Table Lamps
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Table Lamps
Metal, Silver Plate
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1930s Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Sheet Metal
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
1940s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s French Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Wicker
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1870s French Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Renaissance Revival Table Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1980s French Renaissance Revival Vintage Table Lamps
Faience, Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Edwardian Table Lamps
Wicker, Blown Glass
1930s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
Mid-19th Century French Directoire Antique Table Lamps
Tôle
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Onyx, Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Porcelain
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stone, Brass, Aluminum
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
19th Century Qing Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Steel
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Stainless Steel, Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
1970s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Pine
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Metal, Silver Plate
Antique and Vintage Table Lamps for Sale: Find Art Deco Table Lamps, Murano Glass Table Lamps and Other Lighting on 1stDibs
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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