Malachite console decorated with stalactites. Contemporary work.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Malachite console decorated with stalactites, in green and gold tones. Work of a contemporary French artist. Dimensions: H 40 x W 143 x D 29 cm The manufacturing time indicated i...
Stone
$3,584Sale Price / set|26% Off
Faience Dinner Service Table with Blue Decoration, France 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Bring timeless French elegance to your table with this exquisite 75-piece antique faience dinnerware set, beautifully adorned with deep cobalt blue hand-painted floral motifs on a wa...
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
1 of the 2 Gray Ceramic Wood Lamps Style Bitossi, Silk Lampshades by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful ceramic and wooden table/ floor lamp by Bitossi. Custom made blue silk lampshade by René Houben. The gray ceramics and the wooden base fit perfectly with the custom made b...
Ceramic
Speckled Multicolor Ceramic Lamp, Custom Deep Teal Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presence. This m...
Ceramic
Large Lilac Ceramic Lamp, Custom Deep Teal Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presence. This l...
Ceramic
Mandalay Light Sculpture by Xavier Le Normand: Minimalist Glass Art
By Xavier Le Normand
Located in Paris, FR
Light sculpture Mandalay is a light sculpture formed of two spheres of blown glass using the overlay technique, which consists of superimposing several layers of glass before cutting...
Blown Glass
$5,565
Nice lamp by Primavera
By Primavera, Atelier Primavera au Printemps
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jolie lampe à émaux vert par Primavera pour les ateliers du printemps Primavera est l’histoire d’une étonnante aventure artistique. Le Printemps est le premier des grands magasins...
Ceramic
$4,400 / set
Pair of Midcentury Turquoise Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1960's French porcelain table lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 12" Height to shade rest: 22" Length: 8 Width: 4".
Porcelain
Mid-Century Rope Globe Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Rope Globe Lamp Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet. H / 7.5 inches.
Metal
Scarce lamp by André Aleth Masson
By André Aleth Masson
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare lampe de André Aleth Masson vers 2000. Ce modèle fut créé en 1970 mais avec un émaillage noir. Elle est signée sous la base.
Ceramic
Crystal Table Lamp "Cyrus" by Marie-Claude Lalique 1970s
By Marie-Claude Lalique
Located in Milano, MI
Lalique Crystal Table Lamp, Model "Cyrus," made by Marie-Claude Lalique in the 1970s. The lamp has slight chipping as shown in the pictures. More information available upon request. ...
Crystal
Pair of Crushed Ice Resin Lamps in the Style of Marie-Claude de Fouquières
By Marie-Claude de Fouquieres
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Very nice table lamps in brass with crushed ice resin disc No shade provided Dimensions given without shade.
Brass
A large 1960s yellow egg lamp attributed with to Maison Charles
By Maison Charles
Located in London, GB
A large 1960s egg lamp attributed to Maison Charles with large yellow resin egg mounted on a gilt and nickel metal pedestal and frond base, with new bespoke green linen shade and pin...
Metal
$2,133Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Antique Opaline Glass Oil Lamps, Depicting Napoleon and Josephine, 1890
Located in Vienna, Austria
These French antique oil lamps are fitted with solid brass bases. Resting on the base are blue opaline glass elements. They are depicted with images of Napoleon and Josephine. The...
Opaline Glass
1950s Lamp Signed Bonfil and Stamped "Création Robert Bonfil"
By Robert Bonfils
Located in Paris, FR
1950s ceramic lamp base representing a woman in a long dress; signed RBonfil and stamped "Creation Robert Bonfil".
Ceramic
Unusual Glass Lamp by Daum
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual, glass block lamp by Daum, France, 1970's.
Glass
Philips Bakelite Desk Lamp, design attributed to Charlotte Perriand, 1950s
By Philips, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Eye-catching 1950s vintage desk light in a light turquoise colour, the design attributed to Charlotte Perriand for Philips. With curved bakelite shade over the neon strip bulb, on a ...
Metal
Mathieu Mategot wrough iron bar cart , circa 1950
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Miami, FL
Mathieu Mategot Wrought Iron Bar Cart , circa 1950
Wrought Iron
Charming and Unusual Display Table, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
This lovely table features a large rectangular display case/ vitrine as the table top, supported by by four barley twist legs with ununsual feet. The table top surround is carved...
Blue glazed stoneware table or stool by Jean Ponsart, 2025.
By Jean Ponsart
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Blue glazed stoneware table or stool by Jean Ponsart. Artist monogram at the base. 2025. Approximatives dimensions : 17.5 x 11.8 x 11.8 inches. - Born in 1992 in Briançon, France, ...
Ceramic
Blue glazed stoneware table or stool by Jean Ponsart, 2025.
By Jean Ponsart
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Blue glazed stoneware table or stool by Jean Ponsart. Artist monogram at the base. 2025. Approximatives dimensions : 17.5 x 11.8 x 11.8 inches. - Born in 1992 in Briançon, France, ...
Ceramic
Blue glazed stoneware table or stool by Jean Ponsart, 2025.
By Jean Ponsart
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Blue glazed stoneware table or stool by Jean Ponsart. Artist monogram at the base. 2025. Approximatives dimensions : 17.5 x 11.8 x 11.8 inches. - Born in 1992 in Briançon, France, ...
Ceramic
Pair of blue glazed stoneware tables or stools by Jean Ponsart, 2025.
By Jean Ponsart
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of blue glazed stoneware stools or tables by Jean Ponsart. Artist monogram at the base. 2025. Approximatives dimensions : 17.5 x 11.8 x 11.8 inches. - Born in 1992 in Brianço...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Wall & Table Mirror in Glazed Ceramic - Blue & White Enamel - 1960s
By Mithé Espelt
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Mid-Century Wall & Table Mirror in Glazed Ceramic - Blue & White Enamel - 1970s Elegant ceramic wall mirror with the enamel technique of "cloissoné", to realize those geomet...
Enamel
New Black and Blue Table Lamp in Wood Marquetry by Aymeric Lefort
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
"Labyrinth" sideboard opening two doors, in marquetry of charm and sycamore, tinted with gradations of blue, ebony of Gabon and bronze filets, discovering a zebrano interior with she...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
New Black and Blue Table Lamp in Wood Marquetry by Aymeric Lefort
By Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
"Labyrinth" sideboard opening two doors, in marquetry of charm and sycamore, tinted with gradations of blue, ebony of Gabon and bronze filets, discovering a zebrano interior with she...
Marble, Brass, 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.
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