Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Late 20th Century American Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
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Metal
1960s Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic, Porcelain, Cotton
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
1970s Portuguese Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Porcelain
1980s Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Wood
Late 20th Century Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Plaster
Late 20th Century American Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
Late 20th Century British Colonial Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
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Brass
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Brass
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Resin
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
1970s Italian Organic Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
Late 20th Century British Colonial Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Retro Monkey Table Lamp
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Porcelain, Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century Unknown Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
1960s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
1970s Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic, Raffia
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Gold, Bronze
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Wood
1950s Japanese Scandinavian Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
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Wood
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Iron
1890s Old Masters Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Aquatint, Etching, Intaglio
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Brass
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Bronze
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Ceramic
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Tin
Late 19th Century English Louis Philippe Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic, Porcelain, Wood
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Ceramic
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Paint, Paper
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Boxwood
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
1970s American Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
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Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
1970s American Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Brass
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Brass
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Resin
1980s Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Cast Stone, Bronze
Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
1980s Bohemian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Brass
1950s Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Porcelain
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Porcelain
Late 20th Century North American Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Plaster
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Brass
1950s Retro Monkey Table Lamp
1980s American Organic Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Plaster
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
1960s Portuguese Retro Monkey Table Lamp
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Wood
1950s American Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Late 20th Century Philippine Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
1960s Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
1980s French Brutalist Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Bohemian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
1950s American Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
1970s Italian Chinoiserie Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
1980s American Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
Late 20th Century Philippine Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Resin
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Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Nickel, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Nickel
1970s North American Retro Monkey Table Lamp
1960s French Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Rope
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Earthenware
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Brass
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
1960s Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
1960s Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Ceramic
1950s Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Cord, Silk
Mid-20th Century Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Bronze
1970s Mexican Retro Monkey Table Lamp
1970s American Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Brass
1960s Italian Retro Monkey Table Lamp
1970s French Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Late 20th Century North American Retro Monkey Table Lamp
Metal
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Finding the Right table-lamps for You
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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