Art Deco Dualite Ritter Dental Mfg. Articulating Desk Lamp

Mid Century (1960's); hand blown globe in Venini's white "Reticello" pattern. With dimmable five inch diameter LED bulb. Note: This piece is virtually identical to a smaller version...

This contemporary Glass Table Lamp conveys a natural feel with its organic, imperfect shape. The irregular lines provide an instant foca...

19th c. Sheffield silver plate in the form of a palm tree on a rocky mound made into a lamp.

Pair of Obelisk table lamps having a harlequin pattern resin body and bronze colored metal cap and base. This lamp has a Type A plug type and is up to ...

An exquisite, timeless French early midcentury desk or table lamp with modernist and Art Deco influences in solid brass and stabile, heavy weight that combines form and function. The...

Rare and Striking! Art Deco Metal & Brass Articulating Desk Lamp With Faux Leather Enamel Circa 1939 At the time of the New York World's Fair of 1939, designers architects and engineers were all inspired to bring about and summon "The Future!" This extremely rare lamp is a great example of the designs, ideas and aesthetic of this momentous period! Here an articulating brass banded drum shade swivels on a great expansive brass arch! Arches added a sense of drama and importance to an object and were used very successfully in this time period to bring both formality and dynamism to furnishings! This drum shade beams light where desired and it is covered with an enamel pattern designed to look like leather. This element is very rare and is one of the first industrial age examples of decorating metals and plastics with "natural" patterns. This would become fairly common place decades later as the "wood" trim on cars was decorative plastic and before that, contact paper was introduced to a design conscious public. At this time, several extremely high end desk lamp designs featured leather wrappings, particularly those coming out of Europe, who were still employing more handmade furnishings. So this design feature was not just a random whim, but an effort to convey "old world" imagery to a very industrialized product. Now, almost 85 years later, as most leather wrapped lamps...

General Electric Industrial Art Deco Articulating Desk Lamp. Having an aluminum shade, cast iron base, nickel plated socket and arm. Pivoting hinges attaching the arm to both the ...

Art Deco desk lamp, made in gilt bronze, with a retractable shade and an original chain ignition system. France, CIRCA 1930.