Sunset Cosco Large Sculptural Pink Urn Table Lamp, 1960s-1970s
By Sunset Cosco Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Sculptural Mid Century Modern urn table lamp with Art Deco style influence, distinguished with elegant form, high quality craftsmanship, and statement piece presence, will make a gre...
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair Sunset Cosco Large Ceramic Baluster Urn Table Lamps, 1960s-1970s
By Sunset Cosco Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Sculptural Chinoiserie baluster or urn table lamps with Mid Century Modern and Art Deco style influence, distinguished with elegant form, high quality craftsmanship, and statement pi...
Gold Plate
Alvino Bagni Red and Black Lava Table Lamp, Italy 1960s
By Alvino Bagni, Raymor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The ceramic lamp base was converted from the vase; round ebonized wood base and top with stepped carved design and chrome fittings add Art Deco influence to the piece.
Nickel
1924 Gabriel Argy Rousseau Nightlight Lamp Plantes Aquatiques Pate Verre Glass
By Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Nightlamp "Plantes Aquatiques" (Aquatic Plants) made in yellow, red, pink and purple glass pate-de-verre by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau in 1924. Wrought iron base. New wiring. Molded signa...
Blown Glass
Stemlite Floor Lamp by Designline in Orange with White Frosted Glass Shade
By Laurel Lamp Company, Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Imagine a pair of these lamps used as bedside lamps, on end tables in a living room, or a matching pair on top of a vintage credenza.
Aluminum
Schneider Et Olié Lampe double Art Nouveau
By Charles Schneider
Located in NANTES, FR
double art nouveau lamp, circa 1915 Wrought iron foot with floral decoration, stamped Olié. Glass paste tulips signed Schneider. Electrified and in perfect condition. Height: 55cm W...
Wrought Iron
After Bergman Cold-painted Orientalist Market Stall Diorama Lamp
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is an early 20th-century "After Bergman" cold-painted spelter lamp, one that explicitly bears a stamp, likely for the manufacturer Müller (often associated with Müller Co. o...
Spelter
Mid Century Ceramic Lava Glaze Lamp by Bitossi
By Aldo Londi, Jonathan Adler, Bitossi
Located in San Diego, CA
Outstandingly stylish and rare lamp by Bitossi, made in Italy ca' 1960's. Beautifully crafted by hand, this piece is a work of art elements. Painted swirl strokes of orange brown, c...
Ceramic, Paint
Antique Figurine Sculpture of Woman on Couch, Victorian Style, USA
Located in Birmingham, AL
This item appears to be antique style figurine sculpture depicting a woman lounging on a green couch, similar to other Victorian or Art Deco-inspired decorative pieces. The sculptur...
Art Glass
Table, France, 1930, in Marble and Iron, Art Deco
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Logistics and International Shipping We provide a comprehensive export service so that your only concern is enjoying your acquisition. • Door-to-Door Service: Pieces located in our A...
Marble, Iron
Dutch Art Deco Amsterdam School painted side tables, 1920s
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A charming and highly decorative pair of painted side tables, dating from the 1920s. The design is wonderfully architectural: each table stands on four slender square legs, with smal...
Oak
Ficapula Floor Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ficapula Floor Lamp with Glass And Marble Base by Cassina DESIGN LAMP: NATURAL LINES With its organic shapes borrowed from the plant world, the eclectic style of the eye-catching F...
Glass
Stemlite Floor Lamp by Designline in Black with White Frosted Glass Shade
By Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sleek low profile floor made by Design-Line. It features a cast aluminum main base in a sculptural tulip form. The base is finished in a rich black gloss. The frosted glass lamp is...
Aluminum
Stemlite Floor Lamp by Designline in Hot Pink with White Frosted Glass Shade
By Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sleek low profile floor made by Design-Line. It features a cast aluminum main base in a sculptural tulip form. The base is finished in a retro high pink gloss. The frosted glass la...
Aluminum
Round Art Deco Glass Pedant Lamp, 1930s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Round Art Deco glass pendant lamp, Germany, 1930s. This charming period ceiling light features a softly rounded bowl-shaped glass shade with delicate marbled veining in pale rose and...
Rope, Glass
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Space Age Vanity Table by Cabinetmaker MB Italy, White Lacquer, 1970
By MB Italy
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind dressing table, space age style, 70s, with great influence of Art Deco aesthetics.
Lacquer, Wood, Fiberglass, Mirror
Art Deco Glass Paste Suspension Signed Noverdy
By Jean Noverdy
Located in NANTES, FR
Jean Noverdy, master glassmaker who mainly produced chandeliers, table lamps in the Art Nouveau style sometimes with bronze frames, a few vases and Art Deco wall sconces in the 1925s...
Wrought Iron
Trolley Serving Bar Cart "Pipe" in Goatskin and Brass by Aldo Tura, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Rome, IT
Aldo Tura design lacquered goatskin and brass bar cart trolley with 2 tiers, a pipe-shaped ice receptacle, and beautiful brass mounts. Made in Italy, circa 1960s. One of the most ...
Metal, Brass
Original Antique Advertising Poster Maximilian Cafe Restaurant Afternoon Tea Art
Located in London, GB
Original antique poster advertising elegant afternoon tea at the Maximilian cafe restaurant with a dance band playing music in the afternoons and evenings - und dann ins Cafe Wein Re...
Paper
Vintage Leather-Cased Glass Perfume Flask with Chrome Cap, Travel Scent Bottle
Located in Wembley, GB
Vintage Leather-Cased Glass Perfume Flask with Chrome Cap, Travel Scent Bottle An elegant and highly collectible vintage travel perfume flask featuring a sculptural clear glass bott...
Leather, Ostrich Leather, Glass, Art Glass
Vase Sign: Le Verre Francais and french flag (mûriers rouges / Red Mulberrie)
By Le Verre Francais
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Logistics and International Shipping We provide a comprehensive export service so that your only concern is enjoying your acquisition. • Door-to-Door Service: Pieces located in our A...
Art Glass
Dorothy Thorpe Style Mid-Century Silver Fade Barware Shot Glasses
By Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
To create her shimmering wares, she purchased glass blanks from a variety of manufacturers and subjected them to various techniques, including sandblasting, etching and silver overla...
Glass
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.
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.