Art Deco Art Glass Globe Table Lamp Mounted on Cast Metal Dolphin Base
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
is supported by a highly detailed cast metal base depicting stylized dolphins, resting on a stepped
Metal
Four Light Iron Floor Lamp with Dolphin Base
Located in Miami, FL
Four-light iron floor lamp with inverted bell-form glass shade and dolphin-form base. Traces of
Iron
Pair of Regency Style Dolphin Base Bouilllotte Lamps
By Warren Kessler
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite pair of Regency Style Bouillotte lamps with original silk shades made by Warren Kessler
Fine Patinated Brass Dolphin Table Lamp, with Green Marble Base
Located in London, GB
A fine late 19th century patinated brass dolphin lamp, with wonderful undulating tail, all
Marble, Brass
Pair of 19th Century Bronze Dolphin and Swan Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large and regal pair of late 19th century Bouillotte lamps with dolphin base and swan arms
Bronze, Tôle
Pair of Mid-Century Pink Murano Footed Lamps
By Murano 5, Barovier&Toso
Located in Stamford, CT
. Curvy gold flecked dolphin-footed base. Newly rewired, each lamp takes one standard bulb. There is a
Blown Glass
A Dolphin Base Acanthus Fountain Alabaster Table Lamp
Located in Charleston, SC
A table lamp with a square block base dolphin base stand holding an acanthus leaf fountain with
American Pair-Point Glass Table Lamp with Dolphin Base
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
ducks mounted on a silvered metal base of three dolphins.
Silver
French Single Light Bouillotte Desk or Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Classic Empire style with bronze dolphin base Bouillotte desk or table lamp.
Bronze
$4,468 / item
H 56.11 in W 25.6 in D 19.1 in
Arcate sideboard, in Canaletto walnut by Accardibuccheri Medulum for Medulum
By Mauro Accardi & Silvia Buccheri
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Il settimanale Arcate fa parte di una collezione esclusiva che include comodini e comò, ideata dal rinomato studio milanese Accardi Buccheri per il brand MEDULUM. La scocca, realizza...
Walnut
$1,438Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.63 in W 13.98 in D 5.32 in
Superb Quality Antique Victorian Marble Mantle Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality antique Victorian marble mantle clock having a black marble case with quality bronze figures columns and a plaque circular brass bezel ornate dial with Roman numerals,...
Marble
Tiffany Studios Rare Empire Jewel Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Empire Jewel Table Lamp Important and rare Tiffany Studios New York "Empire Jewel" Table Lamp, Only 2-3 known to exist and well documented in Alastair Duncans Tiffan...
Bronze
$885
H 15 in W 4.75 in D 4.5 in
Art Deco Bronze Patinated Table Lamp with Emeralite Shade, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco Bronze Patinated Lamp with Emeralite Glass Shade, circa 1920, having a flattened spheroid "mushroom" green glass shade, held on three wire arms above a bronze patinated tape...
Metal
Art Deco Austrian Carved & Hollowed Out Exotic Woods Table Lamp C1939
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous hand carved exotic all wood (bese & shade) table lamp from Austrian art Deco era. Shade and base both light up and create a violet blue red rainbow with the hollowed out por...
Brass
Art Deco Spelter Lady Lamp circa 1930s
By Josef Lorenzl
Located in Dereham, GB
Art Deco Spelter Lady Lamp circa 1930s Gold Colour with silver Skirt Standing on Black Marble circular base Recently Re wired & Pat Tested Clear Crackle Glazed Shade Good original c...
Spelter
Vintage Electric Company Meter Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
This is a wonderful piece of suburban folk art and mid-century Americana. It is a vintage 'bench made' table lamp incorporating an actual working electric company meter. When the l...
Brass
Scandinavian Art Deco Table Lamp in Alabaster & Patinated Bronze
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Interesting table light inspired by architectural art deco elements. It features an alabaster shade freely resting on a bronze tri-stand. This light was anonymously made in Scandinav...
Alabaster, Brass
$6,000Sale Price|53% Off
H 7.75 in W 3.5 in D 4 in
Pablo Picasso Womans Magical Head Cubist Chicago Sculpture Maquette Mid-Century
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Hyattsville, MD
“Maquette” (after Pabloe Picasso) Very Old Maquette. Black enamel over different types of metal; steel, copper or brass. Unsigned.
Metal
$2,151
H 16.54 in W 9.45 in D 6.3 in
Antique French Art Deco Chrome Table Lamp With Inlaid Glass Panels
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique French Art Deco Chrome Table or Desk Lamp Inset With Purple Stained Glass Panels & Boom Arm Pivotable Shade - 1930s Has been Pat Tested 2022.
Chrome
Daum Nancy Art Deco Wrought Iron Lamp
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco lamp circa 1925. Wrought iron base with ginkgo biloba decoration, stamped A. Moyens (Marseille ironworker). Glass paste tulip signed Daum Nancy. In perfect condition and ele...
Wrought Iron
Art Deco Glass Shade, Acid Cut, Amber Glass Large Size, after Daum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large cone shaped glass shade in Art Deco design with Acid cut designs made after the French Designer (Daum) has the signature signed in the glass. Can work on floor lamps, and or...
Glass
$675Sale Price|46% Off
H 9 in W 7.5 in D 6.5 in
Art Deco Modernist Chrome Small Table Lamp with Adjustable Shade
By La Maison Desny
Located in Amityville, NY
Art Deco Modernist Chrome Plated Small Table Lamp with Adjustable Shade. Inspired by Modernist designs by makers like La Maison Desny. The banded, cone shaped shade slides along a cu...
Chrome
Danish Functionalist Table Lamp in Brass & Marble Glass by Fog & Mørup
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Art Deco styled desk lamp made by Fog and Mørup in Denmark during the 1940s. It features a patinated brass base and rod. The iconic marbled opaline glass top shade resembles a fried ...
Brass
Brazilian Rosewood Dresser With Bookcase Hutch by Lyby Møbler
By Lyby Mobler
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark Designer: Unknown Manufacturer: Lyby Møbler Era: 1960s Materials: Rosewood Measurements: 35.5? wide x 17? deep x 63? tall Condition: In excellent original con...
Rosewood
$5,791 / item
H 33.86 in W 18.12 in D 18.51 in
Swan chair Model 3320 High Model by Arne Jacobsen & Fritz Hansen, 2015
By Fritz Hansen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Lejre, DK
The Swan, model 3320, designed by the legendary Arne Jacobsen and manufactured by Fritz Hansen, is an iconic piece of mid-century modern furniture. Designed between 1957 and 1958, th...
Aluminum
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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