Vintage White Industrial Gooseneck Desk lamp
Located in New York, NY
An industrial desk lamp with gooseneck arm with white painted shade and base, complemented by brass adjustable gooseneck. USA, circa 1920. Rewired/restored.
Metal
Vintage O.C. White Desk Lamp
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage O.C. White desk lamp Shade diameter: 6 1/2" Base diameter: 8" Height adjusts from 12" to 19 1/2".
Metal
Space Age Vintage White Black Table Lamp Desk Lamp Targetti, 1970s, Italy
By Targetti Sankey
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage table lamp desk lamp by Targetti 1970s Italy.
Metal
Space Age Vintage White Table Lamp Desk Lamp Gianfranco Frattini, 1970s, Italy
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age vintage white table lamp or desk lamp model Abele from white lacquered metal by Gianfranco Frattini for Luci Milan 1979.
Metal
Dijkstra Table Lamp Vintage Mushroom Desk Lamp White Space Age Light, 1970s
By Dijkstra
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
White Dijkstra table lamp with big mushroom shade. The white acrylic glass shade produces a nice and warm light. The lamp requires one E27/26 (standard) lightbulb and currently has a...
Metal
1930s Art Deco Red and White Vintage Table Desk Lamp
By Donald Deskey
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Red and White Table Lamp Art Deco Lines Industrial 6 d x 8 w x 17 h Unrestored vintage original condition. Review all images.
Metal
Vintage / Retro Danish Desige Desk Lamp with White Lacquered Shade from 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
This desk lamp, with its white lacquered shade and foot, was designed by the renowned Danish company Fog & Mørup in the 1960s. Fog & Mørup was established in 1904 by Ansgar Fog and E...
Metal
Vintage Mid Century Modern White Enamel Metal Arch Desk Lamp w/ Chrome Accents
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern White Enamel Metal Arch Desk Lamp w/ Chrome Accents.
Metal
Vintage Artemide "Sintesi Tavolo" White Desk Lamp by Ernesto Gismondi, 1970's
By Ernesto Gismondi
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
As explicitly visible on the base this is the authentic, Italian-made "Sintesi Tavolo" model designed by Artemide's co-founder, Ernesto Gismondi. Originally introduced in 1975, the S...
Metal
Vintage French Country White Gold Small Genie Lantern Tole Bouillotte Desk Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Country White & Gold Small Genie Lantern Tole Metal Bouillotte Desk Lamp with Shade.
Metal
'Vintage Desk Lamp by Lightolier, White Metal Shade & Brass Arm, 1970s"
By Lightolier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Adjustable white metal shade and white metal base with brass arm, HI-LO dimmer switch on top of the shade, medium base socket.
Brass, Metal, Wire
Vintage Desk Lamp in Steel and Glass by Ecolight
By Ecolight
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Vintage table lamp, ideal for a desk, made of a steel base and an opaline glass shade suspended by a cross bracket. This piece was made by Ecolight Milano in the 1970s, and designed...
Steel
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Gloss White
By Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a glossy white cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form.
Aluminum, Brass
White Tube Desk Lamp by Anders Pehrson for Atelje Lyktan, 1970s
By Ateljé Lyktan
Located in Rødekro, DK
White Tube Desk Lamp by Anders Pehrson for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1970s This iconic White Tube Desk Lamp was designed by renowned Swedish designer Anders Pehrson for Ateljé Lyktan d...
Plastic
Stilux Milano desk or wall lamp in creamy white lacquer with brass details
By Stilux
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Stilux Milano desk or wall lamp in creamy white lacquer with brass details Mid-Century, Moderne Italien, Vintage Rare off-white lacquered desk lamp (adaptable as a wall lamp) in good...
Metal, Brass
Vintage French Empire Federal Style Small Brass Bouillotte Tole Desk Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Federal Style Small Brass Bouillotte Tole Metal Table Lamp with Shade and Eagle Finial. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 20" H (to finial) x 12.5" H (to li...
Metal, Brass
Italian Modern Space Age Desk Lamp by Zonca, White, Adjustable, 1970s
By Zonca
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Italian Modern Space Age White Desk Lamp by Zonca, 1970s This flexible white table desk lamp manufactured from Zonca LTD in the 1970s, captures the essence of space-age design with ...
Metal
White Opaline Glass Vintage Industrial Banker Light Table Desk Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
White opaline glass, cast iron desk light / banker’s lamp 2,5 meter black cotton flex, plug and pull switch Also, available with US/UK plug Weight: 2.70 kg / 6 lb Priced pe...
Iron
Vintage 1970s Space Age, White and Chrome UFO Eyeball Desk Light
Located in Milano, IT
Unique lamp - Collectible Vintage Italian Lighting - 1970's space age lamp Very unique Space Age lamp from the 1970s. Oval-shaped milky glass with a chrome plate on the top, envelo...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Black and White Table Desk or Nightstand Lamp
Located in Weesp, NL
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp – A Masterpiece of Timeless Design Elevate your space with this stunning Mid-Century Modern table lamp, a true icon of vintage design and craftsmanship.
Iron
Modern Tulip Bedside Table Lamp or Desk Lamp by Designline in Beige / Cream
By Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous tulip form table lamp, desk lamp or bedside lamp. It features a cream beige cast aluminum base with mouth blown frosted white glass shade in an acorn form.
Aluminum
Black and White Cylindrical Vintage Desk Lamps 1960s
Located in London, Greater London
A pair of stylish adjustable vintage desk lamps in black and white, manufactured in Italy in the 1960s.
Enamel
Vintage Industrial White Metal Table / Desk Lamp from 1970's
Located in Budapest, HU
Industrial table lamp in black and white color. This table lamp with adjustable lampshade from the 1970s is in a nice preserved condition. White sheet metal shade and pedestal built ...
Metal
Unavailable
H 13.39 in W 4.34 in D 12.6 in
Vintage Italian Memphis Era Desk Lamp in White Perforated Metal, Orientable Arm
By Memphis Group
Located in Milan, IT
This is a cool little desk lamp, dating back to the early Eighties and crafted in white and black metal. The main arm can be tilted and oriented, and the lampshade can be rotated, th...
Metal
Unavailable
H 24.81 in Dm 19.69 in
Vintage "Giada" Large Desk Lamp by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce 'Flos'
By Arteluce, Pier Giuseppe Ramella
Located in Firenze, FI
1980s Arteluce “Giada” table lamp by Pier Giuseppe Ramella. A black lacquered metal base with a beautiful inner blue/purple lighted rim supports two thick frosted glass shells. T...
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 19.69 in W 3.94 in D 11.82 in
Vintage Midcentury Maclamp by Terence Conran Desk Lamp in White
By Sir Terence Conran
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
Vintage Maclamp desk/table lamp in white with much sought-after wooden arms.
Metal
Unavailable
H 20.48 in Dm 7.88 in
Lento, White Table Lamp, Jo Hammerborg, Fog & Mørup, 1967, Stylish Desk Light
By Fog & Mørup, Jo Hammerborg
Located in Frederiksberg, DK
Lento table lamp is designed by Jo Hammerborg for Fog & Mørup in 1967 - this version is from the White Line, produced in 1969 - rare white desk light in very good, near excellent, vi...
Metal
Original, Vintage Industrial O.C. White Table/Desk Mount Lamp
By O.C. White
Located in Oakville, CT
Original, Vintage Industrial O.C. White Table/Desk Mount Lamp.
Metal, Iron
Vintage Industrial, Adjustable O.C. White Desk Table Task Light Lamp
By O.C. White
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial, O.C. White desk table task light lamp.
Metal, Iron
Pair of Vintage O.C. White Adjustable Task Desk Lamps, Lights
By O.C. White
Located in Oakville, CT
Pair of Vintage O.C. white desk lamps Shade diameter measures 6 1/2" Base diameter measures 8" Height adjusts from 12" to 19 1/2"
Metal
Vintage White Luxo Articulating Desk Lamp
By Luxo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage white Luxo desk lamp with a cream base. This design is similar to the Luxo L-1 lamp, which was the inspiration for the iconic Pixar animated short "Luxo Jr."
Metal
Vintage White Folding Pill Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Classic of Mid-Century Modern lighting design, this small lamp unfolds from a whimsical pill shape into a perfect desk lamp.
Metal
Vintage O.C. White Desk Lamp
Located in Oakville, CT
Brass Telescoping Vintage O.C. White Desk Lamp Overall Height Telescopes between 25 1/2" & 32 1/2"
Brass
White Anvia Desk Lamp - Mid Century Table Lamp - Vintage Office Light
By Anvia
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Very rare mid century desk lamp by Anvia. The has a white, metal frame with a black finish on the edge. The shade can be easily adjusted in position, see pictures. The lamp has a bla...
Metal
Vintage White Modern Desk Lamp Attributed to Jacobsen
By Arne Jacobsen
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage white modern desk lamp after Jacobsen. Painted in white.
Aluminum
Vintage White and Black Toucan Folding Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An excellent postmodern white and black folding desk lamp in the form of toucan.
Plastic
Vintage White and Black Toucan Folding Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An excellent postmodern white and black folding desk lamp in the form of toucan.
Plastic
White Luxo Articulating Desk Lamp
By Luxo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage cream/off-white Luxo desk lamp with a matching weighted metal base.
Metal
Sold
H 19.69 in Dm 11.82 in
Vintage Hala Busquet / Hala 144 Table Lamp - White Bauhaus Desk Lamp, 1970s
By Herman Theodoor Jan Anthoin Busquet
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
White bauhaus table lamp classic 'Hala Busquet' or 'Hala 144' designed by Herman Busquet for Hala Zeist. The shade can be moved up and down as well as the tripod, which can move up a...
Metal
Vintage Red, White and Blue Toucan Folding Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An excellent vintage red, white and blue folding desk lamp in the form of toucan.
Plastic
Vintage Industrial Iron Desk Lamp
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vintage Industrial iron desk lamp with white glass shade.
Iron
Vintage Italian Table or Desk Lamp, White Color, Chrome, Brass, 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Italian table or desk lamp, chromed metal, brass, lacquered in shades of white, 1950's Original working wire with standard E27 bulbs. We will provide the plug adapter for use i...
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Vintage O. C. White Desk Lamps w/ Telescopic Arms
Located in Oakville, CT
Pair of Vintage O. C. White Desk Lamps w/ Telescopic Arms.
Metal
Sold
H 31.5 in Dm 7.88 in
Vintage White Architect Desk Lamp With Screw On System By Wechselstrom, Germany
Located in Zohor, SK
This striking vintage desk lamp, also known as an architect lamp, was produced in Germany by Wechselstrom in the 1960s. Retaining its original label on the switch and partially on th...
Aluminum, Steel
Flemming Brylle & Preben Jacobsen, Denmark. Vintage desk lamp, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Flemming Brylle & Preben Jacobsen, Denmark. Vintage desk lamp in smoky and white acrylic glass. 1960s.
Other
White Opaline Vintage Industrial Cast Iron Desk Light
Located in Amsterdam, NL
American goose neck desk light. Flexible arm with Opaline glass shade. Cast iron base. Black cotton wire and plug. Weight: 1.30 kg / 2.9 lb Priced per individual item. All la...
Iron
Vintage Alabaster and Black Wood Sculptural Table, Console or Desk Lamp
Located in North Miami, FL
The sculptural form and entity of this vintage alabaster and black wood table lamp has great forms and shapes. It could be used for a chic desk or console lamp. There is no shade tha...
Alabaster, Brass
Brass Vintage White Opaline Glass Banker Table Desk Light
Located in Amsterdam, NL
White opaline glass, brass desk light / banker's lamp 2,5 meter black cotton flex, plug and switch in shade Available with UK / US plug Weight: 3.00 kg / 6.6 lb Priced per individ...
Brass
White Opaline Glass Vintage Industrial Banker Table Desk Light
Located in Amsterdam, NL
White opaline glass, cast iron desk light / banker’s lamp 2,5 meter black cotton flex, plug and switch in base Also, available with US/UK plug Weight: 2.40 kg / 5.3 lb Priced per ...
Iron
White Metal & Brass Desk Lamp in the style of Carl Aubock
Located in New York, NY
Vintage desk lamp in brass with white metal shade in the style of Carl Aubock.
Brass
Vintage White Tube Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An awesome space age tubular desk lamp that adjusts in just about every direction (even the plastic shade on the bulb rotates so you can throw the light forward or towards you). The ...
Vintage White Tensor Folding Desk Lamp
By Tensor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfect Mid-Century Modern Tensor articulating desk lamp. White metal base, shade, and stem, with on/off switch on the base.
Metal
Vintage White Tensor IL 400 Folding Desk Lamp
By Tensor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfect mid-century modern Tensor IL 400 articulating desk lamp. White textured base and shade, white stem, and switch on the base.
Metal
Vintage Vico Magistretti off White Resin Desk Lamp by Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in New York, NY
A "Telegono" off-white resin desk or table lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Italy, circa 1970.
Resin
Vintage White VEB Leuchten Bauhaus Style Desk Lamp, 1970s
By VEB Leuchten
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Beautiful white/beige VEB Leuchten desk lamp in bauhaus style design. The piece is made out of metal. The lamp requires one E27/26 (standard) lightbulb and currently has an EU plug (...
Metal
Vintage Mid-Century Desk Lamp, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage Italian desk lamp. Black and white design.
Plastic
Sold
H 10 in W 12 in D 7.5 in
Vintage Modernist, Cubist Black & White Desk Lamp, Kaiser Idell, Germany, 1950s
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Rare vintage table lamp by Kaiser Leuchten, 1950s, Germany. This stylish lamp has a sheet metal rectangular shade lacquered dark grey on the outside with an off-white interior. The f...
Metal, Chrome
Sold
H 14.75 in Dm 8 in
1980s Italian Vintage White & Jade Green Murano Glass Brass Desk / Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A one-of-a-kind unusual and delightful pair of lamps, entirely handcrafted in Italy, their size makes them ideal for nightstands in bedrooms or on a desk. The central sphere, in Mura...
Brass
Italian Desk Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian desk lamp with a striped white hand blown Murano glass shade mounted on white metal base, made in Italy, circa 1960s 1 light / E12 or E14 type / max 40W Measures: hei...
Metal
Sold
H 29 in W 27 in D 7 in
Mid Century Italian Modern Desk Lamp or Table Lamp in White & Brass by Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sleek vintage table lamp attributed to Stilnovo circa 1960's. This fully articulating lamp features white enameled shades with brass elements. In amazing vintage condition. Measure...
Brass, Steel
Vintage Midcentury Maclamp by Terence Conran Desk Lamp in White
By Sir Terence Conran
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
Vintage Maclamp desk/table lamp in white with much sought-after wooden arms.
Metal
Sold
H 19.69 in W 3.94 in D 11.82 in
Vintage Terence Conran for Habitat White Maclamp Anglepoise Desk Lamp
By Sir Terence Conran
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A vintage white Maclamp desk/table lamp with wooden arms.
Metal
Sold
H 20 in W 11.25 in D 17.25 in
Vintage White Metal Desk Lamp by Swivelier, Attributed to Bill Scarlett, 1960s
By Swivelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Vintage Mid-Century White Metal Desk Lamp by Bill Scarlett for Swivelier, Circa 1950s/60s.
Metal
Vintage White Tensor Folding Desk Lamp
By Tensor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfect Mid-Century Modern tensor articulating desk lamp. Red textured base and shade, chrome stem, and switch on the base. In excellent vintage condition. Measures: 4” x 8.5” x...
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Murano by Leucos. White + Pink Accents Mushroom Desk Lamp
By Leucos
Located in Firenze, FI
Murano vintage mushroom table/desk lamp by LEUCOS. White opaline glass with light pink glass mass insertions The original sticker (Murano manufacturer number #0048 LEUCOS) is still ...
Murano Glass
Mid Century Desk Lamp, Germany, 1960s
Located in Zagreb, HR
Vintage desk lamp made of white lacquered metal and plastic details Manufactured by German company Seneca in the 1960s/1970s Beautiful and elegant modernist/space-age design ...
Metal
Sold
H 21.26 in W 4.73 in D 8.27 in
AJ Table Lamp, Arne Jacobsen, Louis Poulsen, 1957, the Classic White Desk Light
By Arne Jacobsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Frederiksberg, DK
AJ table lamp - an iconic piece designed by the world renowned architect and designer Arne Jacobsen in 1957, produced by Louis Poulsen - in very good vintage condition!
Steel, Zinc
Sold
H 19.69 in W 3.94 in D 11.82 in
Vintage Midcentury Maclamp Anglepoise Lamp in White Designed by Terence Conran
By Sir Terence Conran
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
Vintage Maclamp desk/table lamp in white with much sought-after wooden arms.
Metal
Sold
H 19.69 in W 3.94 in D 11.82 in
Vintage All Original 1950s White Anglepoise Maclamp Designed by Terence Conran
By Sir Terence Conran
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
Vintage Maclamp desk/table lamp in white with much sought-after wooden arms.
Metal
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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