Art Deco Table Lamps
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French Art Deco Demilune Alabaster Lamp
This 1930’s French art deco table or "mood" lamp is from the 1930’s. The lamp is constructed from two demilune pieces of pale alabaster decorated on the front with three chrome balls and three smaller chrome balls. The lamp has been rewired for American electricity. It is 16" wide, 3 ½" deep and 8 high.
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Original Frankart American Art Deco Table Lamp THE SPIRIT OF MODERNISM
One of the most desired American art deco table lamps! This lamp, named “Spirit of Modernism”, was designed in 1928 by sculptor Arthur von Frankenberg (1898 – 1992) for his company, Frankart. An unclothed young lady rises from a fantastic cityscape of skyscrapers and gazes to her right. The spelter lamp is in its original gunmetal patina and is marked on the back “Frankart” and “© 1928” the lamp was awarded design patent D77203 and is number L215 in the company literature. The spelter portion of the lamp is 13 ½” tall. The lamp has been rewired for safety. The lamp is pictured in American Art Deco, page 70.
Pair of American Art Deco Tube Lamps
This pair of American art deco tube lamps are from the 1930’s. The lamps have a marble base sitting on three chrome feet, a chrome and black metal structure and milk glass shade. The three "sky scraper" finals on each lamp add a futuristic touch. The lamps are 15" tall and have been rewired.
Pair of Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
This pair of Austrian art deco table lamps are from the early 1930’s. The white marble shaft sits on an ebonized wood base which matches the wood finial. The hand made ribbed linen shades are typical of the country and period. The lamps are each 17” tall and 6” in diameter (at the bottom of the shade). They have been rewired for American electricity.
A Large Markel American Art Deco Double Shade Lamp
This American art deco bright nickel table lamp was manufactured in the 1930’s by the Markel Corporation in Buffalo, New York. At 14” high it is taller than its little brother (TL 013). It has a domed base and the support is more curved. Both dome shades also are different. The lamp has been replated and rewired.
Muller Freres French Art Deco Table Lamp
This classic French art deco table lamp is from the late 1920’s. The hand wrought iron body has a domed base on four scroll feet. A ring of balls surround the vertical shafts which terminate in a collar in another ring of balls. Four arms support the frosted glass shade which is signed “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.”. The lamp is 13” high and is 6” in diameter. It is in excellent condition and has been rewired for American electricity.
French Art Deco Alabaster Table Lamp
This French art deco alabaster table lamp is from the 1930’s. It will cast a special glow in any room. The lamp have been cleaned and rewired for American electricity. It measures 11 1/1" high.
Pair American Art Deco Markel Flash Gordon Table Lamps
This pair of 1930's bright nickel American art deco table lamps are by the Markel Company of Buffalo, New York. Markel made lamps that had "Flash Gordon" styling and incredible quality. These lamps are no exception.These lamps are 17" high and have been rewired.
Chrome and Cobalt Blue Glass Rods Table Lamp
This American art deco table light is from the 1930’s. The circular light has 24 cobalt blue glass rods on a 5" diameter chrome base. Three chrome rods extend to a steped cap topped with a crystal ball. The lamp is mint condition and is 11" high.
American Art Deco Streamline Desk Lamp
This sweet American art deco desk lamp sits on a block of Brazilian rosewood. The 7 ¼” diameter dome is nestled in a support of square tubing. The wood has been refinished in high gloss lacquer, the metal re-nickel plated and the light rewired. The lamp is 14” high and 7 ½” deep.
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MULLER FRERES French Art Deco Geometric Table Lamp
This very geometric 1930’s French art deco table lamp features a quadripod base and ribbed column with four thumb screw shade holders. The 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. frosted glass shade is their rarest and most geometric…with buttresses, setbacks and a domed top it was probably hard to cast. The shade is signed “Muller Freres, Luneville”. The lamp is 11 ½” high.
Rare KURT VERSEN American Art Deco Table Lamp
This very rare and important American art deco table lamp was designed in the early 1930’s by Kurt Versen (1901 – 1942). The lamp, virtually hand made, with its domed shade and flat thin base precedes the model advertised by him in the November 1934 Art & Decoration magazine…the copper domed shade has given way to a less expensive shade of cork or Toyo Paper. The support is 1” bronze tubing. The lamp has its original socket and works well. We have resisted the temptation to polish off almost eighty years of patina. The lamp is 16 ¼” high and the shade is 10” diameter.
Markel American Art Deco Double Shade Table or Desk Lamp
This large American art deco table lamp was made by the Markel Company of Buffalo, New York in the 1930’s. The lamp, in brilliant nickel, has a stepped base, speed disks in the central shaft and a double shade with the distinct Markel finial on top. The lamp has been replated and rewired and ready for your desk or table. The lamp is 23” high and 15” diameter
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Jumo French Art Deco Table Lamp
This French art deco table lamp was made by the Paris, France firm Jumo in the 1940’s. The black Bakelite base has five sets of three raised lines as décor and a white plastic switch. The black Bakelite shaft starts with a round cylinder and then spreads upward with raised wings. The metal shade and cup are in cream lacquer. A copper ring separates the base and the shaft, a copper fitting holds the cup and a copper finial is on the top. The lamp, which is 18” high and 17” in diameter is in good original condition, except for being rewired for US electricity.
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WALTER VON NESSEN AMERICAN ART DECO BRASS TABLE LAMP
Dominique French Art Deco Bronze Table Lamp
This elegant table lamp was designed ca. 1935 by the French firm
[Founded in 1922]
Founded by Andre Domin (1883 - 1962) and Marcel Genevriere (1885 - 1976). Their showroom was located at 104 Faubourg, St. Honore. Their furniture design was characterized by simplicity and dignity.
One of Dominique's first commissions was to provide furniture for the home of silver designer Jean Puiforcat in Biarritz. This was followed by a commission to do the establishment of the perfumer Houbigant in Neuilly.
Beginning in 1926 they exhibited with Chareau, Legrain, Puiforcat and Raymond Templier as the "Groupe des Cinq".
Dominique exhibited a "Salon d'un Ambassadeur" at the 1925 Paris Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industrieles Modernes. They also exhibited at the Exposition Colonial in Paris in 1931 and created a "Salon de Musique" for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques also in Paris.
For the great French ocean liner Normandie, launched in 1932, four luxury apartments were commissioned for each by a great French design firm (Leleu, Sue, Montagnac and Dominique). The Rouen suite which Dominique designed "was remarkable for the extremely refined use that Dominique made of materials...unquestionably the most avant-garde of the four talents assigned to the deluxe apartments". (Andre Domin [1883 – 1962] and Marcel Genevriere [1885 -1976]). The gilt bronze fixture has a rectangular base supporting two gadrooned arms holding the lights. A trapezoid pleated silk shade with tan “redone” fringe at top and bottom shields the bulbs. Adapted to American electricity, the lamp is 14 ½” wide x 7” deep x 14” high.
French Art Deco Wrought Iron Table Lamp with Frosted Shade
This 1930’s French art deco hand wrought iron and acid etched glass lamp is ideal for use on a desk or occasional table. From its triangular base the three sided column rises with three sections on each side, each section worked in a circle within a circle, the circles staggered. At each corner of the base is a support with curled ends which support the shade. The frosted glass shade is acid etched with vertical stripes ending in a series of circles on the top. Overall, the lamp is 15 ½” high, the shade is 7” high and 10” in diameter.
Markel American Art Deco Double Shade Table Lamp
This streamline American art deco bright nickel table lamp was manufactured by the Markel Corporation of Buffalo, New York in the 1930s. The lamp features a base with two discs and a swiveling double shade which directs a pool of light for reading and an upper shade which allows a diffused light to emit. The lamp is 12” high, has been replated and rewired.
Italian Art Deco Table Lamp by Paolo Venini for Venini
This Italian art deco table lamp was designed in 1934 by Paolo Venini (1895 – 1959) for Vetri Soffiati Muranesi Venini & Co., which he founded in 1925. From his “Diamante” line of artistic glass, the twisted, spiraling crystal glass base supports a custom silk shade which emulates the base and a glass finial. Rewired for US electricity, the lamp is 29” tall. The base measures 8” wide and 3” deep.
Wrought Iron Table Lamp with Daum Freres Shade
This French art deco table lamp dates from the 1920’s. The triangular wrought iron base supports a central shaft decorated with vines and leaves. The swirls on the base are repeated at the top. The double dome glass shade is signed “Daum Nancy France” with the Cross of Lorraine. The shade is orange and yellow in reflected light and a wonderful sunset/sunrise color of pink and palest of green in transmitted light (when the light is turned on). The lamp stands 20” high.