Art Deco French Marble Inkwell with Lamp, 1920
Located in Delft, NL
Art Deco French marble inkwell with lamp, 1920 A marble inkwell with hinged lid on a marble base with a pen holder made of bakelite and a small round “Pâte de Verre” glass lamp sh...
Marble
Max Le Verrier Danseuse à la Coupe Art Deco Figural Lamp No. 3007, 1930s
Located in Nottingham, GB
Designer: Max Le Verrier Model: Danseuse à la Coupe, No. 3007 Maker: Max Le Verrier Foundry, Paris Origin: France Period: Circa 1930 Style: Art Deco Type: Figural Table / Sculpture L...
Alabaster, Marble, Metal
Art Nouveau Bronze Table Lamp with Cloud Opaline Glass Shade, circa 1920
Located in Nottingham, GB
An elegant Art Nouveau Revival table lamp dating to circa 1920, combining a sculptural metal base with an original hand-moulded opaline glass shade.
Metal, Bronze
Original Poul Henningsen Art Deco PH Desk Lamp PH 3½-2 Chrome Matte Shades 1930s
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Original Art Deco Poul Henningsen table lamp model PH 3½-2 made in the early 1930s period.
Metal, Chrome
Erik Tidstrand Swedish Art Deco Bronze Desk Lamp for Nordiska Kompaniet, 1930s
Located in Nottingham, GB
An elegant Swedish Art Deco desk lamp designed by Erik Tidstrand for Nordiska Kompaniet, dating to circa the 1930s. The lamp embodies the restrained sophistication of Swedish interw...
Bronze
$826Sale Price|20% Off
Austrian, Artdeco, Bedside Table Lamp, Was Made in the 1920
Located in Vienna, Austria
This vintage table or bedside lamp was made in Austria in the 1920s, during the Artdeco period. The lamp is made of brass with a bakelite base. The shade, is marbleised ,opaline gla...
Brass
$2,500Sale Price|50% Off
1930s Polaroid Table Lamp, Model 114, USA
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Art Deco, machine age Polaroid table lamp made of thick bakelite and casted aluminium.
Aluminum
$2,572Sale Price|20% Off
Charles Dudouyt. Sculptural turned oakwood and ash table lamp, France, 1930s
By Charles Dudouyt, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
LED compatible. 100% original elements. Brutalist, Art Deco and Cubist style table lamp by Charles Dudouyt, France, 1930s.
Brass
Antique Onyx, Bronze & Etched Glass Column Table Lamp, circa 1920
Located in Nottingham, GB
An exceptionally decorative and substantial early 20th-century column table lamp, combining richly veined marble, cast bronze and a remarkable panelled glass shade in a sophisticated...
Onyx, Bronze
$257Sale Price|20% Off
1930s Bauhaus Chrome Table Lamp Model 3530 by Napako, Czechoslovakia
By Napako
Located in Praha, CZ
An excellent collectible example of 1930s Czechoslovak Bauhaus lighting, suitable for a desk, console, bedside table or as a sculptural accent in a Modernist, Functionalist, Bauhaus,...
Metal, Chrome
$536Sale Price|28% Off
A Beautiful Antik Danish Library Table Lamp
Located in Søborg, DK
A beautiful antique Danish library table lamp in brass and with opaline shades. The brass has a lovely patina to it something that only time can create. Two opaline glass shades mou...
Brass
Mid Century ca. 1950 Solid Brass Table Lamp with Stained Glass Shade
Located in Nottingham, GB
A highly decorative vintage Art Deco table lamp dating to circa 1950, combining substantial solid brass construction with a hand-moulded stained and leaded glass shade.
Brass, Lead
Antique French Copper Wire Table Lamp From The 1920s
Located in Søborg, DK
A rare Antique French Art Deco woven copper wire table lamp from the 1920s with great craftsmanship.
Copper
Gothic Revival Bronze Three-Handled Urn Table Lamp with Vianne Flame Shade
Located in Nottingham, GB
A rare statement piece combining figural sculpture, classical urn forms and dramatic Art Deco lighting design. Origin: France Period: ca. 1875 Style: Gothic revival Type: Table / Bo...
Bronze
Lauritz Hjorth Ceramic Table Lamp with Hunting Motifs, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Partially perforated ceramic table lamp I green and red earthy glazed. Designed and manufactured by Lauritz Hjorth on the Island of Bornholm in Denmark, circa 1920. Please provide yo...
Ceramic
$4,409Sale Price|20% Off
Large Table Lamp Cast in Bronze, by J. T. Kalmar, Austria
Located in Vienna, Austria
A handcrafted table lamp cast in bronze (10 kg) with bakelite switch at the top of the shade. The solution of the switch is not only practical, but original in concept. The design a...
Brass
Christian Dell Adjustable Black Bauhaus Desk Lamp, 1933 Kaiser
By Christian Dell, AK Kaiser
Located in Antwerp, BE
Christian Dell desk lamp by Kaiser 1930s design, Germany. Bauhaus desk lamp in enameled black metal and bakelite shade. Adjustable swan neck. Lit by 1 bulb.
Metal
French Orange Glazed Spherical Table Lamps in the Style of Jean Besnard, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Playfully glazed spherical pottery table lights in the style of Jean Besnard. Designed and created by anonymous designer/maker in France during the 1920s or 1930s. No markings or sig...
Ceramic
Palm Tree lamp by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in MADRID, ES
Maison Jansen palm table lamp, large and very rare, from the 1960s/70s, with two light points. The hand-cut palms and the stem are made of overlapping brass sheets. Of fantastic prop...
Bronze
Radionic Trans Co. Bankers Lamp
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid-Century Bankers Lamp from Radionic Trans Co. made between 40s and 60s. Lamp features chrome end caps, Bakelite ends, textured paint and steel. Arm is adjustable up and down and ...
Steel, Chrome
Rare Swedish Modern Table Lamp by Erik Tidstrand for NK, Model 29595, 1930s
By Erik Tidstrand, Nordiska Kompaniet
Located in Forserum, SE
A perfect addition to any modernist, Scandinavian, or Art Deco-inspired interior. The renowned Swedish department store Nordiska Kompaniet, NK, opened in Stockholm in 1902.
Brass, Steel
Mid Century Modern Tiered Skyscraper Style Chromed Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This refined Modern lamp features a skyscraper style design consisting of multiple chrome tiers in an abstracted hour glass form. The stepped design represents an ode to Art Deco, bu...
Chrome
$687Sale Price|44% Off
1930's Machine Age Chrome and Copper Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Machine Age, Art Deco Copper, and Chrome Desk Lamp from 1932. The lamp features a modernist bell-shaped copper lamp shade with a matching copper base all brought together with a chro...
Copper, Chrome
Ronson 1939 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Bakelite Steel
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made between 1935 and 1951 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jersey in the United States.
Steel, Chrome
Bayard France 1930 Art Deco Desk Table Lamp and Alarm Clock in Stainless Steel
By Bayard
Located in Miami, FL
A desk lamp clock designed by Bayard France. Fabulous and very handsome integrated desk lamp-clock, created in Paris France by the the company of Bayard during the art deco period...
Enamel, Steel, Stainless Steel
Elegant Art Deco pendant lamp featuring a softly shaped marbleized glass shade.
Located in Hundested, DK
Elegant Art Deco pendant lamp featuring a softly shaped marbleized glass shade with warm amber veining and original dark bakelite-style top fitting.
Glass
Stylish Mid-20th Century Made, Parisian Terrestrial Desk / Table Globe with Lamp
By J. Forest
Located in Lisse, NL
Quality made, metal and glass desk globe on a wooden base. If you are looking for stylish and beautiful quality items to upgrade your interior (whether at home or in your office) th...
Chrome
1935, W.H. Gispen for Gispen, Copper, 413R Side Chair in Blue Corduroi Fabric
By Gispen Culemborg, Willem H. Gispen
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
Metal, Copper
Dorwin Teague & Giudice, Rare Polaroid Modern Desk Lamp
By Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in Paris, FR
Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960) & Frank Del Giudice (1917-1993) Desk Lamp, Model 114, designed in 1939 for the Polaroid Corporation Bakelite and Aluminium Labeled still present o...
Aluminum
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Bespoke lighting is a hallmark of upscale interiors, and contemporary makers are increasingly ambitious in their materials and forms.