$452Sale Price / set|30% Off
H 35 in W 20 in D 16 in
French 1920s Louis XVI Style Student Oil Lamp with One-Light and a Wax Shade
Located in Santa Monica, CA
French 1920s Louis XVI style student oil lamp with one-light and a wax shade. US wired. The shade
Metal
English Victorian Style Bronze Student Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian style (1st half 20th Century) bronze adjustable double arm student lamp with oil
Bronze
$2,337
H 23.23 in Dm 5.91 in
Antique American Student Converted Twin Oil Lamp By Bradley & Hubbard 1800's
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique American Student Converted Twin Oil Lamp By Bradley & Hubbard 1800's The Bradley
Brass
$975
H 20 in W 26 in D 10 in
Signed Bradley and Hubbard Double Student Lamp, Crowned Milk Glass Shades
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a beautiful newly wired Bradley and Hubbard double oil student's desk lamp. It moves up and
Brass
Antique Harvard School Duplex Brass Double Student Oil Lamp, c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Harvard school double student oil lamp by Duplex offers brass frame with adjustable arm
Brass
Brass student's lamp
Located in New York, NY
Electrified oil-burning brass student's lamp. Bears original oil resevior and ribbed red glass
19th Century Student Oil Lamp
Located in Water Mill, NY
19th century Student Oil Lamp with Rare Original Light Mint Green Shade-Electrified
Brass
Antique Bradley and Hubbard School Aladdin Style Electric Student Oil Lamp
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Bradley & Hubbard School student oil lamp features Aladdin lamp form font on adjustable
19th Century Oil Student Lamp by Bradley & Hubbard
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Water Mill, NY
B&H Student oil lamp with original green slag glass that has been electrified-Hampton Location.
Brass
19th century American Double Student Kerosene Burning Oil Lamp
By Stern Brothers 1
Located in Savannah, GA
Double brass student kerosene burning oil lamp featuring an adjustable mechanism, double wicks and
Brass
Sold
H 28 in W 21 in D 8 in
Duplex, England "Double Student" Victorian Oil Lamp with Green Shades circa 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Duplex, England "Double Student" Victorian oil lamp with green shades, circa 1900. This handsome
Brass
Signed Bradley and Hubbard Double Student Lamp, Green Shades
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a beautiful newly wired Bradley and Hubbard double oil student's desk lamp. It moves up and
Brass
Polished Brass Double Student Oil Lamp Electrified
Located in Austin, TX
Double student lamp, originally oil, electrified. 1900s oil lamp with original green, cased glass
Brass
19th Century Brass Double Arm Student Oil Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Electrified 19th American double light adjustable brass oil lamp with dark green case glass shades.
Brass
19th Century Wild and Wessel Double Harvard Student Lamp
By Wild & Wessel, Berlin
Located in Fairfax, VA
Wild and Wesel double Harvard student cased brass oil lamp with mint green glass shades.
Brass
Large Deep Dome Holophane Pendant
By Holophane
Located in Peekskill, NY
These are heavy Holophane pendants. The glass is a half inch thick and it has a 15.25 inch diameter. The mounting plate is as clean and simple as it gets so all you see is this beaut...
Glass
Webbed Hexagon Prismatic Sconce
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
As with all Prismatic glass the reflections and quality of light that it projects make them a favorite. The Hexagon design, horizontal prisms and vertical bordering glass give this l...
Glass
Tiffany Studios “Tyler” Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios New York Tyler Leaded Glass and Patinated bronze Table Lamp, Circa 1900 Art Nouveau. A very special lamp with a geometric monochromatic deep green art glass surround...
Bronze
$13,828 / item
H 49.22 in Dm 70.87 in
Brass and Parchment Paper Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Impressive chandelier made of white enameled brass arms holding six beautiful parchment paper shades, which can be adjusted thanks to the handle of each socket. Signed by the arti...
Brass
$20,624 / set
H 15.36 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Pair of Large Chinese Hardstone, Jade and Cloisonné Enamel Flower Models
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Chinese hardstone, jade and cloisonné enamel flower models Chinese, 20th Century Height 39cm, width 25cm, depth 25cm Crafted in 20th century China, this pair of lar...
Stone, Jade, Metal, Enamel
$1,090Sale Price|39% Off
H 19 in Dm 12.63 in
Bradley & Hubbard Victorian Style Oil Lamp with Hand Painted Hurricane Glass
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Bradley & Hubbard oil lamp from 1885-1894, B&H engraved on the base. The lamp is made of antique brass and very ornate cast iron old-gold-gilded and beautiful detaili...
Brass, Iron
Extensive English Porcelain Dessert Service, circa 1825
Located in New York, NY
Pair of covered fruit coolers, pair of covered sauce tureens, pair of open work baskets, 1 compote, 4 kidney-shaped dishes, pair of square dishes, pair of oval dishes, 16 plates.
Porcelain
Oval Lens Sconce
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
Pictured above is our newest design. It uses a thick oval sculpted glass lens in the simplest and most elegant way. No need to over design when the glass is so special. With a beauti...
Glass
1946-1954 Country Life
Located in Bath, GB
A collection of eleven volumes of the Country Life magazine, uniformly bound in an attractive Sangorski and Sutcliffe signed quarter morocco. A sumptuous collection of eleven large ...
Paper
Cast Iron and Vaseline Glass Sconces
Located in Peekskill, NY
We have a collection of these original cast iron wall bracket sconces in stock. This is a classic design that we refinished and rewired. The hand blown tipped globe is nice contrast...
Iron
30:30 Landscape Architecture Book
Located in New York, NY
30 internationally renowned landscape architects showcase their own work as well as that of 30 of the best of a new generation of forward looking and innovative designers. This up-t...
Paper
$4,802Sale Price|62% Off
H 128 in W 44 in D 44 in
Large, Amazing, Converted Gas to Electric Brass Chandelier
By Adolphe-Louis-Victor Geoffroy
Located in Berkeley, CA
Just about the turn of the last century,, as electric lighting gained in popularity, makers of gas lighting devices added electric lines and sockets to their gas jets. When one didn'...
Brass
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Renaissance style Entree Dish
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Renaissance-style round sterling silver entree dish. The bottom of the entree dish is smooth, while a border made with the casting technique with acanthus leaf motifs has been welded...
Sterling Silver
Quilted Double Shell Snap-in Pendent
By Early Electrics Design Studio
Located in Peekskill, NY
What a beautiful, simple and elegant lamp this is. With these proportions it can be used almost anywhere. The fixture is only 6 inches tall plus whatever pipe length is desired. The ...
Brass
$5,974 / set
H 5.3 in W 2.9 in D 2.9 in
Antique 1760s Georgian Pair of Sterling Silver Tapersticks (1769)
By Elizabeth Cooke
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique George III English cast sterling silver tapersticks; an addition of our ornamental Georgian silverware collection These excepti...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Victorian Library Table by Holland & Sons
By Holland & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
This handsome library table is a remarkable example of the English furnishings that represented wealthy Victorian tastes. The piece is attributed to Holland & Sons, a firm regarded a...
Leather, Mahogany
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.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
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The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
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Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.
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Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.