Brutalist Nail Sculptural Lucite Table Lamp by Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Brutalist nail sculpture Lucite table lamp made by the Laurel Lamp Co. featuring a hand-welded
Brass, Steel
Pair of Brutalist Brass Lamps with Nails by Laurel Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful pair of Laurel Lamp Company Brutalist lamps. They feature welded nail decoration on
Brass
$2,500
H 30.75 in W 5 in D 5 in
Brutalist Brass Table Lamp with Abstract Nail Applique Relief by Laurel
By Silas Seandel
Located in Chicago, IL
Brutalist brass table lamp with abstract nail applique relief by Laurel Some loss to brass finish
Brass
Forged Nails Sun Lamp with Gold Leaf and Milk Glass, 1950s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Completely original mid-century Spanish ceiling lamp with a fantastic sun design that exudes
Metal, Gold Leaf
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Brutalist Nail and Lucite Lamps
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Allentown, PA
Pair of modernist Lucite rectangular form lamps with Brutalist nail design on both sides of the
Metal
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H 23.5 in W 8 in D 5 in
Fantastic Brutalist Nail Sculptural Lucite Laurel Lamp, Mid-Century Modern
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fantastic brutalist style nail sculpture lucite lamp made by the Laurel lamp co. This lamp is 35"t
Lucite
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H 24 in W 8 in D 5 in
Fantastic Pair of Brutalist Nail Sculptural Laurel Lamps, Mid-Century Modern
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fantastic pair of Brutalist style nail sculpture Lucite lamps made by the Laurel Lamp Co.
Iron
Vintage Brutalist Gilt Tipped Nail Sculpture Lamps, a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous vintage pair of Brutalist lamps. Beautiful gold tipped nail cage with floating sheets of
Gold
Lucite and Nail Brutalist Lamp by Laurel, circa 1970
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Lucite and Brutalist sculptural lamp by Laurel Lamp Company, circa 1970. Beautiful clear Lucite
Metal
$3,340 / item
H 26.78 in Dm 55.91 in
Orbitale Brass Chandelier 3 Rotating Balanced Arms, Stilnovo Style, Brass Shades
By Stilnovo, Arteluce, Silvio Piattelli
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This exquisite bespoke brass chandelier features three rotating arms skillfully balanced on a heavy cast brass sphere that rotate in an orbital movement along the stem. To achieve pe...
Metal, Brass
$2,860 / item
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Ethnic Straw Armchair by +55design Brazilian Design with Indigenous Craft
By Neca Abrantes
Located in Jardim America, SP
This rotating armchair by Neca Abrantes is a striking fusion of contemporary Brazilian design and indigenous handcrafted traditions. Known for her deep passion for native craftsmansh...
Straw
$2,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Amber by Yiannis Ghikas
By Miniforms, Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
$16,990 / item
H 53.15 in W 125.99 in D 59.06 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape. The metal arms paint...
Metal, Brass
$2,000Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Petrol by Yiannis Ghikas
By Miniforms, Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
Large Raul Reyes 'Rey 30' Perforated Polished Brass Dome Chandelier
By Paavo Tynell, Lisa Johansson-Pape, Florian Schulz
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Raul Reyes 'Rey 30' Perforated Polished Brass Dome Chandelier. Hand-fabricated in Los Angeles, these highly refined chandeliers are reminiscent of the iconic mid-century Finni...
Brass
Large Bamboo Pair of Table Lamps with Brass Bases
Located in New York, NY
Large bamboo pair of table lamps with brass bases Beautiful and chic table lamps. Lovely brass bases and bamboo tops held by brass top. These are made to order in Italy. They can...
Brass
$13,759 / 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
$10,660 / item
H 33.47 in W 32.29 in D 32.29 in
Brutalist Black Leather & Cast Solid Brass Lounge Chair by Egg Designs
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
Egg Designs’ Primal lounge chair (2024) is a bold, Brutalist-inspired statement piece, crafted with sculptural presence and rich material contrast. Upholstered in black leather, the ...
Brass
French Jacques Adnet Brass Mounted Black Lacquered Writing Desk
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s brass mounted black lacquered bureau plat /writing desk with tan leather inset top above a range of frieze drawers (attributed to Jacques Adnet).
Brass
$2,150 / set
H 19 in W 5.5 in D 8.5 in
Wonderful Set 4 Barovier & Toso Mid Century Modern Murano Leaf Gold Gilt Sconces
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Set Of 4 Mid Century Modern Murano Sconces In The Manner Of Barovier & Toso. With A Stunning Glass Shade In The Form Of A Large Leaf Shape And Having An Oval Gold Gilt B...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of Small Brass and Tobacco Glass Globe Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of small table lamps, made of a brass cylinder foot topped with an opened top glass globe tinted in a tobacco colour. Ideal for a bedside use thanks to their small size and dimm...
Brass
Sculptural Custom Neve Plaster Fixture
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural bespoke Neve plaster fixture in the Jean Michel Frank manner. Please note that this fixture takes (1) Edison bulb at 40 or 60 watts in the center and (8) e-12 candelabra b...
Plaster
Dramatic Pair of Large-Scale Textured Brass Lamps, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of large-scale forged brass lamps, circa 1970. Beautiful textured form atop a thick Lucite base. Custom carved stone finials ice the cake. Exceptional quality and cra...
Brass
Boomerang Sofa by Adrian Pearsall
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
A rare "boomerang" sofa having a recently polished frame supporting a freshly upholstered back and seat done in a grey boucle fabric.
Bouclé, Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
Ceiling light by Diego Mardegan for Galerie Glustin
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Superb ceiling light in brass and lacquered metal. Each part is orientable. Numbered and signed piece by Diego Mardegan. Italy, 2025.
Brass
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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