Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
1920s Italian Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Late 19th Century American Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic
Late 19th Century American Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Directoire Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Tôle
Late 19th Century Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic
Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic, Porcelain
1920s American Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Metal
1920s Danish Arts and Crafts Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century German Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic
Late 19th Century English Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Tôle
Early 20th Century American Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Gold, Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Brass
19th Century British Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century American Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
19th Century Italian Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Pine
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French Directoire Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Tôle
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Bronze
1920s French Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain, Mahogany, Paint
Mid-19th Century French Directoire Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Tôle
1920s Danish Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Empire Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Blown Glass
1880s Italian Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic
Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic, Pottery
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Brass, Wrought Iron, Metal
1850s French French Provincial Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Brass
19th Century American Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Metal
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Metal
19th Century Italian Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Wood
Early 20th Century French Provincial Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain, Wood
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century British British Colonial Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Metal
Mid-19th Century French Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Bronze
Late 19th Century North American Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Ormolu
1920s Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
1880s French Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain, Giltwood
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Opaline Glass
Early 19th Century North American Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Crystal, Brass
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Hand Painted Table Lamp
Brass
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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.
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