Lighting
Vintage Brass, Chrome and Painted Metal Adjustable Floor Lamp with Pivoting Arm
$1,200.00Mid-20th Century floor lamp in brass, chrome and painted metal (ca. 1950, USA).
Fully adjustable with a pivoting arm, height adjustable stem, and fully articulating shade.
Gold and black paint is original and shows wear (spots of losses, as shown).
Height can be adjusted from 36.38″ to 45″
Length (arm and shade): 26″
Depth: 12″ (shade diameter)
Vintage Ceramic and Brass Graduated Dual Socket Floor Lamp with Shade
$1,600.00Glamorous and unique Hollywood Regency-Style floor lamp (ca. 1960s, USA).
Composed of a graduated ceramic orb base supporting a sculptural brass column stem with dual socket design, ring finial, and round pull string adornments.
Very good, vintage condition. There is tarnish/scuffs to the unpolished brass, as shown, along with a small patch of linen loss to the shade.
Newly rewired and includes the original shade.
Dimensions including shade:
H: 69.5″ x Diameter: 13″
Height to top of finial without shade: 67.25″
Height to bottom of socket: 57.88″
Ceramic/brass base alone measures: H: 21.5″ x Diameter: 10.25″
Vintage Cylindrical Brass Table Lamp by George Kovacs
$650.00Kovacs brass table lamp composed of a slender, cylindrical shade with one open side for the bulb on a circular base, circa 1960s. Wear consistent with age (namely scuffs and scratches, as shown, particularly heavy to the base). Unpolished, original condition with good patina.
Retains the original switch; wiring will be presented as new.
H: 15.25″ x Diameter: 7″
Vintage Dutch Aluminum ‘Krekel’ / ‘Cricket’ Table Lamp by Otto Wach for RAAK
$1,600.00Modest-form ‘Krekel’ / ‘Cricket’ table lamp, model R-60 designed by Otto Wach for RAAK (Holland, 1962).
Composed of a brushed aluminum cylinder with four perforations housing two intersecting aluminum rods/pins that support the structure.
Can be adjusted slightly based on pin placement.
Charming, iconic piece that is stylishly minimal.
Excellent, vintage condition retaining its original switch at the base of the cylinder and RAAK manufacturer’s label. Light patina present, as shown.
Rewired for US use while retaining the switch.
H: 6.63″ x L: 7″ x D: 10.25″
Vintage Enameled Metal and Brass Table Lamp by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier
$1,400.00Gerald Thurston for Lightolier table/desk lamp with oversized, fully adjustable shade (ca. 1950s, USA). Black enameled metal and plexi hood with brass stem/accents and original, plastic diffuser.
Excellent, restored condition (enamel has been touched up, and wiring is new). Light scuffs to the plexiglass hood, discoloration to the diffuser, and light patina to the brass remain.
Overall dimensions reflecting the lowest height: H: 18.75″ x L: 15.25″ (inclusive of stem) x D: 14.63″
Lowest height (reflecting stem alone): 18.75″
Highest (with shade tilted up): 31″
Shade itself H: 5″ x Diameter: 14.63″.
Vintage Figural Resin ‘Tête de Femme’ Caryatid Floor Lamp After Giacometti
$4,600.00Beige floor lamp styled after Alberto Giacometti’s “Tête de femme” design, though sculpted from resin, as opposed to bronze (ca. 1970s, USA).
Depicts a feminine bust (head with upturned collar/shoulders) supporting a column resembling a Grecian Caryatid.
Elegant, figural statement piece in very good, newly restored condition.
Newly rewired, and the socket has been replaced. The shade (not original to the piece) shows light wear to the top rim.
Includes shade.
Finial height (slightly adjustable – this is the highest): 75.5″
Socket height: 65.5″
Height below socket (resin form): 62.13″
Shade dimensions – H: 13″ x Diameter: 19.13″
Lamp base diameter: 11″
Vintage Folk Art-Style Carved Fraternal Odd Fellows Heart in Hand Table Lamp
$600.00Carved “Heart in Hand” table lamp, a symbolic expression of the Odd Fellows Fraternal Order (ca. 1970s, USA).
Machine carved (not handmade) though also not produced en masse.
Only table lamp example we have found; heart in hand stand alone carvings and staffs are more commonly seen.
Lamp shade is for demonstration purposes only and not included.
Excellent, vintage condition retaining the original paint with only minimal wear present (light scuffing, as shown).
Newly rewired, and on/off pull string has been added.
H (to top of hand) 12.88″
H (socket) 18.5″
H (finial) 26″
L 7.25″
D 5.63″
Vintage Gooseneck Task Lamp by Electrix
$120.00Vintage gooseneck desk / task lamp in black plastic and chrome by Electrix of Stamford, CT (circa 1970). Height and shade swivel are both adjustable. Good, vintage condition, sans shade scuffs / light wear (a cluster of small scratches to one part of the shade are shown). Retains the “Electrix” metal medallion to the shade.
Height can be adjusted from 7″ to 16.5:
D: 3″
L: 7″
Vintage Italian “Mushroom” Table Lamp in Enameled Metal with Swiveling Shade
$950.00Petite vintage mushroom-form metal table lamp retaining its original white enamel with tubular stem and round base (ca. 1960s, Italy).
Domed shade swivels and can adjust along its 180 degree axis, redirecting/intensify light accordingly. There is also a thin slit through the dome, diffusing light from the top of the shade.
Very good, vintage condition with a fleck of enamel loss to the base and light crazing around the shade adjustment knob, as shown.
H: 10″ x L: 7.5″ x D: 7.13″
Shade diameter – 7.13″
Base diameter – 5.38″
Vintage Italian “Pala” Wall Scones by Danilo & Corrado Aroldi for Luci
$2,200.00Danilo and Corrado Aroldi “Pala” or “Shovel” wall/table lamps in original taupe/sand-tone lacquered metal and chrome.
Danilo and Corrado Aroldi, known for their designs for Stilnovo and later collaborations with Cassina, Flos, Artemide and Alessi, started their eponymous firm, Studio Danilo and Corrado Aroldi, in the 1960s.
These 1970s examples were designed for Luci, and versions of this model, 490, were available in table, clip, and wall sconce forms.
Very unique design whose bulbous shade with chromed screen diffuser and round base resembles a vintage microphone.
These examples can be used as either table lamps or wall sconces with different configuration options. The orientation of the chromed metal supports can be manually changed by sliding off the metal shades and moving the brackets to the preferred position (there are only a few adjustment options, as shown).
Excellent, vintage condition with only light lacquer wear present, as shown.
Original Italian sockets, wiring, and plug (plug will be changed for US use, unless otherwise requested).
Measurements as a table lamp with the shade upright (highest): H: 16″ x L: 7.25″ x D: 5.75″ (base diameter)
Measurements as a wall sconce with shade extended out/parallel to the floor as in the 8th image: H: 5.75″ x L: 15.63″ x D: 5.75″
Shade alone measures: H: 4″ x L: 11.5″ x D: 5.5″
Vintage Italian Adjustable Aluminum Table Lamp by Oscar Torlasco for Lumi
$1,850.00Polished aluminum table lamp with inset frosted glass shade by Oscar Torlasco for Lumi (Italy, ca. 1960s).
Ingenious design, marrying form and function designed with a useful adjustability function without compromising style. Specifically, there is a metal bracket at the top of the stem, enabling the socket/shade component to adjust, allowing the light to be directed in any direction.
We have three available – each sold separately. Good, vintage condition with wear present (paint loss to the triple socket, scuffs to the aluminum and one faint round impression outline to the side of the shade – likely from a label/sticker).
Original Italian sockets, wiring, and plug (plug will be changed for US use, unless otherwise requested).
H: 17.5″ x Diameter: 13.13″
Base dimensions – H: 5″ x Diameter: 7″
Vintage Italian Aluminum Table Lamp with Swiveling Shade by Targetti Sankey
$500.00Vintage Modernist table lamp supported by steel stem and black painted metal base by Targetti Sankey (ca. 1970s, Italy).
Sleek design with a silver aluminum shade diffuser which swivels to redirect light in a full 360 degree rotation (shade is not otherwise adjustable – height and tilt are fixed).
A few scuffs to the shade and natural patina to stem present; otherwise, in excellent, vintage condition.
H: 15.75″ x L: 7.5″ x D: 5.75″