$480Sale Price|20% Off
H 20.5 in Dm 5.5 in
Antique French Art Nouveau Cut Glass And Silvered Spelter Oil Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunning Antique 19th century French Art Nouveau tall oil lamp having a thumb print cut glass
Spelter, Brass
Martin Brothers Early Stoneware Oil Lamp Base with Butterflies
By Martin Brothers
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Martin Brothers dating from around 1873 when Martin Brothers were founded. The tall oil lamp stands on a
Stoneware
Tall Edwardian Silver Plated Electrified Corinthian Column Oil Lamp
By Maple & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Tall, Edwardian, silver plated, electrified, Corinthian column oil lamp, London, circa 1900, Maple
Crystal, Silver Plate
$1,516Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 40 in Dm 7 in
Pair of Tall French Neoclassical Opaline Oil Lamps, Now Electrified
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Tall French Neoclassical Opaline Oil Lamps, Now Electrified Oil Lamps later 19th century
Metal
$2,000 / set
H 32.5 in Dm 7 in
Tall Pair of Red Murano Glass and Brass Oil Lamp Style Table Lamps, 1940s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
oil lamp style, bowl shaped translucent red Murano glass center with round gold inclusions, brass top
Brass
$2,500 / set
H 40 in W 8 in D 8 in
Antique French Victorian Porcelain German Oil Lamp Convert Table Lamp - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Victorian Hand Painted Porcelain White and Blue Tall German Oil Lamp Converted Table
Brass
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 8 in D 6.25 in
Empire Style Metal Opaline Noire Glass Electrical Converted Oil Lamp
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Empire style tall large oil lamp that was converted to an electrical one. It consists of
Opaline Glass
19th century American Twisted Cranberry Glass Column Lamp
Located in Savannah, GA
This unusually tall antique American glass oil lamp features a tall ruby colored twisted rope
Brass
Tall Neoclassical Electrified Silver Plated Column-Form Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Tall, neoclassical, electrified, column-form oil lamp, England, circa 1880s. Stepped - up square
Silver Plate
Superb Tall Antique Brass Corinthian Column Oil Lamp
Located in Antrim, GB
Superb tall antique brass Corinthian column oil lamp with cranberry ruby glass bowl and etched ruby
Brass
Pair of Tall Cranberry Ruby Glass Peg Oil Lamps
Located in Antrim, GB
Fabulous pair of tall ruby glass peg oil lamps with painted ruby bowls and tulip ruby crackle
Brass
Electrified Art Nouveau Oil Lamp
Located in Bronx, NY
Exceptional tall Art Nouveau electrified oil table lamp, this turn of the century lantern is one of
Brass, Copper
Pair of Argand Lamps
By Messenger and Sons
Located in New York, NY
decorated tall columnar oil lamps stand on tripartite platforms and are made of bronze and polished brass
Brass, Bronze
Sold
H 21.66 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in
Sèvres Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Napoleon III Tall Table Lamp, France, 1880
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant blue of Sèvres Porcelain and gilt bronze, tall authentic table oil lamp richly
Bronze
Sold
H 34.5 in W 8.5 in D 4.75 in
Tall Mutual Sunset Lamp Co. Faux Tortoise Shell Oil Drop Table Lamp. Circa 1960
By Mutual Sunset Lamp Co.
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Mutual Sunset Lamp Co. Tortoise Shell Oil Drop Lacquer Finish Desk Lamp. Featuring a slim
Brass
Sold
H 36 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Tall 19th Century Neoclassical Solid Crystal Converted Oil Lamps ‘Pair’
By Joseph Hinks & Sons
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of electrified former oil lamps in solid crystal columns with bronze, corinthian capitals
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Sold
H 29.75 in W 7 in D 7 in
Tall Pair of Wood Baluster Form Lamps with Oil Drip Lacquered Finish, 1950s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A monumental pair of solid wood, column form table lamps finished in a rich, 'oil dripped' lacquer
Wood
Tall Antique Brass Cranberry Corinthian Column Oil Lamp
Located in Antrim, GB
Superb tall antique brass Corinthian column oil lamp with cranberry ruby glass bowl and etched ruby
Brass
Pair of Lamps made from Oil Lamps
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Pair of tall lamps made from oil lamps, probably in the 1940's.
Ruby Cut Glass Font Oil Lamp, circa 1865
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Tall ruby glass oil lamp on brass column and white marble base with brass collars. The font is cut
Glass
Bronze Art Deco Vase by SVM Handarbete, Sweden, 1930s
By SVM Handarbete 1
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful art deco bronze vase with amazing patina. Made by SVM, Svenska Metallverken AB, Sweden, 1930s. Great condition, with only a few light scratches. Stamped 'HANDARBETE' ...
Bronze
Murano Hand Blown Chartreuse Green Glass Chandelier, in stock
Located in Miami, FL
Murano hand blown studio glass chandelier, in stock All different shaped chartreuse green discs with white details, rigadin technique Brass plated structure with 24 exposed brass reg...
Brass
Maximalism: Bold, Bedazzled, Gold, and Tasseled Interiors
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
A decadent and extravagant celebration of interior style, featuring more than 220 maximalist residential interiors, from the 1600s to the present day This unique visual collection c...
Paper
Pair of Art Nouveau wall lights
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of Art Nouveau gilt bronze wall lights, circa 1900. Tulip-shaped in opalescent uraline glass. The gilding has been redone. Electrified and in perfect condition. Total height: 2...
Bronze
$116,860
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Wrought Iron
Bespoke Handmade Belgian Linen Sofa
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Introducing the home collection. An iconic, unobtrusive design. A small selection of timeless Flemish designs made by hand for us in a small third generation workshop in Belgium....
Linen
$1,900
H 3 in W 3 in D 3 in
Tiffany & Co. by Concord Sterling Silver Art Deco Hand Hammered 8 Day Clock 1930
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Concord for Tiffany & Co. STYLE / REFERENCE: Hand Hammered / Art Deco 8 Day Travel Clock METAL / MATERIAL: Sterling Silver CIRCA / YEAR: 1930's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: ...
Sterling Silver
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 3.55 in W 3.15 in D 0.63 in
Art Deco Leather and Sterling Silver Cigarette / Cigar Case
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Exquisite leather cigar case with sterling silver collar. Expands for differing lengths of small cigar or cigarettes. Made in the U.K. in the 1900-1920´s. It has the stamp of the re...
Sterling Silver
French Walnut and Bronze Vanity with Candelabra Arms
Located in Miami, FL
A fine French Louis XVI style dressing table with bronze decorations, having a kidney-shaped top with a gilt bronze frame and a superstructure supporting an oval mirror flanked by gi...
Bronze
“The Paris Salons”, 1895-1914 Furniture ‘Book’
Located in Montelabbate, PU
This is the third in a multi-volume collection providing a visual catalogue record of the decorative arts of the Paris Salons. Included in this volume are reproductions of the catalo...
Paper
$75,000
H 74.13 in W 122 in D 0.75 in
Early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel Eight-Panel Screen with Palace Attendants
Located in Miami, FL
Early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel Eight-Panel Screen — Provenance: Perret Vibert, Paris Early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel Eight-Panel Screen with Palace Attendants and Schola...
Paint, Wood
Swedish 18th Century Louis XVI Style Painted Daybed
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An impressive, elongated Swedish 18th century daybed perfect for bedrooms or living spaces as the arms of this daybed are symmetrical in height, carved with iconic Louis XVI style mo...
Velvet, Wood
$11,000 / set
H 34.5 in W 37.25 in D 19 in
Swedish Neoclassical Style, Giltwood, Marble, Console Tables, Sweden, 20th c.
By Maison Jansen
Located in Manhasset, NY
Swedish Neoclassical Style, Giltwood, Marble, Console Tables, Sweden, 20th c. Pair of elegant gilt and parcel-painted console tables featuring ebonized twisted column legs with gilt...
Marble
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
French 19th Century Oak Louis XVI Style Bergere & Ottoman
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A sophisticated set that includes an oak bergere chair and matching ottoman, from 19th century France. Fluted legs, indicative of the Louis XVI style, support each broad cushioned pi...
Fabric, Wood, Oak
French Empire Mahogany Queen Bed
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire-style (19/20th Century) mahogany queen size bed with gilt bronze trim and upholstered panel on headboard (includes: headboard, footboard, rails).
Gold Leaf, 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.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.
Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.
Patrizio Chiarparini of Brooklyn’s Duplex gallery sheds light on the lasting legacy of Italy’s postwar furniture boom.