Rare Hand Painted Cylinder Table lamp by TYE of California
By TYE of California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Hand Painted Cylinder Table lamp by Tye of California. Signed.
Ceramic, Abalone
Rare Hand Painted Cylinder Table lamp by TYE of California
By TYE of California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Hand Painted Cylinder Table lamp by Tye of California. Signed.
Ceramic
1952 Tye of California "Aboriginal" Ceramic Table Lamp
By TYE of California
Located in Camden, ME
Tye of California specialized almost exclusively in large-scale, sculptural table lamps.
Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid Century Modern Art Pottery Table Lamp By Tye Of California
By TYE of California
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century modern, studio art pottery table lamp by Tye Of California features a faceted body with yellow, orange and gray crescent shapes against a cream background.
Brass
Stunning Modernist Floor Lamp by TYE of California / Angelo Testa
By Angelo Testa, TYE of California
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning modernist floor lamp by Tye of California / Angelo Testa, Classic midcentury iron tripod base, wonderful large ceramic pottery ball with Angelo Testa pattern, signed "TYE" r...
Iron
$3,720Sale Price / set|20% Off
Large Pair of Vintage Faux Marble Ceramic Lamps by Tye of California, Los Angele
By TYE of California
Located in San Francisco, CA
A striking and large pair of vintage 1950's faux marble ceramic lamps by Tye of California, Los Angeles; each large lamp of bulbous form with long everted neck above on ovoid body ra...
Ceramic
$1,125Sale Price|25% Off
Vintage Ceramic Abstract Figural Table, Desk Lamp By TYE Of California 1960's
By TYE of California
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid Century Modern 1960's stone ceramic table or desk lamp has figural imagery in surround. Made by the TYE of California. Colors are orange, brown, tan.
Ceramic
$2,925Sale Price|35% Off
Impressive and Large Thomas Toft Ceramic Table Lamp for Tye of California
By TYE of California, Thomas Toft
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a rare, wonderful and unusual table lamp signed Tye of California and dated 1955. What's unique about this piece is that the pottery is unmistakably by Danish designer Thomas...
Metal
Mid Century Table Lamp by Tye of California
By TYE of California
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Stunning ceramic table lamp with inner body light for extra glow. Sold with original finial. No shade.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Table Lamps by Tye of California, 1950s
By TYE of California
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century ceramic lamps with a speckled rose and brown matte glaze with satin nickel bases and collars. Rewired with new sockets and brown silk cords.
Nickel
1950s California Mid-Century Sculptural Manzanita Floor Lamp
Located in Camden, ME
Modernist studio potters like Edith Heath and Beatrice Wood embraced coarse local clays and unpretentious forms, while commercial lighting manufacturers like Tye of California introd...
Hardwood
Rembrandt Teal and Gold Hourglass Shaped Midcentury Table Lamp
By TYE of California, Rembrandt Lamp Company, Marc Bellaire
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Outstanding Mid-Century Modern Rembrandt table lamp with original shade. This is one of the best condition vintage lamps we’ve come across. It’s quite uncommon to find a metal lamp w...
Metal
Pair of Tye of California Table Lamps in the Style of Picasso
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This large and beautiful pair of painted ceramic table lamps by Tye of California exhibit Picasso-like graphics of women's faces in abstract and colorful design.
Ceramic Spherical Table Lamp with Dancing Figures by Tye of California
By TYE of California
Located in Hudson, NY
Round chocolate matte crater glazed lamp with raised stylized dancing figures in white. Four point arched ceramic base in chocolate high glaze. New wiring and socket. 21"h to top of ...
Tye of California Table Lamp
By TYE of California
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A circa 1955 ceramic lamp with typical Tye of California glaze, a matte mottled yellow with grey stripes.
Ceramic
Tye of California Ceramic Table Lamp, 1957
By TYE of California
Located in Astoria, NY
Tye of California Partially Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp, 1957, signed and dated "(c) 57 Tye of Calif." to base, with large linen shade. 44.25" H x 20.25" Diameter.
Ceramic, Linen
Tye of California Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Ceramic lamp by Tye of California dated 1955. Incredible lamp with original shade.
Metal
'Cafe de Paris' scene ceramic and brass lamp by Tye of California
By TYE of California
Located in New York, NY
A unique lamp depicting the famous Parisian cafe scene by Tye of California
Brass
Tye of California Classical Etruscan Horse Lamp with Capiz Shade
By TYE of California
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Glazed and hand painted ceramic lamp by Tye of California. The vintage 1950s lamp has a classical design, deviating from the modern trend.
Ceramic
Pair of Tye of California Lamps
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Pair of Tye of California Lamps with Original Shades in like new condition.
Ceramic, Mahogany, Bouclé
Tye of California Aqua Blue Painted and Glazed Mid-Century Modern Lamp
By TYE of California
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Exquisite Mid-Century Modern torpedo shaped lamp by Tye of California. There are so many things that make this lamp special!
Ceramic
Sold
H 36 in W 7 in D 7 in
Sleek Pair of American Faux Marble Ceramic Obelisk Lamps by Tye of California
By TYE of California
Located in San Francisco, CA
A striking and sleek pair of American Mid-Century faux marble ceramic obelisk-form lamps by Tye of California, Los Angeles; each tall ceramic lamp of classical form with amethyst fau...
1950s Mid-Century Ceramic Tall Table Lamp by Tye of California
By TYE of California
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful atomic design on this tall ceramic cylinder table lamp, circa 1950s signed by Tye of California, the lamp has been totally restored, the wood base lacquered in black, new m...
Brass
Tye of California Harlequin Lamp in the Style of Fantony and Gambone
By TYE of California
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ceramic lamp with raised ceramic Harlequins placed strategically at the four corners making them appear on two surfaces at once. The TYE signature is incised and under glaze and lamp...
Ceramic, Fabric, Wood
California Modern Table Lamp by Tye
By TYE of California
Located in South Charleston, WV
This one of a kind artisan studio lamp was produced in 1957 by TYE of California. Signed to lower section. Pastels and patterns of this lamp are all unique.
Plaster
California Modern Table Lamp by Tye
By TYE of California
Located in South Charleston, WV
This one of a kind artisan studio lamp was produced in 1957 by TYE of California. Signed to lower section. Pastels and patterns of this lamp are all unique.
Plaster
Hand-Painted Porcelain Table Lamp by Tye
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hand-painted porcelain table lamp by Tye of California (signed "Tye of Cal" and dated 1954)
Stylized Ceramic Table Lamp
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Glazed ceramic table lamp with three stylized figures in the manner of Marianna Von Allesch or Tye Of California. Ceramic element is 18" high and 7" wide. 20" height to the bottom of...
Ceramic
Tye of California Pottery Table Lamps a Pair, 1950s
By TYE of California
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Tye of California table lamps with 1950s caricature reminiscent of the Italian pottery designers Gambone and Fantoni.
Pottery
Cocktail Table by Tye of California 1952 Circus Bastille Day
By TYE of California
Located in Camden, ME
Light-hearted lyrical circus scene by that brilliant ceramicist Tye of California. This striking coffee table was purchased as a wedding gift in 1952.
Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Modern "Tye of California" White and Gold Ceramic Table Lamps
By TYE of California
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century Modern "Tye of California" white and gold ceramic table lamps circa 1956 The main body of the lamps are in the shape of a bowling pin.
Ceramic
Sold
H 37 in W 5.5 in D 7.5 in
Marc Bellaire Ceramic Lamp with Primitive Lascaux Motif and Fiberglass Shade
By Marc Bellaire, TYE of California
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This is easily one of the most interesting Mid-Century Modern lamps we’ve come across! Everything about the lamp is unique, from it’s unusual shape to the lip at the top of the bottl...
Ceramic, Fiberglass
Pair of Ceramic Tye of California Lamps
By TYE of California
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of ceramic lamps in a tribal or Egyptian style signed by American artist "Tye of California 1955."
Ceramic
Paris Scene Ceramic Spherical Table Lamp by Tye of California
By TYE of California
Located in St. Louis, MO
Very nice ceramic lamp by Tye of California. The sphere lights up to illuminate the city scene windows and sky.
Ceramic Lava Glaze Table Lamp by TYE of California
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A ceramic, table lamp in aubergine lava glaze with primitive hieroglyph motif and wrought iron base by TYE of California.
Wrought Iron
Tye of California Ceramic Table Lamp
By TYE of California
Located in New York, NY
Vintage, 1955 in excellent original condition, with original shade.
Ceramic
Surrealist Circus Tile Top Coffee Table by Tye of California
Located in Papaikou, HI
This is a very whimsical and curious piece of work by a ceramic artist that was identified as Tye of California. It's one of Tye's most creative designs, showing abstracted acrobats...
Pair of California Studio Pottery Lamps
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Pair or studio pottery lamps on bronze bases signed Tye of California 1957.
Modern Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Unique table lamp by Tye of California @1960. Marbleized gray/cream base with openwork at top.
Aluminum
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
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The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
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