Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
Early 20th Century Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
1920s American Edwardian Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
1920s American Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Glass
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Iron
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Glass
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Brass
Early 20th Century American Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Art Glass
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Iron
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Brass
Late 19th Century Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
Early 20th Century Austrian Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Glass
Early 19th Century British Georgian Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Tin
1920s French Louis XVI Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Gold, Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal, Chrome
19th Century French Louis XIV Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Porcelain
1840s French Louis XVI Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Gold, Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Brass, Gold
Early 20th Century American Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Art Glass
1920s French Other Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
1920s French Other Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
19th Century French Louis XVI Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
19th Century French Rococo Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Brass
1870s French Louis XVI Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Mid-Century Modern Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Glass
1840s English Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Gold Leaf, Metal
19th Century French Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
Early 20th Century Austrian Rustic Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
1880s Chinese Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Enamel
Early 20th Century Austrian Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
1920s Unknown Art Deco Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Diamond, Rock Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
Early 1900s Austrian Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
Early 20th Century Austrian Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
1920s American Art Nouveau Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Paint
1920s German Art Deco Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century American Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
1920s American Art Deco Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
19th Century French Louis XV Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Bronze
18th Century Austrian Other Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Early 20th Century American Industrial Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century American Industrial Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century American Industrial Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal, Brass
18th Century Italian Baroque Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Early 20th Century American Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
1920s American Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
Metal
Early 20th Century American Reverse Painted Lamp Antique
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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