Antique Table Lamp Base
19th Century Turkish Antique Table Lamp Base
Metal, Enamel
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamp Base
Metal
19th Century Moroccan Bohemian Antique Table Lamp Base
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamp Base
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Unknown Antique Table Lamp Base
Cord, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamp Base
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamp Base
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamp Base
Porcelain
1910s American Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamp Base
Bronze
1630s French International Style Antique Table Lamp Base
Crystal
1880s Danish Antique Table Lamp Base
Opaline Glass
Early 20th Century European Antique Table Lamp Base
Wood
Early 20th Century European Industrial Antique Table Lamp Base
Copper, Iron
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamp Base
Metal
19th Century Antique Table Lamp Base
Marble, Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Antique Table Lamp Base
Onyx, Metal
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamp Base
Brass
Early 20th Century French Antique Table Lamp Base
Brass
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Table Lamp Base
Porcelain, Fabric
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamp Base
Porcelain, Teak
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamp Base
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Table Lamp Base
Alabaster, Brass
Early 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamp Base
Brass
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Table Lamp Base
Iron
Early 20th Century English Antique Table Lamp Base
Silver Plate
19th Century French American Classical Antique Table Lamp Base
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamp Base
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Chinese Export Antique Table Lamp Base
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Antique Table Lamp Base
Chrome
Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Table Lamp Base
Aluminum, Iron
Early 20th Century English Antique Table Lamp Base
Metal
1920s European Hollywood Regency Antique Table Lamp Base
Crystal, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamp Base
Marble, Spelter
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamp Base
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Antique Table Lamp Base
Pewter
1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Table Lamp Base
Nickel
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Antique Table Lamp Base
Ceramic
1920s Czech Art Deco Antique Table Lamp Base
Bakelite
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Table Lamp Base
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Table Lamp Base
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamp Base
Porcelain, Hardwood
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Table Lamp Base
Art Glass, Blown Glass
1920s American Hollywood Regency Antique Table Lamp Base
Marble, Spelter
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Table Lamp Base
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Table Lamp Base
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Antique Table Lamp Base
Linen, Wood
1890s French Empire Revival Antique Table Lamp Base
Mid-18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Table Lamp Base
Marble, Metal
1920s French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamp Base
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamp Base
Bronze
1920s Art Deco Antique Table Lamp Base
Marble
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamp Base
Marble, Bronze
1650s American Antique Table Lamp Base
Metal, Brass
1820s French Empire Antique Table Lamp Base
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Antique Table Lamp Base
Pottery
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamp Base
Bronze
1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Table Lamp Base
Fabric, Alpaca
19th Century French Antique Table Lamp Base
Bronze
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Table Lamp Base
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Antique Table Lamp Base
Brass, Copper, Steel
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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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