{"product_id":"vintage-oak-and-smoked-glass-lantern-table-lamp-c-1960-1980","title":"Vintage Oak and Smoked Glass Lantern Table Lamp, c. 1960–1980","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tall lantern table lamp built as an open oak box on a stepped plinth, with an illuminated candle cluster standing inside the lantern and a second light above it under a tall cylinder shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lantern is framed by four corner posts of oak, chamfered and finished in a warm antiqued gold, each capped with a small brass ball. Tinted smoke coloured panels fill the sides, dark enough to read as glass rather than as an opening, so the light inside glows through instead of glaring out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the box a round brass pan carries two candle tubes with their own sockets. Lit on its own, the lantern reads as a night light and the smoked panels do the rest. The main socket sits above, carried on a brass rod that rises through the top of the lantern to the harp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is a squared oak plinth in three steps, moulded at each break, which gives the whole piece the architectural look these lamps were after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shade is a tall straight cylinder in a coarse natural linen weave, banded at the top edge in a deep tobacco brown and finished with a fine gold rope gimp. It is a shade with real presence and it suits the lantern beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an American lamp of the period when Mediterranean and Spanish revival taste ran through the domestic lighting catalogues, and it carries all the markers of it: oak with an antiqued gold wash on the metal, smoke tinted panels, brass ball finials, and a heavy stepped base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction is the more useful evidence. The lantern is a proper joined box rather than a frame screwed to a plate, the corner posts are cut and finished individually, and the interior candle cluster is a separate circuit rather than a decorative dummy. Two circuit lamps of this sort, where the base lights independently of the shade, were a catalogue feature promoted as a night light and they belong to the postwar decades rather than to any earlier tradition of lantern lighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo maker's label survives on the base or the socket shell as found. That absence sets an outer limit and not a starting point, and the range below is given at the width the physical evidence actually supports rather than narrowed for effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLamps of this weight and finish were sold as a single statement piece for a hall table, a sideboard or a study, and they were expensive when new. The oak, the joinery and the quality of the shade are what separate them from the lighter pressed metal lanterns that copied the look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1960–1980. Dated from construction. The two circuit design with an independently switched interior candle cluster, the smoke tinted panels, the antiqued gold finish on the hardware and the joined oak lantern are all features of postwar American catalogue lighting. No maker's label is present, and that absence gives an outer limit only, which is why the bracket is not drawn tighter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnattributed. No label found\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLantern table lamp. Joined oak lantern box on a three step moulded plinth, four chamfered corner posts with brass ball finials, smoke tinted panels, interior brass candle pan with two candle tube sockets, upper socket on a brass rod\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOak, brass and brass toned metal, smoke tinted panels\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTall cylinder in natural linen weave, banded in tobacco brown at the top edge with applied gold rope gimp. Included\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone found\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApproximately 11 in. square at the base by 34 in. high to the top of the shade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good. Oak sound with no splits or loose joints. Finish warm with light handling wear to the high points of the plinth. Panels clean with no cracks found. Shade clean with the gimp intact and no tears or water marks. Wiring appears original and has not been tested. Inspection or rewiring by a qualified electrician is recommended before use\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost table lamps are a base with a light on top. This one is a piece of furniture that happens to light. The lantern has a front, a depth and an interior, and when the candle cluster is on by itself it throws a low amber glow through the smoked panels that no shaded lamp can do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat second circuit is the whole argument. Full light for reading, the lantern alone for an evening, and the two together when you want the room warm rather than bright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has the proportions for a hall table, a long sideboard or the end of a library run, and the oak and brass will sit comfortably with leather, walnut, rush and stone. Scale like this is hard to buy. A pair of small lamps will never do what one tall one does.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67557675827305,"sku":"VE-1754","price":1006.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/01_3915fbbb-92dc-47af-8150-77f7143ce883.jpg?v=1790582010","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/vintage-oak-and-smoked-glass-lantern-table-lamp-c-1960-1980","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}