Retro Elephant Lamps
Mid-20th Century Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
Late 20th Century Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Retro Elephant Lamps
Bronze
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Other Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century North American Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Unknown Retro Elephant Lamps
Wood
1970s European Space Age Retro Elephant Lamps
Porcelain, Glass
1950s French Retro Elephant Lamps
Terracotta
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Retro Elephant Lamps
Resin
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Retro Elephant Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century North American Retro Elephant Lamps
Bamboo, Pine
1970s French Hollywood Regency Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Italian Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic, Leather
1970s Italian Retro Elephant Lamps
Travertine
Mid-20th Century American Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
1960s Chinoiserie Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
1980s American Retro Elephant Lamps
Resin
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Retro Elephant Lamps
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Retro Elephant Lamps
Rattan
Mid-20th Century North American Retro Elephant Lamps
Wood
1970s American Hollywood Regency Retro Elephant Lamps
Nickel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Travertine
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic
1960s American Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
1970s French Retro Elephant Lamps
Resin
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Retro Elephant Lamps
Marble, Metal
1980s European Post-Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Retro Elephant Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Copper
1970s Italian Retro Elephant Lamps
Travertine
1980s Retro Elephant Lamps
Oak
1980s Retro Elephant Lamps
Oak
Late 20th Century Retro Elephant Lamps
Plaster
Mid-20th Century Retro Elephant Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Space Age Retro Elephant Lamps
Metal
1980s Retro Elephant Lamps
Oak
1970s Hollywood Regency Retro Elephant Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Retro Elephant Lamps
Marble
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Resin
1950s French Retro Elephant Lamps
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century English British Colonial Retro Elephant Lamps
Silver Plate, Brass
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Ceramic
1970s German Retro Elephant Lamps
Plastic
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Nickel
Mid-20th Century Tibetan Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
1970s French Art Deco Retro Elephant Lamps
Metal
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Retro Elephant Lamps
Porcelain
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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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