French 19th century Louis XVI st. Imari Porcelain and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. Imari Porcelain and Ormolu lamp. This elegant lidded urn converted into a lamp is raised by four duck feet below a round Ormolu socl...
Ormolu
A fine pair of English Imari porcelain and gilt lamps. Custom shades
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of 19th century English Imari porcelain and gilt urn lamps. Fine quality and condition. Custom wired and shaded
Bronze
Pair of Lamps in Imari Porcelain and Gilt Bronze, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of lamps in Imari porcelain with floral decor adorned with decorative bronze, ovoid shaped with neck. Frame in chiseled and gilt bronze standing on a circular quadripod base. La...
Bronze
Pair Antique French Bronze D'Oré Mounted Imari Porcelain Lamps, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique French Bronze D'Oré Mounted Imari Porcelain Lamps, Circa 1880.
Bronze
Pair 18th Century Japanese Arita Imari Porcelain Vases / Lamps, circa 1780
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality pair of late 18th Century Japanese Arita porcelain Imari vases, each with wonderful bold colouring, depicting inset panels of exotic flowers within a ground of cl...
Porcelain
A Japanese Porcelain Imari Vase as a Lamp on a Giltwood Base
Located in London, GB
Japan, circa 1900 A late nineteenth century Japanese porcelain Imari vase, the spherical body decorated with flowering branches and the neck with gilt foliate patterns on a red grou...
Ceramic
Pair of English Porcelain Hexagonal Imari-Pattern Lamps, Spode, circa 1820
By Spode
Located in New York, NY
Each richly painted in a typical palette on alternating sides with exotic birds perched amidst leafy flowering branches or white blossoms issuing from gilt foliate vines against a co...
19th C Derby Porcelain, Regency Period, 'Old Imari' Vase now as a Lamp
By Derby
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Derby Porcelain (England), Regency period, decorated in the Old Imari or “Japan” manner, circa 1815–1835 This refined and substantial porcelain urn represents an accomplished exampl...
Ormolu
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Striking Set of Four Portuguese Imari Style Vases Now Mounted as Lamps
By Vista Alegre
Located in San Francisco, CA
from the Vista Alegre Porcelain Factory (founded 1824) each rectilinear vase with flared neck above a tapering body ending in a splayed foot; hand decorated overall with vibrant flor...
Porcelain
Imari Vase Lamp and Bowl with Cover A Lovely Vintage set, a ginger jar vase
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Imari Vase Lamp and Bowl with Cover A Lovely Vintage set, a ginger jar vase and a covered bowl The lamp is in good condition, working and it come with its own shade, the 10” bowl h...
Ceramic
Pair Antique 19th Century Imari Porcelain Vases Mounted as Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (19th century) Japanese Imari porcelain vases with raised figurative designs later mounted as table lamps.
Porcelain
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari circular form hand painted Porcelain Vases of quite generous proportions, now converted to a Pair of Electric Table Lamps.
Ormolu
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
Ormolu
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
Ormolu
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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