Oxide Moro Ceramic Table Lamp in Glazed Earthenware Clay by Gazar Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Please contact us. Handcrafted ceramic lamp made using traditional pottery techniques. Each Ceramic lamp is wheel-thrown, hand-glazed, and created as a unique sculptural piece.
Clay
$1,032Sale Price|20% Off
Rolf Palm Art Deco Stoneware Table Lamp in green & brown, 1960s.
Located in Bromma, SE
Rolf Palm Elegant, Classic Hand Thrown Mid-Century Stoneware Table Lamp with amazing matte glaze in green and brown.
Stoneware
Set of 2 Stone Blue Glaze Satin Small Mushroom Lamps by Nick Pourfard
Located in Geneve, CH
Designed with the intention of creating a light that is multi-directional within it’s own form and functions without additional hardware. A hand-thrown ceramic lamp that is comprised...
Ceramic
Early 1970s Per Bovin Hand Thrown Perforated Earthenware Plug-in Wall Lamp
By P. Bovin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 1970s Per Bovin Hand Thrown Perforated Earthenware Plug-in Wall Lamp Handmade by Danish ceramic artist Per Bovin on the island of Bornholm in the 1960s.
Ceramic
A Mandarin Orange Glazed Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1969
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown cylinder-form ceramic table lamp having a rich, glossy orange glaze and encircling deeply textured sgraffito decoration.
Ceramic
Yellow Ceramic Lamp with Decorative Elements by Robert Maxwell and New Shade
By Robert Maxwell
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gorgeous hand thrown ceramic lamp with a yellow glaze in from of a vase with tapering neck and flared rim.
Ceramic, Linen
Danish Modern Green Blue Glazed Stoneware Table Lamp, Palshus, Denmark, 1960s
By Palshus, Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Odense, DK
Together they created simple, undecorated pottery, successfully producing hand-thrown vases, bowls, ashtrays, lamp bases, teapots and jugs in series that were distinguished by their...
Stoneware
Scandinavian Modern Stoneware Table Lamp by Palshus & Le Klint, Denmark, 1950s
By Palshus, Le Klint
Located in Odense, DK
Together they created simple, undecorated pottery, successfully producing hand-thrown vases, bowls, ashtrays, lamp bases, teapots and jugs in series that were distinguished by their...
Stoneware
$2,043Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Table Lamps by Marianne Starck for Michael Andersen, Denmark
By Marianne Starck, Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Karis, Nyland
Model no. 6399. Each lamp is hand-thrown and glazed in earthy brown and ochre tones, featuring a subtle relief pattern that gives depth and character to the surface.
Metal
Large Dark Green Blue Glazed Stoneware Table Lamp by Palshus, Denmark, 1960s
By Palshus, Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Odense, DK
Together they created simple, undecorated pottery, successfully producing hand-thrown vases, bowls, ashtrays, lamp bases, teapots and jugs in series that were distinguished by their...
Stoneware
A Mandarin Orange Glazed Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1969
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown cylinder-form ceramic table lamp having a rich, glossy red-orange glaze and encircling deeply textured sgraffito decoration designed in 1969 by Lee Rosen for the 3300 s...
Ceramic
Hand-Thrown Wall Lamp In the Shape #Of A Flower Bucket, Italy 1980s
By Ceramiche Zaccacnini
Located in Hannover, DE
These wall lights are truly one-of-a-kind. They're made with the utmost care and skill, making them a cut above the rest. The design is so appealing, and the basket of flowers create...
Brass
Set of Hand-Thrown and Hand Painted Ceramics by Syco, Sweden, 1950s
By Syco Keramik
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of ceramic vase, bowl and lamp. All hand-thrown and hand painted at Syco, Strömstad Sweden, 1950s.
Ceramic
Ceramic Pendant Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic pendant lamp with a brown and green glaze and four staggered rows of pierced openings.
Ceramic
Ceramic Pendant Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic pendant lamp with a brown and green glaze and four staggered rows of pierced openings.
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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