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Memphis Style Desk Lamp, 1980s
Located in MIJDRECHT, NL
Dutch Design Memphis Group style desk lamp, 1980s
Memphis Group style typically combines circles
Category
1980s Dutch Minimalist Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
1930's Rare Parcel-Silvered Art Deco Bauhaus Mushroom Style Desk Lamp
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
1930's RARE PARCEL-SILVERED ART DECO BAUHAUS
MUSHROOM STYLE DESK LAMP
Probably American
Visually
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Copper
Bauhaus Style Desk Lamp Attributed to Karl Trabert
By Karl Trabert
Located in New York, NY
An elegant German Mid-Century Modern desk or table lamp with pivoting stem and shade attributed to
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Vintage French Bouillotte Desk Lamp Table Lamp, Circa 1970s
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage French game table style, bouilotte style desk lamp. 23 inches tall this antique or
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Other, Brass
Dazor Taupe Enamel Desk Lamp with Brass Accents
By Dazor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American-made Dazor model #2004 "saucer”-style desk lamp, enameled steel with brass accents and a
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Arteluce Italian Designed Industrial Desk Lamp for AI
By Arteluce
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A dark gray Italian designed Industrial styled desk lamp by Arteluce for AI Atelier International
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Industrial Floating Metal Lamp by Dazor USA , Signed
By Dazor
Located in PÉZENAS, FR
large industrial style desk lamp from Dazor Floating Saint Louis USA
from the 50s in grey/purple
Category
Mid-20th Century American Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid Century French "Cocotte" Brass Lamp Era Biny, Lacroix, Guariche 1950
By Pierre Guariche, Jacques Biny, Jean Boris Lacroix
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
"cocotte" style desk lamp. Emblematic of the design of the 50's lighting fixtures it is a very nice lamp in
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 11.03 in W 4.73 in D 6.3 in
High Style Midcentury Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
High style midcentury desk lamp with an enameled frostine white steel body and brass accents. The
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Gilbert Rohde Style Midcentury Desk Lamp
Located in Highland, IN
This elegant little desk lamp has an early midcentury or streamline moderne aesthetic in the manner
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Tiffany Style Leaded Glass Bankers Desk Lamp Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tiffany Style Banker’s desk lamp, France, 1950-1959. Fabulous, tall adjustable desk or table lamp
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Single Hollywood Regency Style Brass Table / Desk Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Single Hollywood Regency Style Brass Table / Desk Lamp
A lovely brass reverse funnel base
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
Desk Lamp in the style of Bruno Gecchelin
Located in Hemiksem, VAN
Black desk lamp in the style of Bruno Gecchelin. The arm and the shade can be rotated in different
Category
1980s German Post-Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Prototype Desk Lamp in the Style of Kuramata
Located in London, GB
A desk lamp.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Retro Style Desk Lamps
Desk Lamp in the Style of Christian Dell
By Christian Dell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German desk lamp with adjustable neck and shade.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Nessen style Brushed Metal Swing Arm Desk Lamp
By Nessen Studio
Located in New York, NY
Swing-arm desk lamp in brushed metal finish. USA, circa 1990. Includes off-white paper drum shade
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Desk Lamp in the Style Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
An elegant Mid-Century Modern table lamp displaying the timelessness and modern engineering craft
Category
Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Midcentury Modern Koch & Lowy Style Chrome Articulating Desk Lamp
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Chicago, IL
An elegant midcentury desk lamp in polished chrome in the style of Koch & Lowy; the tent shade
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Style Cut Crystal Dome Shaped Desk Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Art Deco style cut crystal dome shaped desk lamp. A very sweet decorative table or office lamp in a
Category
1960s Art Deco Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
1960s Arredoluce Style Mid-Century Modern Italian Desk Lamp
By Fase, Arredoluce
Located in Aci Castello, IT
the aluminum contributes to the lamp's opulent appearance. The desk lamps features a swiveling arm
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Metal Desk Lamp in Style of Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian metal desk lamp adjustable shade and the neck of the Lamp. Table lamp is from the 1970s in
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Robert Sonneman Style Cube Chrome Desk Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Esperance, NY
Very nice simple cube chrome desk lamp.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Chrome
1950s Desk Table Lamp Leather Style Adnet, Signed Tanneur
By Le Tanneur
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
1950s desk table lamp leather style Adnet, signed Tanneur.
A classic Le Tanneur table lamp. Made
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
1950s Italian Urn Desk Lamp Style of Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Chula Vista, CA
from AMBIANIC
1950s Sculptural Brass Urn Table Lamp from Italy
attributed Fontana Arte and Gio
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Brass Desk Lamp Style After Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This Single Brass Lamp is a unique piece, does have some damages to it but overall such an amazing
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
Desk Lamp/Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Desk Lamp/Table Lamp, 1970s
Period: 1970s
Style: midcentury modern design
Colour: white, black
Category
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Tensor Desk Lamp
By Tensor
Located in Sheffield, MA
Tensor IL200 adjustable desk or table lamp with perfect 1980s styling is small in size but great
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Steel
Desk Lamp/Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Desk lamp/table lamp, 1970s
Period: 1970s
Style: midcentury modern design
Colour: beige
Category
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Desk Lamp, 1980s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Vintage table lamp
Style: industrial
Production: 1980s
State: mint condition.
Category
1980s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
1950s French Desk Lamp Patinated Brass Style of Pierre Guariche
By Pierre Guariche
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1950s French desk table lamp patinated brass style of Pierre Guariche
Vintage
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Vico Magistretti for Oluce. "Slalom" desk lamp in modernist style.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vico Magistretti for Oluce, "Slalom" desk lamp in modernist style.
Painted metal and red plastic
Category
1980s Italian Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Nice white vintage metal lamp/desk lamp in Bauhaus style from the 1960s
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered is this very nice white vintage metal lamp/desk lamp in Bauhaus style from the 1960s.
This
Category
1950s Bauhaus Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 18.51 in W 8.86 in D 8.86 in
1950s French Yellow Desk Lamp Style Guariche and Lacroix France
By Pierre Guariche, Boris Jean Lacroix
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Yellow Desk Table Lamp Modern Style Guariche and Lacroix France
Unmarked attributed to
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Style Adjustable Brass Desk Lamp, 1960s
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in Bainbridge, NY
American Mid-Century Modern Gerald Thurston for Lightolier style brass desk lamp. Featuring a
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Midcentury Desk Lamps, Poulsen Danish Style, France 1950s
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
floor lamp: 142x36cm
desk lamp: 54x36cm
oringinal vintage 1950s, france.
good vintage condition
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Desk Lamp/Table Lamp, 1970s Pair
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Desk Lamp/Table Lamp, 1970s pair
Period: 1970s
Style: midcentury
Colour: Dark Red
Category
1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Iron
Mid-Century Desk Lamp in the Style of Gino Sarfatti
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
An elegant Mid-Century Modern table lamp displaying the timelessness and modern engineering craft
Category
Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Desk Lamp Atelier Lyktan
By Ateljé Lyktan
Located in Fraser, MI
Adjustable Desk Lamp.
In the Style of Anders Pehrson of Atelier Lyktan.
This model is shown in the
Category
1960s Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Nickel
Saturn Desk Lamp, 1980s
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Antwerp, BE
1980s desk, table lamp in the style of Robert Sonneman. A glass ring circles the brass and milk
Category
1980s European Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
Jean Boris Lacroix Style Nickel-Plate Tripod Desk Lamp, 1960s
By Jean Boris Lacroix
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Modernist nickel-plate tripod petite table lamp, in the manner of Jean Boris Lacroix, 1960's
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Studio BBPR for Olivetti 'Spazio' Corner Desk with Original Lamp
By Studio BBPR, Olivetti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' corner/writing desk, coated steel, plastic, vinyl, Italy, design
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Steel
Angelo Lelli Style Articulated Midcentury Brass Table Desk Lamp, Italy, 1950s
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in Vienna, AT
A French articulating height adjustable brass table or desk lamp from the 1950s. This iconic light
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
H 22 in W 22 in D 10 in
Brass and Glass Desk Lamp in the style of Stilnovo - 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Brussels, BE
Brass And Glass Desk Lamp in the style of Stilnovo - 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
Gerald Thurston Lightolier Style Mid Century Modern Design Desk Lamp 1950s
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in Miami, FL
A Mid Century Modern Gerald Thurston classic design style for Lightolier Desk Lamp. Actually could
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Table / Desk Lamp, 1970s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Vintage table lamp
Colour: Red
Material: Metal
Period: 1980s
Style: Midcentury.
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
In the Style of Romeo Rega Desk Lamp - Metal, Ca 1970
By Romeo Rega
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Desk lamp, to pose in the style of the Italian designer Romeo Rega from the 1970s. Nice lamp in
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
1950s German Desk Lamp in the Style of Louis Kalff
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Very early unidentified German table light. It is fashioned out of aluminium, brass and bakelite. The shade has been restored and refinished at some point. The slightly yellowish mai...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Table - Desk Lamp Style of Robert Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous eye ball style lamp in orange with a chrome base and shaft. Eye ball shade is fully
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 18.5 in W 6.75 in D 11.25 in
Large Adjustable Articulated Desk Lamp in Stilnovo Style Mid-Century Modern
By Stilnovo
Located in Rome, IT
Adjustable articulated desk lamp in Stilnovo style, in black metal and brass.
Dimensions
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Tommi Parzinger Style Celadon Lacquered Desk with Signature Brass Ribbon Handles
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in New York, NY
Tommi Parzinger attributed celadon lacquered wood angular desk, circa 1950s. Three deep drawers
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 27.75 in W 50 in D 17 in
1970s Space Age Italian Desk Lamp in the Style of Arredoluce
By Arredoluce
Located in Aci Castello, IT
and needs regular e27 bulb. This desk lamp is a testament to the futuristic and innovative design
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian White Marble Column Pillar Neoclassical Style Desk or Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian white marble Ionic column pillar, Neoclassical style, desk or table lamp, circa
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Marble
Black Leather and Brass Desk Lamp in the Style of Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
Black leather and brass desk lamp. French work in the style of Jacques Adnet. Circa 1970
Category
1970s French Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
Red Leather and Brass Desk Lamp in the Style of Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This desk lamp is made of red leather and brass. This is a French work in the style of Jacques
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
Empire Regency Style Brass Candlestick Bouillotte Desk Table Lamp with Swans (A)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Empire Regency Style Brass Candlestick Bouillotte Desk Table Lamp with Swans (A). Item features 3
Category
Mid-20th Century Regency Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 21 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
Angelo Lelli Style Adjustable Chrome Desk Lamp with Chrome Ball Shade
By Angelo Lelii
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Angelo Lelli style adjustable magnetic chrome reading lamp, bedside lamp with chrome swivel eyeball
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Magnets, Metal
French 1960’s desk lamp
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in London, GB
A French 1960’s grey enamel desk lamp in the style of Charlotte Perriand’s Juno lamp. Good size
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Metal
Stilnovo Style Camel toned Desk Lamp with Saucer Shade, circa 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Bainbridge, NY
European Modern Stilnovo style adjustable enameled steel saucer shade table lamp. Featuring an
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and Chrome Table / Desk Lamp, Karl Springer Style
By Karl Springer
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and Chrome Table / Desk Lamp, Karl Springer Style
Single table top lamp
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Chrome
H 21.5 in W 15.5 in D 15.5 in
Green Glass Banker’s Desk Lamp
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Green Glass Banker’s Desk Lamp
A beautiful and seldom seen heavy quality fully adjustable
Category
1960s Art Nouveau Retro Style Desk Lamps
Materials
Glass
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Retro Style Desk Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of retro style desk lamps is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct retro style desk lamps — often made from metal, brass and chrome — can elevate any home. Retro style desk lamps have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Retro style desk lamps bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Gebrüder Cosack, Chapman Manufacturing Company and Helion Arnstadt each produced beautiful retro style desk lamps that are worth considering.
How Much are Retro Style Desk Lamps?
Retro style desk lamps can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $998, while the lowest priced sells for $105 and the highest can go for as much as $5,935.
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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