Quartite Creative Corp Mid-Century Modern Genie Lamps
By Quartite Creative Corp.
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Quartite Creative Corp. genie lamps have become a Mid-Century Modern icon. If you were around in the 1950s-1960s, chances are you knew someone with these lamps in their home. The gen...
Metal
Maria Kipp Mid-Century Organic Modern Natural Reed Woven Shade with Ceramic Lamp
By Quartite Creative Corp., Maria Kipp
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning, authentic piece of mid-century modern design history. This c. 1958 XL table lamp features a beautiful combination of textures and materials that perfectly encapsulates po...
Ceramic, Chenille, Jute, Reed, Stucco, Walnut, Paper
Monumental MCM Sculptural Table Lamp, 1959 – 40″ High
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
This 1959 table lamp by Quartite Creative Corp is a quintessential example of Mid-Century Modern sculptural lighting, standing an impressive 40 inches high.
Ceramic, Textile
Restored Pair of James Mont Style Buddha lamps by Quartite Creative
By Quartite Creative Corp.
Located in Astoria, NY
A pair of exotic sculptural table lamps by Quartite Creative Corp., designed in the manner of James Mont, with Buddha heads in plaster, painted in bronze tone, on black bases.
Plaster
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Black Ceramic and Walnut Lamps by Quartite Creative
By Quartite Creative Corp.
Located in Astoria, NY
A pair of Mid-Century Modern table lamps, produced in the United States by Quartite Creative, of conical form in black-ash colored mottled ceramic with walnut accents. Marked and dat...
Ceramic, Walnut
1950s Maria Kipp Table Lamp Shade, USA
By Maria Kipp, Quartite Creative Corp.
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Maria Kipp chenille woven shade sitting on a well assorted US made chalkware table lamp by Quartite Creative Corp. Shade measure 17 in. wide by 16 in. high. Contain one E26 s...
Wood, Chenille
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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