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What is the best size for a bedside table lamp?

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What is the best size for a bedside table lamp?
The best size for a bedside table lamp is between 24 and 27 inches tall. Finding the best table lamp for your nightstand depends on variables such as the shape of your bedside table, the size of your nightstand's tabletop and personal preferences when it comes to styling your nightstand.

Albert Hadley–trained designer Harry Heissmann says this about creating a bedside haven for his clients: “A reading lamp is essential and needs to be on a dedicated outlet. I like to keep clients’ nightstands edited, with a carafe for water and an alarm clock, and sometimes a landline phone for emergencies.”

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1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024
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1990s Gorgeous "Sun" Table Lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli
Located in Milano, IT
1990s Gorgeous "Sun" table lamp by Piero Fornasetti for Antonangeli in polypropylene. This lamp is a true piece of modern art and it's in excellent condition. It works perfectly. Dim...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Pair of Brass and Opaline "Sailboat" Table Lamps, Italy, 1950s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This exceptional pair of Italian table lamps from the 1950s captivates with their sculptural, sailboat-inspired design. Each lamp features a slender brass rod mast, resting on a clea...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Area Table Lamp (the highest and rarest) by Mario Bellini Artemide, Italy 1970s
Located in Milano, IT
Area Table Lamp (the highest and rarest) by Mario Bellini Artemide, Italy 1970s The Area 50 table lamp, is a part of a series that includes table, floor, wall, and ceiling lamps, wa...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic, Plastic

very rare mid century modern peill & putzler glass TABLE LAMP model TA53 60/70s
Located in Mannheim, DE
A very beautiful table lamp manufactured by Peill & Putzler in the 1960s to 1970s. White glass, colorfully overlaid in orange and green tones using a millefiori technique. For one E2...
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Fish Tail Lamps on Gilt Bases.
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Fish Tail Lamps on Gilt Bases. 20th Century.
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps

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Porcelain

Pair of tall blown clear glass with gold inclusion table lamps by Alberto Dona
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of tall table lamps blown Murano clear glass with gold inclusions, hand worked Romboidal lines on the glass surface two spheres with a central oval part.
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Blown Glass

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