$1,163
H 17.33 in Dm 12.6 in
Swedish Nordic Classicism Table Lamp with Opaline Glass Dome Shade, 1920s–1930s
Located in PUTTEN, NL
Swedish Nordic Classicism Table Lamp with Opaline Glass Dome Shade, 1920s–1930s A superb example of Swedish Nordic Classicism — the refined decorative style that flourished in Scand...
Copper
Art Nouveau Brass table lamp with iridescent glass dome shade
Located in Babworth, Retford
The circular base supporting a splayed square section stem with a domed green iridescent glass shade. The base probably Germany, circa 1910, the later glass shade Bohemian
Brass
Antique Arts & Crafts Oversized Prairie School Dome Lamp Shade, circa 1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique oversized Arts & Crafts Prairie School lamp shade offers leaded slag glass construction in dome form with stylized petal design and fringed edge, circa 1910.
Metal
French Art Deco Brass Reading Lamp with Beaded Brass Dome Shade
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Art Deco Brass Reading Lamp with Beaded Brass Dome Shade A very unusual piece, this elegant lamp is made in brass including a very unusual beaded brass shade which throws the...
Brass
Art Nouveau Pairpoint Dome Shade Table Lamp with Oak Leaf and Acorn Motif
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Milford, NH
A splendid Art Nouveau table lamp with signed Pairpoint frosted dome shade in a polychrome hand-painted oak leaf and acorn motif in earth tones, supported by four twisted and pierced...
Metal
Large Faries Company Dental Lamp, Dome Shade
By Faries Lamp Co.
Located in Peekskill, NY
If you’re already a knowledgeable lamp collector then you understand how difficult these are to find. Some consider the Faries Company dental lamp the “Holy Grail” of early Industria...
Brass
French Table Lamp with Beaded Dome Lampshade
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French table lamp with beaded dome lampshade The lamp has been converted from a pretty Amber Glass and Brass Oil Lamp it is topped of with a superb Dark Green Beaded Dome lampshad...
Brass
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H 25.5 in W 18.5 in D 18.5 in
Arts & Crafts Era Leaded Slag Glass Table Lamp with Floral Shade C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
The lamp showcases a dome-shaped shade with intricate stained glass work in hues of brown, pink, green, and white, creating a charming floral motif.
Stained Glass
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H 22 in W 17.5 in D 17.5 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Table Lamp circa 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp by Pittsburgh Lamp Co offers dome shade having reverse painted landscape scene with lake over double socket base, c1920 Measures - 22''H x 17...
Metal
Antique American Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Glass Bronze Table Lamp Signed 1920
By Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Located in Portland, OR
This very attractive antique lamp having a dome shaped shade upon a gilded bronze base.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York "Jonquil-Daffodil" Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A Tiffany Studios New York gilt bronze and Favrile glass "Jonquil-Daffodil" lamp featuring a dome shaped shade divided into an upper section comprising sixteen downturned trumpet nar...
Bronze
Antique Arts & Crafts Slag Glass Table Lamp Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp offers dome form shade with frame having stylized floral elements and housing bent slag glass panels, over double socket cast base, c1920 Measure...
Metal
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H 21.25 in W 16 in D 16 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh Reverse Painted Table Lamp, Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts Pittsburg table lamp offers dome form shade with cast frame housing bent glass panels having reverse painted flowers over double socket base, c1920 Meas...
Paint, Glass
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H 25 in W 16 in D 16 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Phoenix Reverse Painted Scenic Table Lamp, Circa 1920
By Phoenix Glass
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts Phoenix table lamp offers dome form glass shade with reverse painted lake scene over double socket cast base raised on foliate embossed footed plinth, c192...
Metal
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H 22 in Dm 18.25 in
Antique American Art Nouveau Bronze & Leaded Glass Table Lamp by Wilkinson, 1910
By Wilkinsons
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American bronze and leaded glass table lamp by Wilkinson, circa 1910. The three light lamp having a dome shaped shade with striated leaded glass green & ivory tiles and havin...
Bronze
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H 22 in W 16.75 in D 16.75 in
Antique Arts & Crafts J.a. Whaley Leaded Glass Table Lamp circa 1920
By J.A. Whaley & Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp offers dome shade in leaded glass with stylized floral design over double socket cast base, label as photographed, c1920.
Metal
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H 22 in Dm 18.25 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Two-Tone Slag Glass Table Lamp, Scenic with Church, c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp offers dome form shade having cast metal frame with band having countryside scene with a church and housing two-tone bent slag glass panels over...
Metal
Edwardian Reading Lamp with Fringed Brass Dome Shade
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Edwardian reading lamp with fringed brass dome shade A very unusual piece, the lamp is made in brass on a wooden base, it has a very unusual brass shade which throws the light dow...
Brass
Ornate Arts and Crafts Metal Foliate Dome Form Lamp Shade
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
The shade can be used on a table lamp or suspended and used as a dome form chandelier, hanging fixture.
Brass
Adjustable Brass Pharmacy Lamp
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in New York, NY
Adjustable brass floor lamp having a dome shade ( 6 in. Dia. ) which tilts to direct the light, attached to an arm which swivels, and a vertical center post which raises and lowers (...
Brass
Antique Arts & Crafts Slag Glass Table Lamp, Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts table lamp offers dome form shade with cast frame having meadow grass and flower decoration, housing bent slag glass panels over double socket urn form bas...
Slag Glass
White JIA Porcelain Gas Lamp With Fluted Dome Clam Broth Shade
Located in Peekskill, NY
It has a large fluted Clam Broth Glass Dome shade with a 12 inch diameter. These shades are very popular because of the soft light project.
Porcelain
French Chrome Deco Lamp with Dome Shade
Located in Atlanta, GA
French chrome deco lamp with dome shade.
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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