Harp Table
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s American Post-Modern Table Mirrors
Copper, Stainless Steel
2010s American Post-Modern Table Mirrors
Brass, Steel
2010s Game Tables
Mahogany
2010s Renaissance Center Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Console Tables
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Side Tables
Walnut
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Tables
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s American American Craftsman Console Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Side Tables
Leather
Antique Late 19th Century North American Regency Revival Side Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dining Room Tables
Leather, Glass, Walnut
Early 20th Century French Regency Revival Side Tables
Walnut
Vintage 1950s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan
Antique 19th Century British Table Mirrors
Mahogany
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Table Lamps
Shell, Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Console Tables
Marble
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Console Tables
Marble
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Mercury Glass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Victorian Console Tables
Marble
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Dining Room Tables
Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century English Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Leather, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Console Tables
Travertine, Brass
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood, Parchment Paper
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Driftwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Driftwood
20th Century American Other Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
Antique Early 1800s American Federal Card Tables and Tea Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century German Victorian Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Art Glass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Brass, Bronze
2010s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique Late 18th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Bronze
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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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