Vintage Brass Clamshell Floor Lamp, in the Style of Frederick Cooper, C. 1970s

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A beautifully sculptural vintage brass floor lamp in the style of Frederick Cooper, featuring the signature clamshell shade that made … Read more A beautifully sculptural vintage brass floor lamp in the style of Frederick Cooper, featuring the signature clamshell shade that made his lamps a decorator favorite from the 1960s through the 1980s. The naturalistic scalloped shell shade rests on a slender adjustable arm and a weighted circular base — a form that reads as equally at home in a Palm Beach living room, a mid-century modern study, a Belgian-inspired reading nook, or a more traditional library.

The warm brass has developed a lovely, honeyed patina — the kind that only comes with decades of gentle use and can't be replicated with new production. Adjustable height and pivoting shade make it a genuinely functional reading lamp, not just a decorative object. Perfect next to a favorite chair, at the end of a sofa, or beside a bed.

Frederick Cooper Lamp Co. (Chicago, founded 1923) is one of the most collected American lighting manufacturers of the 20th century — known for hand-finished brass, sculptural forms, and the kind of quality that has kept his lamps in continuous demand on the secondary market for fifty years.

Height (collapsed): 38"
Height (extended): 59.5"
Base diameter: approx. 10"
Shade dimensions: approx. 8"W 4"D See less