Two White Ceramic Vase Lamps
Sold|$1,900 / item
Two White Ceramic Vase Lamps
Located in Chireno, TX
Two white ceramic vase lamps, hand-thrown ceramic vases newly wired as custom table lamps.
Mid-20th Century Asian Modern Table Lamps
Linen, Ceramic
Sold|$1,900 / item
Two White Ceramic Vase Lamps
Located in Chireno, TX
Two white ceramic vase lamps, hand-thrown ceramic vases newly wired as custom table lamps.
Linen, Ceramic
Italian Pottery Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown table lamp in a rich yellow glaze decorated with a whimsical encircling foliage.
Brass
Italian Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A graphic, well-scaled and expressive hand-thrown table lamp having delineated segments richly glazed in olive, cerulean and mocha hues.
Brass
Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Pair of hand thrown Italian ceramic table lamps in a rich orange and yellow glaze, circa 1960s.
Ceramic
Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant hand-thrown baluster form lamp having an alternating surface of mocha unglazed ceramic and a rich cream/grey volcanic glaze.
Brass
Sold|$2,800
Petite Ceramic Lamps
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Great pair of hand-thrown pottery lamps with textured carmel brown and cream stripe surface.
Ceramic
Pottery Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An expressive hand-thrown ceramic table lamp having a rich and variegated burnt umber glaze punctuated with parallel rows of raised and incised circular red-to-orange buttons.
Brass
Sold|$1,600
Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hand thrown ceramic table lamp consisting of different variations of brown and grey green.
Ceramic, Wood
Sold|$7,500
Artisan Italian Ceramic Floor Lamp 1950s
By San Polo
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Large hand-thrown ceramic floor lamp with organic multicolor glazes and sgraffito design with bronze base and hardware by Ceramiche San Polo, Venice Italy, 1950’s (Signed San Polo Ve...
Bronze
Check-pattern Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic table lamp with a brown and white check-pattern.
Brass
Green Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic table lamp with a green glaze and four linear embossed stripes.
Brass
White Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown baluster-form ceramic lamp in a rich cream glaze with rhythmic sgraffito decoration.
Brass
Handcrafted Turkish Terracotta Table Lamp, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A vintage Turkish terracotta table lamp, hand-thrown in the 20th century using traditional Anatolian pottery techniques.
Clay
Sold|$14,500
Ceramic Lamp by Accolay
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A large hand thrown amorphic ceramic table lamp with a brown-streaked graphite glaze, and the original torch pierced steel shade, Accolay, France
Mustard Glazed Ceramic Lamps
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic table lamp in the form of a jug with handle.
Brass
Sold|$5,500 / set
Rare Raymor Table Lamps
By Raymor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare hand thrown, ceramic table lamps designed by Raymor in Italy, circa 1950s.
Ceramic
Sold|$3,600
Italian Ceramic Table Lamp
By Raymor
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic wide bottle-form lamp in a striking and unusual glaze pattern: Umber and earth-toned swirls sandwich a wide swath of apple red.
Brass
Table Lamp By Gambone
By Guido Gambone
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown striated table lamp by Guido Gambone with alternating brown and cream bands of rich volcanic glaze.
Brass
Table Lamps By Gambone
By Bruno Gambone
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A signed and good pair of organically-shaped bottle-form hand-thrown ceramic table lamps by Bruno Gambone having a rustic rich cream-to-earth glaze and painted line decoration.
Brass
Sold|$725
Studio Crafted Pottery Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
Bulbous form black satin hand thrown and hand brushed ceramic lamp. Chic and modern for any room setting.
Sold|$3,500
Guido Gambone Table Lamp
By Guido Gambone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hand-thrown and glazed ceramic lamp divided into 6 sections by a slight ridge that forms a frame around each image.
Brass
Handcrafted Rustic Turkish Terracotta Table Lamp, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A vintage Turkish terracotta table lamp, hand-thrown in the 20th century using traditional Anatolian techniques.
Earthenware
Sold|$2,200 / set
Pair of Studio Pottery Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1970s hand thrown California studio pottery lamps. The lamps are slightly different as they are hand thrown but the Geometric pattern is identical.
Large Italian Pottery Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A large hand thrown ceramic table lamp with a white crackle glaze.
Brass
Tall Ceramic Lamp by Bistossi
By Guido Gambone
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A tall hand thrown ceramic table lamp with yellow glaze.
Brass
Blue And Gold Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic table lamp with a blue glaze and a repeating metallic gold pattern
Brass
Table Lamp by Lee Rosen
By Lee Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown ceramic table lamp with a matte "hare's fur" yellow brown glaze.
Brass
Ceramic Table Lamp By Bitossi
By Bitossi
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic table lamp in a 'keyhole' shape with yellow glaze and an etched repeating tread.
Brass
Sold|$4,800
Golden Gourd Form Table lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown ceramic table lamp with a yellow salt glaze, on a four-legged wrought iron base.
Table Lamp By Design Technics
By Design Techniques, Leah Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A beautiful hand-thrown baluster-form table lamp in ceramic having an expressive blue-to-grey glaze and wave-form sgraffito decoration.
Brass
Table Lamp By Design Technics
By Design Technics, Leah Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown and embossed ceramic lamp in a rich matte mocha glaze by Lee Rosen for Design Technics. 15" base height.
Brass
Ceramic Table Lamp by Zaccagnini
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A ceramic hand-thrown baluster-form table lamp having a rich cream glaze and an expressive all-over craquelure.
Brass
Table Lamp by Design Technics
By Design Technics, Leah Halpern
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A good and well-scaled hand-thrown ceramic lamp having a rich deep brick-to-black glaze and encircling carved and striated decoration.
Brass
Table Lamps By Ugo Zaccagnini
By Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An expressive pair of hand-thrown stoneware table lamps having a decoration of irregularly patterned white glaze dots over an unglazed brown slip.
Brass
Sold|$1,707
Large French 1960s Stoneware Lamp
Located in London, GB
A large hand wheel thrown stoneware lamp, with a superb mottled glaze.
Ceramic
Table Lamp By Lee Rosen
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown bulbous ceramic table lamp with a scored wave motif and a complex metallic graphite glaze.
Brass
Table Lamp by Nils Kahler
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A cone shaped hand thrown ceramic able lamp with a blue glazed base. 12.5" Base Height.
Ceramic
Table Lamp By Design Technics
By Design Technics, Leah Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An expressive hand-thrown bulb-form ceramic table lamp covered with a rich matte tan-to-blue glaze, the upper portion having encircling striated sgraffito decoration.
Brass
Sold|$3,800
Gourd Lamp by Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A table lamp with hand-thrown gourd-form ceramic base with angled, asymmetrical lip and body decorated in an irregular pattern of white dots over a smoothed brown slip
Ceramic
Table Lamp By Guido Gambone
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Cylindrical hand-thrown studio ceramic table lamp with a slender neck, in an off-white glaze with a repeating motif of interlocking rings and diamonds in a green salt glaze.
Brass
Ceramic "Cityscape" Table Lamp by Bitossi, Modernist, Italy
By Bitossi
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Mid-Century Modern, a hand thrown tapered ceramic table lamp with an apartment building and water tower motif.
Ceramic
Sold|$1,800
Large Vintage Studio Stoneware Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A tall hand thrown stoneware lamp with blue and brown over matte grey glazes.
Ceramic
Pair, Mid-Century Stoneware Table Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hand thrown, hand sculptured, hand formed lamps.
Stoneware
Pair of Ceramic Foo Dog Lamps
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of hand-thrown ceramic Foo dog lamps, American 1970's
Sold|$1,250
A Magnificent Studio Art Pottery Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
Large bulbous studio pottery lamp,hand thrown and hand brushed,double glazed with a tint of iron red.
Sold|$1,200 / item
Two Tall Blue and White Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
Two tall blue and white lamps: hand-thrown, hand-painted glazed stoneware lamps.
Ceramic
Sold|$1,200
Large California Art Pottery Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful hand thrown California art pottery table lamp in colors of white and brown.
Ceramic
ceramic table lamp by Jean Besnard
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown, ribbed ovoid ceramic table lamp with cream glaze on a walnut base with brass hardware.
Brass
Graphite Table Lamp by Lee Rosen
By Lee Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown bulbous ceramic table lamp with a wave motif and a metallic graphite glaze by Lee Rosen with Design Techniques insignia.
Brass
Vintage Turkish Terracotta Jug Table Lamp with Copper Glaze, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A vintage Turkish terracotta jug table lamp, hand-thrown in the 20th century using traditional Anatolian pottery techniques.
Clay
Vintage Turkish Terracotta Jug Table Lamp with Copper Glaze, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A vintage Turkish terracotta jug table lamp, hand-thrown in the 20th century using traditional Anatolian pottery techniques.
Clay
Magnificent Pair of Bulbous Art Stoneware Lamps
Located in Bellport, NY
Bulbous hand thrown/hand brushed stoneware lamps.Three way switch,linen shades.Rare glaze.
Stoneware
A Large Copper Red Studio Pottery Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
Magnificent Copper Red hand thrown/hand brushed stoneware lamp.Wonderfull shape,three way switch,of white shade.
Stoneware
Large Vintage Turkish Earthenware Table Lamp with Green Glazed Rim, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A vintage Turkish terracotta table lamp, hand-thrown in the 20th century using traditional Anatolian techniques.
Clay
Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
By Lee Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bulbous hand thrown ceramic table lamp by Lee Rosen. Bears the Design Techniques cypher.
Ceramic
Sold|$5,400
Gun Metal Glazed Lamp by Lee Rosen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A large hand-thrown ceramic table lamp with black glaze by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
Ceramic
Sold|$1,150
A Danish Studio Crafted White Pottery Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
A hand crafted Scandinavian white pottery lamp. Hand thrown and hand brushed, in a wonderful bulbous form, two available, priced separately.
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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