Pair of Italian Oversized Marble Lamps
$6,600 / set
Pair of Italian Oversized Marble Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian solid 1920s travertine marble super sized lights to shine up your space.
$6,600 / set
Pair of Italian Oversized Marble Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian solid 1920s travertine marble super sized lights to shine up your space.
1920s French Art Deco Vasque Lamp in Ceramic Signed by Artist Henri Chaumeil
Located in COLMAR, FR
An authentic Art Deco uplight table lamp from the 1920s by French artist and ceramist Henri Chaumeil (1877-1944). Trained by his father Aristide, Henri first exhibited his work i...
Ceramic
Dugdills Large Anglepoise Lamp, circa 1920
By Dugdills
Located in Staffordshire, GB
English, early 20th century, circa 1920. Makers stamp to base; ‘Dugdills Patent’. An unusual example of large proportions. This can be used as a wall, desk or floor lamp. Measur...
Enamel, Steel
Chinese Art Deco Turquoise Craquelure Porcelain Vase Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco turquoise craquelure porcelain vase lamp with stylised foo dog handles. Original brass base and lamp cap.
Ceramic
$2,134Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Antique Opaline Glass Oil Lamps, Depicting Napoleon and Josephine, 1890
Located in Vienna, Austria
These French antique oil lamps are fitted with solid brass bases. Resting on the base are blue opaline glass elements. They are depicted with images of Napoleon and Josephine. The...
Opaline Glass
Pair Antique Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Lamps, Circa 1890-1910
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique Japanese satsuma porcelain lamps, circa 1890-1910.
Porcelain
Antique Petroleum Burner and Lamp in Mouth-Blown Opal Art Glass, Approx 1900
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique petroleum burner and lamp in mouth-blown opal art glass. Approx. 1900. The lamp measures: 29 x 12 cm (incl. Socket). In excellent condition. Stamped.
Opaline Glass
Hermann August Kahler Art Nouveau Ceramic Lamp Base
By Herman August Kähler
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautiful and very loosely glazed in blue green and black ceramic lamp base 12.5" high (ceramic itself 10" high). Interesting wooden base with remains of green paint.
Ceramic
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Style Woman Dancer/Nymph Metal Lamp / Ring Dish
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Art Deco woman dancer/nymph metal sculpture table lamp/ring dish. It depicts a sculpture of a woman in almost up dog position except her arms are semi-flexed and lifted be...
Metal
$3,584Sale Price / set|26% Off
Faience Dinner Service Table with Blue Decoration, France 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Bring timeless French elegance to your table with this exquisite 75-piece antique faience dinnerware set, beautifully adorned with deep cobalt blue hand-painted floral motifs on a wa...
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
Light Grey Swedish Gustavian Console Table with Blue Tiles, Circa 1890
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian tile top console table with original blue tiles and two drawers. The sideboard is made of hand crafted painted Pinewood, in good conditi...
Metal, Brass
19th-Century Blue Delft China Willow Chinoiserie Platter Antique Table Decor
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Bottom is rimless and showing makers ribbing/smoothing marks, indicating very early 19th century production. No fading which is uncommon so the artwork is dark, bright and clear, thi...
Stoneware
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
Ormolu
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
Ormolu
Charming and Unusual Display Table, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
This lovely table features a large rectangular display case/ vitrine as the table top, supported by by four barley twist legs with ununsual feet. The table top surround is carved...
$1,438Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Japonisme Ceramic Table Lamp, 1928, New Silk Sari Ribbon Lampshade
By Koninklijke Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland, Amitābha Studio
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
An Art Deco Dutch ceramic table lamp made from a 1928 PZH Gouda Yozea vase, featuring Japonisme floral decoration in cobalt and teal, paired with a hand-woven silk sari ribbon lampsh...
Ceramic, Earthenware
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.
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.
Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.