Antique Green Desk Lamp
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
1920s American Edwardian Antique Green Desk Lamp
Metal
1910s Art Deco Antique Green Desk Lamp
Copper
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Antique Green Desk Lamp
Iron
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Green Desk Lamp
Iron, Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century American Antique Green Desk Lamp
Iron
Early 20th Century English Empire Revival Antique Green Desk Lamp
Onyx, Brass
Early 20th Century German Antique Green Desk Lamp
Enamel, Iron
1920s American Industrial Antique Green Desk Lamp
Metal, Steel
1920s German Industrial Antique Green Desk Lamp
Steel
19th Century French Empire Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
Early 1900s French Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
1880s Adam Style Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Green Desk Lamp
Iron, Brass
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze, Metal
1920s British Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
1920s Bauhaus Antique Green Desk Lamp
Metal
1880s Adam Style Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
1920s German Bauhaus Antique Green Desk Lamp
Metal
Early 20th Century British Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass, Enamel
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Green Desk Lamp
Metal
Early 20th Century English Industrial Antique Green Desk Lamp
Steel
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
1920s American Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century German Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Green Desk Lamp
Tôle
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Green Desk Lamp
Metal
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
19th Century Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
19th Century English Empire Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Antique Green Desk Lamp
Metal
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Green Desk Lamp
Iron
1920s French Louis XVI Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze, Tôle
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass, Tôle
Early 20th Century French Directoire Antique Green Desk Lamp
Brass, Tôle
Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Green Desk Lamp
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
1920s American Art Deco Antique Green Desk Lamp
Iron
1880s French Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Green Desk Lamp
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Green Desk Lamp
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Green Desk Lamp
Bronze, Brass
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Green Desk Lamp
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Green Desk Lamp
Chrome, Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Green Desk Lamp
Metal, Other, Chrome
Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Green Desk Lamp
Metal
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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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The desk lamps with the green shade are called banker’s lamps. Banker’s lamps are green because it is believed the color helps to encourage concentration and is mentally soothing. It is also said that green helps with eye strain. You can shop a selection of banker’s lamps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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