Antique Louis XVI Style Bronze Desk/Table Lamp with Blue Iridescent Glass Shade
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An elegant antique desk or table lamp in Louis XVI style. The lamp is made of copper and casted bronze. With a blue iridescent glass lampshade. The foot has inside a stone weight for...
Brass, Bronze
Royal Blue Chinoiserie Decalcomania Lamp
Located in New York, NY
With lidded glass vase of baluster from decorated with sepia-toned Chinese court figures, butterflies, dragons, floral sprays, and more; on a turned giltwood base. Provenance: From ...
Glass
$3,200
Blue Porcelain Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920s' English blue porcelain lamp. Measurements: Height of body: 10.5" Height to shade rest: 22" Diameter: 9"
Bronze
Blue and White Candlestick Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white candlestick lamp. Vintage Chinese export blue & white candlestick mounted as two-light fixture. China, late 19th century. Dimension: 6.5" base diameter x 13.5" high ...
Porcelain
Antique Delft Blue and White Porcelain Vase Made into Modern US Wired Table Lamp
By Delft
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 19th century Delft porcelain vase made into a custom table lamp wired for the USA. This early 19th-century Delft porcelain lamp combines historic charm with modern functiona...
Brass
Blue Opaline Glass Side Table Mood Soft Light Lamp Vase Urn Form Decorative CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Blue Opaline Glass Side Table Mood Soft Light Lamp Vase Urn Form Decorative CA . Early 19th century rare translucent opaline glass. Period Charles X transition Louis Philippe table p...
Bronze
$4,800 / set
Pair of of Blue Opaline Glass Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1920's French blue opaline glass table lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 14" Height to shade rest: 23" Diameter: 5.25"
Opaline Glass
Pair of Large Scale Blue and White Dutch Delft Vase Table Lamps, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful, rare, and massively scaled pair of mid-19th century blue-and-white Dutch Delft pottery jar table lamps attributed to the Makkum factory, the thickly potted baluster form...
Brass
French, Late 19th Century, Blue Glass Lamp
Located in Kent, Dover
A French late XIX Century blue glass table lamp, with gilt metal decorative mounts. Formerly for oil.
Opaline Glass
Kangxi Style Powder Blue Vase Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Kangxi style powder blue vase lamp. Rich powder blue vase drilled for electric with vintage Chinese style mounts. Newly electrified with black silk cord, China, late 19th century. D...
Porcelain
Chinese 1920s Blue and White Double Happiness Temple Jar Mounted as a Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese blue and white Double Happiness temple jar from the early 20th century, mounted as a table lamp. Created in China during the first quarter of the 20th century, this temple ...
Wood, Porcelain
Single Blue Glass Lamp with Bees
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920 French glass lamp with gilt bees on body. Measurements: Height of body: 19.25" Height to shade rest: 28.5" Diameter: 7.5"
Gold Leaf
Blue Painted Gustavian Style Fluted Column Pedestal Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Bring a touch of classical architecture into your home with this charming vintage column pedestal painted in a Gustavian color in blue and patina. This classic column pedestal makes...
Wood, Paint
Art Deco Blue Cat Dog Terrier Pale Blue Ceramic Lamp Glass Sphere Lamp Shade
Located in Munich, DE
This unusual Art Deco lamp shows a frightened cat with an arched back and raised tail crouched against a column, being admired by a little terrier. The lamp was bought 20 years ago i...
Ceramic, Glass
Majolica Cobalt Blue Garden Seat or Pedestal, Late 19th Century, Italy
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous Majolica garden seat or plant stand, late 19th century, Italy. Decorated in a deep cobalt blue, with clusters of white hibiscus. Scrolling acanthus leaves in a pleasing da...
Majolica
Pair of Gilt Bronze and Cobalt Blue Neoclassical Lamps
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Pair of neoclassical-style table lamps featuring cobalt blue glass bodies set into elaborate gilt bronze mounts. Each lamp stands on a round base with acanthus and wreath detail, ris...
Bronze
Large Powder Blue and Gilt Kangxi Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Large powder blue and gilt Kangxi lamp. Large Kangxi style vase previously drilled and with custom Oriental motif bronze mounts fitted for electricity with two bulb stem and cord wit...
Porcelain
Maison Jansen-style Guéridon Marble and Gilt Bronze Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in San Francisco, CA
The “ancestor” of this piece, a guéridon, was a small and typically round table that originated in mid-17th century France for holding a candelabrum to light the room or a vase. Even...
Marble, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Original Blue Painted Swedish Pine Sideboard
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 19th Century Original Blue Painted Swedish Pine Sideboard Early 19th-century Swedish pine sideboard retaining its original blue painted finish across the base, with the top wor...
Wood, Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century Art Deco Lamp with Blue Panels
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 20th Century Art Deco lamp with blue panels to shade and stem.
Metal
$6,085 / item
Early 20th Century Art Deco Lamp with Blue Panels
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 20th Century Art Deco lamp with blue panels to shade and stem.
Metal
Antique French Cobalt Blue Sevres Lamp, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French cobalt blue Sevres lamp, circa 1890.
Gold Leaf
One of a Kind Antique French Pantry Table
By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home
Located in Greenwich, CT
One of a kind, c1830 French Pantry table. Solid hard maple newly Chalk Painted in blue. The entire piece has a protective clear coat finish. Measurements: Outside: 48.5” W x 17.5” ...
Lacquer
$3,200
Blue Murano Glass Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920’s Murano glass table lamp. Measurements: Height of body: 17.5?
Murano Glass
Single Cobalt Blue Porcelain Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1900's French cobalt blue porcelain table lamp with gold painted detailing and bronze and pewter base. Measurements: Height of body: 13.5" Height to shade res:t 24.5" Diamet...
Porcelain
Single Cobalt Blue Porcelain Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1900s French cobalt blue porcelain table lamp with gold painted detailing and cast pewter base. Measurements: Height of body: 13.5" Height to shade rest: 24.5" Diameter (wid...
Pewter
Antique Chinese Blue & White Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Chinese blue & white lamp.
Porcelain
Pair of Cobalt Blue Ceramic Lamps with Gilt Bronze Mounts, 20th Century
Located in NICE, FR
This pair of table lamps features deep cobalt blue ceramic bodies paired with finely cast gilt bronze mounts. Designed in the French Louis XVI Revival style, the lamps combine a clas...
Bronze
Table Lamp by Josef Ekberg
By Josef Ekberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
A table lamp by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg, "Sgrafitto" series. Signed. Sweden, 1918. Newly rewired. Stoneware base height is 11".
Stoneware
$1,895 / set
Blue Gilt Kangxi Vase Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Kang Xi blue gilt vase lamps. Antique Chinese vases in powder blue with gilt pattern overlay with flowers bordering reserves with further floral vase decorations and pair large panel...
Wood, Porcelain
Table lamp attributed to Rene Lalique
By René Lalique
Located in Lugo, IT
Table lamp attributed to René Lalique Defect on the lower part Good condition. Thank you
Stained Glass
$14,000
Table Lamp by Jean Besnard
By Jean Besnard
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A stunning hand-thrown and glazed earthenware lamp by the celebrated French ceramicist Jean Besnard. This lamp features a beautiful clear turquoise flambé glaze that gracefully fades...
Brass
Antique Blue and White Porcelain Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single circa 1920's French porcelain table lamp. Measurements: Height of body: 21" Height to shade rest: 30" Diameter: 8"
Porcelain
Chinese Antique Dark Blue Glazed Pedestal Stand with Raised Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese antique dark blue glazed pedestal stand with raised motifs. Boasting a lovely dark blue glazed patina, this plant stand features a circular top pierced with small geometric...
Ceramic
$2,126Sale Price|25% Off
Blue and White Delft Lamp
Located in London, GB
Low Countries, circa 1880. An unusual late nineteenth century Delft vase decorated with a bold C scroll and griffins, in the chinoiserie taste. Measures : Height of vase 35.00c...
Ceramic
Crystal Cobalt Blue Glass & Gilt Bronze Light Candleholder Girandoles Candelabra
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Crystal Cobalt Blue Glass & Gilt Bronze Light Candleholder Girandoles Candelabra . A Very Exquisite pair of late 19th century Swedish cut-glass crystal Girandole candelabra. Moun...
Crystal, Stone, Marble, Metal, Bronze
Antique French Sèvres Blue Cobalt Porcelain, Gilt Bronze Candlestick Centerpiece
By Cristalleries De Sevres
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early XIX Century French candlestick , Sèvres blue cobalt porcelain, gilt bronze centerpiece Candle holders immersed in a bouquet of flowers. Bronze structure richly decorated with ...
Bronze
$912Sale Price|20% Off
Chinese blue and white vase lamp
Located in Cheshire, GB
Chinese blue and white vase lamp decorated with oriental scenes and foliage. The lamp has had some repairs. Dimensions Height 15.5 Inches Width 7.5 Inches Depth 7.5 Inches
Porcelain
$850Sale Price|34% Off
Sevres Blue Ground Ovoid Vase Mounted as Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Sevres Blue Ground Gilt Metal Mounted Porcelain Ovoid Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp, early 20th century, painted with a continuous scene of a maiden fishing with a cupid catching butt...
Metal
$4,200 / set
Pair of Italian Blue Wood Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian circa 1920's painted and gilt wood table lamps with pedestal base. Measurements: Height of body: 14" Base: 5" square
Wood
$3,569 / set
Pair of blue cloisonné bronze lamps, XIXth c
Located in Lisboa, PT
Pair of bottle-shaped lamps in cloisonné bronze and polychrome enamels decorated with flowers. China, late 19th c.
Bronze
Pair 19th Century Japanese Blue lamps.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative and striking pair of Japanese 19th Century blue vases, each with raised lizard decoration around and mounted on turned ebonized bases. (slight professional restorat...
Porcelain
$7,600 / set
Pair of Blue John Marble Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of blue John marble lamps. Continental blue John table lamps of baluster form with grey-beige and purple accents with grey marble and chased gilt bronze mounts. Newly re-wired w...
Marble
$5,200 / set
Pair of Antique French Opaline Table Lamps.
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1920's French opaline lamps with gilt bases. Measurements: Height of body: 15.75" Height to shade rest: 23.5" Diameter: 6.75"
Metal
19Thc Blue Decorated Stoneware Lamp ( Newly Wired )
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Blue decorated stoneware lamp from Pennsylvania and newly wired & new indigo lamp shade. Two packages will be sent out/ One for the lamp and one for the lamp shade.
Pottery
Pair Mary Gregory Style Blue Glass on Gilt Metal Base Vase Oil Lamps
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair of Mary Gregory Style Blue Art Glass on Gilt Metal Base Oil Lamps. These may be used as Vases only, independently to lamps. Measures: 6" in width, 6" in depth and 19.25" H.
Metal
French Blue and White Porcelain Baluster Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French blue and white porcelain baluster lamp Striking blue and white floral transfer ware baluster vase mounted as a gas lamp with gilt brass floral decorated base and pierced gall...
Brass
Pair of Antique French Cobalt Blue Belle Époque Ormolu Lamps, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
These beautiful cobalt blue lamps would make a fine statement in any room of a home or office. They are simple in design and very pleasing to the eye.
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Celadon, Blue And White Porcelain Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
A striking 19th century Chinese porcelain ginger jar converted as a table lamp, featuring a classic baluster-form body decorated in underglaze cobalt blue against a soft celadon grou...
Porcelain, Wood
Dutch Delft Blue and White Lamp
By Delft
Located in New York, NY
Dutch Delft blue and white lamp. Beautiful large Delft faience vase mounted as a lamp with bold floral decoration and borders with spectacular later Calder gilt bronze four-light mou...
Ormolu
$5,800Sale Price / set|20% Off
Fine Pair of French Cerulean Blue Opaline Lamps with Polychromed Decoration
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each large tapering vessel finely decorated with naturalistic paintings in enamel of parrots on flower laden branches with gilt accents.
Opaline Glass
1920's Vintage Ribbed Murano Glass Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
This stunning eye-catching table lamp is complimented with a gorgeous two tone colour effect displaying both purple and blue tones, each colour enhances at different view points and ...
Marble
Antique Chinese Blue and White "Moon Vase"
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Chinese blue and white "Moon Vase" (Made into lamp).
Porcelain, Wood
A Blue And Gold Art Deco Lamp
Located in London, GB
An Art Deco vase with royal blue glaze with overlaid geometric gilt decoration, of bulbous form with three scrolling handles, now as a lamp. France, circa 1930. Height of vase 28...
Porcelain
19th Century Pair French Blue Opaline Glass Lamps
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Pair French Blue Opaline Glass Lamps Beautiful Lamps purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.
Opaline Glass
Pair of Fine Cerulean Blue Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Elegant Pair of Cerulean Blue Chinese Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps, circa 1900 or earlier, with very fine custom made raspberry red silk shades, on ebonized bases tested - ove...
Porcelain
Sevres Blue Ground Porcelain Vase Mounted as Lamp
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Astoria, NY
Sevres Blue Ground Gilt Metal Mounted Two Handle Porcelain Vase Mounted as Lamp, early 20th century, the body painted with a scene of a courting couple signed "H. Poitevin", the reve...
Brass
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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