Brass Elephant Lamps
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Iron, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Other Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Asian Anglo-Indian Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel
Vintage 1970s French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Vintage 1960s Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Table Lamps
Travertine
Antique 1890s Japanese Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Table Lamps
Aluminum
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Tibetan Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century English British Colonial Table Lamps
Silver Plate, Brass
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass, Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Taxidermy
Brass
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Art Glass
Early 20th Century Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
20th Century Japanese Vases
Bronze
Antique 18th Century Chinese Archaistic Vases
Bronze
Vintage 1960s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
Antique 19th Century Chinese Archaistic Vases
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1910s American Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps
Marble
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Centerpieces
Murano Glass
Vintage 1950s French Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Iron
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Antique Late 19th Century Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s European Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Antique 19th Century Danish Late Victorian Table Lamps
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Acrylic
Vintage 1970s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass, Iron
20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Composition
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Vintage 1980s Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary American Moorish Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1980s European Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Table Lamps
Travertine, Brass
Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps
Antique Early 1900s Indian Grand Tour Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Table Lamps
Antique Early 1900s British Victorian Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Travertine, Chrome, Brass
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Travertine
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century American Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century German Table Lamps
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Travertine
Antique 1870s Danish High Victorian Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Candle Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Indian Grand Tour Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s Table Lamps
Travertine, Brass
Antique Early 1900s Tibetan Tibetan Lanterns
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Breccia Marble, Brass
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Breccia Marble, Brass
Antique Early 1900s Tibetan Tibetan Lanterns
Brass
Vintage 1950s Danish Arts and Crafts Animal Sculptures
Wood
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Thai Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Stone, Brass
Late 20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s English Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
Vintage 1970s European Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s Danish Edwardian Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Enamel
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Travertine, Brass
Vintage 1960s Chinese Table Lamps
Early 20th Century Syrian Moorish Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Indian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
Antique 1880s French Late Victorian Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Pottery
Vintage 1980s Canadian Modern Floor Lamps
Resin, Plastic, Acrylic
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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.
- How do you use a brass oil lamp?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023How you use a brass oil lamp may vary based on the design of the piece. However, generally, you fill the lamp with vegetable, sesame or similar plant-based oil. Use tweezers to raise and lower the wick and trim away burned ends with scissors. Then, use a match to light the lamp. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of oil lamps.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021White color lamp shades go well with polished brass, whereas off-white or cream-colored lamp shades look better with antique brass. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of vintage and antique lampshades to meet any style or décor scheme.
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