Pair of Sculptural Driftwood Lamps
$2,200 / set
Pair of Sculptural Driftwood Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Interesting pair of driftwood lamps in great and unusual dark finish. Both lamps are in very good, original, working condition.
$2,200 / set
Pair of Sculptural Driftwood Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Interesting pair of driftwood lamps in great and unusual dark finish. Both lamps are in very good, original, working condition.
Vintage Folk Art Gun Lamp of Wrought Iron and Driftwood
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Folk Art table lamp handmade in the shape of a gun/ rifle using driftwood and wrought iron and having an antique horseshoe mounted as the front sight.
Wrought Iron
Organic Tree Trunk / Root Console Table
By Michael Taylor
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Organic natural shaped cypress tree trunk console table. Glass top shown is 26” deep by 42” wide. Trunk base is 19” deep, 35” wide, 29.5” high. It will hold larger and thicker glass ...
Driftwood
$1,036Sale Price|45% Off
Midcentury Drift Wood Standing Table Lamp
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage freeform sculptural floor table lamp. Popular in beach and cabin homes in the 1950s and 1960s. Measures: 28" W x 20" D x 77" H No shade. Small chip on glass top Table l...
Driftwood
Organic Natural Free Edge Style Hardwood Table Lamp with Original Shade
By George Nakashima
Located in Ferndale, MI
Free edge organic narural form driftwood style table lamp. Brass stem to socket is wrapped in leather. Original shade with wood ribbing included and shipped separately. Lamp to base ...
Driftwood
Hand-Crafted French Iron Panel Table Lamp with Linen Shade
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This newly made table lamp from a vintage painted iron panel is a great way to add tons of character to your interior. Painted white and perfectly patinated, the panel is securely fi...
Iron, Metal
$489Sale Price|30% Off
Vintage cholla wood Table Lamp on Maple Base with Original Shade
Located in Lomita, CA
The midcentury look of this lamp in cholla wood and maple creates a statement lighting moment. The feel is somewhat rustic, as the lamp resembles a tree trunk. From the base to the o...
Driftwood, Wood
$4,976
Console en Bois
Located in London, GB
This sculptural console en bois is a statement wood console table that reads like functional art. Carved with an organic, hand-shaped profile, it features an irregular, elongated top...
Driftwood
Large Rustic Live Edge Plant Stand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This tall tree shelf has been made from repurposed wood with three shelves made of burled wood. This contrast makes for an unusual and attractive take on the typical Asian plant stan...
Driftwood
Vintage Boho Stacked Branch Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bring the serenity of nature indoors with this sculptural vintage stacked wood table lamp. A striking example of Organic Modern design, the lamp features a series of sun-bleached nat...
Metal
$2,750 / set
Vintage Original Postmodern Fish Lamps - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your interior with this exceptional pair of Postmodern sculptural table lamps. Drawing inspiration from organic coastal forms and the abstract geometry of the late 20th centu...
Brass
$650 / set
Pair Of Twig Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair Of Twig Lamps. Rewired with new sockets, cord and plugs. In good working condition. Measures 18.5" to top of socket. Ready to use. Includes new lamp harps.
Wood, Driftwood
Mid Century Organic Rustic Modern Tree Root Lamp
By George Nakashima
Located in St. Louis, MO
Nice vintage tree root or driftwood lamp sculpted by nature with embedded rocks that tree grew around. This comes from the estate of Morton D. May of May Department stores, major art...
Stone
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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