Elegant Brass and Teak Table Lamp by Bent Karlby with Adjustable Arm and Fabric
By Lyfa, Bent Karlby
Located in Lejre, DK
The lamp's arm is also adjustable, allowing the direction of the light to be modified as needed.
Brass
Set of 4 "Hebi" Adjustable Table Lamps by Isao Hosoe for Valenti, Italy, 1960s
By Isao Hosoe, Valenti
Located in Milan, IT
Rare set of four "Hebi" table/wall lamp by Isao Hosoe for Valenti. Flexible pvc tube freely adjustable with lacquered metal shade.
Metal
An Art Deco Adjustable Chrome Bankers Desk Lamp, on a circular base 1920's
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Art Deco Adjustable Chrome Bankers Desk Lamp On A Circular Base.
Chrome
Mid-century Adjustable Table Lamp by Stanislav Indra for Combi Lux, 1970's.
By Stanislav Indra
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of Metal,Chrome New Cabling 1xE27 or E26 bulb US adapter included With aged patina Re-polished Fully Functional Good Original Condition
Metal, Chrome
19th C. Louis XV Style Bronze Two Light Table Lamp with Adjustable “Pare-feu"
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th Century Louis XV Style Bronze Two Light Table Lamp with Adjustable “Pare-feu“. Elegant late 19th century Louis XV style table lamp with adjustable screen.
Bronze
Mid-Century Adjustable Table Lamp Designed by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970's
By Josef Hurka
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of Lacquered metal, chrome 1x75W, E27 or E26 bulb Re-polished Original condition US adapter included.
Metal, Chrome
1960s Barber Adjustable Black Table Light
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A sculptural mid-century industrial style black table lamp, originally manufactured in the 1960s by Barber of Bournville, England as an infrared “Health Lamp” — a form of therapeutic...
Aluminum, Steel, Iron
Mid-century Adjustable table Lamp by Stanislav Indra for Combi Lux, 1970's.
By Stanislav Indra
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of Lacquered Metal,Chrome 1xE27 or E26 socket Re-polished Fully Functional Original condition
Metal, Chrome
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Faries Guardsman Table Lamp by Bert Dickerson, 1930s
By Faries Lamp Co., Bert Dickerson
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Original Art Deco Faries "Guardsman" Table Lamp in "Normandy Bronze" Finish Very rare adjustable desk lamp with original shade and finial by the Faries Lamp Company.
Brass, Bronze
Industrial Adjustable Task Light by PFAFF, 1950s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Industrial Adjustable Task Light by PFAFF, 1950s, Germany Lampshade is in good condition and very clean.
Metal
Adjustable Architect Table Desk Light by Ferdinand Solère for SOLR
By SOLR, Ferdinand Solere
Located in Amsterdam, NL
All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for incandescent light bulbs, energy-efficient and LED bulbs.
Iron
Adjustable Nickel-Plated Brass Desk Light by Holtkötter Germany 1980s
Located in München, BY
Elegant and adjustable vintage brass desk light. With adjustable arm and rotating lamp shade.
Brass, Nickel
Pair of Adjustable Leather Stitched with Braided Stems by Visual Comfort Co.
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Very special pair of fantastic adjustable (somewhere from 25 to 35 inches in height) table lamps with leather stitching over and displaying brass.
Brass
Pair Brass Solid Adjustable Wall Mounts With Opaline Schades Midcentury
By Massive Lighting
Located in Verviers, BE
Pair Brass Solid Adjustable Wall Mounts With Opaline Schades Midcentury The lamp has got a Original E27 Edison screw-on socket.
Brass
1940'S ENGLISH SALVAGED LABORATORY SCHOOL TABLE ADJUSTABLE LiGHT 002
Located in Pulborough, GB
The lamp height can be adjusted, allowing for versatile use in various settings—whether as a study desk, art workspace, or as an accent in a modern home.
Metal
1940'S ENGLISH SALVAGED LABORATORY SCHOOL TABLE ADJUSTABLE LiGHT 001
Located in Pulborough, GB
The lamp height can be adjusted, allowing for versatile use in various settings—whether as a study desk, art workspace, or as an accent in a modern home.
Metal
Decorative Brass Desk Light with Chord and Adjustable Head
Located in London, GB
A decorative brass desk light with chord and adjustable head.
Brass
1930s Swiss 'Quick 1500' Adjustable Table Light by Alfred Müller
By Alfred Müller, AMBA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Measures: Height can roughly be extended from 18" - 22" Length can be extended from 15.5" - 24" Diameter of shade 13" Diameter of base 7.75" Listed specs reflect the lamp on the lowe...
Chrome, Metal
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage German Adjustable Desk Light, Brass Black-Lacquered Metal 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1679German desk lamp shade is adjustable right to left and up and down Shade diameter is 13" Existing wiring in working condition Takes one edison based bulb
Metal, Brass
Adjustable Minimalistic Mid-Century Modern Desk Light by Gebrüder Cosack 1960s
By Gebrüder Cosack
Located in München, BY
Rare & Minimalistic Mid Century Modern desk light or table lamp. Adjustable height and lamp shade. Designed and manufactured probably by Gebrüder Cosack, Germany, 1960s.
Metal, Aluminum, Nickel
Black & chrome plated metal 1970s adjustable table by B. Gecchelin for Oluce
By Oluce, Bruno Gecchelin
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Adjustable Alogena 50 watt table lamp by B. Gecchelin for Oluce, 1970s.
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Modernist 1-spot adjustable solid brass Table Light Made by Cosack Germany 1960s
By Cosack Leuchten
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Table light Origin: Germany Producer: Cosack lights, Germany Material: brass Age: 1960s Description: This original 1970s table light made by Cosack in Germa...
Brass
$4,607 / item
Raynolds Table Lamp
Located in Paris, FR
Rechargeable and adjustable by touch. LED Lamp, 8 hours battery life, switch on and dimmer touch adjustment.
Brass
$452Sale Price|46% Off
Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian table lamp pivoting and adjustable neck. Original period 1950s.
Brass
$4,200
Modernist Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modernist lamp. Adjustable.
Art Deco Adjustable Chrome Bankers Desk Light with Inkwell or Pen Desk Tidy 1920
Located in London, GB
Discovered on our travels in Italy and still yet to be seen again, this sleek 1920’s Art Deco chrome Bankers desk light with ink well or pen holder is a fine example of the period. T...
Chrome
Tiffany Style Stained Glass Table Lamp or Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fabulous, tall Tiffany Style stained Glass and bronze adjustable Banker’s desk lamp or Table lamp, France, 1950-1959.
Bronze
High Style Midcentury Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The lamp features an adjustable arm and unique steel shade.
Brass, Steel
$575
Tensor Desk Lamp
By Tensor
Located in Sheffield, MA
Lamp takes 40 watt type S-11 light bulbs'. Adjustable to 11 5/8" H.
Steel
Postmodern Desk Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A Postmodern red and black adjustable desk lamp. Shade and base are a red enameled metal.
Metal
Philips Infraphil, Heat Lamp
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Commonly attributed to charlotte perriand (1903-1999) for Philips “infraphil” model infrared table lamp with adjustable diffuser in cream-lacquered cast aluminum resting on a chrome-...
Plastic
Art Deco Vintage Chromed Pair Nightstand Lamps Table Lamps Bellflower Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
A hexagonal base with an on/off button and a c like stem, while the arm with an E 27 socket shows a small wheel to adjust it. The table lamps have openings to hang up at the back of ...
Metal
Tiffany Studios Counterbalance Desk Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Orleans, LA
The fixture is perfectly balanced so that the shade's height can be easily adjusted, making this lamp the ideal blend of artistry and functionality.
Bronze
1970s metal desk lamp
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Metal table lamp with adjustable head. Good condition. Dimensions: l 30 X d 18 X h 55 cm
Iron
Italian Desk Lamp
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in New York, NY
Adjustable Italian desk lamp. Swivel and tilt cylindrical hood shade allows for positioning and direction of light.
Chrome, Metal
Italian Desk Lamp from Lumenform, 1970s
By Lumenform
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Well designed adjustable desk lamp by Lumenform. The bulb holder can be maove around all along the lamp and the angle of the arm can be adjusted.
Metal, Chrome
Tiffany Style Leaded Glass Bankers Desk Lamp Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tiffany Style Banker’s desk lamp, France, 1950-1959. Fabulous, tall adjustable desk or table lamp with a beautiful hand-painted glass lampshade made with the Tiffany technique of mul...
Bronze
Pair of Brass Desk Lamps - Mid-Century Table or Reading Lamps - Italy 1950s
By Florian Schulz
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
The lamps have an adjustable shade that makes it perfect for a desk or as reading lamps in the bedroom.
Brass
$4,800 / set
George Nelson Half Nelson Table Lamps
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The top "hat" of the lamps is adjustable with the undersides in white.
Metal
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Table Brass Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Deco brass table lamp. Lamp shade is adjustable and as shows on the photos.
Brass
Art Deco Bedside Lamps Table Lamps Walnut Chrome Cloud Dancer Textile Shade 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
The sophisticated chic from these Art Deco lighting has been synonymus with finesse and tradition. The adjustable replaced hand made lamp shades in cream white color or in color clo...
Metal
$1,475
Desk Lamp Atelier Lyktan
By Ateljé Lyktan
Located in Fraser, MI
Adjustable Desk Lamp. In the Style of Anders Pehrson of Atelier Lyktan.
Aluminum, Nickel
$274Sale Price|52% Off
Vintage Metal Desk Lamp
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Adjustable desk lamp in water green metal from the 1950s.
Metal
$4,818
Lake Chad Table Lamp
Located in linden, NJ
With the ability to adjust the height of the lamp by moving its legs and rotating the shade, this lamp offers both practicality and versatility.
Metal
$850Sale Price|22% Off
Italian Piano - Desk Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desk or Piano lamp pivoting shade and adjustable height. Lamp is original from the period .
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Table Desk Lamp by Richard Sonneman Cube Lamp
By Robert and Richard Sonneman
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple elegant and so functional. Fully adjustable desk lamp by Robert Sonneman with a weighted base for stability.
Metal, Chrome, Steel
Antique English Desk Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1900's English adjustable desk lamp with ruby glass insets. Measurements: Height: 14.25" width: 5.25" Depth: 10.5".
Bronze
Vintage Orange Table Lamp , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This height adjustable table lamp was produced in former Czechoslovakis during the 1970s.
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Red Table Lamp , 1970s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This adjustable table lamp was produced in former Czechoslovakis during the 1970s.
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Table lamp in brass by Th. Valentiner
By Th. Valentiner
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Adjustable table lamp in patinated brass with green shade.
Brass
$3,800 / set
English Metamorphic Brass Table Lamps
Located in East Hampton, NY
Pair of English adjustable brass lamps.... very unique..... the shade moves with the neck of the lamp..... newly rewired with silk covered cord and new sockets
Brass
Petite Desk Lamp by Tensor
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A petite, spare architectural desk lamp with an adjustable conical shade attached to an anodized stem that rises from a square base.
Metal
1980s Black Lightolier Desk Lamp
By Lightolier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The tension arm makes the lamp adjustable to many configurations.
Metal
Swedish Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable brass table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1940s.
Brass
Art Deco Vintage Pair Brass Table Lamps Nightstand Lamps Mushroom 1930s Sweden
By Erik Tidstrand
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful pair of table lamps from brass with an adjustable and swiveling dome lamp shade mushroom like while the base features a cast iron base for a safe standing.
Brass
$2,500 / set
Ralph Lauren Tripod Table Lamps - A Pair
By Ralph Lauren
Located in New York, NY
The lamps' height is adjustable, making them versatile light sources for your home.
Metal
Poul Henningsen Early Pat. Appl. "PH-Lamp" Table Lamp in Chromed Brass, 1927
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Odense, DK
The placement of the bulb and the height of the lamp can be adjusted by turning the ring below the switch house.
Brass
Vintage Gooseneck Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage industrial adjustable table lamp made in former Czechoslovakia during the 1950s It features an aluminium shade and a chrome plated base and arm with wooden handle The origina...
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Black Industrial Bauhaus Table Lamp, 1930s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This black Bauhaus industrial desk lamp with two adjustable joints was made in Germany during the 1930s.
Iron
Large Green Industrial Workshop Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Large industrial table lamp with three adjustable joints made by Elektrosvit in former Czechoslovalia during the 1960s.It features a brown bakelite lampshade with switch and a green ...
Iron
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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