1950s Hand Carved Horse Head Lamp on a Wooden Base
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Single 1950s Intricately Hand Carved Horse Head Lamp on a cylindrical wooden base lamp The perfect equestrian accent Height to Top of Socket Needs Rewiring. .
Wood
Midcentury Chrome Offset Saucer Table Lamp, Laurel Lamp Co., 1970s
Located in Norwalk, CT
An excellent Space Age-inspired chrome table lamp with a cylinder base, offset saucer shade, and fluorescent tube bulb.
Chrome
Sold|$1,471
Midcentury Pine Table Lamp, Sweden, 1960
By Uno Kristiansson
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Transport yourself to the stylish ambiance of the 1960s with this captivating table lamp crafted in Sweden. Embracing the essence of minimalism and clean design, this lamp features a...
Pine
Petite Midcentury Style Column Shape Bone Mosaic Lamps
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of slender cylinder shape lamp base decorated with polished inlaid square bone mosaic paired with Charcoal black Belgium linen lamp shade.
Bone
Pair of Midcentury Vintage Wood Wallpaper Roller Table Lamps
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Stunning pair of wallpaper roller lamps. Wood cylinder with brass base and top. Double lights.
Metal
Pair of Natural Sea Shell Lamps with Linen Shades
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Pair of natural sea shell lamps with linen shades White shells create a cup of rose clusters around the cylinder lamps.
Shell
Midcentury Chrome and Brass Lamp by Robert Sonneman for Kovacs
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a Chrome cylinder lamp on a brass base with a black metal round shade.
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Pair of Clear Rostrato Murano Glass and Brass Lamps, Italy, 2022
Located in New York, NY
Each of the five (5) cylindrical sections of each lamp base was meticulously handblown using the same craftsmanship as the original 1940s version in clear glass with delicately and p...
Brass
Mid Century Table Lamps Enameled Aluminum Metal Milk Glass Italy 1970s Set of 2
Located in Palermo, IT
Each single lamp has a cylinder base in enamelled metal where a milky glass is housed.
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
4 Cylinder Standard Lamp with Marble Base, Italy 1950's.
Located in London, London
Four-cylinder Standing Lamp with Marble Base, Italy 1950`s.
Marble, Metal
Sold|$900
Silver Finish Brutalist Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A cylindrical lamp base in silver-leafed composition.
Composition
Pair of Amazing Table Lamps in Glazed Ceramic, Sweden, circa 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful cylindrical lamp base in glazed ceramic in the tones of green/blue and brown colors.
Ceramic
Sold|$4,000
Floating Orchids Inclusion Resin Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Orchid inclusion lamp, the orchids set inside the pale mauve color translucent resin cylinder lamp base, with custom cabernet colored silk shade, two lights, one in shade, and one in...
Resin, Silk
Sold|$1,600
Floating Orchids Inclusion Resin Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Orchid inclusion lamp, the orchids set inside the pale mauve color translucent resin cylinder lamp base, with custom cabernet colored silk shade, two lights, one in shade, and one in...
Resin, Silk
Sold|$1,600
Floating Orchids Inclusion Resin Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Orchid inclusion lamp, the orchids set inside the pale mauve color translucent resin cylinder lamp base, with custom cabernet colored silk shade, two lights, one in shade, and one in...
Resin, Silk
Impressive Brutalist Sculpted Aluminium Table Lamp, Pia Manu Style, 1960s
By Pia Manu, Juvita Zoc
Located in Woudrichem, NL
The artwork reminds of Pia Manu reliefs and sculptures from the same period. The large cylindric lamp base has a height of 59 cm. The total height from the base to top of the fitti...
Aluminum
Glazed Ceramic Cylindrical Lamp on Base
Located in Stamford, CT
Glazed Ceramic Cylindrical Lamp on Base
Ceramic
A Swelling Cylindrical Ceramic Lamp Base.
Located in New York, NY
The swelling cylindrical body aplied with horizontal bands of colour under a slightly textured glaze.
Scandinavian Modern Cylindrical Brass Lamp with Cutouts on a Tripod Base
Located in New York, NY
The tripod base is black lacquered metal, Is removable and is part of the mechanism which holds the lamp's single standard base socket.
Brass, Steel
Sold|$450
1950s Iron Cylinder Lamp
Located in San Diego, CA
Iron cylinder lamp with tripod base and new linen shade.
Iron
Sold|$995
Lacquered Palm Cylinder Lamp
Located in Montecito, CA
Custom Palm Cylinder Lamp with tete negre raised base; straw lamp shade; double light cluster on swivel. 20th Century
Palmwood, Wood, Straw
Sold|$1,500
Pair of Glass Cylinder Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of glass cylinder lamps with a hollow glass base. Bottom is open.
Sold|$2,500
Patchworked Walnut Table Lamp
Located in Newburgh, NY
Walnut patched on cylinder based table lamp with new fabric shade. Base diameter 6.5".
Walnut
Sold|$975
Leafy Wallaper Roll Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Truly amazing cylindrical lamp with raised leafy motif; base was a roll for printing wallpaper.
Metal
Sold|$150
1970s Chrome Magnetic Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage chrome cylindrical lamp with round magnetic base. Perfect for a desk, bedside table, top of a bookcase or anywhere that needs a little extra accent lighting.
Chrome
Sold|$1,500
Early 20th Century architectural Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Interesting cylindrical industial lamp with decorative base
Sold|$600
Unusual Wood and Cork Lamp
Located in Pasadena, CA
Handsome cylinder cork and wood lamp base constructed in a beautiful swirl pattern.
Wood, Cork
Sold|$850
Large Glass and Lucite Lamp
Located in Southampton, NY
Large crackle glass cylinder lamp with lucite base and collar; crome hardware.
Chrome
Sold|$1,200
Pair of Modeline Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Unique Pair of Modeline Cylinder Table Lamps. Teak & Brass base with Teak Arm Support and Original Shade.
Brass
Sold|$1,990
Pair of Bone Candlestick Lamps
Located in Montecito, CA
Pair of custom deco style bone cylindrical candlestick lamps; stacked columnar base; Mid-Century.
Sold|$850 / set
Pair of Perforated Porcelain Lamps
Located in Pasadena, CA
19" and 6" diameter without the shades Pair of perforated cylinder lamps made from porcelain. The base is made from wood with a design carved out.
Porcelain, Fabric
Sold|$1,753
French Tubus Floor Lamp Tripod, 1960s
Located in Basel, CH
French cylindric shaped tubus floor lamp tripod base from the 1960s with a new cotton lampshade.
Metal
Sold|$350
Floral Hand Painted Large Table Lamp
Located in Armonk, NY
Floral hand painted large table lamp Table lamp with cylindrical base and white shade with green trim.
Ceramic
Sold|$2,250
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Mid-Century modern heavy brass fluted cylinders adapted as lamps on lucite base. (Nickle plated also available.)
Brass
Sold|$1,400
Clear Glass and Chrome Italian Murano Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning freeform murano glass lamp on cylindrical chrome base.
Chrome
Pair of Aluminum and Lucite Table Lamps
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Polished aluminum cylindrical form lamps. Note: Lucite base is 7" in diameter.
Two Tone Glass and Chrome Italian Murano Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning brown and clear Murano glass lamp on cylindrical metal chromed base.
Metal
Sea urchin decorative floor lamp by Curtis Jere
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A decorative brass sea urchin floor lamp with a cylindrical base by Curtis Jere.
Chrome, Brass
Pair of table lamps in ceramic by Emilia Palomba
By Emilia Palomba
Located in Nice, FR
White ceramic cylindrical lamps on wooden based with cloth lampshade.
Wood
Mottled Red Ceramic Lamps by Jacques Blin, Set of 2
By Jacques Blin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Each signed "Blin" to underside. Cylindrical base lamp has overall height 15 in, base has diameter of 3 in.
Ceramic, Silk
Bronze and Cork Table Lamp by Ilonka Karasz, American 1930s
By Ilonka Karasz
Located in Hoboken, NJ
Bronze table lamp with cylindrical cork base by Ilonka Karasz, 1930s. 20" h to top of shade, 17" height to light source, 5" diameter of base. 12"d shade at widest.
Bronze
A pair of gorgeous earthenware lamps from France c. 1890
Located in Houston, TX
The tapered cylinder base begins quite narrowly at the top but flares outward in an elegant line before reaching a shallow dish a quarter of the way down.
Earthenware
Pair of Petite Paneled Glass Shade Lamps by Peill and Putzler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of brass cylindrical base petite table lamps, with rounded and paneled opaque glass shade, with original ball shaped line switch, by Peill and Putzler, German 1960s.
Brass
Pair of Petite Paneled Glass Shade Lamps by Peill and Putzler
By Peill & Putzler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of brass cylindrical base petite table lamps, with rounded and paneled opaque glass shade, with original ball shaped line switch, by Peill and Putzler, German 1960s.
Brass
Ceramic Table Lamp by Soholm Stentoj 1970s, with Vintage Shade Included
By Søholm Stentøj
Located in Brondby, Copenhagen
A beautiful ceramic table lamp with a cylindrical base and short narrowing neck.
Ceramic, Fabric
Kongelys 'King Light' Desk Lamp by Niels Rasmussen Thykier for Fog and Mørup
By Fog & Mørup, Niels Rasmussen Thykier
Located in Middelfart, Fyn
The beautiful conical shade is original Bakelite with finial and shade rim in brass which is matching the circular base and cylindrical base column. The lamp is good vintage conditi...
Brass
Ceramic Table Lamp with Vintage Shade by Einar Johansen for Soholm, 1960s
By Einar Johansen, Søholm Stentøj
Located in Brondby, Copenhagen
A beautiful ceramic table lamp with a cylindrical base and short narrowing neck, all covered a pale brown hare's fur glaze.
Textile, Ceramic
Sold|$3,500
Gino Vistosi 'Comareta' light
Located in London, GB
Glass blown table lamp on a cylindrical metal base.
Vintage Pair of Chrome Cylinder Lamps Each on Marble Base, France circa1975
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Pair of Chrome Cylinder Lamps Each on Marble Base, France c.1975.
Marble, Chrome
Sold|$1,500
Pair of Mid Century Cylinder Table Lamps
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Mid Century Burgundy Ceramic Cylinder shaped Table Lamps. Wooden base. Lamps in original working condition.
Ceramic, Wood
Sold|$3,200
1960s Iconic Fornasetti Table Lamp
By Fornasetti
Located in Paris, FR
Cylindrical shape base floor lamp decorated with a famous iconic theme: "Viso di Donna" Tema e Variazioni.
Brass
Exceptional Cini Boeri Brontes Table Lamp for Artemide, Italy, 1981
By Artemide, Cini Boeri
Located in Woudrichem, NL
The heavy cylindrical metal lamp base supports the pivoting glass lamp shade with diffusing pressed glass reflector with rubber rim.
Hala Zeist White Satin Glass Mushroom Table Lamp, Netherlands, 1970s-1980s
By Hala Zeist
Located in Zagreb, HR
The lamp has a mushroom-shape top design with a cylindrical base.
Blown Glass
Hala Zeist White Satin Glass Mushroom Table Lamp, Netherlands, 1970s-1980s
By Hala Zeist
Located in Zagreb, HR
The lamp has a mushroom-shape top design with a cylindrical base.
Blown Glass
Set of 2 Hala Zeist White Satin Glass Mushroom Lamps, Netherlands 1970s-1980s
By Hala Zeist
Located in Zagreb, HR
The lamps have a mushroom-shape top design with a cylindrical base.
Blown Glass
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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