Pair of Full Marble Table Light Column, 1970s Italy
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Pair of Full Marble Table Light Column, 1970s Italy
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Marble
Pair of Full Marble Table Light Column, 1970s Italy
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Pair of Full Marble Table Light Column, 1970s Italy
Marble
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Neoclassical Column Lamp
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an elegant neoclassical column oil lamp that was electrified. The lamp consists of a tulip shaped frosted clear shade that is adorned with palmettos, foliage and stars. Below...
Marble
Portor Marble Column Shaped Lamp by Philippe Barbier - France 1970's
By Philippe Barbier
Located in New York, NY
A unique lamp by Philippe Barbier in Portoro marble. Golden yellow veining. The cubic base supporting a pedestal column gives this 1970s lamp a distinctive elegance. In good vintage ...
Belgian Black Marble
Glass Oil Lamp on Marble Column with a Stepped Brass Base
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Glass Oil Lamp on Marble Column with a Stepped Brass Base A pretty Glass lamp set on a marble and brass base, the lamp is a great looking piece, it has a glass chimney and a burne...
Marble
$3,800 / set
Grand Tour Column Lamps
Located in Tampa, FL
A pair of early 19th century Italian grand tour columns with three specimens of marble converted into lamps in the late sixties. They have been redone and have accommodations for thr...
Marble, Brass
Pair of 20th Century Rosso Francia Column Table Lamps
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of late 20th Century classical column lamps with polished brass Rosso Francia marble columns. Raised on stepped black patinated bases. PAT tested to UK standards.
Marble, Brass
$1,516Sale Price|20% Off
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Large Marble Column Lamp, All Original Fittings
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Large Marble Column Lamp with All Original Fittings, for Hansen Lighting. This rare and exquisite large marble column lamp, designed by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbin...
Marble, Brass
Classic Onyx and Brass Column Table Lamp 20th Century
Located in Poperinge, BE
Classic, high-quality column table lamp made of onyx marble and brass, probably mid-20th century, France.
Marble, Brass
$7,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair! FREDERICK COOPER COLUMN MARBLE LAMPS French Louis XVI Style White Gold
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Peoria, AZ
EXQUISITE ! PAIR FREDERICK COOPER COLUMN MARBLE LAMPS LOUIS XVI STYLE (DIMENSIONS: APPROX. 31" x 16") Frederick Cooper lamps have been around for almost a century! A designer b...
Marble, Metal
Italian Alabaster Grand Tour Style Table Lamp With Columns
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th century Italian Grand Tour alabaster lamp with two Roman columns. Lamp rests on gold square metal base. Original alabaster finial. In good working condition.
Marble
Vintage Hollywood Regency Style Crystal & Bronze Column Table Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
French Neoclassical or Hollywood Regency style table lamp in crystal, bronze and marble. Height with shade 33" - 84 cm. Diameter shade 19.6" - 50 cm. Height base 23.6" - 60 cm. Wid...
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
$648Sale Price|20% Off
A rare late 19 Century griotte marble neo-classical column lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very decorative and unusual neo-classical style column lamp with a suqrw base entirely made of beautifully veined and marbled beige oynx likely manufacted in Italy in the early 196...
Onyx
Pair of Italian Column Table Lights in Onyx Marble, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of matching Art Deco revival onyx art table lamps. The shape resembles architectural columns.
Onyx
Pair of Carved Column Marble Alabaster Lamps with Gilt Bases and Silk Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A spectacular pair of monumental marble ionic column lamps with gilt wooden bases and black silk shades with gold foil interior. This pair are stunning, and demand a large presence....
Marble, Alabaster, Foil
Italian Grand Tour Columns As Lamps
Located in Tampa, FL
These fabulous early 19th century Italian lamps are grand tour columns for displaying objects at the very top. They have three specimens of marble and probably were electrified in th...
Marble
Italian Neoclassic Style Pink Marble Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style (19th Century) pink marble fluted column table lamp with bronze trim and font.
Marble, Bronze
$1,107 / set
Good Pair Brass Corinthian Column Lamps
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very nice pair of brass column lamps with marble bases, rewired and ready to use. In overall very good condition. 26" high 6.5" square 35" high with shades Free Delivery To UK Ma...
Marble, Brass
$5,580Sale Price / set|40% Off
Pair of Neoclassical Style Bronze and Glass Column Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of neoclassical style polished bronze and glass column lamps. The base has marble. Measures: 35H (to top of finial). The height under the bulb socket is 26H. Base measures: 6.2...
Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Figural Alabaster Lamp on a Light Brown Oynx column
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A figure of a standing young lady finely carved in white alabaster. dressed in an almost ‘flapper’ style skirt as she leans with her elbows against an ochre mottled rectangular alaba...
Alabaster, Marble
Grand Tour Bronze Model of Trajan’s Column Lamp w/ Emperor Finial
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely cast Grand Tour bronze model of Trajan’s Column, mounted on its original stepped marble plinth and later adapted as a table lamp, the work retaining its rare original bronze...
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Pair of Late 20th Century Classical Column Lamps in Brass and Verde Antico Marbl
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of late 20th Century Classical column lamps. With polished brass capitals and green verde antico marble columns. Raised on stepped black patinated bases. PAT tested to UK sta...
Marble, Brass
Neoclassical 14" Square Top Tapered Column Pedestal Stand Lamp Table MINT
By Maitland Smith
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Neoclassical 14" Square Top Tapered Column Pedestal Stand Lamp Table MINT
Stone, Granite, Marble, Bronze
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.
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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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