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Pair Molded Glass and Gilt Bronze Tables Lamps
Pair Molded Glass and Gilt Bronze Tables Lamps

Pair Molded Glass and Gilt Bronze Tables Lamps

By Mutual Sunset Lamp Co.

Located in New York, NY

Pair of antique table lamps from the Mutual Sunset Lamp Company, of urn form, crafted from molded glass with foliate gilt bronze handles and pedestals.

Category

Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Neoclassic Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp
Neoclassic Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp

Neoclassic Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp

Located in New York, NY

A circa 1920's English gilt bronze floor lamp. Measurements: Height of body: 58" Height to Shade Rest: 68"

Category

Vintage 1920s English Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Patinated Bronze Lamp Modelled as a Putto
French Patinated Bronze Lamp Modelled as a Putto

French Patinated Bronze Lamp Modelled as a Putto

Located in London, GB

He holds a gilt bronze lamp, which is topped by the lighting apparatus.

Category

Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Gothic Revival Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp
Gothic Revival Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp

Gothic Revival Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp

Located in Astoria, NY

Gothic Revival Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp, the column body on three stepped scroll form feet. 63" H x 15.75" W x 13.5" D.

Category

20th Century Gothic Revival Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Gilt Bronze Neoclassic Floor Lamp
French Gilt Bronze Neoclassic Floor Lamp

French Gilt Bronze Neoclassic Floor Lamp

Located in New York, NY

A circa 1930's French gilt bronze floor lamp. Measurements: Height of body: 58″

Category

Vintage 1930s French Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp

Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp

Located in Norwood, NJ

Vintage gilt bronze and tole 2-light bouillotte lamp. Round bronze base and oval gilt and painted tole adjustable shade with two arm candle lights and wreath finial.

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Austrian Gilt Bronze Cut Crystal Lamp
Austrian Gilt Bronze Cut Crystal Lamp

Austrian Gilt Bronze Cut Crystal Lamp

Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL

This is an elegant Austrian gilt bronze mounted cut crystal table lamp situated on an octagonal ebonized wooden base, 20th century.

Category

20th Century Austrian Other Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Moderne Gilt Bronze Table Lamps
Moderne Gilt Bronze Table Lamps

Moderne Gilt Bronze Table Lamps

Located in New York, NY

Pair of 1940s Italian gilt bronze table lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 19.5" Height to shade rest: 28.5".

Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Empire Style Gilt Bronze Table Lamp
Empire Style Gilt Bronze Table Lamp

Empire Style Gilt Bronze Table Lamp

$2,240Sale Price|20% Off

Empire Style Gilt Bronze Table Lamp

Located in Dallas, TX

Empire style table lamp, having three candles arms each fitted with a socket and a glass hurricane, electrified with 3-6" wax candle covers. With an on/off switch.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Gilt Bronze Standing Floor Lamps
Pair of Gilt Bronze Standing Floor Lamps

Pair of Gilt Bronze Standing Floor Lamps

Located in London, GB

Each floor lamp in this pair is constructed from gilt bronze and designed in a neoclassical manner to imitate the appearance of a Corinthian column.

Category

Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Gilt Bronze Candelabrum Lamp
Gilt Bronze Candelabrum Lamp

Gilt Bronze Candelabrum Lamp

Located in New York, NY

A French gilt bronze Empire style candelabrum lamp. Rewired.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Ormolu

Pair Cherub Figurative Gilt Bronze Table Lamps
Pair Cherub Figurative Gilt Bronze Table Lamps

Pair Cherub Figurative Gilt Bronze Table Lamps

Located in New York, NY

Pair of antique (late 19th to early 20th century gilt bronze figures of putti supporting octagonal shape frosted glass shades, mounted on wooden plinths. Each 25.75 inches tall and ...

Category

Antique 19th Century Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Gilt Bronze Desk Lamp
French Gilt Bronze Desk Lamp

French Gilt Bronze Desk Lamp

Located in New York, NY

A circa 1930's French desk lamp with tole shades. Measurements: Height: 23" Diameter: 13”.

Category

Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Bronze Baccarat Louis XVI Style Lamp
Gilt Bronze Baccarat Louis XVI Style Lamp

Gilt Bronze Baccarat Louis XVI Style Lamp

By Baccarat

Located in Norwood, NJ

Unusual and fine quality gilt bronze and Baccarat antique Louis XVI style lamp.

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

20th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp
20th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp

20th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp

Located in IT

20th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp This elegant table lamp model buillotte was made in France towards the beginning of the twentieth century, of classic taste with deco...

Category

Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Marble Lamps
Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Marble Lamps

Pair of Gilt Bronze Mounted Marble Lamps

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Very important pair of gilt bronze mounted Vert des Alpes marble urns, now fitted as lamps in the Louis XVI taste, on socle plinths with square bases.

Category

Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Malachite Column Lamp
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Malachite Column Lamp

Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Malachite Column Lamp

Located in New York, NY

Napoleon III gilt bronze malachite column lamp. Gilt bronze column lamp in a richly decorative form popularized during the 1860s-1870s in France.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps

Materials

Malachite, Bronze

Lamp in Lucite and Gilt Bronze, 1940s
Lamp in Lucite and Gilt Bronze, 1940s

Lamp in Lucite and Gilt Bronze, 1940s

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Lamp in Lucite and gilt bronze. Shaft composed of three Lucite tubes holding on the top and bottom by gilt bronze rings and a central gilt bronze stick.

Category

Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, French, 19th Century
Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, French, 19th Century

Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, French, 19th Century

Located in San Francisco, CA

An extraordinary bronze bouillotte table lamp with original gilding and exquisite detail, having a green painted tin shade. Fine quality casting and hand cut open work in the tray. N...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
French Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp

French Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp

Located in Bradenton, FL

Heavy 19th century French Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Two Candelabra Lamp with Black Tole Shade.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Gilt-Bronze Table Lamp by Maison Bagues
Gilt-Bronze Table Lamp by Maison Bagues

Gilt-Bronze Table Lamp by Maison Bagues

By Maison Baguès

Located in Pembroke, MA

A beautiful gilt-bronze table lamp with acanthus details by the renowned French manufacturer, Maison Baguès, with a custom-made pleated silk shade.

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Bronze Urn-Form Table Lamp
Gilt Bronze Urn-Form Table Lamp

Gilt Bronze Urn-Form Table Lamp

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A gilt bronze urn-form table lamp, after the antique, a gilt bronze urn-form table lamp.

Category

20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Lamp Nautilus in Gilt Bronze, 1970s
Lamp Nautilus in Gilt Bronze, 1970s

Lamp Nautilus in Gilt Bronze, 1970s

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Lamp in gilt bronze representing a Nautilus. French work realized in the 1970s. !

Category

Vintage 1970s French Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Patinated Steel and Gilt bronze Floor Lamp
Patinated Steel and Gilt bronze Floor Lamp

Patinated Steel and Gilt bronze Floor Lamp

Located in Montreal, QC

Patinated steel and gilt bronze floor lamp fitted with a silk shade, base underside bearing a label: Henry Morgan & co, Limited Montreal.

Category

Vintage 1920s American Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Bronze Tripod Floor Lamp by Maison Ramsay
Gilt Bronze Tripod Floor Lamp by Maison Ramsay

Gilt Bronze Tripod Floor Lamp by Maison Ramsay

By Maison Ramsay

Located in Brussels, BE

Gilt bronze tripod floor lamp by Maison Ramsay, circa 1940.

Category

Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Bronze and Painted Toletable Lamps
Gilt Bronze and Painted Toletable Lamps

Gilt Bronze and Painted Toletable Lamps

Located in New York, NY

Pair of late 1920s painted metal and gilt lamps with masks depicted on the body, original patina. Measurements:

Category

Early 20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Antique French Marble and Gilt Bronze Table Lamp
Antique French Marble and Gilt Bronze Table Lamp

Antique French Marble and Gilt Bronze Table Lamp

Located in London, GB

A beautiful antique French marble and gilt bronze table lamp. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1890-1910 period.

Category

Antique 1890s French Louis XV Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Gilt Bronze Candlestick Lamps, a Pair
Gilt Bronze Candlestick Lamps, a Pair

Gilt Bronze Candlestick Lamps, a Pair

$438Sale Price / set|55% Off

Gilt Bronze Candlestick Lamps, a Pair

Located in Malibu, CA

Gilt brass candlestick lamps have been rewired using the original switch on the base. They have a fluted design on the candlesticks. The lamps rest on oval bases. They can be used w...

Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp
19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp

19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp

Located in LA CIOTAT, FR

A very stylish 19th century Empire style 'Bouillotte' table lamp in gilt bronze, lit by three curvaceous 'swans head' arms and topped with a green lacquered metal (tole) shade adorne...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Antique Victorian Gilt Bronze Table Lamps
Pair of Antique Victorian Gilt Bronze Table Lamps

Pair of Antique Victorian Gilt Bronze Table Lamps

Located in London, GB

An absolutely stunning pair of antique Victorian gilt bronze table lamps. They were made in England, they date from around the 1880-1900 period.

Category

Antique 1880s British Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp
French Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp

French Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp

Located in Charleston, SC

French gilt bronze two light floor lamp with scrolled twisted shaft, connecting to lower floral bulbous urn, and terminating on tripod floral claw base with decorative figure.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Floor Lamps

Exquisite Pair of Gilt Bronze and Marble Lamps
Exquisite Pair of Gilt Bronze and Marble Lamps

Exquisite Pair of Gilt Bronze and Marble Lamps

Located in Atlanta, GA

Exquisite pair of gilt bronze and marble lamps depicting Bacchus masks, garlands with grapes and leaves supported by three feet ending on hooves, on the bottom a marble plinth raised...

Category

Antique 1880s French Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Lamp in Turquoise Opaline and Gilt Bronze, 1970s
Lamp in Turquoise Opaline and Gilt Bronze, 1970s

Lamp in Turquoise Opaline and Gilt Bronze, 1970s

By Maison Charles

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Lamp in turquoise opaline and gilt bronze with an egg shape shaft topped by reeds leaves and finished by acanthus leaves.

Category

Vintage 1970s European Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Bronze Table Lamp in the Rococo Style
Gilt Bronze Table Lamp in the Rococo Style

Gilt Bronze Table Lamp in the Rococo Style

By Claude Michel Clodion

Located in London, GB

Gilt bronze table lamp in the Rococo style French, late 19th century With shade: Height 65cm, diameter 55cm Without shade: Height 49cm, width 25cm, depth 17cm This wonderful Ro...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Table Lamps

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

A Gilt Bronze and Scagliola Table Lamp
A Gilt Bronze and Scagliola Table Lamp

A Gilt Bronze and Scagliola Table Lamp

Located in Tetbury, England

A fine gilt bronze and steel column lamp set on a scagliola triform base.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze, Steel

A 19th Century Bronzed and Gilt Column Table Lamp
A 19th Century Bronzed and Gilt Column Table Lamp

A 19th Century Bronzed and Gilt Column Table Lamp

Located in Tetbury, England

A large bronzed and gilt brass column table lamp. Exceptional colour, quality and originality.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Magnificent lamps in gilt bronze louis XVI  style
Magnificent lamps in gilt bronze louis XVI  style

Magnificent lamps in gilt bronze louis XVI style

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Louis XVI style lamps two lights in bronze called bouyotte lamps with its lampshade in painted sheet metal ,bordeaux color. The lampshade can be adjusted to the desired height the b...

Category

Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Torchiere Floor Lamp
Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Torchiere Floor Lamp

Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Torchiere Floor Lamp

Located in New York, NY

Antique (19th century) porcelain and bronze torchiere with 16 electrified candle arms, modified with later bronze stem and circular glass table surface. 67.5 inches in total height....

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Empire Style Crystal and Gilt Bronze Urn Lamp
Empire Style Crystal and Gilt Bronze Urn Lamp

Empire Style Crystal and Gilt Bronze Urn Lamp

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

A twin handled Empire urn in gilded bronze, the two arms decorated with medusa heads, and classical heads below. Gilt grape leaves encircle the ovoid body. The urn sits on a decorate...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

19TH century gilt and paginated bronze lamps
19TH century gilt and paginated bronze lamps

19TH century gilt and paginated bronze lamps

Located in Augusta, GA

Pair Louis Philipe candelabra wired as lamps with women figurative faces

Category

Antique 1840s French Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Gilt Bronze and Alabaster Table Lamp
French Gilt Bronze and Alabaster Table Lamp

French Gilt Bronze and Alabaster Table Lamp

Located in Plainview, NY

A French gilt bronze and alabaster table lamp This elegant alabaster table lamp features a quality and detailed craft on the bronze.

Category

Vintage 1970s Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Pair of English Regency Gilt Bronze Sphinx Table Lamps
Pair of English Regency Gilt Bronze Sphinx Table Lamps

Pair of English Regency Gilt Bronze Sphinx Table Lamps

Located in Queens, NY

Pair of English Regency style (19th Century) gilt bronze Aladdin style table lamps with sphinx on 3 legs (PRICED AS Pair).

Category

Antique 19th Century English Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

19th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp
19th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp

19th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp

Located in IT

19th Century, French Gilt Bronze Buillotte Lamp This elegant table lamp model buillotte was made in France in the early nineteenth century, classic taste with decorative elements Em...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Gilt Bronze table Lamp with Ram Heads
19th Century Gilt Bronze table Lamp with Ram Heads

19th Century Gilt Bronze table Lamp with Ram Heads

Located in NICE, FR

An ornate 19th century gilt bronze table lamp featuring adorned with ram's head motifs including floral patterns.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Lamps
Pair of 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Lamps

Pair of 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Lamps

Located in Greenwich, CT

Fine pair of French 19th Century patinated and gilt bronze candlesticks, now as lamps, having acanthus and lotus leaf cast details and having three scroll detailed supports and stand...

Category

Antique 1830s French Charles X Table Lamps

Materials

Gold, Bronze

Pair 19th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze Candelabra Lamps
Pair 19th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze Candelabra Lamps

Pair 19th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze Candelabra Lamps

Located in New York, NY

pair of 19th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze Candelabra Lamps in Charles X style, later electrified in the late 19th to early 20th century, with candelabra size sockets and circul...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Restauration Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Neoclassical Glass And Gilt Bronze Table Lamp, 20th Century
Neoclassical Glass And Gilt Bronze Table Lamp, 20th Century

Neoclassical Glass And Gilt Bronze Table Lamp, 20th Century

Located in Lisbon, PT

Crafted from ribbed clear crystal glass and adorned with gilt bronze detailing. The generously proportioned form features a tiered dome shade and matching baluster base, both encase...

Category

20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Bronze

French Gilt Bronze and Onyx Table Lamp
French Gilt Bronze and Onyx Table Lamp

French Gilt Bronze and Onyx Table Lamp

Located in Lambertville, NJ

French gilt bronze and onyx table lamp. 23 1/4" tall to the top of sockets.

Category

Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
French 19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp

French 19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp

Located in Berlin, DE

French 19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte lamp A 19th century Louis XVI style bouillotte lamp in green toleware and gilt bronze, with a circular stem supporting three s...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Bronze

A very fine pair of French gilt bronze mounted lamps
A very fine pair of French gilt bronze mounted lamps

A very fine pair of French gilt bronze mounted lamps

Located in Dallas, TX

A very fine pair of 19th century gilt bronze French candelabram lamps with cherubs faces on the sides .

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Empire Bronze & Mercury-Gilt Column Lamps
Pair of Empire Bronze & Mercury-Gilt Column Lamps

Pair of Empire Bronze & Mercury-Gilt Column Lamps

Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire

French, Empire / Charles X period, circa 1825 A handsome pair of table lamps, each modelled as a fluted column in dark patinated bronze rising to a finely cast Corinthian capital in...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

A fine pair of 19th century classical bronze and gilt bronze urn lamps
A fine pair of 19th century classical bronze and gilt bronze urn lamps

A fine pair of 19th century classical bronze and gilt bronze urn lamps

Located in Dallas, TX

A fine a pair of French 19th century bronze and gilt bronze urn lamps . Fine casting .

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Classical Roman Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Russian Empire Gilt Bronze Figural Candelabra Lamp
19th Century Russian Empire Gilt Bronze Figural Candelabra Lamp

19th Century Russian Empire Gilt Bronze Figural Candelabra Lamp

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

A pair of identical candelabra but with the figure in patinated bronze rather than gilt bronze were presented at auction in n Denmark by Bruun Rasmussen Bregade on ?

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Russian Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Fine Pair of French Patinated Bronze and Gilt Bronze Cherub Candelabra Lamps
Fine Pair of French Patinated Bronze and Gilt Bronze Cherub Candelabra Lamps

Fine Pair of French Patinated Bronze and Gilt Bronze Cherub Candelabra Lamps

Located in Dallas, TX

A fine pair of 19th century French Clodion style patinated bronze cherub candelabra lamps with gilt bronze details and rouge marble bases.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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Gilt Bronze Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the gilt bronze lamp you’re looking for. A gilt bronze lamp — often made from metal, bronze and stone — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a gilt bronze lamp, we have 3506 options in-stock, while there are 50 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a gilt bronze lamp — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A gilt bronze lamp, designed in the Louis XVI, Empire or neoclassical style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made gilt bronze lamp has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Tiffany Studios, Edward F. Caldwell & Co. and Fondica are consistently popular.

How Much is a Gilt Bronze Lamp?

Prices for a gilt bronze lamp start at $1 and top out at $502,615 with the average selling for $3,800.

Finding the Right Table-lamps for You

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.