Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Iron
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1990s French Table Lamps
Resin
1990s French Table Lamps
Resin
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine, Chrome
1920s Japanese Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1970s European Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Lucite
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Glass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Italian Greco Roman Table Lamps
Majolica, Terracotta
1980s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Swedish Country Table Lamps
Wood
20th Century American Chinese Export Table Lamps
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Steel, Nickel
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1950s French Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
2010s Spanish Minimalist Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
2010s Spanish Minimalist Table Lamps
Cotton, Walnut
2010s Spanish Minimalist Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
2010s Spanish Minimalist Table Lamps
Alabaster
2010s South Korean Modern Table Lamps
Metal
2010s South Korean Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Spanish Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
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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