Early 20th Century Antique Silver Plated Best & Lloyd Desk Table Lamp, c.1910
By Best & Lloyd
Located in London, GB
An exceptional cast table lamp made in England by Best & Lloyd. c.1910 A scarcely seen adjustable model, finely made in cast brass and retaining its original silver‑plated finis...
Silver Plate, Brass
Gerald Abramovitz Best and Lloyd Aluminium Cantilever Desk Lamp model 41555 MK2
By Gerald Abramovitz, Best & Lloyd
Located in London, GB
Gerald Abramovitz Best and Lloyd Aluminium Cantilever Desk Lamp, Model 41555 MK2: An Icon of Modernist Lighting This Gerald Abramovitz Best and Lloyd Aluminium Cantilever Desk Lamp ...
Aluminum, Steel
$15,000 / item
Architectural Brass Desk Lamp, Limited Edition
By Gerald Abramovitz, Best & Lloyd
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Solid brass machine made desk lamp with soft LED light. Two internal swivel mechanisms making possible for light to move up/down and sideways. In the manner of industrial designer Ge...
Brass
A RADICAL POST-MODERN Neon TABLE or DESK LAMP by GERALD ABRAMOVITZ, England 1970
By Gerald Abramovitz, Best & Lloyd
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare table lamp, Post-Modernist, Memphis, Kinetic, Radical Design, Minimalist, rectangular base with aluminum cover housing a transformer, vertical axis and adjustable aluminum arm...
Metal
Cantilever Mk II Abramovitz desk lamp as seen James Bond " You Only live twice"
By Gerald Abramovitz, Best & Lloyd
Located in London, GB
Simply stunning. This cantilever lamp designed by Gerald Abramovitz and manufactured by Best and Llyod in Birmingham in the 1960s. This design won the Design Centre Award in 1966. A ...
Aluminum
Unavailable
H 17 in W 36 in D 6 in
Extraordinary Frank Lloyd Wright Style Modernist Copper Planter Desk Lamp
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Mount Penn, PA
A Great Piece Of Sculptural Art, Unique copper and wood lamp fitted with a copper pipe like vessel equipped to house plants, I feel cactus would do well. There are decorative but fu...
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H 20.08 in W 26.97 in D 3.94 in
Gerald Abramovitz MkII Desk Lamp manufactured in 1964 by Best & Lloyd
By Best & Lloyd
Located in CA, CA
A Gerald Abramovitz polished aluminium Cantilever Light Mk II desk lamp, manufactured by Best & Lloyd. An example of this model is held in the permanent collection of the V&A in Lo...
Aluminum
Gerald Abramovitz MkII cantilever desk lamp Best & Lloyd UK 1961
By Gerald Abramovitz, Best & Lloyd
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
He also designed lighting products including the vintage 1960s cantilever desk light shown here, manufactured by Best & Lloyd in Great Britain.
Aluminum
Gerald Abramovitz Cantilever Mkll Desk Lamp UK 1961
By Best & Lloyd, Gerald Abramovitz, Best & Lloyd
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Beautiful modernist desk lamp model KMll is designed by Gerald Abramovitz for Best & Lloyd, Ltd., Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1961.
Aluminum
Abramowitz Desk Lamp as seen in James Bond "You only live twice"
By Gerald Abramovitz, Best & Lloyd
Located in London, GB
Best & Lloyd, Ltd., Birmingham, UK. Gerald Abramowitz cantilever desk lamp.
Aluminum
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H 16.5 in W 2.5 in D 2.5 in
Vintage Lloyd Desk Lamp High Intensity Adjustable Model Compact 1966 Japan
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Lloyd Compact Adjustable Desk Lamp High Intensity Lamp, Lloyd, Japan 1966 Model 5E40.
Metal
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H 16.25 in W 2.3 in D 2.5 in
Lloyd's High Intensity Lamp Compact Table Desk Task Light Vintage, 1960s
By Lloyds
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your pleasure: Mid-Century Modern vintage table desk task lamp by LLOYD 1960s from Japan A vintage Lloyd compact adjustable desk lamp high intensity lamp, Compact -it can fold...
Metal
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
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