Lighting
1930s Articulating Floor or Table Lamp by O.C. White
$950.00Task lamp designed by O.C. White (circa 1930s) composed of a steel arm, stem, and base with a painted shade. Unique size (height of the stem is 31.75″) suitable for floor or table use. Includes the original knobbed knuckle adjuster, which allows the arm to adjust along the stem. The shade is additionally adjustable in all directions. Distressed condition with heavy patina / paint loss.
Height can adjust from 31.75″ (stem alone) to 48″
Length can adjust from 16.5″ to 24″
Base Diameter: 16.5″
1930s Swiss ‘Quick 1500’ Adjustable Table Light by Alfred Müller
$950.00‘Quick 1500’ lamp designed by Alfred Müller for Belmag, Zürich composed of an off-white enameled-metal shade and base with chromed-metal arm, circa 1935. Ingenious, sleek design, marrying both form and function with multiple adjustability options: the arm swivels, as does the shade, and the arm height can be adjusted. Original condition including socket and ‘on / off’ pull chain: there are spots of paint loss to both shade and base, as shown, largely to the edges. An important Swiss design in original condition with wear consistent with age and history.
Plug will be changed in advance for US use.
Measures: Height can roughly be extended from 18″ – 22″
Length can be extended from 15.5″ – 24″
Diameter of shade 13″
Diameter of base 7.75″
Listed specs reflect the lamp on the lowest and longest adjustments.
1950s Austrian Brass ‘Lily’ Table Lamp Attributed to J.T. Kalmar
$2,200.00Mid-20th century table lamp composed of a pale-yellow, oversized shade (resembling a lily petal) with an interior black metal socket and tubular brass base / brass hardware. Simple, yet stunning piece attributed to J.T. Kalmar of Austria.
Painted metal components (both interior socket and exterior shade) are in original condition; brass has been polished. Nice, vintage shape with minor paint loss to the shade (mostly in the back) and small spots of paint loss to the socket.
On / off switch has been added, and the lamp has been fully rewired.
Shade dimensions: Depth 12″ x length 10″
Base dimensions: Depth: 9″ x length 7.3″.
H: 15.75″ x W: 10″ x D: 12″
1960s Per Iversen for Louis Poulsen Floor Lamp
$1,200.00An early example (circa 1967, Denmark) of Per Iversen’s ‘Combi’ Lamp for Louis Poulsen (model #28917). Composed of an all original black painted-metal stem, top cap, and base with restored shade in off-white painted-metal (color matched to the original). Very nice, vintage condition with only minor wear.
Retains ‘Louis Poulsen & Co. Made in Denmark’ label.
Measures: Shade diameter 14″
Base diameter 10″
Height 50.5″.
1970s American Studio Craft Blown Glass Lamp by Richard Harkness
$650.00Studio glass lamp with original shade made by renowned glass blower, Richard Harkness (New Hampshire, USA, circa 1970s). Harkness’s work can be seen in a number of prestigious galleries and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Additionally, he was formerly a professor of glassblowing at Haystack Mountain School of Arts.
Harkness’s lamps are scarcely seen. This particular ‘orb’ art glass lamp features a bubble motif throughout. The teal color at the top fades into a pale blue / almost clear glass finish creating a nice contrast. The original shade is present, but shows some unraveling / loss to the weave at the top, as shown. The glass is free of defects, chips, cracks.
Artist’s etched signature present on the underside.
We have a separate blown glass lamp by Harkness pictured here but listed separately.
Measures: Height glass base only 8″
Height to top of socket 11.25″
Height to top of finial 18.25″
Diameter of base 7″
Diameter of shade 10.1″.
1970s Aqua Tone ‘Lily Pad’ Art Glass Lamp by Richard Harkness
$850.00Studio glass lamp with original shade made by renowned glass blower, Richard Harkness (New Hampshire, USA, circa 1970s). Harkness’s work can be seen in a number of prestigious galleries and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Additionally, he was formerly a professor of glassblowing at Haystack Mountain School of Arts.
Harkness’s lamps are scarcely seen. This particular art glass lamp in the ‘lily pad’ pattern features a dense swirl motif throughout. The aqua-tone blown glass finial and floral shade are both original to the piece. The glass shows age-expected wear but is free of chips and cracks.
Artist’s etched signature present on the underside.
Measures: Height glass base only 8″
Height to top of socket 13″
Height to top of finial 20.75″
Diameter of base 9.5″
Diameter of shade 14.25″.
1970s Three Fixture Chrome Floor Lamp with Lucite Prisms
$2,600.00Unusual circa 1970s, USA floor lamp featuring three chrome rods supporting cylindrical chrome fixtures with lucite prism inserts. Each prism has a blue disc affixed to the base, which reflects a blue light at certain angles. The fixtures have 360 degree adjustability / swivel to redirect light, accordingly.
The fixtures themselves have been re-chromed; the circular base shows light pitting / scuffing.
Fixtures each measures 1.75″ diameter x 15.5″ height
Overall dimension:
Height 69.25″ x diameter 10.75″.
Antique Brass Artillery Double Shell Trench Art Table Lamp on Black Marble Base
$1,050.00Trench Art lamp fashioned from two stacked brass and chrome high caliber artillery shells mounted to a black marble base (ca. 1918, USA).
Rich patina present, as shown, along with some chrome peeling.
Measures: Height of shell discounting socket: 23.25″
Height to top of socket: 26.25″
Base depth and length: 5.5″.
Art Deco Austrian Banker’s Lamp by Astral
$800.00Adjustable workshop / banker’s lamp by Astral (Austria circa late 1930s – early 1940s) featuring a cast metal base / stem and porcelain enameled-metal green shade. Shade and stem are adjustable (height can only be adjusted at an angle as shown, not straight up and down). Nice condition for the age with spots of enamel loss to the outside and inside of the shade. Measures: Height can be adjusted from 5.75″ to 19.25″ Depth can be adjusted from 6.75″ to 18″ Length (shade length): 10″.
W: 10″ x D: 6.75″ x H: 19.25″
Art Deco Milk Glass Conical Pendant Ceiling Fixture with Concentric Circle Motif
$700.00Art Deco conical-form pendant with concentric circle motif retaining original chrome and aluminum drop/canopy (ca. 1930s, USA).
Elegant piece diffusing an attractive, soft light through the cream milk glass.
Very good, vintage condition with only light wear to the chrome and aluminum components but no imperfections to the glass.
H: (Including drop and canopy) 20.5″
H: (Socket to canopy, discounting shade) 12.5″
H: (Shade alone) 10″
Diameter: 19″
Art Deco Milk Glass Conical Pendant Ceiling Fixture with Embossed Leaf Motif
$800.00Art Deco conical-form pendant with scalloped leaf and concentric circle motif with metal drop and canopy (ca. 1930s, USA).
Elegant piece diffusing an attractive, soft light through the cream milk glass.
Very good, vintage condition with only light wear to the metal components but no imperfections to the glass.
H: (Including drop and canopy) 18.75″
H: (Socket to canopy, discounting shade) 12.5″
H: (Shade alone) 8.5″
Diameter: 18″
Art Deco Red Painted Metal, Glass and Brass Torchiere Floor Lamp
$700.00Machine Age/Art Deco Torchiere Floor Lamp, ca. 1930s, USA.
Composed of a slender red painted metal stem supported by a round rose-hued brass base embellished with dual elm wood conical mounts divided by a glass orb. A second glass orb at the top serves as the collar for the patinated brass shade.
Good, vintage condition with spots of red paint loss to the stem and more considerable wear to the base (pitting/dents, etc.). Newly rewired.
Remains an elegant example from the Art Deco period whose designs employs a unique combination of materials and colors.
Linen shade is for demonstration, as it is neither original nor of the period.
Height to finial (includes pictured finial which clips onto a lightbulb; does not include a shade) – 65.13″
Height to top of brass shade – 59.38″
Base diameter – 11″