$1,360Sale Price|20% Off
Heavy Large Organic Modern Manzanita Tree Root Lamp
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Heavy and large organic modern Manzanita root lamp.
Wood
Mid Century Organic Rustic Modern Tree Root Lamp
By George Nakashima
Located in St. Louis, MO
Nice vintage tree root or driftwood lamp sculpted by nature with embedded rocks that tree grew around.
Stone
Pair of Painted Wood Root Lamps with Matching Finials
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unusual pair of vIntage, painted arboreal lamps, each solid and heavy twisted root fragment, wired with a three-way socket; matching root finials.
Wood
Small root table lamp, France, 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
A double-lighting wooden root lamp, France, 1950s, with an organic and sculptural design.
Wood, Olive
Sculptural Lamp Designed by Carlos Aucejo, made of Marble and Wood.
By Carlos Aucejo
Located in Madrid, ES
ROOT Lamp designed by Carlos Aucejo, a sculptural piece crafted from marble and olive wood.
Carrara Marble
Large olive wood table lamp, France, 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Style : 1960s Brutalist Organic/Natural Wabi-sabi Main Features : Table Lamp/Decorative Lamp Solid Olive Wood (Root) Unique Piece Double Socket Beautiful Grain and Patina Made in Fr...
Wood, Olive
Vintage Boho Small Root Ball Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Discover the captivating, sculptural charm of this vintage root ball pendant lamp, a testament to raw natural artistry.
Metal
$1,095Sale Price|25% Off
Organic Tree Root/Branch Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handmade rustic, yet Mid Century Modern Crafstman Table Lamp. Made from tree roots and branches and hewn together on an organic sculptural form. Height includes harp. Shade not...
Twig, Hardwood
Stabilized Walnut Wood Lamp "Silver Root"
Located in Dolné Sľažany, SK
The lamp itself is based on the idea of ??creating an unconventional switching mechanism and joining two different materials - wood and stainless steel. A simple switch is a practic...
Stainless Steel
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Organic Modern Brass Mounted Sculptural Root Floor Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian organic modern brass mounted root floor lamp. Italy, circa 1980s Newly rewired.
Brass
Large Swedish Table Lamp, Root Beer Glass & Giltwood Base, 1950s
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large Swedish table lamp with root beer colored blown glass body mounted silver giltwood base.
Glass, Giltwood
Signed Organic Modern Root Wood Table Lamp by Leonard T., 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Sculptural Organic Modern table lamp signed by Leonard T., featuring a hand-carved root wood form mounted on a shaped wooden base.
Brass
Brutalist Table Lamp, Carved Wood from Tree Root, French Design, 1970s
Located in ROUEN, FR
Impressive Brutalist table lamp crafted from a sculptural carved and polished tree root.
Wood
Swedish Birch Root Open Barley Twist Table Lamp, Circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish birch root barley twist turned table lamp, Circa 1960s, Great color and form.
Birch
Large Organic Bamboo & Handwoven Rattan Floor Lamp on Root Wood Base, 1950s
By Mario Lopez Torres
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Organic Bamboo & Handwoven Rattan Floor Lamp on Root Wood Base, 1950s A large handcrafted organic floor lamp produced during the 1970s, combining natural bamboo, solid root woo...
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan, Wood
Pair of Mid-Century Cypress Root Table Lamps - Organic Modern Driftwood, 1950s
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A striking pair of Mid-Century Modern table lamps handcrafted from solid cypress root, each showcasing the natural grain, sculptural contours, and organic character unique to the wood.
Cypress
$1,415Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Midcentury Table Lamp Buddha Brass Gold Walnut Root 1960s Rectangular
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian midcentury table lamp Buddha brass gold walnut root 1960s rectangular, parchment paper dome.
Brass, Gold Leaf
Vintage Mid Century Modern Sculpted Teak Root Wood Driftwood Organic Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Sculpted Teak Wood Driftwood Natural Organic Root Table Lamp. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 37" H (to finial) x 25" H (to light socket) x 9.5" W x ...
Teak
Mid Century Cypres Root Driftwood Style Backet Weave Shape Shade Table Lamp MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Cyprus Root Driftwood Style Backet Weave Shape Shade Table Lamp MINT
Driftwood, Cypress
$902Sale Price|30% Off
Vintage Drip Glaze Root Beer Float Brown and White Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Lomita, CA
The layers of glaze, brown, rust, sienna and white are design genius on this 1960s table lamp from an auction of distinctive, vintage lighting. It is vintage but looks like the glaze...
Brass
Unique Vintage & Large Driftwood or Root Wood Large Table Lamp Mid-Century Mod
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large, sculptural and dramatic table lamp made of drift or root wood with a polychrome finish that is a mix of charred, stained and oxidized-untreated areas.
Abalone, Driftwood
Mid-Century Modern Alabaster Pyramid Table Lamps by Camille Breesch
By Camille Breesch
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Just on the heels of modern with an unmistakable root in Art Deco. Both lamps are topped with their original alabaster finials.
Alabaster
Vintage Portuguese Grape Vine Wood Double Shade Table Lamp, 1960's
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful organic grape vine root table lamp with lovely knotted twists and original raffia shades have double European sockets and newly rewired.
Fruitwood
Louvanes Chandelier Lamp in Bio Material with Natural Dyes by Thibault Philip
Located in Geneve, CH
Materials: Braided intestine structure and intestine sheet dyed with squid ink and madder root. All our lamps can be wired according to each country.
Organic Material
Vintage Midcentury Enormous Cypress Root Lamp
Located in Tulsa, OK
This is a very large and unique lamp. This is a midcentury vintage lamp made of cypress root.
Cypress
1970s Italian Briar-Root and Brass Floor Lamp
Located in Milan, IT
1970s Italian briar root and brass lamp.
Brass
Unavailable
H 59.06 in Dm 7.88 in
Modern Brutalist Rounded Floor Lamp, Walnut Root Veneer, Frosted Glass Light
By Hommes Studio
Located in Porto, PT
The Orpheu Floor Lamp Wood redefines design, featuring a sleek cylindrical wood structure that frames a floating light source at its core.
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Large Five Light Root Wood and Copper Sea Urchin Table Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Extremely unusual English Channel sea urchin lamp on root wood base with copper folliage.
Copper
Unavailable
H 23.63 in Dm 13.78 in
Minimalist Modern Wood Table Lamp Rounded Shape Walnut Root Frosted Glass Light
By Hommes Studio
Located in Porto, PT
Mid-Century Modern Wood Table Lamp Rounded Shape Walnut Root Frosted Glass Light The Orpheu Table Lamp Wood is a symphony of balance and light featuring a sleek cylindrical wood stru...
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Unavailable
H 23.63 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Mid-Century Modern Wood Table Lamp, Column Shape Walnut Root Frosted Glass Light
By Hommes Studio
Located in Porto, PT
Mid-Century Modern Wood Table Lamp, Column Shape Walnut Root Frosted Glass LightThe Athena Table Lamp Wood is a testament to timeless craftsmanship, blending brutalist inspiration wi...
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Unavailable
H 20.48 in W 14.18 in D 10.24 in
Root Hardwood Table lamp Flying fish Rattan shade by Leonard T 1970 Germany
Located in Antwerpen, BE
The root wood table lamp with a rattan shade and hardwood flying fish base, designed and signed by Leonard T in 1970 Germany, showcases Japanese-inspired design blended with mid-cent...
Wood, Hardwood
Unavailable
H 59.06 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp Checkered Wood Marquetry Black Bird Eye & Ash Root
By Hommes Studio
Located in Porto, PT
The Athena Floor Lamp Wood redefines minimal elegance, combining a dark wood base with clean architectural lines.
Glass, Wood, Ash, Birdseye Maple
Unavailable
H 59.06 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Mid-Century Modern Wood Floor Lamp, Column Shape Walnut Root Frosted Glass Light
By Hommes Studio
Located in Porto, PT
The Athena Floor Lamp Wood redefines minimal elegance, combining a dark wood base with clean architectural lines.
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Contemporary SABBA Bright sculputure with root
By Sara Ricciardi
Located in Benevento, IT
The design piece is part of RITMO SABBA, solo exhibition by Sara Ricciardi. RITMO SABBA was inspired by her fascination with a chapter from the history of the Samnite lands. Beneven...
Brass
Unavailable
H 11.82 in Dm 11.82 in
Minimal Modern Round Walnut Root Wall Lamp, Sconce Wood Veneer with Led Strip
Located in Porto, PT
The Ode Wall Light White celebrates modern design and refined craftsmanship through its purity of light. Its clean, circular shape evokes light as an eternal source of inspiration an...
Wood, Walnut
Pair of Root Lamps
Located in North Miami, FL
A beautiful pair of cypress root lamps mounted on lucite bases with custom shades
Wood, Lucite
Near Pair of Root Lamps
Located in Chireno, TX
Near pair of root lamps: custom vintage French table lamps, from tree roots, newly-wired for use within the USA.
Burlap, Wood
Swedish Root Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th C Swedish painted rustic root lamp table. 1890. Reference: 8367 Dimensions 28 inches (71 cms) High 23.5 inches (60 cms) Diameter
Birch
Hardwood Root Lamp
Located in Wainscott, NY
Old hardwood root recently converted to a lamp with a custom French paper shade.
Wood, Paper
Set of Six Sculptural Root Lamps, 1970
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
A set of 6 sculptural lamps made in Elm root. (please ask us for the photo).
Elm, Wood
Large Burr Root Table Lamp with Naturalistic Knotted Surface
Located in London, GB
An unusual burr root lamp of large scale, with multiple knots to the surface.
Wood
Primitive Floor Lamp, France circa 1970
Located in Culver City, CA
France, 1970 Primitive carved tree root lamp with newly made burlap shade. 33"w x 20”d x 74.5”h Ref.
Burlap, Wood
Molesworth Style Desk Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Influenced by the work of Thomas Molesworth’s Shoshone furniture company, the burl root lamp base with goatskin lampshade has exquisite hand-painted scene of Indian brave on horsebac...
Sirmos Tree Root Floor Lamp
By Sirmos
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sirmos organic tree root plaster floor lamp Model #60463 Original shade, photo of the floor lamp in the Sirmos catalog.
Plaster
Folk Art Root Carved Table Lamp
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Folk Art root carved table lamp. This is a very attractive if somewhat unusual piece, it is an old root carving which has been adapted to change it into a charming table lamp, the...
Bog Wood
Pair Sculptural Cypress Root Table Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Natural creations, these lamps appear as abstract sculptures. Both are made from cypress "knees," the root outgrowths that cypress trees develop in wetlands.
Pair Sculptural Cypress Root Table Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Natural creations, these lamps appear as abstract sculptures. Both are made from cypress "knees," the root outgrowths that cypress trees develop in wetlands.
Root Wood Sculpture Lamp with Custom Shade
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Interesting root wood lamp with a custom shade. This lamp has been recently rewired.
Vintage Farmhouse Live Edge Root Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Newly Rewired, New Shade Materials: Live Edge Burl Wood, New Shade Style: Farmhouse Dimensions: 28.50”H x 9.50”W x 11”D Shade: 10"H x 15.25"W x 15.25"D
Burl
Pair of Sculptural Cypress Root Knees Table Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Natural creations, these lamps appear as abstract sculptures. Both are made from cypress "knees," the root outgrowths that cypress trees develop in wetlands.
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Signed Root Wood Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
An unusual early 20th century root wood table lamp on a square base, signed to the front corner of the base.
Wood
Pair of Chinese carved root wood figural lamp bases
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Chinese carved root wood figural lamp bases, worked as fishermen and converted to electric lamps - The lampshade(s) are newly handmade silks by the same maker as provides th...
Silk, 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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