Swedish ceramic floor lamp "Rubus" series by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand 1960.
By Gunnar Nylund, Röstrand
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Adorable, iconic Scandinavian "Rubus" table lamp designed by Swedish ceramic artist and designer Gunnar Nylund.
Ceramic
Heikki Turunen Floor Lamp Model 30-180 in Black & Yellow, Orno 1970s, Finland
By Heikki Turunen, Orno Oy
Located in Helsinki, FI
His designs, known for harmoniously combining light, color, and form while considering technical lighting aspects, include notable models like Reflex, Efekti, and the iconic La Bohem...
Metal
Heikki Turunen Floor Lamp Model 30-138 in Black & White, Orno 1970s, Finland
By Heikki Turunen, Orno Oy
Located in Helsinki, FI
His designs, known for harmoniously combining light, color, and form while considering technical lighting aspects, include notable models like Reflex, Efekti, and the iconic La Bohem...
Metal
Serigraph Silkscreen from Muller Van Severen 22/50
By Muller Van Severen
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This Serigraph Silkscreen shows the iconic table + lamp of Muller Van Severen. This object is one of the very first objects Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen designed together and m...
Paper
Serigraph Silkscreen from Muller Van Severen 22/50
By Muller Van Severen
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This Serigraph Silkscreen shows the iconic table + lamp of Muller Van Severen. This object is one of the very first objects Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen designed together and m...
Glass
Three Iconic "Kulan" Ashtrays by Gustavsberg – Red, White & Beige
By Gustavsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Wagenfeld, meanwhile, became widely known for his iconic glass table lamp. Unaware of this earlier Bauhaus model, Swedish artist Gunnar Larson (husband of ceramicist Lisa Larson) des...
Plastic
A Space-Age TABLE LAMP by JOSEPH-ANDRE MOTTE for DISDEROT, France 1960
By Joseph-André Motte
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare (silver structure) and early version of the iconic M5 table lamp, nickeled curved metal structure and 2 sculptural Perspex bended shades, by Joseph-André Motte, produced by Di...
Bronze
$2,560 / item
Large Carl Auböck 'Vice Versa' Wall Lamp
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Carl Auböck 'Vice Versa' wall lamp. A newly designed variant exclusive to Two Enlighten based on the iconic Vice Versa table and floor lamp series designed by Carl Auböck III...
Brass
Vico Magistretti for Artemide Eclisse Lamps/Sconces
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Iconic Eclisse table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti in 1965 and awarded the prestigious Compasso d’Oro in 1967.
Metal
Pallade Pendant Lamp by Studio Tetrarch for Artemide
By Studio Tetrarch, Artemide
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Pallade” vintage and iconic floor or table lamp designed by the collective designers group Studio Tetrarch and produced by Artemide Milano 1960’s.
Metal
Sculptural Mid-Century Chandelier, Brass &Glass, Heikki Turunen, Orno 1970s
By Orno Oy, Heikki Turunen
Located in Helsinki, FI
His designs, known for harmoniously combining light, color, and form while considering technical lighting aspects, include notable models like Reflex, Efekti, and the iconic La Bohem...
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Chandelier in Brass & Milk Glass, Heikki Turunen, Orno 1970s
By Heikki Turunen, Orno Oy
Located in Helsinki, FI
His designs, known for harmoniously combining light, color, and form while considering technical lighting aspects, include notable models like Reflex, Efekti, and the iconic La Bohem...
Metal, Brass
Paavo Tynell Pair of Large Seashell Wall Scones in Full Brass, Taito 1950s
By Taito Oy, Paavo Tynell
Located in Helsinki, FI
The measurements in the listing are per 1 lamp. These lamps are designed with the same approach as the iconic seashell table lamps.
Brass
Harry Balmer for Laurel, Torch-cut Steel Lamp, United States, 1960s
By Harry Balmer
Located in New York, NY
This iconic mid-century table lamp, with it's constituent parts almost seeming to float apart from one another, boasts a weightless quality at odds with the metal with which its comp...
Steel
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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