Large Multidirectional 3 Arms Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
An extraordinary multidirectional & retractable table lamp consisting of 3 arms in brass with
Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps
Brass
Large Multidirectional 3 Arms Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
An extraordinary multidirectional & retractable table lamp consisting of 3 arms in brass with
Brass
Classic Brass Bouillotte Table Lamp with 3 Candle Arms
By Warren Kessler
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classic and elegant 3 Candle Brass Bouillotte lamp by Warren Kessler NY 26” H to finial Base 6
Brass
Don, Desk Lamp with 3 Arms and Double Glass
By Clan Milano
Located in Barlassina, Monza-Brianza
Metallic frame. Mirrored glass external lampshades. Internal lampshades in sandblasted glass.
Metal
$4,353
H 18.51 in Dm 13 in
Rare Red Italian Table Lamp with 3 Arms in the Style of Stilnovo, 1960s, Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
An Italian table lamp made in the 1960s. Made of metal and brass. The lighting has an exceptional
Brass
$2,600
H 52 in W 17 in D 17 in
Large Mid-Century Modern Three arms Table or Floor Lamp with Cylinder Shades
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large decorative walnut and brass 3 arms 3 ways table or floor lamps in style of Parzinger.
Brass
French Empire Gilded Bronze Bouillotte Lamp with 3 Eagle Arms
By Maison Lucien Gau
Located in Halle, DE
A beautiful 20th Century classic French Empire gilded Bronze Bouillotte Lamp with 3 sculptural
Brass, Bronze
single bouillet table lamp with 3 swan arms
Located in Jersey City, NJ
bronze bouillet with green shade,fully wired.
Floor Lamp with 3 Arms and Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Lamp 59H Arms 15" Glass table 15 Diameter
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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