Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Chrome and Walnut Table Lamp, 1970s
By Laurel Lamp Company, Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A sophisticated Mid-Century Modern table lamp featuring a highly polished chrome sculptural form rising from a solid walnut or oak plinth base. The open organic silhouette evokes a s...
Chrome
Sputnik Ten Light Table Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Denton, TX
Unusual ten light Sputnik style table lamp with three way switch that allows you to have the low lights or the higher lights on or all ten on at at once. Makes for a nice sculpture c...
Chrome
Pair of Chrome and Brass Vase Shape Table Lamps
By Robert and Richard Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of chrome and brass vase shape Mid-Century Modern table lamps.
Brass, Chrome
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 22.5 in D 6 in
Modern Articulating Table Lamp in the Manner of Robert Sonneman
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in Miami, FL
Modern articulating table lamp perfect for any setting. This stylish and functional modern articulating table lamp in the manner of Robert Sonneman light fixtures would enhance any...
Chrome
Vintage Polished Chrome Lamps After Sonneman - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptional pair of table lamps captures the adventurous spirit of the Space Age movement, heavily influenced by the iconic orbital designs of Robert Sonneman.
Chrome
$2,600
H 42 in W 13 in D 7 in
Mid Century Modern Large Chrome Smoked Lucite Ribbon Shade Table Floor Lamp
By George Kovacs, Robert Sonneman, Laurel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Large Chrome Smoked Lucite Ribbon Shade Three Globe Style Lights Table Floor Lamp
Chrome
$550
H 16 in W 13 in D 13 in
Postmodern Space Age Chrome Mushroom Table Lamp in the Style of Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti, Robert Sonneman, Harvey Guzzini
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
1970s to 1980s Space Age / Postmodern chrome mushroom table lamp, heavily influenced by Italian modernist lighting design. The floating domed shade and dual-column support are very r...
Chrome
$1,800
H 61 in Dm 22 in
Pancaked Chrome Spheres Base Glass Top End Table Floor Lamp Mid-Century Modern
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pancaked chrome spheres base glass top end table floor lamp Mid-Century Modern. Glass measures 1/2'' thickness.
Chrome
$1,010
H 18.9 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
Paul Evans. Skyscraper chrome table lamp by Maison Jansen, France, 1970s
By Maison Jansen, Philippe Barbier, Robert Sonneman, Paul Evans, Sandro Petti
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Skyscraper-shaped table lamp in the style of Paul Evans' desgins for Maison Jansen, France, 1970s.
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Pair of Chrome and White Glass Pendant Lamps by Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A glamorous pair of 1970s polish chrome and white glass pendant lamps by Sonneman. The lamps are chrome on the outside and black lacquer in the inside. A white glass cylinder covers ...
Chrome
$350
H 30.5 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome Modernist Table Lamp w/ Sculpted Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome Modernist Table Lamp w/ Sculpted Base attributed to Robert Sonneman.
Chrome
Stacked Chrome Globes Base Glass Side Table Floor Lamp
By Robert Sonneman, George Kovacs
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern stack chrome side table floor lamp.
Brass, Chrome
$1,500 / set
H 29 in W 8 in D 8 in
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome Ball Space Age 3 Light Table Lamp - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Chrome Ball Space Age 3 Light Table Lamp After Robert Sonneman - a Pair.
Chrome
Mod Space Age Chrome and Glass Sputnik Combo Floor Lamp Table c 1970's
By Sonneman Lighting, George Kovacs
Located in New York, NY
Totally cool Modernist, Space Age, Mid Century combination floor lamp, table. The lamp features a tubular chrome vertical pole which supports a disk form glass shelf table top surfac...
Chrome
$2,800
H 60 in W 23 in D 23 in
Mid Century Modern Chrome Base Floor Lamp w/ Three Circular Built Stand Tables
By Kovach, Milo Baughman, Flos, Achille Castiglioni, Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very cool Mid-Century Modern chrome floor lamp with three round built in multi level tables or stands.
Chrome
$1,128Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.29 in Dm 13 in
Space Age. Large table lamp "Volcano" by Maof, Spain, 1970s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Large "Volcano" table lamp by Maof, Spain, 1970s. Formed by a circular metal base with a half sphere of worked alabaster and 5 opaline globes.
Alabaster, Metal, Steel, Chrome
$3,955Sale Price|30% Off
H 30 in Dm 17 in
George Kovacs 1960 Mid Century Modern Large Desk-Table Lamp In Polished Brass
By George Kovacs
Located in Miami, FL
George Kovacs not only made popular table lamps, floor lamps, hanging pendants and wall sconces, he also marketed the products of other acclaimed designers, including Ingo Maurer, Ha...
Brass, Steel
$680Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.25 in W 17.5 in D 4.5 in
Postmodern Black & Brass Halogen Desk Lamp Inspired by Sonneman
By Robert Sonneman, Ettore Sottsass, George Kovacs
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Postmodern desk or bankers lamp in the style of Robert Sonneman for George Kovacs from the 1980s.
Brass, Metal
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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