Beautiful Mid Century Table Lamp, Tree, Redwood
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful table lamp, hardware and shade are new.
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wood
Beautiful Mid Century Table Lamp, Tree, Redwood
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful table lamp, hardware and shade are new.
Wood
Vintage Boho Redwood Burl Lamp Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Organic, sculptural, and unapologetically primal. This vintage boho lamp base is carved from
Metal
James Mont Cerused Redwood and Brass Lamps
By James Mont
Located in North Hollywood, CA
James Mont cerused redwood and polished brass lamps.
Brass
Redwood Burl Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Northern California redwood table lamp. Lamp is solid wood and weighs approximately 50 lbs.
Hand-Carved Redwood Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Balustrade, hand-carved, redwood table lamp. Tinted, brass neck. Brown cord. 28.5" height
Wood
Mid Century Redwood Burl Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful tangle of Redwood tree burl growth polished to perfection and wired as a lamp. A rustic
Brass
Mid Century Modern Nakashima Era Hexagon Redwood Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Handcrafted table lamps from old growth redwood from the Santa Cruz Mountains. Nakashima Era
Acrylic
Geometric Solid Wood Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Geometric solid wood table lamp, possibly redwood. Triangular in shape, with partial flat sides
Wood
Andon Style Table Lamp in Redwood / California Studio Crafted
By George Nakashima Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
Finely crafted Andon style table lamp of redwood and rice paper. Created sometime during the 1980s
Wood, Paper
Redwood Burl Bottle Form Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Northern California Redwood Table Lamp. Solid wood and weighs approximately 50lbs. Newly rewired
Redwood Burl Wood Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful organic California redwood burl wood table lamp built by a craftsman in the 1970's.
Metal
Redwood and aluminum table lamp by Tom Galli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand crafted table lamp in redwood with an aluminum lining with an orange painted pivoting light
Aluminum, Metal
A Pair of Redwood branch Lamps
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pair of Redwood branch lamps from the 1960's. Each lamp is individually constructed with redwood
Wood
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Ethan Streicher, Streicher Goods
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
Brass
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
$6,249 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
Pair of Hollywood Regency Lamps Attributed to James Mont
By Marcello Fantoni, Bitossi, Aldo Londi, The Marbro Lamp Company, James Mont
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Hollywood Regency lamps attributed To James Mont. this pair of beautifully glazed ceramic lamps in a stunning shade of green mounted on an Asian Modern base. These midcentury...
Ceramic, Wood
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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