19th Century French Yellow Glazed Confit Pot Table Lamp with Custom Shade
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring warm Country French character to a bedroom, living room, or console table with this antique French confit pot table lamp from the Périgord region. Crafted circa 1880, the earth...
Earthenware, Pottery
19th C. French Green Glazed Confit Pot Table Lamp with Custom Shade and Finial
Located in Dallas, TX
Standing on a painted wooden base, this distinctive lamp is hard-wired and dressed with a custom shade and decorative finial.
Earthenware, Pottery
French Terracotta Confit Pot Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
French Terracotta Confit Pot Lamp with wood top and two handles. Provenance: From the 50 East 89th Street estate of a 20th century photography collector.
Ceramic
19th Century French Country Yellow Glazed Confit Pot Table Lamp with Shade
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring a Country French look to your house with this elegant confit pot from the Perigord, converted into a table lamp.
Earthenware, Pottery
French Confit Pottery Lamp
Located in Denton, TX
Antique ochre glaze confit pot with modern table lamp conversion. This was originally used to store food in the cellar.
Brass
Pair of Confit Jars Adapted as Lamps
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of French Provincial Glazed Terracotta Yellow Confit Jars with Handles Adapted as Lamps. Jars are 12" high
Pottery
$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
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
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.