Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Early 20th Century Belgian Chinoiserie Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Glass
19th Century French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
1910s French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Empire Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Cherry
1850s Danish Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
1850s Danish Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Porcelain
Early 19th Century American American Colonial Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Great Britain (UK) Edwardian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Crystal, Silver Plate
1850s Danish Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
1850s Danish Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
1920s American Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
1870s Italian Empire Revival Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Iron, Brass
19th Century British Edwardian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Silver, Brass
19th Century English Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Crystal, Silver Plate
1880s French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
1880s English Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Crystal
19th Century French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Metal, Brass
19th Century American Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Opaline Glass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass, Iron
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Brass
1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Marble, Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Stained Glass
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Italian Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Wrought Iron
19th Century French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Early 1900s Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
1880s English Neoclassical Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Silver Plate
19th Century French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
1840s English Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Empire Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Japanese Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
1890s Chinese Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1820s English Regency Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Electrified Oil Lamps
Wrought Iron
19th Century Antique Electrified Oil 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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022There are a few key things to look for to identify an antique oil lamp. First check for a patent number anywhere on your lamp. Use a black light to inspect whether your lamp’s hardware is secured with glue, which fluoresces and would indicate a contemporary lamp. Antique lamps use plaster to attach hardware and fill gaps. An antique oil lamp may have hand-blown glass. Shop a range of professionally authenticated antique oil lamps on 1stDibs.
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