Table Lamps
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1880s Dutch Belle Époque Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Glass
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Table Lamps
Terracotta
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Rattan
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Cut Steel
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Table Lamps
Pottery
2010s Brazilian International Style Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1890s English High Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
1930s Austrian Adam Style Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Rope
Late 20th Century American Regency Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Glass
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Hide, Wood, Parchment Paper
20th Century Unknown Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Acrylic
Early 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Glass
Early 20th Century British Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s Spanish Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dutch Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Nickel
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Porcelain
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Regency Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Glass
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Glass
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Glass
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Glass
1950s English Vintage Table Lamps
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Pine, Beech
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Early 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Table Lamps
Tin
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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