Anglepoise Used
1930s English Art Deco Anglepoise Used
Aluminum, Chrome
1930s English Anglepoise Used
Enamel, Steel
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Anglepoise Used
Chrome
1920s English Anglepoise Used
Steel, Enamel
1920s English Anglepoise Used
Steel
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Anglepoise Used
Aluminum, Iron, Chrome
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Aluminum, Steel
Early 20th Century Anglepoise Used
Metal
Mid-19th Century British Industrial Anglepoise Used
Metal, Iron
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Anglepoise Used
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Anglepoise Used
Steel, Iron
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Brass
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Metal
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Steel, Enamel
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1930s Belgian Anglepoise Used
Chrome, Iron
1940s Industrial Anglepoise Used
Metal
1940s German Industrial Anglepoise Used
Metal, Enamel
1920s Chinese Anglepoise Used
Jade, Brass
1920s American Anglepoise Used
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Anglepoise Used
Bronze
Late 20th Century Korean Industrial Anglepoise Used
Aluminum, Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Brass, Metal
1970s Polish Industrial Anglepoise Used
Iron, Steel
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Anglepoise Used
Iron
2010s American Industrial Anglepoise Used
Steel
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Anglepoise Used
Porcelain, Textile
1980s American Post-Modern Anglepoise Used
Metal
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Anglepoise Used
Aluminum, Chrome
Early 20th Century Art Deco Anglepoise Used
Metal
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Anglepoise Used
Steel
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20th Century English Anglepoise Used
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Steel, Aluminum
2010s Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Metal
Mid-20th Century British Anglepoise Used
1940s European Anglepoise Used
Metal
1920s British Industrial Anglepoise Used
Brass, Copper, Enamel
1930s British Industrial Anglepoise Used
Metal
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Oil
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Aluminum
1960s British Anglepoise Used
Metal
1930s British Industrial Anglepoise Used
Metal
Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Anglepoise Used
Metal
1950s British Industrial Anglepoise Used
Aluminum, Steel
1910s British Industrial Anglepoise Used
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Anglepoise Used
Metal
20th Century European Art Deco Anglepoise Used
Chrome
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Metal
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Chrome
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Aluminum
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Metal
Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Aluminum
20th Century American Art Deco Anglepoise Used
Chrome, Nickel
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Chrome
1980s Italian Modern Anglepoise Used
Metal
1930s English Anglepoise Used
Wire
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
Metal
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Anglepoise Used
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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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