Rare Important Estate Antique Pairpoint Style Puffy French Flower Boudoir Lamp
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item is a Museum Quality a Rare Pairpoint Puffy Multi Color Rose Boudoir Table Lamp on Bronze Base. The shade is reverse painted showing Purple Flowers and Red Poppy Fl...
Art Glass
Pagoda Oriental Modern Contemporary Table Lamp, blue lampshade, Silvered Crystal
By Sabrina Landini
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
A blend of natural fiber, available in the variety of colors, let the light pass through : sun, rust, gold, turquoise, rose, white, jade, violet The lamp is wired US with 2 x G9 l...
Crystal, Brass
$2,728Sale Price|20% Off
Victorian Brass With Circular Milk Glass Pendant Hanging Oil Lamp
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Reading, Berkshire
In the Manner of Bradley & Hubbard Victorian Brass & Milk Glass Circular Pendant Hanging Oil Lamp With Tudor Rose Detailing & Decorative Suspension Chains This light c...
Brass
$6,900 / set
Pair of Cubic Style Rock Crystal Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of rose quartz rock crystal table lamps with polish brass base and insert decorations.
Pair French Ormolu Mounted Chinese Lavender Ground Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Pair of 19th/Early 20th Century Chinese Lavender Ground Famille Rose Decorated Porcelain Lamps on French Ormolu Mounts.
Ormolu
P Pagoda Oriental Modern Contemporary Table Lamp, blue lampshade, Silvered Cryst
By Sabrina Landini
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
A blend of natural fiber, available in the variety of colors, let the light pass through : sun, rust, gold, turquoise, rose, white, jade, violet The lamp is wired US with 2 x G9 l...
Crystal, Brass
1 of the 2 Holmegaard White Pink Glass Table Lamps, Custom Made Lampshade
Located in Rijssen, NL
This base fits perfectly with the custom made dusty rose colored silk lamp shade. Please notice the price is for one piece, we have two pieces available.
Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century Vintage Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Jar Table Lamp
Located in Pomona, CA
A vintage famille rose porcelain table lamp from the mid-20th century with kids playing design and Buddhist floral pattern.
Porcelain
Hand-painted antique Chinese vase lamp with a storied provenance!
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Antique Chinese famille rose enamel vase lamp, late Qing red signature, 4-character marking on reverse, with a provenance traced back to Mrs.
Ceramic
$2,160Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Large 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Bulbous Vase Lamp, Pale Blue
Located in Miami, FL
A rare, large antique Chinese famille rose porcelain baluster vase lamp. Measures: 30" height x 18" diameter with the shade.
Porcelain
Gas Lamp in Glass, Gilded Bronze and Enameled Porcelain, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
A pedestal with rockery and medallions serves as a base for the porcelain vase decorated with roses that makes the lamp body, and features two metal handles.
Bronze, Other
Art Deco Vintage Brass Copper Table Lamp Pink Shade 1930s Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant vintage table lamp in geometric brass and copper worked in luscious gold and rose color.
Brass, Copper
Late 20th Century Neoclassic Maitland-Smith Porcelain Lamp Serpentine Lion Heads
By Maitland Smith
Located in Topeka, KS
The total aura is unique and it’s going to be AWESOME on a sofa table in your living room, on an end table in the sitting room, on a nightstand in your bedroom, or on a fabulous lamp...
Brass
Pair of French Midcentury Hand Painted Porcelain Table Lamps Etched Glass Shades
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A beautiful pair of large Vintage white and rose color porcelain table lamps hand painted with elegant floral motifs and gilded decoration, gilt brass mounts, France Paris, circa 194...
Brass
Pair of French and Asian Collaboration 19th Century Louis XV St. Porcelain Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely decorative pair of French and Asian collaboration 19th century Louis XV st. Famille Rose porcelain, crystal, and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by an e...
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 1920s White Marble Vase Shaped Table Lamps Mounted on Lucite
Located in Atlanta, GA
Adorned with bronze accents showcasing roses and ovoid motifs, the lamps are raised on square lucite bases.
Marble, Bronze
More Views Mid-20th Century Vintage Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Jar Table L
Located in Pomona, CA
A vintage famille rose porcelain table lamp from the mid-20th century with fairies and landscaping design.
Porcelain
Table Light Sculpture in Brass with Quartz Base, Portal 600 by Christopher Boots
By Christopher Boots
Located in Warsaw, PL
On the first image you can see following configuration: PORTAL TABLE LAMP 600 with Rose Quartz Slab Base. Images present different size variants and examples of finish.
Crystal, Quartz, Brass
19th Century Pair Chinese Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality and unusual colour pair of 19th Century Chinese Rose medallion porcelain vases / lamps. Having this rare yellow ground with the classical Cantonese floral decorat...
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Crackleware Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and decorative 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose crackelware vase / lamp. Having classical motif bronzed decoration, leaf and berry handles.
Porcelain
Pair Of Chinese Famille Rose Hexagonal Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Unusual hexagonal form with overall painted decoration.The base with pierced decoration. Now mounted as lamps.
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A beautiful pair of late 19th century Chinese famille rose vases / lamps, each having Yellow ground with ecotic birds and flowers.
Porcelain
Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Canton Famille Rose Porcelain Lamps
Located in London, GB
These elegant lamps are crafted from Chinese Canton famille rose porcelain and mounted with French gilt bronze (ormolu).
Ormolu, Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Table Lamp Lady Dancer Ruth Figurine Rosé Model 5171
By GOLDSCHEIDERSCHE PORZELLAN-MANUFACTUR UND MAJOLICA-FABRIK (1885-1953)
Located in Vienna, AT
Goldscheider Vienna gorgeous table lamp with lady figurine called ruth Model created by ROSÉ (= an artist's pseudonym / signed at backside) Designed, circa 1911-1912.
Fabric, Ceramic
New Old Stock, Opaline Murano Glass "Rose" Table Desk Light Cenedese Vetri 1960s
By Gino Cenedese, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: table light opal Murano glass Producer: Cenedese Vetri Origin: Murano, Italy Age: 1960s Description: This fantastic vintage table ...
Metal
Antique Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Green Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Oil Lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of medium proportions, (see last image in s...
Ormolu
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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Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
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