Pair of Yellow Ground German Porcelain Vases with Flower and Bird Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A pair of beautiful yellow ground German porcelain vases mounted as lamps hand painted with flowers, bird and insect decorations. Each of these lamps are beautifully hand painted wit...
Porcelain, Wood
Vintage Victorian French Porcelain Column Table Lamps w Painted Flowers - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Victorian Style French Porcelain Column Form German Table Lamps with Hand Painted Flowers attributed to Dresden - a Pair.
Porcelain
Dog-Shaped Perfume Lamp from Carl Scheidig Gräfenthal, Germany, 1930s
By Carl Scheidig
Located in Bochum, NRW
It can be usd in the US with proper light bulb and with a plug adapter. Excellent condition, lamp is in working order. Height 21 cm. Porcelain figurine / air purifier / table lamp.
Porcelain
Table Lamp from Rhenania
By Rhenania
Located in Bastogne, BE
- Vintage table lamp from Rhenania - Made of Porcelain - Circa 1960s.
Porcelain
$1,461 / item
Table Lamp Ingo Maurer Bibibibi
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Alcamo, IT
Model: Bibibibi Designer: Ingo Maurer, 1982 Bibibibi was initially created by Ingo Maurer as a wedding gift for a couple of friends. The lamp combines bright red plastic bird legs w...
Metal
Pair of Pink Porcelain Lamps With Enameled Birds and Flowers
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of European porcelains with bronze fittings wired for lamps. These pink and white porcelain jars are decorated in polychrome enamel with birds and flowers. A custom base an...
Bronze
Ingo Maurer Bibibibi Table Lamp
By Ingo Maurer
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A whimsical table lamp by Ingo Maurer, signed, BiBiBiBi, made in Germany.
Aluminum
$3,670Sale Price / set|35% Off
Pair of Large Meissen Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
An unusual pair of large Meissen table lamps with scroll arms decorated with a blue glaze and gilding throughout. Currently wired for the UK. Please enquire for rewiring services....
Porcelain
Pair Of Meissen Bronze Table Lamps With Motto Children, by MV Acier, 1775-1814
By Meissen Porcelain, Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
With porcelain figures from the original period of origin around 1775: Two electrified bronze lamps with gilding: a profiled pedestal in a triangular shape with beveled corners as a ...
Bronze
Pair of Mid-Century Kaiser Porcelain Urn Lamps with Gilt Swan Handles
By Kaiser
Located in Bruton, GB
An elegant pair of mid-century porcelain urn lamps by Kaiser, West Germany, dating to the mid-20th century. Each lamp features a finely proportioned classical urn form, finished in a...
Ceramic
$844Sale Price|30% Off
Handpainted Art Nouveau table lamp by Großherzoglichen Keramik-Manufaktur, 1930s
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Very rare Handpainted porcelain Art Nouveau table lamp by Großherzoglichen Keramik-Manufaktur Darmstadt', Germany, 1930s Collectors item.
Porcelain, Silk, Paint
Rare Rosenthal Figurine Table Lamp by K.Himmelstoss, circa 1916
By Rosenthal
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
Very rare figurine group “Festreigen” table lamp, designed by Karl Himmelstoss, 1913, executed by Rosenthal, 1916. White porcelain, three dancing graces in long robes on stepped, pr...
Brass
Rare Rosenthal Figurine Table Lamp by K.Himmelstoss, circa 1916
By Rosenthal
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
Very rare figurine group “Festreigen” table lamp, designed by Karl Himmelstoss, 1913, executed by Rosenthal, 1916. White porcelain, three dancing graces in long robes on stepped, pr...
Brass
$706Sale Price|30% Off
Quatre Couleurs Table Lamp from Rosenthal's Studio Line by Bjørn Wiinblad, 1960s
By Bjørn Wiinblad
Located in Hamburg, DE
This rare table lamp Quatre Couleur from Rosenthal's Studio Line product line is from the 1960s and a design by Björn Wiinblad. The cylindrical shape in combination with Rosenthal's ...
Gold Leaf
$1,040Sale Price|20% Off
Pair 1950s /60s Signed Hummel Figurine Table Lamps Boy and Girl Under Apple Tree
By Hummel
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair of Signed Hummel Childrens Room Table Lamps. The boy under the apple tree and the girl under the apple tree. Marked a couple of times.
Porcelain
Ingo Maurer. Lamp model “Bibibibi”. 1980s.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ingo Maurer, par. “Bibibibi” model lamp. Shaft representing red bird legs, with its adjustable diffuser in black lacquered metal ending in a feather. Round colored white porcelain b...
Metal
Berlin Blue and Gold Vase Mounted as Lamp, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
Berlin blue and gold vase mounted as lamp, circa 1820.
Porcelain
$1,960Sale Price|20% Off
Pair of Vienna Style Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Amazing Pair of porcelain vases mounted in gilt bronze and hand painted. In a beautiful and unique colors.
Brass
Table lamp: 'Dancing ladies' sculpture in porcelain by Fraureuth Kunstabteilung
By Porzellanfabrik Fraureuth
Located in Zemst, BE
Porcelain statue of 3 dancing ladies. Mounted as a lamp High quality glazed porcelain Period 1930-1940 Fraureuth Kunstabteiling Germany Signed on the bottom of the piece Height ...
Porcelain
Antique & Large Owl Sculpture Symbol for Wisdom & Learning Table Lamp, Otto Pech
Located in Lisse, NL
Large, good condition and beautifully handcrafted & colored "snowy owl sculpture" by Otto Pech, 1904. This hand-crafted antique owl clearly was well loved by it's previous owners, b...
Brass
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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