Tiffany Studios Swirling Leaf 18" Leaded Glass Lamp, Large Statement Lamp 23" H
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Toledo, OH
Beautiful statement piece Tiffany Studios lamp with a large 18" diameter shade and 23" tall base. The 18" leaded glass shade in the swirling leaf design is larger than the more commo...
Bronze
$10,000Sale Price / set|50% Off
Large Pair of French Restauration Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Candelabra, Horses
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large and fine pair of French restauration ormolu and patinated bronze four-light candelabra, with Marly Horses, after Guillaume Coustou, circa 1820. Very fine, elegant and chic...
Bronze, Ormolu
$12,000 / set
A Pair of Large French Empire Style Candelabra Lamps
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A tall and impressive pair of late French Empire period candelabra which have been converted into lamps. The candelabra are made of the finest quality chased patinated and gilded br...
Bronze
Pair of Large Empire Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Five-Light Candelabra
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine 19th Century Pair of Large Patinated & Gilt Bronze Five Light Candelabra in the Empire Taste, now turned into lamps. France, circa 1860. Sold with two associated contempo...
Bronze
$3,080Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Japanese Large cloisonné enamel Lamps , 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Charming pair of cloisonné enamel vases from the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912), each with a mauve background featuring pretty swallows fluttering among flowering branches and fol...
Bronze
Large Pair of Antique Gilt Bronze French Louis XV Style Candelabra
Located in Montreal, QC
This is an especially sumptuous pair. Each base is pierced with stylised acanthus and en rocaille. The stems are modelled with putti in a leafy arbour and support five arms around a ...
Bronze
Large “Water Leaf” lamp, Chrystiane Charles, Maison Charles, France circa 1970
By Maison Charles, Chrystiane Charles
Located in Paris, FR
Large “water leaves” living room lamp in gilded bronze, square base with a medallion patina from which rises a cluster of ribbed leaves, central stem with three lights supporting an ...
Brass, Bronze
Maison Charles, Pair of Large Brass and Marble Horse Lamps
By Maison Charles
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of large brass table or floor lamps in brass and onyx marble by Maison Charles. The horse heads are made of brass and are rested on two onyx marble bases. The shades are not inc...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Antique Asian Large Carved Green Fluorite Lamp with Custom Red Pagoda Shade
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful large antique Chinese carved fluorite lamp on a bronze base with a custom "Pagoda" shade in red silk and vintage metallic trim. Newly re-wired with a gold silk cord. The ...
Stone, Bronze
Large c. 19th Century Antique Meiji Period Japanese Kyo Satsuma Vase Lamp
Located in Louisville, KY
This mid 19th century Japanese Meiji Period Kyo Satsuma Vase Lamp is a truly phenomenal piece of art. With multiple scenes that include Japanese figures in ceremonial costumes in var...
Bronze
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Nude Hunter with Stag", Rare Art Deco Bronze and Marble Lamp Base, Bach
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the great masterworks of American Art Deco, and probably unique in Oscar Bach's oeuvre, this large bronze and marble table lamp depicts two nude male figures, accompanied by s...
Bronze
A Large French Ormolu Mounted Japanese Blue & White Porcelain Vase/Lamp
By Edouard Lievre
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Large 19th Century French Ormolu Mounted Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Vase Turned to Lamp, The mounts attributed to E. Lievre. This brilliant blue and wh...
Bronze
$900Sale Price|64% Off
Rare Original Large Important Fancy 1920s Dresden Style Porcelain Lamp of Couple
By Dresden Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item we are offering is this Beautiful Spectacular Handpainted Dresden Style Porcelain Lamp of a Lovely Couple sitting at a Piano with Intricate Fine Colorful Painted ...
Bronze
Pair, Large Modern Neoclassical Brass Ball Lamps, style Jean-Michel Frank, 1940
Located in New York, NY
A Large, Elegant and Timeless Pair of British Mid-Century Brass Ball Lamps in the Modern Neoclassical Style of Jean Michel Frank, circa 1940-1950. The lamps are designed with a gradu...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of James Mont Asian Inspired Brass Table Lamps
By James Mont
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of large Asian inspired brass or bronze table lamps in manner of James Mont.
Brass
$1,184Sale Price|20% Off
19thc American Large American Made Grape Tree w/Vines Highly Detailed Candelabra
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Early 19thc American Manufactured Large Grape Tree with Vines Candelabra. With Aurora Borealis Crystal [not red like it looks in pic. This is a large statement piece. Candle use.
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Frederick Cooper style Brass rope and tassel lamps
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Charleston, SC
Frederick Cooper Large Hammered Brass / Bronze Table lamps. Large hammered brass body 10 1/2" diameter, beautifully grained 7" walnut base, applied metal twisted core tassels.
Brass
Large Occasional Side Lamp Wine Table Patinated Bronze Fixtures Lion Paw Feet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale they very well made beautifully inlaid large occasional side table with patinated bronze fixtures and fittings all over and Lion Hairy Paw feet ...
Bronze
Pair Large Bronze & Steel Conch & Starfish Table Lamps, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A large conch shell adorns one of this pair of marine motif table lamps while the other features a starfish.
Bronze, 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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