Pair of Russel Wright Art Deco Uplighter Table Lamps
By Russel Wright
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The lamps take a mogul bulb.
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Aluminum
Pair of Russel Wright Art Deco Uplighter Table Lamps
By Russel Wright
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The lamps take a mogul bulb.
Aluminum
Early Marbro Urn Lamps with Green Painted Roman Ruins - a Pair
Located in Denver, CO
They retain their original mogul base sockets (E39 lamp base) and electrical cord.
Brass
Pair of 1920s Wood Fluted Column Lamps
Located in By Appointment Only, Ontario
Pair of wood fluted column lamps, original brass hardware, porcelain mogul sockets.
Brass
Decorative Bronze 1940's Armillary Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
The shade rests on a glass diffuser, both of which are included with the lamp if so desired. Original mogul socket. Lamp measures approximately 35.5 inches to the top of the shade ...
Bronze
Pair of Elegant Art Deco Torchiere Lamps with Lucite Wings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucite has the ability to transmit light and when the lamps are turned on, the wings just glow. These lamps have mogul sockets and give off a lot of upward light as well.
Miguel Milà "Pill" table lamp by Tramo
By Mogul Milla
Located in Highland, IN
This playful design by Barcelona designer Mogul Milla is reminiscent of the "Pill"' lamp or the "Eclipse" table lamp with the metal frame concealing one half the white glass diffuser.
Steel
Pair of Mogul Damascened and Engraved Brass Lamps
Located in London, by appointment only
Very decorative large-scale pair of damascened and engraved brass lamps in the Mogul style. Measures: Height to top of neck 21.5in 55cm, diameter of vase 7.5in 19cm.
Brass
Sold
H 23.5 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
Italian Brass Vintage Chic Palm Leaf Lamp by Tammaso Barbi from BH Mogul Estate.
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We have always wanted one of these lamps since we saw one at the Palm Springs Modernism Show over 20 years ago.
Brass
Sold
H 28.5 in W 10.5 in D 10.25 in
Fabulous Machine Age Lamps in Wood Brass and Copper with Milk Glass Shades
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Nice looking they have mogul base lamp bulbs with a reducer so you can use regular bulbs.
Wood
Waylande Gregory Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Base height (to top of glass ball): 14" Total height with pictured shade: 27" Retains original wiring and mogul lamp base. Shade is not included with this lamp, but for ph...
Pair of Deco Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of custom-made Art Deco table lamps in solid brass and sable-finished mahogany with antique nickel-finished hardware circa 1930 and fitted with bronze silk shades; lamps include...
Brass
Pair of Bold Decorative Brass Lamps
Located in Papaikou, HI
These lamps require mogul base bulbs.
Brass
A Fine 'Teens or 'Twenties Silver-Plated Torchiere Floor Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
The shade is a very high quality one, with opalescence in the glass which gives it a fiery glow. The lamp takes a mogul bulb, and you can buy those in a 100-200-300 variable wattage...
Pair of 70s Style Italian Bamboo and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Brass
$2,594 / item
H 18.9 in Dm 15.75 in
Art Deco Table Lamp by Sofar, Nickel Finish with Glass Rods, France
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco table lamp with nickel finish and glass rods.
Brass
$2,900
H 12 in W 15 in D 4.25 in
"The Aviator", Classic Art Deco Bronze Sculpture w/ Nude Male, after Focht
By Frederic Focht
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic, highly streamlined bronze with a nude male figure angled toward the sky illustrates a genre of Art Deco sculpture that was pioneered by Frederic Focht (this example is...
Bronze
Art Deco Pair of 'Folies Bergeres' Wall Plaques
Located in Devon, England
This is a super rare opportunity to acquire a pair of these beautifully reduced versions of the facade bas-relief of the Folies-Bergères cabaret. One time designer, Pico who created ...
Plaster
Art Deco Table Lamp, French Brass Torchière Design, Circa 1930, 150W
Located in Beirut, LB
French Art Deco “Torchière” table lamp. Trumpet shaped in gold brass metal color, including double banded brass metal rings motif design. Having one candelabra socket of 150 Watts....
Metal
$9,162
H 31.5 in W 64.97 in D 16.54 in
Art Deco Style Console Table with Macassar Veneer in High Gloss Lacquer
Located in Ulm, DE
Console table Wood with Macassar Veneer high gloss lacquer finish Contemporary furniture in the Art Déco style Other woods or finishes on request possible. We bild the furnitur...
Wood, Macassar
Pair of Cubist Bedside Table Lamps
Located in Hronská Breznica, Banskobystrický kraj
Pair of cubist bedside table lamps in excellent original condition.
Chrome
$15,523 / item
H 63.39 in Dm 18.51 in
Art Deco Brass and Glass Floor Lamp by Sofar, Nickel Finish, France
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
2 Art Deco lamps with, 2 column, 1 Coat rack Wall light, 1 mirror nickel finish. .
Brass
Vintage French Art Deco Table Lamp, France, circa 1930
Located in Beirut, LB
French Art Deco “Torchière” table lamp. Trumpet shaped in gold brass metal color, including a Plexiglass ball separating the upper and lower parts of the table lamp. Having one cand...
Metal
Art Deco French Console in Macassar and Ebony Wood
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous Art Deco French console made out of Macassar wood and ebony. The wood colors are skillfully juxtaposed. The console top is supported by 2 semi-circular legs attached to the ...
Ebony, Macassar
Pair of French Art Deco Table Lamps by Genet Michon
By Genet & Michon
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of French Art Deco table lamps by the French Artists " Genet and Michon " in great condition. The lamps are a streamlined design. Clear frosted glass shades with polished deta...
Bronze
Poissons Vase by René Lalique, Art Deco Glass, France, Circa 1921
By René Lalique
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Lalique souffle red Poissons glass vase, model 1537. Signed R. Lalique, France. Book RENE LALIQUE, by Felix Marcilhac, 1860-1945. Edition 1989. Paris. Page 422 France, CIRCA 1921.
Glass
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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