Copper Banker's Desk Lamp, dark green shade, England 1930's
Located in London, Fitzrovia
A beautiful copper banker's desk Lamp, with an adjustable pivoting dark green shade, England 1930's. Nice patina. distressed painted shade.
Copper
Mid-Century Modern Green Banker's Lamp, Hand-Painted Steel, 1960s
Located in London, GB
This is a great midcentury banker's lamp, made in France using steel. The light retains the original green paint and the bakelite push on/off switch on the side of the shade. We'v...
Metal
Art Deco banker lamp with green glass shade vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, Au
Art Deco banker lamp with green glass shade vienna around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled
Brass
Unusual Art Deco Bankers Desk Lamp, in Copper and Brass
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Unusual Art Deco Bankers Desk Lamp, in Copper and Brass A very good looking and decorative piece, the lamp has a heavy round base made in both copper and brass, it has a traditional...
Brass
Art Deco banker lamp with green glass shade vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, Au
Art Deco banker lamp with green glass shade vienna around 1920s Brass nickel-plated
Brass, Nickel
Double Shaded "Emeralite" Banker's Lamp, Green Cased Glass, Polished, ca. 1917
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very handsome high quality signed Emeralite banker's lamp. Having a double shade for a partner's desk, or just more light for one. Richly polished brass body and with the widest s...
Brass
Vintage Articulated Green Glass Brass Bankers Lamp Desk Lamp 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly superb Vintage articulated brass bankers lamp, dating from the second half of the 20th Century. It has an adjustable stem with a green glass shade and is raised on a...
Brass
Bradley & Hubbard Style Antique Bronze Adjusting Bankers Lamp, circa 1920's
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Early Electric Bradley and Hubbard style Antique Bronze finish swiveling Bankers Lamp. Featuring a Brass and Iron form with Antique Bronze finish, adjustable stem, rectangular clamsh...
Brass, Iron
Brass and Green Glass Banker’s Desk Lamp, Mid-Century Modern, 1960
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Brass and Green Glass Banker’s Desk Lamp A beautiful vintage barrister’s brass desk lamp, with its original green glass lampshade which has a white reflective underside The lamp sha...
Brass
Antique Art Deco Articulated Brass Bankers Lamp Desk Lamp 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly superb antique Art Deco articulated brass bankers lamp, circa 1920 in date. It has an adjustable stem on a swan neck base and is raised on a decorative circular base...
Brass
Bankers Lamp in Black, Brass and Glass by Robert Sonneman, Halogen
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bankers style table lamp designed by Robert Sonneman, 1980s.
Brass, Steel
Antique Brass Bankers Lamp With Brass Pivotable Shade & Ebonised Desktop Switch
Located in Reading, Berkshire
1940s Classic British brass bankers desk lamp with brass pivotable shade with an ebonized push button switch. Full height: 36cm I Width of shade 23cm Base: Depth 18.5 cm & width 10....
Brass
Antique Brass Bankers Lamp With Brass Pivotable Shade & Ebonised Desktop Switch
Located in Reading, Berkshire
1940s Classic brass bankers desk lamp with brass pivotable shade with an ebonized push switch. Full height: 36cm I Width of shade 23cm Base: Depth 18.5 cm & width 10.5cm.
Brass
Antique Art Deco Copper and Enamel Double Bankers Desk Lamp, c.1930
Located in London, GB
An elegantly formed double headed bankers lamp. c.1930 High quality copper construction, twin-headed desk lamp with dark green vitreous enamelled shades. Shades can be tilted up and...
Brass, Enamel
LARGE VERY HEAVY ORiGINAL RAGOT FRANCE GILT BRONZE ARTICULATED BANKERS LAMP
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage brass with bronzed finish Art Deco bankers lamp circa 1950 with the original retailers...
Brass
French "Fare" Desk/Banker's Lamp Chrome Adjustable Art Deco from 1930s
By Art Decor
Located in Beirut, LB
Vintage from the 1930s. Materials: chrome, marble base. Classic vintage French "Fare" desk lamp. It is a classic design chrome light with marble base. From the Art Deco period. An...
Marble, Chrome
A Pair of Brass and Green Glass Banker’s Lamps A beautiful pair
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Brass and Green Glass Banker’s Lamps A beautiful pair of barrister’s brass desk lamps, with original green glass lampshades which have a white reflective underside The la...
Brass
Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs PostModern Deco Sleek Chrome Bankers Desk Lamp
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
1980’s, award winning, postmodern, Memphis.Era, modernist, re-imagined art deco, bankers desk touch lamp Designed by Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs, This stunning, elegant lamp...
Chrome
Pair of Memphis Style Banker's lamps attr. to Robert Sonneman, USA 1980s
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a distinctive pair of Postmodern table lamps design attr. to Robert Sonneman, showcasing his signature approach to architectural lighting and material c...
Metal
Art Specialty Co Flexo Banker Desk Lamp Flying Saucer Shade Fluorescent Dazor
By Dazor
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A substantial "flying saucer" desk lamp by Art Specialty Co., Flexo from the 19450s. Unmarked, the bottom plate matches the plates on other, similar Flexo lamps. The lamp is in the o...
Metal
$1,170Sale Price|40% Off
"Emeralite Co". Banker's Lamp w/ Art Glass Glass Shade by "Bellova", ca. 1920
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very high quality desk lamp was produced by the Emeralite Co. The most respected and famous makers of Banker's lamps. On occasion when the company wanted a special glass shade...
Brass, Iron
An Art Deco Adjustable Chrome Bankers Desk Lamp, on a circular base 1920's
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Art Deco Adjustable Chrome Bankers Desk Lamp On A Circular Base. Manufactured In 1920's.
Chrome
Brass Desk/Banker's Lamp w/ Double Adjustment and Art Glass Shade, ca. 1910
By Emeralite
Located in Petaluma, CA
This lamp is both handsome and very practical. It has 2 knuckles up near the top and one near the bottom where you can easily adjust the height and width of the lamp. The brass base...
Brass
Industrial Bauhaus Art Deco Period Black Metal Desk or Banker's Lamp by Erpees
By Erpees
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful and stylish Erpees table lamp from 1920-1930. If you have an Art Deco or midcentury desk and you are looking for a lamp to make it even more stylish and authentic then thi...
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Art Deco Adjustable Chrome Bankers Desk Light with Inkwell or Pen Desk Tidy 1920
Located in London, GB
Discovered on our travels in Italy and still yet to be seen again, this sleek 1920’s Art Deco chrome Bankers desk light with ink well or pen holder is a fine example of the period. T...
Chrome
Tiffany Style Stained Glass Table Lamp or Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fabulous, tall Tiffany Style stained Glass and bronze adjustable Banker’s desk lamp or Table lamp, France, 1950-1959.
Bronze
Postmodern Halogen Table Lamp Style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Linkebeek, BE
This lamp SCREAMS 1980’s Postmodern with a Memphis style flair and it is sure to be just the right addition to the desk in your study utilized as a task or bankers’ lamp, on an accen...
Metal, Chrome
$746Sale Price|25% Off
Postmodern Halogen Table Lamp Style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman
Located in Topeka, KS
This lamp SCREAMS 1980’s Postmodern with a Memphis style flair and it is sure to be just the right addition to the desk in your study utilized as a task or bankers’ lamp, on an accen...
Metal
Vintage German Black Bank Lamp, 1930s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage bankers bauhaus table lamp made in Germany during the 1930s.
Enamel, Iron
Vintage Green Enamel Bank Lamp, 1930s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage bankers bauhaus table lamp made in Germany during the 1930s.
Enamel, Iron
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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