Antique Elephant Table Lamp
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass, Copper
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Porcelain
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century Asian Anglo-Indian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Metal, Enamel
19th Century Austrian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze, Enamel
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Spelter
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Iron, Brass
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
1920s North American Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Lacquer
1920s Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Metal
19th Century Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Porcelain
1890s Japanese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass
Early 1900s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Earthenware
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 19th Century Indian Neoclassical Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Silver
19th Century French Japonisme Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Ormolu
1880s Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Japanese Belle Époque Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Porcelain, Ceramic
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 1900s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Enamel
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Hardwood
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century English Chinese Export Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Elm
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass
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1910s American Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass, Bronze
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Glass
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Art Glass
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Glass
20th Century European Louis XV Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Ormolu
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Marble, Bronze
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Charles II Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Tapestry, Velvet
1810s Caribbean Regency Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass
1920s Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Art Glass
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Velvet, Walnut
1910s American Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
1930s Swedish Art Deco Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Alabaster
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
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Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century Austrian Anglo Raj Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Late 19th Century Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass
19th Century Danish Late Victorian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Pewter
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Hardwood
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Crystal
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
19th Century Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Antique Elephant Table Lamp
19th Century American Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
1920s Danish Edwardian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
1920s Danish Edwardian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Glass
Early 20th Century German Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
1870s Danish High Victorian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Amethyst, Gilt Metal
Early 20th Century French Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Tôle
19th Century English Victorian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Metal
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century British Colonial Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Early 20th Century Indian Grand Tour Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze, Enamel
1860s Chinese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
1820s French Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Antique Elephant Table Lamp
1860s Chinese Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Late 19th Century European Napoleon III Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Meiji Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Enamel, Ormolu
1870s French Japonisme Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Ormolu
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
1880s European Chinoiserie Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
1880s French Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Enamel, Bronze
19th Century English Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bamboo
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Ceramic
19th Century English Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bamboo
1910s Chinese Other Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Wood
1920s English Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Crystal, Brass
Early 20th Century English Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Metal
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century European Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Metal, Spelter
1920s French Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Marble, Bronze
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Bronze
1920s German Art Deco Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Metal, Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Marble, Bronze
1920s Antique Elephant Table Lamp
1920s Danish Edwardian Antique Elephant Table Lamp
Brass
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Finding the Right table-lamps for You
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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