$975Sale Price / set|60% Off
Pair of Terra-Cotta Ceramic Vases with Lamp Application
Located in Bronx, NY
Pair of red ceramic vases with lamp application. The newly wired lamps come with dual, individually controlled sockets and can accommodate up to 100 watts each. Measures: The vases a...
Pair of Iridescent Celadon Porcelain Lamps, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of bottle shapped iridescent celadon porcelain lamps. Chiseled and gilt bronze mount on an openwork circular base decorated with cartouches and swirls, two openwork handles and ...
Bronze
$673Sale Price / set|47% Off
Pair of Art Nouveau Lamps by Denbac, France, C1910
By Denbac
Located in Trensacq, FR
Art Nouveau lamps by Denbac France C1910 A pair of beautiful Art Nouveau lamps from Denbac, France c1910. Flamed sandstone urns shaped lamp bases with distinguishing drip glazed dec...
Sandstone, Brass
Pair English Crystal Lamps by Lucy Cope in Cranberry Spots
Located in Memphis, TN
Pair English Crystal Lamps by Lucy Cope in Cranberry Spots. Will sell individually.
Crystal
lamps pair vintage leather orange jean michel frank croisillon inspired H28"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
UNUSUAL & STRIKING PAIR OF TALL, VINTAGE, ORANGE, LEATHER TABLE LAMPS, 28” HIGH, INSPIRED BY JEAN MICHEL FRANK’S 1928, CROISILLON LAMP Injecting bold colour and vibrancy into the int...
Leather
Italian Designer, Table Lamps, Acrylic, Italy, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of white and red acrylic table lamps likely designed and produced in Italy, c. 1970s.
Acrylic
Pair of Vintage Desk Lamp Lumen Form Oliver by Paolo Piva, 1960
By Paolo Piva
Located in Biella, IT
Lumenform two desk lamp Oliver by Paolo Piva design years ’60 . Good vintage condition.
Plastic
Midcentury Glass Table Lamps by Carl Fagerlund, Orrefors, Sweden, 1960s
By Orrefors, Carl Fagerlund
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Pair of burgundy red glass table lamps by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors.
Glass
Japanese, Copper, Lacquered Metal, Brass, Maruni Vase Table Lamps, Japan, 1960s
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese, Copper, Lacquered Metal, Brass, Maruni Vase Table Lamps, Japan, 1960s Pair of lacquered deep red table lamps designed and produced in Japan in the middle of the 20th centu...
Metal
Vase Pair of Cobridge Poppy and Ice Wildflower Blue Red Green White 16.5" high
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A pair of Cobridge, poppy & ice pattern, hand painted, table lamps on Perspex bases.
Stoneware
A Pair Red Gilt Chinoiserie Candelabra Table Lamps
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Beautiful Pair Red Gilt Chinoiserie Candelabra table lamps attributed to E.F.
Wood
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari circular form hand painted Porcelain Vases of quite generous proportions, now converted to a Pair of Electric Table Lamps.
Ormolu
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
Ormolu
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
Ormolu
Pair of Red Table Lamps by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors, Sweden, circa 1960s
By Orrefors, Carl Fagerlund
Located in New York, NY
These sleek 1960s table lamps by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors are made of glass, and contain a transparent substance that gives them their color.
Glass
$2,788Sale Price / set|20% Off
Red Fractal Resin Pair of Table Lamps, Marie-Claude de Fouquières, Pierre Giraud
By Pierre Giraudon, Marie-Claude de Fouquieres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This cylindrical pair of lamps is very poetic with all its small captivated fragments. Its color ranges from red to vivid orange with black inclusions. It always seems to be in movem...
Brass
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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