Minimalistic Chrome Targetti Sankey Table Light, Italy, 1970s
By Targetti Sankey
Located in Voorburg, NL
Very nice and minimalistic design with surprisingly efficient Chrome tubes on an adjustable plastic rounded base. The lamp is labelled with ‘Targetti Sankey’ and in very good conditi...
Chrome
Vintage Industrial Adjustable Articulated Telescopic Task Lamp
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Vintage black industrial adjustable articulated telescopic task lamp made in Germany in the 1920s-1930s.
Metal, Steel
Mid-Century Modern Nautical Chrome Ship's Adjustable Table Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
An adjustable ship's goose-neck table lamp in chrome from a Mid-Century merchant ship.
Chrome
Kaare Klint 306 Adjustable Wall & Table Lamp, Brass & Bakelite, Denmark 1950s
By Le Klint, Kaare Klint
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
The shade can be turned in different positions. The light is adjustable and can be used as a wall lamp as well as a desk lamp.
Brass
Claude Victor Boeltz 24 Karat Gold-Plated 'Exploded' Photograph Frame
By Claude Victor Boeltz
Located in Hastings, GB
The adjustable lamp head highlights the matching gold-plated photograph frame.
Bronze
Adjustable Brass and Bakelite Wall and Table Lamp 306 by Kaare Klint, 1950s
By Le Klint, Kaare Klint
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
The shade can be turned in different positions. The light is adjustable and can be used as a wall lamp as well as a desk lamp.
Brass
Midcentury Kurt Versen Double Bullet Wall or Desk Lamp
By Kurt Versen
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid century wall-mount double bullet cone lamp with fully adjustable goosenecks. Can also be used as a desk lamp.
Aluminum
Pale Yellow Dutch Modern Wall Sconce / Table Lamp by Philips
By Philips
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Versatile adjustable Dutch reading / table lamp or wall sconce by Philips (ca. 1950s, Netherlands).
Metal
Jean Louis Domecq Jielde Vintage Pair Sconces Graphit Lampe France Wall Lamp
By Jean Louis Domecq, Jielde
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
The final model was born in 1953. Pair JIELDE lamps sconces reading lamp French industrial Graphit Designed by Jean-Louis Domecq in the early 1950s ORIGINAL Jielde lamp,...
Metal, Aluminum
Pair of 19th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Blue and White Vases Turned to Lamps
Located in New York, NY
The vases are mounted with gilt metal tops. The lamp heights are adjustable. China, circa: Mid 1800s Measures: The height of the lamps with the electrical fitting: 23 inches the...
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Blue and White Vases Turned to Lamps
Located in New York, NY
The vases are mounted with gilt metal tops. The lamp heights are adjustable. The porcelain measures 20 inches high, very large scale.
Porcelain
Adjustable 1930s Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Newly polished, brass finish and wide articulating shade with white enamel interior. Multiples available.
Brass
Set of Gino Sarfatti Table Lamps Model 540P for Arteluce, Italy, 1968
By Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce
Located in Hagenbach, DE
The head of the lamp is adjustable. The lights require E14 light bulbs.
Aluminum
$1,800 / item
Industrial Desk Lamp, Cast Iron and Steel Adjustable
By Get Back, Inc.
Located in Oakville, CT
Table task lamp, cast iron and steel American adjustable desk light, vintage Industrial.
Enamel, Steel, Iron
Industrial Desk Lamp - Cast Iron and Steel Adjustable
Located in Oakville, CT
Table task lamp, cast iron and steel American adjustable desk light, vintage Industrial.
Enamel, Steel, Iron
Pivot LED Desk or Table Lamp with Articulating Arms in Patinated Brass
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Chicago, IL
The Pivot LED series with its articulated arm and adjustable head this brass lamp, is not only multidimensional, but it is an ever changing line drawing that nestles into a room.
Brass
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.