Pair Adrian Pearsall Style Modern Walnut & Brushed Steel Hourglass Table Lamps
By Adrian Pearsall, Rude Osolnik
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of Walnut & Brushed Steel Candlestick Reading Table Lamps, 1950's. Featuring smooth solid turned Walnut hourglass form with Brushed Steel neck.
Steel
$2,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of 19th Century Baroque Style Pricket Table Lamps, Italian Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative & robust pair of 19th century hand-carved & painted Italian Baroque style pricket / torchère table lamps, previously as candlesticks but having been converted to ...
Wood, Paint
$1,852Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Student Converted Twin Oil Lamp By Bradley & Hubbard 1800's
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique American Student Converted Twin Oil Lamp By Bradley & Hubbard 1800's The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company (1852–1940) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut, and over th...
Brass
A pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamps. Each wonderful candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised on a circular Ormolu base with protruding reserves accented with acanthus leaves.
Ormolu
Pair Of Monumental Mid Century Brass Lamps In The Style Of James Mont
By James Mont
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of Mid Century brass lamps with thick candlestick, base with open work and resting on tripod legs, surmounted on a round black metal plinth in the style of James Mont.
Metal, Brass
LARGE OWL STAMPED ARTE ITALiCA TAVOLA MARINONI VASE DOME SHAPED PEWTER LAMP
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
This sale is for the item/s mentioned above only, the others are all listed under my other items and not included in this sale The standard candlestick versions of these lamps witho...
Pewter
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze candlesticks mounted into lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular ormolu base with protruding rosettes...
Bronze, Ormolu
English Cut Crystal Glass Table Lamp in a Geometric Design with Pleated Shade
Located in Queens, NY
"English Victorian style (possibly Waterford) crystal glass table lamp (originally a candlestick) with two silver metal S-form angled light sockets attached to a weighted stem which ...
Fabric
Pair of 18th Century Italian Hand-Carved and Painted Wood Figurative Table Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian 18th century figurative hand-carved candlestick table lamps. This exquisite pair of table lamps have been fashioned from a pair of 18th century hand-carved figurine...
Metal
pair of French 19th century Empire st. Marble, Ormolu and patinated Bronze hurr
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Marble, Ormolu and patinated Bronze hurricane lamps. This impressive pair of candlesticks mounted into lamps are raised by handsome triangular shaped black Belgian marble bases with ...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage Boho Capiz Shell Lampshades - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
When lit, these shades cast a soft, pearlescent glow that instantly adds warmth and sophisticated texture to a room, making them an ideal upgrade for a pair of ceramic ginger jar lam...
Brass
Louis XVI Ormolu Figural Candlestick Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The standing draped female figure carrying a torch surmounted by a light locket, raised on a circular base with a laurel wreath border above a square plinth. Electrified with silk cu...
Bronze
$450Sale Price|45% Off
Heavy Brass Gimbal Ship Sconce
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nautical, candlestick style wall lamp made to rock on a ship and stay upright.
Brass
Pair of French Empire Green Marble Barbedienne Table Lamps
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Empire style (19th Century) green marble column candlestick lamps with bronze dore trimmed capital and square base (signed F.
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century Grand Tour Italian Bronze Sculpture of Nude Venus Candlestick
Located in Lisse, NL
Elegant and highly stylish candlestick or table lamp. This handcrafted and heavy quality, bronze candle stick or table lamp from the 1890-1910 era is in very good condition.
Bronze
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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