$1,300 / item
Pheasant Feather Lamp, Brown, by Bunny Williams Home
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
The classical silhouette of our Pheasant Feather lamp adds a graceful, subdued ambiance to any side table. The lamp’s ceramic vase is hand-painted in warm brown tones before a final ...
Ceramic
Brown Chicken Feather Ceramic Lamp by Bunny Williams Home
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
This vibrantly painted “chicken feather” design was inspired by captivating pottery from Peru, and enhances the fluid lines of this ceramic lamp. 10" Diameter x 32"H 8" Diameter Bas...
Ceramic
Pair Vintage Regency Bunny Williams “Chicken Feathers” Glazed Ceramic Lamps
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of vintage regency style glazed ceramic lamps designed by Bunny Williams in a vibrantly painted “chicken feather” design was inspired by captivating pottery from Peru.
Other
Blue Pheasant Feather Ceramic Lamp, Small, by Bunny Williams Home
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
Our best-selling pheasant feather glaze—inspired by the traditional sancai or tri-colored glaze technique, where colors often mix together—is now available in smaller size, in an ele...
Ceramic
Blue Pheasant Feather Ceramic Lamp, Large, by Bunny Williams Home
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
The classical silhouette of our Pheasant Feather Lamp adds a graceful, subdued ambiance to any side table. The lamp’s ceramic vase is hand-painted in deep blue tones before a final g...
Ceramic
Bunny Williams Home Pheasant Feather Lamp (Brown)
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
The classical silhouette of our Pheasant Feather lamp adds a graceful, subdued ambiance to any side table. The lamp’s ceramic vase is hand-painted in warm brown tones before a final ...
Ceramic
Bunny Williams Home Pheasant Feather Lamp 'Brown'
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
The classical Silhouette of our Pheasant feather lamp adds a graceful, subdued ambiance to any side table. The lamp’s ceramic vase is hand painted in warm brown tones before a final ...
Ceramic
Bunny Williams Home, Small Pheasant Feather Lamp 'Blue with Blue Base'
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
Our best-selling pheasant feather glaze—inspired by the traditional sancai or tri-colored glaze technique, where colors often mix together—is now available in smaller size, in an ele...
Ceramic
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H 31.25 in W 9.25 in D 9.25 in
Vintage Boho Bunny Williams “Chicken Feathers” Glazed Ceramic Lamps - A Pair
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptional pair of vintage table lamps embodies the sophisticated transition between Mid-Century Modern flair and dramatic Hollywood Regency detailing. The substantial ceramic ...
Brass
Bunny Williams Home, Small Pheasant Feather Lamp, 'Blue with Gold Base'
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
Our best-selling pheasant feather glaze—inspired by the traditional sancai or tri-colored glaze technique, where colors often mix together—is now available in smaller size, in an ele...
Ceramic
Panoplie Petite Iron Tripod Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite iron tripod lamp with slender legs and tapered feet. New wiring and new oyster linen shade. Multiple available, sold individually. Takes one E12 base bulb, up to 25 W or highe...
Iron
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
Organic Modern Table Lamp Sculptural Parota Wood Base
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pata de Elefante Small Table Lamp — Atomic Collection by Isabel Moncada Named ""Elephant's Foot"" for its bold, bulbous base, the Pata de Elefante Small is one of Isabel Moncada's m...
Fiberglass, Linen, Fabric, Wood
Classic Empire Center Table, Oatmeal
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classic Empire style grey cerused oak oatmeal stained center table with a carved ogee edge, raised on an octagonal pedestal base. Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H. Clearance: 27"
Wood
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Chic 'Méandre' Gilt Bronze Side Chair by Design Frères
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Undulating 'Méandre' gilt bronze finish side chair by Design Frères. Gilt bronze finish over steel frame. Natural linen upholstered cushion with contrasting piping. Chic and unders...
Steel
$950 / item
H 25.6 in W 32.67 in D 13.78 in
New Black Wrought Iron Curule Bench with Cushion, Savonarola, Throne
Located in Miami, FL
New black wrought iron curule bench with cushion, Savonarola, Throne. Cushion included.
Iron
French Inspired Upholstered Linen Bergère Chairs
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
French inspired upholstered linen bergère chairs These French inspired chair are based on an original Napoleon III style pair of chairs. Napoleon III was the nephew of the Napoleon t...
Linen
"Marchand" Scalloped Walnut Oak Dresser by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
The Marchand 6-drawer dresser showcases elegantly scalloped edge detailing and textural drawer fronts, making it a distinctive piece in any bedroom. It sits on minimal turned legs, b...
Oak
Pink Murano Glass Mirror with Scalloped Frame and Brass Accents, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pink Murano Glass Mirror with Scalloped Frame and Brass Accents, in Stock Handcrafted by a team of artisans in Italy. Can be easily hung vertically or horizontally with metal bracket...
Brass
$16,539 / 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
Bunny Williams Home Pheasant Feather Garden Stool (Brown)
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
We've taken our best-selling pheasant feather glaze and applied it to our new barrel-form garden stool. A perfect way to bring this favorite glaze into your home. This stool's one-o...
Ceramic
Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier
Located in Roma, Lazio
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elegant, it will furnish and decor...
Brass
'Méandre' Bench by Design Frères in Mohair Velvet or COM
By Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Méandre bench by DESIGN FRÈRES in mohair velvet or COM. Upholstered firm in mohair velvet (specify color) or provide COM (1 yard). Mohair velvet is extremely durable and resists...
Steel
19th Century Trompe L'oeil Louis Philippe 'Tiger' Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
Beautiful 19th century Louis Philippe mirror, of small proportion, trompe l'oeil decoration in an almost Tiger fur finish. France, circa 1860. Very unusual to find one with thi...
Mirror, Wood
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.