Antique Library Table Lamps
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Library Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1880s English Antique Library Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
Early 1900s American Late Victorian Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Spanish Antique Library Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century British Antique Library Table Lamps
Silver Plate
1910s American Art Nouveau Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Library Table Lamps
Wicker, Rattan, Reed, Wood, Oak, Paint
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Library Table Lamps
Wicker, Rattan, Reed, Wood, Oak, Paint
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Library Table Lamps
Marble, Brass, Bronze
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Early 20th Century American Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Schoolhouse Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Library Table Lamps
Silver
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Library Table Lamps
Chrome, Brass
Early 1900s Hungarian Art Nouveau Antique Library Table Lamps
Metal
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Library Table Lamps
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Antique Library Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Library Table Lamps
Marble, Silver
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Library Table Lamps
Marble, Silver
1890s British Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
1890s British Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique Library Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Antique Library Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century American Antique Library Table Lamps
1820s French Egyptian Revival Antique Library Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1920s Arts and Crafts Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Antique Library Table Lamps
19th Century American Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century Antique Library Table Lamps
Copper
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Library Table Lamps
Terracotta, Ceramic, Linen
Early 20th Century French Adam Style Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Unknown Gothic Revival Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze, Metal
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Library Table Lamps
Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Antique Library Table Lamps
Stone, Limestone
Early 20th Century European Antique Library Table Lamps
Stone
Early 20th Century Antique Library Table Lamps
19th Century French Antique Library Table Lamps
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Library Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Schoolhouse Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
1910s American Art Deco Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
1910s American Art Deco Antique Library Table Lamps
Brass
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2010s South African Minimalist Antique Library Table Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Antique Library Table Lamps
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Antique Library Table Lamps
Silver Plate
1970s American Art Deco Antique Library Table Lamps
Gold Leaf
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Library Table Lamps
Marble, Chrome
Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Library Table Lamps
Milk Glass
2010s Indian Modern Antique Library Table Lamps
Wool
19th Century American High Victorian Antique Library Table Lamps
Walnut, Burl
19th Century Chinese Antique Library Table Lamps
Gold Leaf
20th Century Antique Library Table Lamps
Porcelain
2010s Italian Neoclassical Antique Library Table Lamps
Marble, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Antique Library Table Lamps
Beech, Chenille, Wood, Fabric
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Library Table Lamps
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Library Table Lamps
Bronze
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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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