Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A classic, bulbous vase form rendered as a large curvaceous high glaze ceramic table lamp. Includes solid brass custom light fitting consisting of a circular cover plate for the rod ...
Ceramic
$4,699 / item
Philippe Starck Valor. S Table Lamp For Cassina
By Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Starck interprets that period with his own personal approach to the material used by great artists and painted by hand. The table lamp is characterized by its smooth, organic shape a...
Ceramic
$4,699 / item
Philippe Starck Valor. S Table Lamp For Cassina
By Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Starck interprets that period with his own personal approach to the material used by great artists and painted by hand. The table lamp is characterized by its smooth, organic shape a...
Ceramic
$4,699 / item
Philippe Starck Valor. S Table Lamp For Cassina
By Philippe Starck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Starck interprets that period with his own personal approach to the material used by great artists and painted by hand. The table lamp is characterized by its smooth, organic shape a...
Ceramic
$10,764 / set
Pair of Brick 02 Table Lamps by Jenna Basso
By Jenna Basso Pietrobon
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of Ceramic table lamps by Jenna Basso Pietrobon, Brick 02 is part of her larger project “Brick Block, Tick Tock”. Brick Block, Tick Tock explores themes of silence, reconstructi...
Ceramic
Pair of English Ruskin Pottery Iridescent Orange-glazed Vases now as Lamps
By Ruskin Pottery
Located in San Francisco, CA
each with short everted neck above a baluster-form body all ending in a splayed foot; with ebonized metal cap and wooden bases; all in a rich orange lustre glaze; undersides impresse...
Ceramic
Pair of Paco Ponte Table Lamps, circa 2022, Spain
Located in Girona, Spain
Pair of Paco Ponte table lamps. Made with bisque ceramic. Signed. Circa 2020, Spain. Very good condition. Paco Ponte was born on 09-15-62 in Madrid, Spain. He graduated in law a...
Ceramic
Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A classic, bulbous vase form rendered as a large curvaceous high glaze ceramic table lamp. Sold with an installed solid brass custom light fitting consisting of a circular cover plat...
Ceramic
Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1967
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Based on Rosen's earlier ceramic forms, the hand thrown ‘3300 Series' of 1967 expanded the types of hand applied glazes with an enlarged palette of colors and glaze techniques. Sol...
Ceramic
Large Majolica Table Lamp Vintage-style Italian Majolica Hollywood Regency des
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Majolica Table Lamp Vintage-style Italian Majolica Hollywood Regency design fruit garland lamp handcrafted in Italy, the sculpture depicts a lavish pile of assorted fruits wh...
Ceramic
Table Lamp by Fridtjof Sejersen for Sejer Keramik, Denmark ca 1960s
By Sejer Keramik
Located in Utrecht, NL
Fridtjof Sejersen was a Danish ceramicist in the postwar period, known for his material experimentation and expressive surface work. From the early 1940s to the late 70s, through his...
Ceramic, Fabric
A glazed cerameric Rhino design table lamp with brass feet - 20th century
Located in Lommel, BE
A charming and sculptural vintage table lamp featuring a stylized rhinoceros crafted in richly glazed ceramic. The rhinoceros is finished in a deep oxblood brown glaze with a lustrou...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1967
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Based on Rosen’s earlier ceramic forms, the hand thrown ‘3300 Series’ of 1967 expanded the types of hand applied glazes with an enlarged palette of colors and glaze techniques. Sold ...
Ceramic
Gatto Table Lamp by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Hille, Italy, 1960s
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in New York, NY
The large cocoon table lamp reflects the Castiglioni brothers’ playful approach to form and material. A steel frame is wrapped in a resin cocoon, creating a soft, diffused glow that ...
Metal
Large Vintage Mid Century Table Lamp by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor, Italy
By Marcello Fantoni, Raymor
Located in Oxnard, CA
Here is a stunning Italian modern table lamp by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor. It features an oversized circular ceramic form with bold, dripping blue and green lava glazes. The lamp...
Brass
Large Antique Early 20th Century Turkish Terracotta Olive Jar Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
An antique early 20th century terracotta olive jar from Turkey, hand-thrown and traditionally fired, now converted into a sculptural table lamp. The form is clean and resolved — a b...
Ceramic, Clay
Mid-Century Steuler Table Lamp Facette Designed by Cari Zalloni
By Cari Zalloni, Steuler
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful Facette in white (matte) table lamp by Cari Zalloni for Steuler. The lamp is 25 cm height including newly made shade 45 cm height. The lamp shade is newly made in seventies...
Ceramic
$984Sale Price|25% Off
Midcentury Danish Royal Copenhagen Tall Table Lamp Bamboo Shape Flower Decor
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Tall vintage Royal Copenhagen ceramic table lamp, made ca 1970s. It has a bamboo shaped neck and decoration with small flowers in brown imprinted so the surface is tactile. The d...
Ceramic, Fabric
Model "1029" Table Lamp by Einar Johansen for Søholm, Denmark Mid-20th Century
By Einar Johansen, Søholm Stentøj
Located in Utrecht, NL
Einar Johansen was a leading Danish ceramic designer of the mid-20th century, best known for his long collaboration with Søholm Stentøj (Søholm Stoneware). Johansen originally traine...
Ceramic, Fabric
Mid-Century Modernist Table Lamp in Turquoise Jade w/ Polished Brass Fittings
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully bold single Jade Table Lamp originates from the United States during the 1950s Featuring a body in a lovely cool turquoise green with a bold rectangular profile, the...
Ceramic
Danish Modern Kähler Sculptural Table Lamp Amber Yellow by P E Eliasen, 1960s
By Poul Erik Eliasen, Carl Cunningham Cole, Herman A. Kahler Keramik, Herman August Kähler, Palshus
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Sculptural Mid-century Danish table lamp from the ceramic studio Kähler (HAK). The lamp was designed by Poul Erik Eliasen and manufactured ca. 1960s or early 1970s. The lamp is made...
Ceramic, Fabric
$1,168Sale Price|30% Off
Mid-Century Modern Danish Table Lamp with Peacock Pattern by Margrethe Dybdahl
By Margrethe Dybdahl
Located in Stockholm, SE
Mid-Century Modern Danish table lamp with peacock pattern by Dybdahl. Unconventional and charming ceramic table lamp, suitable for any interior with a Bloomsbury twist. Sells without...
Ceramic
Brass and Turquoise Table Lamp by Mexican Artist, Pepe Mendoza, ca 1950
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Artist, Pepe Mendoza, designs a wonderfully unique biomorphic Brass lamp with Turquoise Inlay. The hand Crafted lamp is a complement to any desk or side table, bringing a mo...
Brass
Pair of Beige DL/30 Table Lamps by Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, 1960s
By Per Linnemann-Schmidt, Annelise Linnemann-Schmidt, Palshus
Located in Rotterdam, NL
A pair of DL/30 table lamps made by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in the 1960s. The colour of both pieces is beige or 'grain'. Although both pieces are very simila...
Ceramic
1920s Art Nouveau Hand-crafted Table Lamp by Georg Thylstrup for P. Ipsens Enke
By P. Ipsens Enke, Georg Thylstrup
Located in Knebel, DK
1920sArt Nouveau hand-crafted table lamp by Georg Thylstrup for P. Ipsens Enke The hand-crafted art nouveau table lamp was designed by eorg Thylstrup in 1927 and feature two craws ...
Ceramic
Upsala Ekeby, Table Lamp, Earthenware, Brass, Sweden, 1930s
By Upsala Ekeby
Located in High Point, NC
A beige orange glazed ceramic and brass table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1930s.
Brass
Monumental Glazed Stoneware Lamp
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Very large pottery lamp with solid wood base/finial and brass hardware. Newly wired with brown cloth wire. It might have been inspired by the work of Jean-Joseph Carriès.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Desk Lamp by Georges Pelletier, France
By Georges Pelletier
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Desk Lamp by Georges Pelletier, France
Ceramic
Rare Martz Lamp with Sgraffito Decoration
By (after) Agnes Martin
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A stunning Martz lamp made of two sections with elegant sgraffito decoration. Measures: Ceramic base is 26.75" H, total height is 43.5".
Ceramic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Drip Glaze Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stunning vintage Mid-Century Modern (MCM) drip glaze lamp is a true statement piece, featuring a beautifully rounded ceramic body with a rich brown and golden yellow glaze that ...
Metal
Peter Ellery Green Brutalist Pottery Lamp, UK 1950's
By Peter Ellery
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful brutalist table lamp in green ceramic by Peter Ellery, the decor is a deep relief abstract motif that looks like a face. Base size only 13x6x3.
Ceramic
$1,203Sale Price / set|29% Off
Pair of Large Brown Gold and Black Brutalist Lamps with Pleated Shades
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Pair of outstanding vintage over-sized Brutalist lamps. If you’re looking to make a statement, look no more. These exceptional lamps are larger than life with their pleated, draped s...
Ceramic
Postmodern Michael Taylor Style Plaster Twist Lamps, a Pair
By Michael Taylor
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful Plaster Twist lamps in the manner of Michael Taylor. Unique pink finish! Awesome postmodern design and styling! Shades and harps for staging purposes only.
Ceramic
Signed Hand Painted Vase Lamp, in the Japanese Style A Lovely piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Signed Hand Painted Vase Lamp, in the Japanese Style A Lovely piece a 6 sided ginger jar vase, hand painted with the artist’s monogram The lamp is in good condition, working and ...
Ceramic
Pair of Bitossi "Birch"Lamps, with Custom Made Silk Shades by Rene Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
This Bitossi "Birch" lamp features a ceramic base with a rough surface in an off-white glaze in the middle and bands of shiny metallic gold glaze at the top and bottom. The textured ...
Metal, Brass
$1,240Sale Price|20% Off
Fabulous Large-Scale Textured Brutalist Glazed Lamp, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous large-scale textured Brutalist lamp with wonderful golden glaze. This lamp has tons of chunky textured layers with a great golden orange color and touches of chocolate throu...
Metal
1 of the 2 Bitossi Lamps for Bergboms, with Custom Made Shades by Rene Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 2 Bitossi "Birch" lamp features a ceramic base with a rough surface in an off-white glaze in the middle and bands of shiny metallic gold glaze at the top and bottom. The tex...
Metal, Brass
1 of the 2 of Bitossi Lamps for Berboms, with Custom Made Shades by Rene Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
This Bitossi "Birch" lamp features a ceramic base with a rough surface in an off-white glaze in the middle and bands of shiny metallic gold glaze at the top and bottom. The textured ...
Metal, Brass
Pair of Bitossi Lamps for Bergboms, with Custom Made Shades by René Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of table lamps. Each lamp features a ceramic base with a rough surface in an off-white glaze with shiny metallic gold glazed patterns, Bitossi, Italy, circa 1960s. With exceptio...
Metal, Brass
Antique Limbert Lamp w/ PERIOD Kokomo Catspaw Opalescent Glass, Stickley era SA
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an Arts & Crafts Limbert Table Lamp from the early 1900s. It has the original patina on the metal parts of the shade. Also in the shade, the glass is authentic period Kokom...
Brass
Pair of Bitossi "Birch"Lamps, with Custom Made Silk Shades by Rene Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
This Bitossi "Birch" lamp features a ceramic base with a rough surface in an off-white glaze in the middle and bands of shiny metallic gold glaze at the top and bottom. The textured ...
Metal, Brass
$906Sale Price|39% Off
Delft table lamp Green 70s H cm 60
Located in Catania, IT
Delft green ceramic table lamp 1970s in very good condition. The lamp measures: Total height including lampshade cm 103 Lamp height 65 cm Width cm 23
Ceramic
'Opposée' Table Lamp, Californian Cream 'Satin' with Sand Raffia Shade
By Hannah Simpson Studio
Located in London, GB
Cream Base with a Satin finish and Sand Raffia Shade Estimated processing time is 2 weeks from order confirmation Pictured with a Mini Globe LED E27 Bulb. Bulb not included To pai...
Ceramic
Orange glazed ceramic table lamp by Vallauris, circa 1960.
By Vallauris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Orange glazed ceramic table lamp by Vallauris. Circa 1960.
Ceramic
Handmade Minimalist Linen Shade Ceramic Table Lamp by Maku Ceramic
Located in Geneve, CH
Handmade Minimalist Linen Shade Ceramic Table Lamp by Maku Ceramic Dimensions: D 6 x W 20 x H 49 cm Material: Handmade ceramic base with gold-tone metal accents Lampshade: Soft cream...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$4,294Sale Price|20% Off
Ceramic Table Lamp by Alexandre Kostanda, Vallauris, France, 1950-60s
By Alexandre Kostanda
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic table lamp by Alexandre Kostanda, Vallauris, France, 1950-60s Active in Vallauris from 1949 until his death in 2007. Opened his workshop in 1953.
Ceramic
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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