$744Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco and Egyptian style gilded table lamp, Spain, 1960s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Mid-Century large hand-carved wooden table lamp, Spain, 1960s. Polychromed wood body in gold representing an Egyptian sphinx, and brass upper structure. This type of Egyptian lamps a...
Plaster, Wood, Paint
Hollywood Regency Gold and White Table Lamps by Visual Comfort, a Pair
By Visual Comfort
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of Hollywood Regency style table lamps by Visual Comfort. White painted urns are decorated with beveled shoulders and reeded bases highlighted in gold. Each lamp measures 7.5"...
Brass
Pair Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps by Quartite Creations 1960's
By Quartite Creative Corp.
Located in Fulton, CA
A pair of Mid-Century Modern table lamps by Quartite Creative Company. Incised at base with makers name and dated 1960. Fine original condition. 37.75 inches high. (to top of finia...
Steel
A Pair of Large Late 20th Century Postmodern Ceramic Table Lamps.
Located in Miami, FL
A Pair of Large Late 20th Century Postmodern Ceramic Table Lamps. Features large textured ceramic bases with abstract geometric etched details in muted hues of Browns, Blues, and Gr...
Ceramic, Plaster
$2,368Sale Price / set|20% Off
"Vintage Architectural Element Lamps, Blackened Finish, Medieval Style, Pair"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Vintage architectural element lamps, black finish. Standard Single Edison Socket 25 Watts
Cement, Stone, Brass
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Fantastic Reglor of California Male Fencer Lamp with Original Shade, circa 1951
By Reglor Of California
Located in Pemberton, NJ
The lamp is in nice vintage condition, but the paint has some cracks-does not effect integrity of the lamp.
Plaster
Saxon Crusader Robin Hood Chalkware Lamp by Continental Art Co., 1950s
By Continental Art Company
Located in New Orleans, LA
Travelling to the beat of a different design drum... If you Love Lucy, late 40's/ early 50's Hollywood, wanted to dance all night at the Tropicana to Ricky Ricardo's band, you may lo...
Plaster, String, Cotton
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Monumental Tony Paul for Westwood Futures Asian Buddha Sculptural Table Lamp MCM
By Tony Paul, Westwood Industries
Located in Peoria, AZ
SUMPTUOUS! TONY PAUL FOR WESTWOOD FUTURES MID CENTURY MARVELOUS! ONLY SOLD TO DECORATORS! DIMENSIONS: APPROX. 32" TALL BY 18" WIDE Westwood lamps were some of the Mid Centur...
Metal, Enamel
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Bamboo and Leather Table Lamp with Vintage Japanese Parasol Shade [In Stock]
By Tennant New York
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The One of One Collection is an ongoing series of single-edition floor and table lamps featuring shades made from particularly rare vintage paper parasols from our archive. Rest as...
Brass
Mid-Century Reglor Table Lamp by Bernie & Rena Stein, California 1951
By Reglor Of California
Located in Munich, DE
Original Reglor Table Lamp from California, signed and stamped 1951. With its massive base and light air an expression of Hollywood at its best. Stamped, signed and in beautiful cond...
Plaster
Hollywood Regency Asian Figural Lamps Style of James Mont w/ Black Tapered Shade
By James Mont
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome pair of Hollywood Regency Asian female and male figural lamps in the style of James Mont wearing black hard backed fabric tapered shades. They have a marking of Bodhisattva,...
Brass
1950/60's Chalk Ware Bonsai Tree Lamp att. to Reglor of California c 1950's
By Reglor Of California
Located in New York, NY
Chic cast plaster table lamp made in the form of a stylized Bonsai tree, circa 1950's, attributed to Reglor of California, unsigned. This example is in good, original, clean and work...
Plaster, Paint
Pair of One of a Kind Handcrafted Sculptural lamps - Organic Rock Formation
By RinDesign
Located in London, GB
Pair of Sculptural Handcrafted Table Lamps — Organic Textured Design with Gold Interior A striking pair of one of a kind sculptural lamps that blur the line between functional desig...
Wire
Sailor Head Table Light signed by French Artist 1940s
Located in Hudson, NY
Quantity : (1) Materials : Brass / Plaster Color : Aqua / Brown Dimensions : 24.5”H Lamping : (2) Edison Bulbs @60W max each Estimated weight :
Brass
White and Silver Sculptural Plaster Floor Lamp, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi Sculptural plaster lamp created by a metal structure, plaster+ paper, and image collage on wood.
Metal
Dawes Black Horse Brewery Large Cast Advertising Horse Sculptural Lamp Base
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large horse sculpture was done by Ross Butler to advertise and prooste Black Horse brand beer for Dawes Brewery of Montreal Canada. The detailed sculpture is done with a molded ...
Plaster
American Plaster Harlequin Balustrade White & Blue Painted Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century American "Harlequin Balustrade" plaster table lamp sculpted in spindle form and painted blue, gold and white, tapering toward the top with an extended stem, ending in a c...
Metal, 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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