Orientalist Spelter Lamp with Female Figure
Located in London, GB
This Belle Époque period orientalist lamp features a charming ensemble of elements. Most strikingly, a female figure in orientalising dress leans against a Moorish side table, upon w...
Spelter
Art Deco Sculptural Brass Table Lamp with Female Figure, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Hammarö, SE
The design features a stylized female figure suspended within an oval brass frame, creating a harmonious balance between art and function.
Brass
Classic Bronze Table Lamp with Wood Base, Female Figure, 1950s
Located in PARIS, FR
At the heart of the composition stands a finely cast bronze female figure, gracefully holding a delicately engraved glass pendant adorned with floral motifs.
Bronze
Art Nouveau Female Figure Table Lamp with Bluebells, Late 20th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Nouveau Figure Table Lamp, Late 20th Century This graceful late 20th century table lamp features a decorative Art Nouveau female figure made from a plastic or ceramic-like mater...
Ceramic
Antique Art Nouveau Figural Young Female Table Lamp with an Art Glass Shade
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This table lamp is completely unmarked but is presumed to have been made in Europe in approximately 1910 in the Art Nouveau period and style. The figural base of the lamp is a young ...
Spelter
Mid Century Chinoiserie Asian Ceramic Figural Lamps
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Vibrantly painted male and female figural lamps with brass filigree base.
Brass
Early 20th Century Swedish Alabaster Figural Lamp
Located in Martlesham, GB
A highly decorative early 20th century Art Nouveau Swedish alabaster figural lamp, a gowned female figure with a mythical sea creature at her feet and a large domed light above her, ...
Alabaster
French Art Nouveau Delal Figural Table Lamp
By Marcel Delal
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau bronze table lamp of female figure with 3 floral lights on round base.
Bronze
"Carmen Miranda, " Unique Art Deco Table Lamp with Inlaid Wood by Szoeke
By Andrew Szoeke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly inspired by the charismatic presence of Carmen Miranda on the stage and screen, with her vividly-colored dress topped with a hat overflowing with tropical fruit, this 1940s t...
Wood
Table Lamp in Green Crystal Glass by Pietro Chiesa, Italy, 1940 ca.
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Table lamp with religious female figure made by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Italy 1940 ca.
Crystal, Brass
Porcelain Figural Lamp
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porcelain lamp with a female figure mounted on a wooden base.
An Art Deco stand lamp by Louis Dideron
By Louis Dideron
Located in Madrid, Madrid
An Art Deco stand-lamp with a terracota female figure by Louis Dideron.
Metal
Mid century Barsony Beautiful African Female Figure Table Lamp
By Barsony Ceramics 1
Located in Weesp, NL
Mat black colored ceramic Barsony table lamp with female figure carrying a basket. Made in Australia in the 1950s.
Ceramic, Nylon
Sold
H 4.73 in W 9.45 in D 18.9 in
Very elegant table lamp from the 1960s made of heavy bronze with a female figure
Located in München, DE
Very elegant table lamp from the 1960s made of bronze. Beautiful very noble organic design with a female figure on the front and water droplets on the back.
Bronze
Sold
H 78 in W 14 in D 14 in
Spectacular Pair of Tom Corbin Torchieres with a Male and Female Figure Bronze
Located in Buchanan, MI
A spectacular pair of Tom Corbin bronze floor lamps with a male or female figure at the center of each.
Bronze
Pair of Delft Blue Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Cheshire, GB
A pair of delft blue table lamp vases. Each decorated with a female figure in a landscape against a baluster ground with giltwood mounts.
Porcelain
Frankart Art Deco Nude Female Figurals with 1920s Mercury Glass Globe
By Frankart
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Two sculpted and relaxed nude female figurines, both adorned with smiles, serve as captivating "fem fatales" on either side of an original, large, and brilliantly original 1920s merc...
Metal, Spelter
Pair of Chinoiserie Asian Style Figural Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Chartreuse and bottle green male and female figural lamps with large fanciful finials and new rectangular silk shades.
Vintage Art Deco Bronze Figural Nude Woman Table Lamp
Located in Toledo, OH
Vintage cast bronze ovoid shaped table lamp base with reclining nude figural female. Highly textured center on base, Original patina.
Bronze
Sold
H 11.25 in W 5.5 in D 3.75 in
Art Deco Black and Gold Female Sculpture Desk or Table Lamp After Frankart
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Art Deco period black and gold gilt desk or table lamp with female sculpture figure posing on rectangular base, circa 1930s.
Metal
Gilt Bronze Figural Lamp
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Stone and gilt bronze lamp with female figure. This lamp is a modern pc. cast off antique example.
Marble, Ormolu
Art Deco Figural Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
Art deco table lamp with female figure on the column, holding aloft a gorgeous baby blue glass shade with an art deco embossed rose design.
Chrome
Sold
H 20.5 in W 10 in D 10 in
Chinese Carved Female Figure in Jade, Guanyin with Dore Bronze Base Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Chinese 1930s carved jade sitting on doré bronze base table lamp. Chinese jade import to Europe fitted with bronze base in France. This lamp is fitted with silk lampshade.
Jade, Bronze
Mid- Century Floor Lamp
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Very interesting floor lamp with chromed female figure on a tapered standard.
$336,580
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
$161,558
H 33.86 in W 35.04 in D 20.48 in
IMPORTANT MUSEUM QUALITY ANTIQUE 1680 TO 1720 GERMAN SiLVER SAFE STRONGBOX
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important, Museum Quality German safe circa 1680-1720 attributed to Johann Gottlied Dittman and Sigmund...
Iron, Nickel
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
$470,616
H 16.15 in W 28.35 in D 20.48 in
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone Regency period ebonized wooden casket
Located in London, GB
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone mounted ebonized wooden casket English, 19th Century Height 41cm, width 72cm, depth 52cm Exceptionally fine and richly adorned, this beau...
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Ormolu
$65,700
H 38 in W 52 in D 3 in
Emanuel Oberhauser “Mermaids and Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting
By Emanuel Oberhauser
Located in Queens, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian 1854 - 1919) “Mermaids, Neptune and Sea Water Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting painted circa 1885. Masterfully painted, this artwork dep...
Oil
$1,800,000
H 27 in W 24 in D 2.5 in
Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret bears signature (lower left) oil on canvas 17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm) Painted between 1862-1863 Footn...
Canvas, Oil
$517,678 / set
H 114.5 in W 35.5 in D 5 in
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
Wood, Pine
$197,111
H 57.68 in W 85.44 in
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
Canvas, Oil
Liceu de Artes e Ofícios. 19th Century Daybed
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This recamier/daybed was conceived and executed with utmost quality and expertise, showing a style that incorporates many influences from the eigtheenth and ninetheenth century. Made...
Wood
L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Boca Raton, FL
L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream) Oil on wood by Marc Chagall c late 70's Comes with Numbered and Verified Certificate of Authenticity from Comite Chagall in Paris signed and...
Oil
The Linke Grand Regulator World's Fair Clock
By François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
Grand Regulator World's Fair Clock François Linke Circa 1900 Widely regarded as the greatest sculptural clock ever created, this monumental régulateur by François Linke was conceive...
Marble, Ormolu
$89,880
H 141.74 in W 247.25 in D 154.73 in
Antique Carved Oak Wood Paneled Room, Napoleon III Style, France, 1880
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This beautiful carved oak wood paneled room was made in the 19th century. Designed originally for a hexagonal room, with a boudoir, it is composed of six carved wall panels. Three pa...
Wood, Oak
$605,078
H 60 in W 43.5 in D 18 in
Rare French Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Secretaire with Architecture Scenes
Located in London, GB
A Truly Magnificent 19th century Secre´taire a` Abattant by Maison Rogie´ of Paris After the original in the Wallace Collection, London, made in 1777 by Pierre-Antoine Foullet Con...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$107,569
H 95.08 in W 69.89 in D 95.28 in
LARGE & IMPORTANT ANTiQUE CIRCA 1600 CHARLES I DOCUMENTED ENGLISH OAK TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed c...
Oak
The Royal Boulle Marquetry Commode By Blake
By Robert Blake
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental Boulle commode was crafted by Robert Blake, one of the finest and most important English cabinetmakers of his time. It is modeled after the legendary pair of commodes...
Bronze, Ormolu
$33,615
H 28.35 in W 35.83 in D 3.55 in
Large Antique Orientalist Oil Painting by Jean Baptiste Louis Guy
Located in London, GB
Large antique Orientalist oil painting by Jean Baptiste Louis Guy French, 1884 Canvas: Height 49cm, width 67cm Frame: Height 72cm, width 91cm, depth 9cm Painted in 1884 by the Frenc...
Canvas, Oil
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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