1970s Knob Creek Faux-Bamboo Mahogany Three-Tier Floor Lamp Table

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An uncommon vintage Knob Creek floor lamp table combining three circular mahogany tiers, elegant faux-bamboo turnings and sculptural brass hardware … Read more An uncommon vintage Knob Creek floor lamp table combining three circular mahogany tiers, elegant faux-bamboo turnings and sculptural brass hardware in a remarkably useful 14-inch footprint.

The design operates simultaneously as a floor lamp, petite side table and open display étagère. Three graduated circular surfaces provide room for a drink, books, framed photographs or collected decorative objects while occupying little more floor space than a conventional lamp base. The upper surface rises to a convenient 24-inch table height, making the piece particularly well suited beside an armchair, reading chair or compact sofa.

Turned wooden supports extend vertically through the composition, their raised rings and gently tapered sections creating the segmented appearance of bamboo. The treatment gives an otherwise traditional mahogany form a subtle Chinoiserie character while preserving the warmth and architectural discipline associated with American Regency-revival furniture.

Each circular tier is finished with a restrained molded edge. The repetition of these rounded shelves and slender supports creates a light, open silhouette despite the piece’s substantial height. Warm reddish undertones remain visible through the deep mahogany finish, giving the lamp greater dimension than a uniformly dark-stained piece.

A tall faux-bamboo standard rises from the upper tabletop and terminates in a decorative brass assembly. Its horizontal arm sweeps outward before curling inward as an open scroll—an especially attractive detail that gives the lamp a graceful profile from either side.

Above the scroll arm, a vertical brass support carries two opposing brass sockets, each controlled by its own traditional pull chain. The twin-socket arrangement allows the user to select one or both lights, while the long shade-support rod and turned brass finial complete the period presentation. Brass surfaces have developed a mellow, naturally aged patina that complements the warm mahogany beautifully.

The lamp retains an applied “Knob Creek” maker’s plaque, providing direct identification. Secondary-market documentation establishes a recognizable family of Knob Creek wood-and-brass lighting from the second half of the 20th century, including floor lamps, lamp tables and twin-socket table lamps. The present three-tier étagère configuration appears considerably less common than the company’s more frequently encountered single-table versions.

From an interior-design perspective, the piece answers several needs at once. It provides ambient light, a usable drink-height tabletop and two additional display surfaces without requiring separate pieces of furniture. Its narrow diameter makes it especially effective in a reading corner, library, hallway, bedroom or small sitting room where visual richness and practical storage are desirable but floor space is limited.

The rich wood, bamboo-inspired turnings and aged brass coordinate naturally with English Country, American traditional, Chinoiserie, Grandmillennial and collected Regency interiors. Style the shelves with a small stack of books, blue-and-white porcelain, a framed miniature, brass object or trailing plant. A tailored pleated shade would emphasize its traditional character, while a gathered or patterned shade could bring the piece further into an expressive Grandmillennial setting.

Both decorative and genuinely functional, this maker-marked Knob Creek floor lamp table offers the visual presence of an étagère, the convenience of a side table and the warm illumination of a twin-socket floor lamp in one unusually graceful vintage form.

IDENTIFICATION AND DATING
The lamp bears an applied rectangular plaque reading “KNOB CREEK,” confirming the manufacturer.

Knob Creek produced a range of traditional wood-and-brass furniture and lighting during the second half of the 20th century. Closely related maker-marked lamps are commonly cataloged to the 1970s and employ the same general vocabulary of turned wood, brass fittings, pull chains and decorative finials.

The circa-1970s date is therefore consistent with the visible construction, electrical components, finish and documented related examples. No model number, factory catalog reference or exact production date has been located.

Although some secondary-market listings connect Knob Creek with Ethan Allen or Morganton Furniture Company, the available maker’s plaque identifies this piece only as Knob Creek. It is consequently offered under the confirmed Knob Creek name without extending the attribution to another manufacturer.

The furniture was associated with Morganton, North Carolina, and comparable Knob Creek lighting is consistently identified as American-made. The United States is therefore used as the country of origin.

STYLE AND DESIGN NOTES
The turned supports are carved to suggest bamboo rather than constructed from natural bamboo. “Faux bamboo” is therefore the appropriate descriptive term.

Its bamboo-inspired structure introduces a Chinoiserie influence, while the symmetrical turned woodwork, mahogany finish, brass scroll and traditional twin-socket fitting align most closely with American Regency-revival and traditional decorator furniture.

The piece may also be described as an étagère floor lamp or tiered floor-lamp table because its three open shelves are integral to the lighting structure.

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
Three circular mahogany tiers are joined by multiple turned faux-bamboo wooden supports. A taller turned standard rises from the upper tabletop and supports the curved brass scroll arm and lighting assembly.

The brass-toned lighting assembly includes two opposing pull-chain sockets, a central shade-support rod and a removable decorative finial.

The electrical cord passes through a metal threaded fitting secured beneath the wooden structure with a washer and hex nut. It terminates in an older brown molded two-prong plug bearing a visible UL mark.

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