Alabaster Lamp with Tiffany Blue Beaded Shade
Located in West Hartford, CT
A vintage off white alabaster table lamp with magnificent Tiffany blue and white embroidered lampshade.
Vintage 1950s Table Lamps
Alabaster
Alabaster Lamp with Tiffany Blue Beaded Shade
Located in West Hartford, CT
A vintage off white alabaster table lamp with magnificent Tiffany blue and white embroidered lampshade.
Alabaster
Vintage Meyda Tiffany Lamp Glass Bead Fringe Bronze Vanity Base
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful Meyda Tiffany tulip lamp featuring an elegant damask fabric shade.
Bronze
1920’s Brass And Iron Floor Lamp With Vintage Tiffany Style Swirl Shade
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique 1920’s brass and metal floor lamp in a moorish style and with an outstanding vintage stained glass Dragon “swirl” Tiffany style shade. Whether you're looking to enhance y...
Metal, Brass
Tiffany Studios Bronze With Hanging Favrile Beads Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
This Tiffany Studios bronze lamp has an organic platform foot with a tall slender stem, leading to a two-socket cluster.
Bronze
Bronze & Glass Table Lamp with Beads
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bronze leaf form base with blown out glass shade with hanging beads and bronze crown. Dimensions: 10"Dia x 19"H. Ask us about our local NYC delivery.
Bronze
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.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.