18th Century Ceramic Lamps
Antique Mid-18th Century Spanish Baroque Table Lamps
Ceramic, Pottery
Antique 18th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 18th Century American Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Brass
Antique 1780s Dutch Table Lamps
Delft
Antique 18th Century European Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Enamel
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Ceramic
Vintage 1980s North American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Late Victorian Table Lamps
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Irish Chinese Export Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1940s French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Persian Islamic Ceramics
Ceramic
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Porcelain
Antique Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Vases
Ceramic, Pottery
Antique 1780s German Louis XVI Console Tables
Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Brass
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Hardwood, Porcelain, Linen
Antique 18th Century Spanish Rustic Pottery
Terracotta
2010s Table Lamps
Copper
Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Jars
Metal, Enamel
Vintage 1960s American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century French Jars
Earthenware, Terracotta
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Pottery
Antique Early 1900s Asian Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Ceramic
Antique 1890s Danish Victorian Table Lamps
Pottery
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Ceramics
Terracotta
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain, Linen, Rosewood
Antique 1880s Chinese Vases
Earthenware
Recent Sales
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Rococo Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century Persian Islamic Candle Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chandeliers and Pendants
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century Italian Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century French Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique Late 18th Century French Table Lamps
Brass
Antique 18th Century Persian Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Table Lamps
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 18th Century French Rococo Table Lamps
Ceramic, Faience
Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Table Lamps
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Table Lamps
Ceramic, Delft
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Ceramic, Paper
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique Early 18th Century Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Table Lamps
Earthenware
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s American Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Vintage 1980s French Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century Dutch Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Late Victorian Table Lamps
Ormolu
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century French Late Victorian Table Lamps
Ormolu
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Late Victorian Table Lamps
Ormolu
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Late Victorian Table Lamps
Ormolu
Vintage 1950s European Chinese Export Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Table Lamps
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Spanish Romantic Lanterns
Wrought Iron, Tin
Antique 1880s European Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rustic Chandeliers and Pendants
Porcelain
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Chandeliers and Pendants
Giltwood, Wood
Antique 1850s Dutch Renaissance Tables
Ceramic, Oak
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Edo Vases
Ormolu
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century Dutch Table Lamps
Metal
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique Mid-19th Century German Romantic Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Irish Chinese Export Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique Mid-19th Century German Romantic Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Brass
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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.
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Paavo Tynell’s Snowflake Chandelier Warms Up Any Room
This circa 1950 piece by the legendary Finnish lighting designer spent the past several decades in a family's home in Michigan.
NASA Parachutes Inspired Lighting Designer Bec Brittain’s New Collection
In "Paraciphers," now on view at Emma Scully Gallery in New York, Brittain introduces works that were more than a decade in the making.
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