Antique Table Lamps 1940
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Rosewood
1910s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Ceramic
1910s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Ceramic
19th Century American Antique Table Lamps 1940
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Metal
19th Century American Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Ceramic
Early 20th Century American Antique Table Lamps 1940
Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Crystal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Crystal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Crystal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Crystal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Crystal
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Mid-19th Century Mexican Baroque Antique Table Lamps 1940
Metal
Early 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Antique Table Lamps 1940
Resin, Wood
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Early 20th Century Spanish Antique Table Lamps 1940
Majolica
1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass, Copper
1840s Italian Other Antique Table Lamps 1940
Murano Glass
Early 20th Century Antique Table Lamps 1940
Early 20th Century Czech Antique Table Lamps 1940
Glass
Early 20th Century English Industrial Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Oak
1880s American Industrial Antique Table Lamps 1940
Bronze, Iron
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass
Early 20th Century American Antique Table Lamps 1940
Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Alabaster
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Birdseye Maple
Early 20th Century French Antique Table Lamps 1940
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps 1940
Bronze
Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Table Lamps 1940
Metal, Steel
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps 1940
Alabaster, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Antique Table Lamps 1940
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Antique Table Lamps 1940
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Blown Glass
Early 20th Century American Streamlined Moderne Antique Table Lamps 1940
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Antique Table Lamps 1940
Wood
Early 20th Century American Antique Table Lamps 1940
Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps 1940
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Antique Table Lamps 1940
Metal, Brass
1920s German Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps 1940
Glass
Mid-19th Century Swiss Bauhaus Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass
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2010s British Mid-Century Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Bouclé, Oak
2010s Moroccan Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamps 1940
Clay, Earthenware
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Metal
1960s Italian Antique Table Lamps 1940
Resin
2010s North American Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
20th Century Victorian Antique Table Lamps 1940
Leather, Hardwood
1980s Antique Table Lamps 1940
Leather
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Antique Table Lamps 1940
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Antique Table Lamps 1940
Wood
2010s Danish Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamps 1940
Fabric
Late 18th Century European Rococo Antique Table Lamps 1940
Iron
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Table Lamps 1940
Upholstery, Wood
Mid-20th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps 1940
Brass
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps 1940
Glass, Wood
2010s American Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps 1940
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
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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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