (1880 – 1960). The 17 ½” diameter shade is of internally decorated pate de verre glass by Muller FreresMuller Freres
[Founded in 1895]
(Muller Brothers) in Luneville, France, was one of the premier glassmakers of the period. The Mullers produced art glass competing with Daum and Galle from 1895 till the war intervened in 1914.
Resuming production in 1919, the company concentrated on ceiling fixtures, wall sconces and table lamps. The Depression caused Muller Freres to cease production in 1933 and finally close down in 1936. (1919 – 1936). The tall 72” torchiere would make a statement in any room.
Kurt Versen ”Flip” Lamp
This American art deco floor lamp/torchiere was designed by Kurt Versen (1889 – 1943) dates from the 1930’s and performs the function of two lamps. The top bowl flips down for use as a reading light. The light is of polished aluminum protected by clear lacquer. With Versen’s signature offset standard on base, the lamp measures 62” high as a torchiere and 56 ½” high as a reading lamp.
Pair Von Nessen Torchieres
This pair of American art deco nickel on brass and steel torchieres was designed by Walter Von Nessen (1889 – 1943) and manufactured by the Miller Lamp Company in the 1930’s. The two stage top is echoed in the flaring top of the foot. The lamps have been replated and rewired and stand 66” high.
Edgar Brandt Floor Lamp
A very rare French art deco floor lamp by Edgar Brandt (1880 – 1960), and Daum Freres. The body in hand wrought iron and bronze bears the tag “E. Brandt, France”. The globe is a tour de force of the glassmaker’s art. Blown in heavy blue and green mottled glass, the globe has interclarier decorations of white clouds and hot impressed yellow flowers with white centers. The glass is signed “Daum Nancy” with the Cross of Lorraine. The lamp measures 49” high and 16 ½” diameter. It has been rewired for American electricity.
Pair French Chrome & Glass Torchieres
An impressive pair of French 1930’s art deco torchieres. From the three step base the fixture rises with a chrome rod surrounded by three glass rods terminating in two collars surrounding a glass disk. A flaring 23” diameter bowl tops each 69” high torchiere.
Von Nessen Torchiere
This American art deco nickel on brass and steel torchiere was designed by Walter Von Nessen (1889 – 1943) and manufactured by the Miller Lamp Company in the 1930’s. The two stage top is echoed in the flaring top of the foot. The lamp has been replated and rewired and stands 66” high.
Super Markel Floor Lamp
This is the second Markel floor lamp we have had and it’s even better than the first! The lamp sits on a round chrome base surmounted by six chrome “speed” rings, next is a bronze colored tube, another speed ring and then a narrower bronze shaft topped by two rings and a three step collar support in a milk glass shade with a domed center. The shade is surrounded by three chrome rings with four disk Markel finials. The lamp measures 62” high and the shade is 17” in diameter. The lamp is rewired and in stunning condition.
Three Ring Torchiere
This all metal American art deco torchiere dates from the 1930’s. With its chrome shaft with three “speed” rings to its black and chrome base to its swelling polished aluminum shade, the torchiere is a tribute to the clean lines of American modernity. The fixture is 72” high.
Pair Von Nessen Torchieres
This pair of American art deco nickel on brass and steel torchieres was designed by Walter Von Nessen (1889 – 1943) and manufactured by the Miller Lamp Company in the 1930’s. The two stage top is echoed in the flaring top of the foot. The lamps have been replated and rewired and stand 66” high.
Pair Torchieres
This pair of American art deco three bowl torchieres have been replated in bright nickel. Dating from the 1930’s the torchieres feature three bowls reducing in size from 11” in diameter to 6 ½” in diameter. The torchieres are 65 ½” in height and have been rewired.
Markel Floor Lamp
WOW! This is the most spectacular American art deco floor lamp we have ever seen…let alone offered for sale. Standing 63” high this Markel lamp features a bronze colored three step base and bronze colored shaft with 11 chrome rings at the bottom and 5 chrome rings at the top. The shaft terminates in a 7 step chrome support for the top which has three 14” chrome rings separated by spacers and topped by 4 of Markel’s distinctive finials. A milk glass dome sits inside the upper rings. Sort of like Flash Gordon visits Metropolis.