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Hollywood Regency 1970s Gray Glazed Lattice Ceramic Table Lamp With Lucite Base
Hollywood Regency 1970s Gray Glazed Lattice Ceramic Table Lamp With Lucite Base

Hollywood Regency 1970s Gray Glazed Lattice Ceramic Table Lamp With Lucite Base

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Beautiful Hollywood Regency 1970s gray glazed lattice ceramic table lamp with lucite base. Great addition to your modern interiors and table tops.

Category

Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Lucite

La Borne 20th century design brown ceramic base table lamp signed 1980
La Borne 20th century design brown ceramic base table lamp signed 1980

La Borne 20th century design brown ceramic base table lamp signed 1980

By La Borne Potters

Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR

La Borne Circa 1980 Large ceramic base table lamp signed Not electrified Original perfect condition Height 35 cm Large 13 cm Depth 9 cm

Category

Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

1960's Art Deco Style Glazed Black Ceramic Table Lamp on Lucite Base
1960's Art Deco Style Glazed Black Ceramic Table Lamp on Lucite Base

1960's Art Deco Style Glazed Black Ceramic Table Lamp on Lucite Base

Located in Opa Locka, FL

1960's Art Deco Style Black Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp on Lucite Base. Gorgeous design!

Category

Vintage 1960s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Large Accolay Yellow and Brown Ceramic Base Table Lamp, circa 1950
Midcentury Large Accolay Yellow and Brown Ceramic Base Table Lamp, circa 1950

Midcentury Large Accolay Yellow and Brown Ceramic Base Table Lamp, circa 1950

By Accolay Pottery

Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR

Accolay Original midcentury ceramic base table lamp, circa 1950. Elegant brown and yellow ceramic glazes colors.

Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Very Rare Orange Ceramic Table Lamp Base from Kaiser Leuchten, Germany 1960s ---
Very Rare Orange Ceramic Table Lamp Base from Kaiser Leuchten, Germany 1960s ---

Very Rare Orange Ceramic Table Lamp Base from Kaiser Leuchten, Germany 1960s ---

By Kaiser Leuchten

Located in Nürnberg, Bayern

These ceramic table lamp was designed in the 1960s. We have a total of six table lamp bases from the Kaiser Leuchten Bubble ceramic series from the 1960s. Three large orange ones...

Category

Vintage 1960s German Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Very Rare Orange Ceramic Table Lamp Base from Kaiser Leuchten, Germany 1960s -
Very Rare Orange Ceramic Table Lamp Base from Kaiser Leuchten, Germany 1960s -

Very Rare Orange Ceramic Table Lamp Base from Kaiser Leuchten, Germany 1960s -

By Kaiser Leuchten

Located in Nürnberg, Bayern

These ceramic table lamp was designed in the 1960s. We have a total of six table lamp bases from the Kaiser Leuchten Bubble ceramic series from the 1960s. Three large orange ones...

Category

Vintage 1960s German Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair large Modernist Drip Glazed Ceramic / Iron base Lamps / Fantoni Style
Pair large Modernist Drip Glazed Ceramic / Iron base Lamps / Fantoni Style

Pair large Modernist Drip Glazed Ceramic / Iron base Lamps / Fantoni Style

By Gambone Fantoni

Located in Buffalo, NY

Pair large Modernist Drip Glazed Ceramic / Iron base Lamps / Fantoni Style...I believe these to be made in Italy ?

Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Iron

Mid Century American 1960s Black Ceramic Lamp With Brass and Wood Base
Mid Century American 1960s Black Ceramic Lamp With Brass and Wood Base

Mid Century American 1960s Black Ceramic Lamp With Brass and Wood Base

Located in Buchanan, NY

An American 1960s black ceramic table lamp on a brass and wood base. This modern mid century black ceramic table lamp is a striking and unique piece of vintage lighting.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

70s Table Lamp with Black Ceramic Base and a Silk Covered Lampshade
70s Table Lamp with Black Ceramic Base and a Silk Covered Lampshade

70s Table Lamp with Black Ceramic Base and a Silk Covered Lampshade

Located in Wolfurt, AT

70s table lamp with black ceramic base and a silk covered lampshade with batik pattern.

Category

Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Fabric

Dutch Delft Polychrome Chinoiserie Table Lamp, Tichelaar Makkum, New Silk Shade
Dutch Delft Polychrome Chinoiserie Table Lamp, Tichelaar Makkum, New Silk Shade

Dutch Delft Polychrome Chinoiserie Table Lamp, Tichelaar Makkum, New Silk Shade

By Royal Tichelaar Makkum, Amitābha Studio

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

The hand-painted ceramic lamp base is paired with a new bespoke loose-pleat burnt orange silk shade.

Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Tall Mid-Century Modern Yellow Ochre Ceramic Table Lamp on Wooden Base
Tall Mid-Century Modern Yellow Ochre Ceramic Table Lamp on Wooden Base

Tall Mid-Century Modern Yellow Ochre Ceramic Table Lamp on Wooden Base

Located in Haddonfield, NJ

Thoughtful attention to detail went into the making of this Mid-Century lamp, from its hand-made ceramic body to the solid wooden base.

Category

Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain, Wood, Ceramic

Danish ceramic table lamp from the mid-20th century, white glaze, spherical base
Danish ceramic table lamp from the mid-20th century, white glaze, spherical base

Danish ceramic table lamp from the mid-20th century, white glaze, spherical base

By Søholm Stentøj

Located in København K, 84

This Danish ceramic table lamp from the mid-20th century exemplifies the quiet refinement and material sensitivity characteristic of Scandinavian modernism.

Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Stoneware, Ceramic

Casa Pupo Pink Glazed Fish Scale Ceramic Table Lamp Base, Late 20th Century
Casa Pupo Pink Glazed Fish Scale Ceramic Table Lamp Base, Late 20th Century

Casa Pupo Pink Glazed Fish Scale Ceramic Table Lamp Base, Late 20th Century

By Casa Pupo

Located in London, GB

A pink glazed ceramic table lamp base, attributed to Casa Pupo, of waisted baluster form with a repeating fish scale relief.

Category

Vintage 1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Large Swedish Ceramic Vase / Table Lamp Base by Vicke Lindstrand & Upsala Ekeby
Large Swedish Ceramic Vase / Table Lamp Base by Vicke Lindstrand & Upsala Ekeby

Large Swedish Ceramic Vase / Table Lamp Base by Vicke Lindstrand & Upsala Ekeby

By Upsala Ekeby, Vicke Lindstrand

Located in New York, NY

Large Swedish Mid-Century Modern white ceramic table lamp base / vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand for Upsala Ekeby.

Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Casa Pupo Large Spanish Glazed Ceramic Pineapple Lamp with Gilt Wood Base, 1960s
Casa Pupo Large Spanish Glazed Ceramic Pineapple Lamp with Gilt Wood Base, 1960s

Casa Pupo Large Spanish Glazed Ceramic Pineapple Lamp with Gilt Wood Base, 1960s

By Casa Pupo

Located in London, GB

This Large Mid-Century Spanish Manises Ceramic Pineapple Lamp by Casa Pupo is a definitive example of 1960s Hollywood Regency lighting.

Category

Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Giltwood, Earthenware

Mid-Century American Ceramic Peacock Glazed Table Lamp on Painted Wooden Base
Mid-Century American Ceramic Peacock Glazed Table Lamp on Painted Wooden Base

Mid-Century American Ceramic Peacock Glazed Table Lamp on Painted Wooden Base

Located in Queens, NY

Mid-Century American ceramic table lamp peacock glazed in shades of blue, purple, and green, in tapered ovoid form with a flared, rimmed mouth housing a brass stem with two nonfuncti...

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Mid-Century American Ceramic Orange Lava Glazed Table Lamp on Wood Base
Mid-Century American Ceramic Orange Lava Glazed Table Lamp on Wood Base

Mid-Century American Ceramic Orange Lava Glazed Table Lamp on Wood Base

Located in Queens, NY

Mid-Century American ceramic table lamp in tapered ovoid form, fired in a textured orange glossy lava glaze, narrowing toward the top with a functioning brass light switch socket plu...

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Swedish Modern table lamp with ceramic base by Anna-Lisa Thomson, mid1900s.
Swedish Modern table lamp with ceramic base by Anna-Lisa Thomson, mid1900s.

Swedish Modern table lamp with ceramic base by Anna-Lisa Thomson, mid1900s.

By Anna-Lisa Thomson, Upsala Ekeby

Located in Stockholm, SE

Beautiful earthenware table lamp with white glaze. Designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson for Upsala Ekeby Sweden, mid1900s. Beautiful decor and original shade. Nice patina. Smaller signs of...

Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Earthenware, Ceramic

Mid-Century American Ceramic Brown Egg Form Table Lamp on Brass Base
Mid-Century American Ceramic Brown Egg Form Table Lamp on Brass Base

Mid-Century American Ceramic Brown Egg Form Table Lamp on Brass Base

Located in Queens, NY

Mid-Century American ceramic table lamp in egg-like ovoid form with a pinched tapered neck extending to a fitted brass stem and functioning light switch socket, finished in a semi-gl...

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Refined Italian Sculptural Ceramic Table Lamp on Gilt Base — Early 1970s
Refined Italian Sculptural Ceramic Table Lamp on Gilt Base — Early 1970s

Refined Italian Sculptural Ceramic Table Lamp on Gilt Base — Early 1970s

Located in Oud Beijerland, NL

The lamp is elevated on a polished gold-tone square base, which provides a refined architectural counterbalance to the curvaceous ceramic form.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

La Borne 20th century brown stoneware ceramic base table lamp by Cadet 1960
La Borne 20th century brown stoneware ceramic base table lamp by Cadet 1960

La Borne 20th century brown stoneware ceramic base table lamp by Cadet 1960

By La Borne Potters

Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR

François Cadet - La Borne 20th century design stoneware ceramic base table lamp signed under the base original perfect condition Electrical system will be ok for delivery cerami...

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Danish Art Deco P. Ipsens Enke Table Lamp Green Ball Shaped Ceramic Base, 1940s
Danish Art Deco P. Ipsens Enke Table Lamp Green Ball Shaped Ceramic Base, 1940s

Danish Art Deco P. Ipsens Enke Table Lamp Green Ball Shaped Ceramic Base, 1940s

By P. Ipsens Enke

Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg

Measurements: Height with lamp shade: 34 cm Height with socket: 23.5 cm Height without socket (ceramic base only): 14 cm Diameter base: 14 cm Diameter lamp shade (clip-on shade): 16...

Category

Vintage 1940s Danish Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Fabric

Vintage Mid Century Modern Tall Glazed Pottery Ceramic Table Lamp w/ Walnut Base
Vintage Mid Century Modern Tall Glazed Pottery Ceramic Table Lamp w/ Walnut Base

Vintage Mid Century Modern Tall Glazed Pottery Ceramic Table Lamp w/ Walnut Base

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Vintage Mid Century Modern Tall Glazed Pottery Ceramic Table Lamp with Walnut Base. Circa Mid 20th Century.

Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Walnut

Italian Lamp Base with Pulcinella and Female Nude, Art Deco Ceramic, Ponti Era
Italian Lamp Base with Pulcinella and Female Nude, Art Deco Ceramic, Ponti Era

Italian Lamp Base with Pulcinella and Female Nude, Art Deco Ceramic, Ponti Era

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The ground has an ivory-hued craquelure finish. (Dimensions are for lamp base itself; with the lamp pole, the piece is 17 inches high.)

Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Table Lamp with Crackle Glaze Base and Woven Wool Shade in Plum Tones
Ceramic Table Lamp with Crackle Glaze Base and Woven Wool Shade in Plum Tones

Ceramic Table Lamp with Crackle Glaze Base and Woven Wool Shade in Plum Tones

Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF

A sculptural ceramic table lamp featuring an organic, teardrop-form base with a richly textured crackle glaze, paired with a bold handwoven wool shade in saturated jewel tones.

Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Roger Capron Ceramic Sconce Table Lamp on Metal Base, Vallauris, France 1960’s
Roger Capron Ceramic Sconce Table Lamp on Metal Base, Vallauris, France 1960’s

Roger Capron Ceramic Sconce Table Lamp on Metal Base, Vallauris, France 1960’s

By Roger Capron

Located in New York, NY

A rare "Pajama" decor tube light by French ceramist Roger Capron, together with its metal mount it can be used as a sconce or a table lamp. Rewired.

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Table or Bedside Lamp with Ceramic Base by Ditmar Urbach, 1960s
Mid-Century Table or Bedside Lamp with Ceramic Base by Ditmar Urbach, 1960s

Mid-Century Table or Bedside Lamp with Ceramic Base by Ditmar Urbach, 1960s

By Ditmar Urbach

Located in Praha, CZ

Black, yellow and white little table or bedside lamp made by Ditmar Urbach in former Czechoslovakia in the 1960's. There are some signs of use, all visible in the photos. Bulbs: 1x E14.

Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

1960's Art Deco Style Table Lamp, Gold-Plated Ceramic, Brass and Wood Base
1960's Art Deco Style Table Lamp, Gold-Plated Ceramic, Brass and Wood Base

1960's Art Deco Style Table Lamp, Gold-Plated Ceramic, Brass and Wood Base

Located in North Miami, FL

It has a modern look now and makes a great table or desk lamp. It sits on a thick ebonized wood base. It is gold-plated over ceramic as the body.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Gold Plate

Midcentury Studio Pottery Glazed Lamp Base
Midcentury Studio Pottery Glazed Lamp Base

Midcentury Studio Pottery Glazed Lamp Base

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A striking standalone object or lamp base, offering strong visual texture and character.

Category

Mid-20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Studio Pottery Table Light Base by Soholm Ceramic, Denmark, 1970
Ceramic Studio Pottery Table Light Base by Soholm Ceramic, Denmark, 1970

Ceramic Studio Pottery Table Light Base by Soholm Ceramic, Denmark, 1970

By Soholm Pottery

Located in Kirchlengern, DE

Article: Ceramic table light base Producer: SOHOLM, Denmark Decade: 1970s This original vintage ceramic Pottery light base was designed and produced...

Category

Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Ceramic Studio Pottery Table Light base by SOHOLM  Ceramic Denmark 1970
Ceramic Studio Pottery Table Light base by SOHOLM  Ceramic Denmark 1970

Ceramic Studio Pottery Table Light base by SOHOLM Ceramic Denmark 1970

By Soholm Pottery

Located in Kirchlengern, DE

Article: Ceramic table light base Producer: SOHOLM, Denmark Decade: 1970s This original vintage ceramic Pottery light base was designed and produced by SOHOLM in Denmar...

Category

Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp
Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp

Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp

Located in New York, NY

A single circa 1960's Italian ceramic lamp with gilt base. Measurements: Height of body: 15" Height to shade rest: 26" Diameter: 8"

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Yellow Crackle Glazed Ceramic Vase Made into Table Lamp on Wooden Base, US Wired
Yellow Crackle Glazed Ceramic Vase Made into Table Lamp on Wooden Base, US Wired

Yellow Crackle Glazed Ceramic Vase Made into Table Lamp on Wooden Base, US Wired

Located in Yonkers, NY

A vintage altar vase with yellow crackle finish and flaring neck made into a table lamp wired for the USA on circular base. This vintage altar vase, with its striking yellow crackle ...

Category

20th Century Chinese Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century American Ceramic Fat Lava Style Glazed Cone Table Lamp on Wood Base
Mid-Century American Ceramic Fat Lava Style Glazed Cone Table Lamp on Wood Base

Mid-Century American Ceramic Fat Lava Style Glazed Cone Table Lamp on Wood Base

Located in Queens, NY

Mid-Century American ceramic cone form table lamp tapered toward the top, housing a brass stem with functioning light switch socket, the body bathed in a thick fat lava-style drip gl...

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Table or Floor Lamp, Ceramic Base and Woven Wood Shade, France, 1960
Mid-Century Table or Floor Lamp, Ceramic Base and Woven Wood Shade, France, 1960

Mid-Century Table or Floor Lamp, Ceramic Base and Woven Wood Shade, France, 1960

Located in Herentals, BE

The square white glazed ceramic base has a braided pattern and the original square shade is made of woven wood.

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

"Pinapple" lamp base, Italy, circa 1970
"Pinapple" lamp base, Italy, circa 1970

"Pinapple" lamp base, Italy, circa 1970

Located in Paris, FR

Large ceramic “pineapple” lamp base with metallic and gold glaze.

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Enamel

Vintage Italian Ceramic Lamp
Vintage Italian Ceramic Lamp

Vintage Italian Ceramic Lamp

Located in New York, NY

A circa 1960's Italian ceramic table lamp with brass base. Measurements: Height of body: 12" Height to rest of shade: 20.5" Diameter: 8.75"

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp
Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp

Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp

Located in New York, NY

A single circa 1950's Italian glazed ceramic table lamp with nickel-plated base. Measurements: Height of body: 17” Diameter: 7”.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

90s Pair of Red Ceramic Tear Drop Shaped Table Lamp w/ Acrylic Base
90s Pair of Red Ceramic Tear Drop Shaped Table Lamp w/ Acrylic Base

90s Pair of Red Ceramic Tear Drop Shaped Table Lamp w/ Acrylic Base

Located in Van Nuys, CA

These 90s-style table lamps come in a bright red tear-drop shape made of ceramic. They sit on clear acrylic bases, giving them a modern look. These lamps add a pop of color and style...

Category

1990s Unknown Table Lamps

Materials

Acrylic

Stiffel Ochre Glazed Ceramic Lamps
Stiffel Ochre Glazed Ceramic Lamps

Stiffel Ochre Glazed Ceramic Lamps

By Stiffel

Located in New York, NY

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Ochre glazed ceramic lamps with satin brass disc base and double pull chain sockets.

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Bernard Rooke Brutalist stoneware table lamp base
Bernard Rooke Brutalist stoneware table lamp base

Bernard Rooke Brutalist stoneware table lamp base

By Bernard Rooke

Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB

Brutalist stoneware table lamp base by the renowned British ceramicist Bernard Rooke (born 1938). Rooke is a celebrated figure in the Mid Century Modern and Brutalist movements. His ...

Category

Mid-20th Century British Brutalist Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

1960s Italian Ceramic Aqua Lamp
1960s Italian Ceramic Aqua Lamp

1960s Italian Ceramic Aqua Lamp

Located in Tarrytown, NY

1960s Italian ceramic ,aqua lamp. Wood base.

Category

Vintage 1960s Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Italian Ceramic Table Lamp
Midcentury Italian Ceramic Table Lamp

Midcentury Italian Ceramic Table Lamp

Located in New York, NY

A circa 1960's Italian ceramic table lamp with gilt base. Measurements: Height of body: 17" Width: 6.5"

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Large Blue Ceramic Lamp
Large Blue Ceramic Lamp

Large Blue Ceramic Lamp

Located in New York, NY

A circa 1950's Italian blue ceramic lamp with gilt base. Measurement: Height of body: 18" Height to shade rest: 26" Diameter: 9.75"

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Large Green Ceramic Table Lamp
Large Green Ceramic Table Lamp

Large Green Ceramic Table Lamp

Located in East Hampton, NY

Large green ceramic table lamp with brass base Lamp base: 29.5 " height x 7.0" diameter.

Category

Mid-20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp
Italian Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp

Italian Midcentury Ceramic Table Lamp

Located in New York, NY

Circa 1950's Italian green glazed ceramic table lamp with gilt base. Measurements: Height of body: 12" Height to shade rest: 22" Diameter: 10".

Category

Vintage 1950s Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

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Ceramic Lamp Base For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the ceramic lamp base you’re looking for. Each ceramic lamp base for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, metal and wood. If you’re shopping for a ceramic lamp base, we have 194 options in-stock, while there are 60 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the ceramic lamp base you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right ceramic lamp base, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Hollywood Regency styles are of considerable interest. A well-made ceramic lamp base has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Dalo, Accolay Pottery and Eny Lee Parker are consistently popular.

How Much is a Ceramic Lamp Base?

The average selling price for a ceramic lamp base at 1stDibs is $2,058, while they’re typically $279 on the low end and $9,500 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Table-lamps for You

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.

Questions About Ceramic Lamp Base
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    A lamp base is the lighting element of the lamp which attaches to the lamp body. They are traditionally made up of nickel-plated brass.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The base of a lamp is usually just called the lamp base. Manufacturers and artisans produce lamp bases out of a wide range of materials, including metal, wood, glass and pottery. Find a selection of antique and vintage lamps on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, ceramic table lamps can be painted. In fact, many lamps come with hand-painted finishes. If you choose to paint a lamp yourself, you may need two or more coats of paint to get the results you desire. You'll find a collection of ceramic table lamps on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To paint a ceramic lamp, most experts recommend using an acrylic paint that’s specially formulated for ceramics. However, other paints can work. Consult the paint brand’s website for more information about suitable surfaces. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of vintage and modern ceramic lamps from some of the world’s top sellers.