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Green Shade Bankers Lamp

Green Shade Banker's Lamp by Amronlite, ca. 1915, All Original
By Amronlite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These antique green shaded banker's lamps are some of the most popular and desirable desk lamps
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Iron

Antique Racing Green Brass Bankers Lamp With Adjustable Green Glazed Shade
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Iconic Antique Green Brass Bankers Lamp With Brass Adjustable Shade, Heavy Brass Stand and Baize
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Vintage 1950s British Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique Racing Green Brass Bankers Lamp With Adjustable Green Glazed Shade
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Iconic Antique Green Brass Bankers Lamp With Brass Adjustable Shade, Heavy Brass Stand and Baize
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Vintage 1950s British Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Vintage Brass Banker's Lamp with Green Glass Shade c.1950-1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An original brass Banker's desk lamp with green glass shade. CREATOR Unknown
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Mid-20th Century Industrial Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique Bankers Green Shade Emeralite Style Desk Lamp c. Early 20th Century
By Emeralite
Located in Westfield, MA
This charming Antique Bankers Green Shade Emeralite Style Desk Lamp from the early 20th century
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

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Green Shade Banker's Lamp Signed Verdelite
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These are the lamps that have come to be known as banker's lamps. Verdelite, along with Emeralite
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Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Banker's Lamp with Green Cased Glass Shade
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
does have the original shade, which is also signed. In fact, the lamp is signed in three places. You
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Iron

Banker's Desk Lamp with Cased Green Glass Shade
By Greenalite
Located in Petaluma, CA
beautiful that are green and cased with white glass so that you don't see through the shade to the bulb
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Western Oil Lamp Green Bankers Electric Sconce w/Shade, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Pair of Mid-century Western style Green Bankers Electric Sconce with Shades. Each Lamp is
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Vintage 1950s American Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Pair of Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Sconces with Handblown Period Shades
Located in Petaluma, CA
glass was quite common for the period. Even those green shade old bankers lamps had shades that were
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Bronze

Emeralite Green Shade Bankers Lamp
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
This desk lamp is made by the most noted and prolific maker of these "Banker's Lamps", Emeralite
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Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique Green Shaded Banker's Lamp, ca 1920
Located in Petaluma, CA
This neat banker's lamp is not your standard fare. Note the work on the shade with the
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Green Shade Banker's Lamp, Emeralite, ca. 1917
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
Emeralite was the premier maker of banker's lamps for many years in the early part of the 20th
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique Green Shade Banker's Lamp, Signed Amronlite
By Amronlite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These period banker's lamps are one of our most popular items. They are useful and beautiful, and
Category

Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Emeralite Green Shade Banker's Lamp, ca. 1917
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These lamps which have come to b known as banker's lamps are the most popular antique lamp for use
Category

Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Iron, Brass

Antique Green Shade Banker's Lamp, Signed Verdelite
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
We like to buy and sell these banker's lamps. Considering what the reproductions look like, one can
Category

Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Green Shaded Banker's Lamp, Signed Verdelite, circa 1917
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
We have a particular fondness for the Verdelite Co. when it comes to these banker's lamps. We just
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Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique Green Shaded Banker's Lamp, signed Emeralite, ca. 1915
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
This handsome banker's lamp was made by the most famous manufacturers of these lamps, Emeralite
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Iron

Green Shade Banker's Lamp, circa 1917 by the Emeralite Co.
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These Banker's lamps are one of our best selling items, when we can get them undamaged and with the
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Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Green Shade Banker's Lamp for a Roll Top Desk Etc by Emeralite, Art Nouveau
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
This is a most unusual lamp. It has that typical cased green glass shade, but this is not the
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Iron, Bronze

Banker's/ Desk Lamp by "Pittsburgh Lamp Co." Reverse Painted Shade, ca. 1920's
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Petaluma, CA
their lamps to recognize their work. So much more fun than the usual green shade bankers lamp that you
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Vintage 1920s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Art Nouveau Table Lamp with Spider Shade by Emeralite
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
Emeralite Co. who produced those green shaded banker's lamps that are so popular probably was the company
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Iron

1940s Brass Banker Lamp with Green Glass Shade
Located in Cordova, SC
Vintage Art Deco Banker lamp with a green glass shade and brass base and arm. The lamp has newer
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Iron

Banker's Desk Lamp with Green Shade by Aladdin
By Aladdin Co.
Located in Petaluma, CA
While Emeralite was the most prolific maker of these style lamps, Aladdin made the premiere models
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Antique Greenalite Bankers Lamp with Dark Green Glass Shade
Located in Lincoln, GB
A stunning Greenalite bankers lamp in brass. The shade is a lovely hue of dark green glass and
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Vintage 1920s Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique Banker's Lamp w/ Original Green Shade, Signed Amronlite
By Amronlite
Located in Petaluma, CA
These banker's lamps which were introduced in 1909 by Harrison D. McFaddin have become the most
Category

Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Green Shade "Banker's Desk Lamp" by Verdelite, circa 1915
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
nice quality period banker's lamp. While several companies produced these lamps, we find that the
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Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Green Shade Banker's Desk Lamp signed ''Verdelite", circa 1917
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
of these banker's lamps. What separates this from the general look is the unusual and wonderful art
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Green Shade Banker's Desk Lamp by Verdelite, ca. 1918
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
We always on the lookout for these very desirable green shade banker's desk lamps. We believe that
Category

Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Antique Banker's Desk Lamp by Emeralite, Original Green Shade, ca. 1917
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very fine example of the genre known as banker's lamps. This example is signed by the most
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Iron, Brass

Antique Banker's Desk Lamp w/ Green Shade Signed Verdelite, ca. 1920
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
Banker's lamps are some of the most popular, useful and beautiful choices for the desk. Several
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Iron

Banker's Lamp, W/Green Glass Shade, Bronze Base, ca. 1915
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
Banker's lamps are the perfect fit for any desk. The shade has the 2 nice features that Verdelite
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Banker Lamp with Green Glass Shade, Vienna, Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Banker Lamp with Green Glass Shade, Vienna, Around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique Banker's Desk Lamp by Verdelite, Original Green Shade, ca. 1917
By Verdelite
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very handsome and original example of these highly sought after green glass banker's lamp. This
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Banker Table Lamp with Green Glass Shade Vienna Around, 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco banker table lamp with green glass shade vienna around 1920s Brass polished and stove
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Unusual Antique Banker's Lamp w/ Green Shade, by Eagle Co. ca. 1920's
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very special banker's lamp is a rare and beautiful choice. The dedicated art deco designed
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Amronlite Green Glass Shade "Bankers" Desk Lamp
By Amronlite
Located in Papaikou, HI
Emeralite and Bulova lamps of the early 20th century. The shade is cased glass, white on the interior and
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

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1930s Art Deco Brass Banker Table Lamp, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful set of two Art Deco / Functionalist table or bedside lamps. Set was cleaned, polished and rewired: 1x40W US plug adapter included
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Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

American Art Nouveau Emeralite Table Lamp
By Emeralite
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning American Art Nouveau Emeralie table lamp or desk lamp with its original shade. This superb banker's lamp / Emeralite with red / orange opaline glass shade and brass base w...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Monumental Oak Fireplace, 19th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Antique oak wood fireplace inspired by the fireplace in the Hercules Salon in Versailles Palace. This antique Regence style fireplace was made out of carved oak wood in the late 19th...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Oak

Monumental Oak Fireplace, 19th Century
Monumental Oak Fireplace, 19th Century
H 162.21 in W 88.98 in D 30.71 in
Elegant Victorian Adjustable Brass Student Lamp with Racing Green Ceramic Shade
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Late 19th Century Brass Adjustable Student Reading Lamp with Racing Green Ceramic Shade Reworked For Modern Day Use with a UK three pin plug. A timeless design classic suitable fo...
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Antique 19th Century British Late Victorian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Banker Lamp
Located in PARIS, FR
Banker lamp with a green and removable lampshade.
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Antique Late 18th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Banker Lamp
Banker Lamp
H 16.54 in W 10.24 in D 9.45 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Large Copper Indoor Fountain Table Lamp or Accent Light
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial Arts & Crafts double domed light was once an indoor fountain and was presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1900. The fountain component ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Copper

French "Fare" Desk/Banker's Lamp Chrome Adjustable Art Deco from 1930s
By Art Decor
Located in Beirut, LB
Vintage from the 1930s. Materials: chrome, marble base. Classic vintage French "Fare" desk lamp. It is a classic design chrome light with marble base. From the Art Deco period. An...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Marble, Chrome

Antique Brass Bankers Lamp With Brass Pivotable Shade & Ebonised Desktop Switch
Located in Reading, Berkshire
1940s Classic brass bankers desk lamp with brass pivotable shade with an ebonized push switch. Full height: 36cm I Width of shade 23cm Base: Depth 18.5 cm & width 10.5cm.
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Vintage 1940s British Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Tiffany Studios Lotus Pagoda Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Tiffany Studios geometric leaded glass and bronze table lamp features the iconic Lotus Pagoda shade and its complementary original bronze base. The elegant form of the lotus-ins...
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios Lotus Pagoda Lamp
Tiffany Studios Lotus Pagoda Lamp
H 30.5 in W 24.5 in D 24.5 in
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Green Shade Bankers Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic green shade bankers lamp available at 1stDibs. Each green shade bankers lamp for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, glass and plastic. If you’re shopping for a green shade bankers lamp, we have 7 options in-stock, while there are 5 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer green shade bankers lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A green shade bankers lamp is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Art Deco, Scandinavian Modern and mid-century modern styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one green shade bankers lamp that is appealing in its simplicity, but Matteo Fogale, Astral and Design By Us produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Green Shade Bankers Lamp?

The average selling price for a green shade bankers lamp at 1stDibs is $624, while they’re typically $55 on the low end and $5,654 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Table-lamps for You

Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.

Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.

After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.

After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons

Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today

If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.

Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.

Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.

Questions About Green Shade Bankers Lamp
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Banker’s lamps are green because it was believed that the color would be mentally soothing to encourage concentration. It was also thought to reduce eye strain. You can shop a selection of banker lamps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

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