Sold|$3,200
Laurel Lamp Company Table Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Westport, CT
Pair of sculptural table lamps by Laurel, brass newly polished, wood newly redone in grey ceruse, complimented beautifully by light grey linen shades.
Brass
Sold|$3,200
Laurel Lamp Company Table Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Westport, CT
Pair of sculptural table lamps by Laurel, brass newly polished, wood newly redone in grey ceruse, complimented beautifully by light grey linen shades.
Brass
Sold|$900 / set
Pair of Sculptural Ash and Brass Mid Century Table Lamps
By Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in San Mateo, CA
Pair of sculptural table lamps in ash and brass. These are attributed to Modeline Lamp Co.
Brass
Sold|$1,200
Heifetz Sculptural Lamp
By Heifetz
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A wood and brass sculptural table lamp with drum shaped linen shade.
Brass
Sold|$1,600
Vintage Sculptural Iron Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Chicago, IL
A sculptural table lamp featuring a curved iron body.
Iron
Sold|$3,878
Sculptural Stained Glass Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
An extraordinary & unique sculptural table lamp in multicoloured stained glass with numerous chunks of faceted gemlike glass standing on a solid marble base .
Marble, Metal
Danish Sculptural Teak & Brass Table Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
Long and sculptural table lamp with sinewy curves and undulating square base centered on a long brass shaft.
Brass
Midcentury Sculptural Chrome and Brass Table Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage chrome and brass sculptural table lamp with three lights. Good vintage condition with age appropriate patina.
Brass, Chrome
Sold|$4,500
Pair of Large Sculptural Acrylic Table Lamps
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of large sculptural table lamps in molded acrylic with chrome stem and ultrasuede shades by Les Prismatique, France 1970's (signed)
Temde Italian Table Lamp with Sculptural Foot, 1970
By Temde Leuchten
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Fantastic sculptural table lamp by Temde. Foot shaped in the manner of Alexandre Noll.
Wood
Sculptural Patinated Metal Table Lamp, circa 1970
By Stewart Ross James
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Hand built sculptural table lamp, circa 1970. Thin gauge welded metal construction.
Metal
Sculptural Brass and Marble Table Lamps, Italy, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural table lamps featuring a brass body and black marble base.
Pair of Sculptural Brass Table Lamps with Inset Wood Design
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of sculptural table lamps in brass with inset wood design by Laurel Lighting, American 1950's
Sold|$850
Sculptural Gray Marble Table Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous, sculptural table lamp in gray marble with stunning, painterly veining.
Marble, Metal
Sold|$4,500
Sculptural Pair of Pearlescent Lucite Lamps
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of sculptural table lamps in pearlescent Lucite with black Lucite bases, American, 1970s.
Lucite
Mahogany Figural Midcentury Lamp by Laurel Lamp Co
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatically shaped mahogany sculptural table lamp on a brass and black base by the famed Laurel Lamp Co.
Mahogany
Sculptural Rope and Wood Table Lamp, circa 1970.
By George Nakashima
Located in Brussels, BE
Sculptural table lamp, circa 1970. Rope, dark wood and paper.
Rope, Wood
French Sculptural Travertine circa 1970 Round Table Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
A French round travertine marble c1970 sculptural table lamp. Single light source. Designer unknown.
Travertine
Sold
1950 Table Lamp
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
SCULPTURAL TABLE LAMP
Brass
Pair of Brutalist Mid-Century Table Lamps by Laurel Lighting
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Peabody, MA
Pair of striking large-scale Brutalist sculptural table lamps in bronzed finish, by Laurel Lighting Co., circa late 1960s. 40.5" high to top of finials, 34.5" to top of socket.
Metal
Sold|$3,800
Milo Baughman Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural table lamp
Sold|$4,500
French Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural table lamp with double pivot adjustability
Brass, Metal
Sold|$3,600
Harry Balmer Table Lamp
By Harry Balmer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large sculptural table lamp
Mazzega Vetreria Murano Sculptural Lamp
By Carlo Nason
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
A sculptural table lamp, made of white Murano glass inside, that can be turned .
Murano Glass
A Chromed Sculptural Maurizio Tempestini Lamp for Laurel
Located in Bellport, NY
A dramatic statement in this chromed sculptural table lamp,designed by Maurizio Tempestini for Laurel.
Laurel Lamp Co. Nickel-Plated Table Lamp
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful, sculptural table lamp designed by the Laurel Lamp Co., Featuring a nickel plated body, black base and a new custom black lamp shade (included in purchase).
Nickel
Sold|$2,800
Pair of Laurel Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of sculptural table lamps
Metal
Organic Sculptural Mid-Century Wooden Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A very sculptural table lamp. Belgium, c1960s. Organic forms.
Wood
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Sculptural Nickel Lamps by Laurel Co.
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist sculptural table lamps in Nickel with black enamel cubed base by Laurel Company.
Mid Century Brutalist Sculptural Metal Lamp by Fantoni
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage metal sculptural table lamp with aged patina on a wood base.
Metal
Sculptural Bronze Table Lamp with Figure of a Warrior
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful sculptural table lamp having a bronze patinated Thai warrior with one leg bent and outstretched arms, almost like he's caught in a dance.
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Style Sculptural Lamps with Glass Globes
Located in Astoria, NY
A pair of vintage art deco style sculptural table lamps in metal with frosted glass globes.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Nude Female Figural Table Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
Sculptural table lamp of a bronze nude woman on a wooden base.
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Sculptural Porcelain Table Lamps by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of sculptural table lamps in white porcelain with brass accents by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier, American, 1950s.
Sold|$1,800
Pair of Laurel table lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Laurel cast-metal, brass finish, sculptural table lamps.
Metal
Sculptural Brutalist Bronze Table Lamp, Germany, 1960s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous and very heavy sculptural table lamp of full bronze in the "brutalist" shape.
Bronze
Sold|$3,800
A Table Lamp "Ruspa" by Gae Aulenti
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
"Ruspa"-a sculptural table lamp by Gae Aulenti.
Metal
Mid Century Brutalist Sculptural Iron Lamp by Fantoni
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage patinated iron sculptural table lamp by Fantoni. The piece has an industrial "mesh-work" iron body.
Iron
In the Style of Midcentury Murano Glass Pair of Sculptural Italian Table Lamps
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian pair of sculptural table lamps. Composed of 1980s eleven geometric shapes pieces of colored Murano glass in polished and matt finishes.
Murano Glass
Pair of Brutal style Sculptural lamps by Frederick Weinberg
Located in Danville, CA
Pair of cast bronze sculptural table lamps designed by Frederick Weinberg for Laurel.
Bronze
Lucite Table Lamp by Karl Springer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sculptural table lamp with thick lucite blocks by Karl Springer, American 1970's
Sold|$2,200
French Art Deco Table Lamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
A delicately sculptural table lamp of burl wood, bone and brass.
Brass
Bronze Sculptural Signed Michel Jaubert Table Lamp, circa 1975, France
By Michel Jaubert
Located in Brussels, BE
Sculptural table lamp by Michel Jaubert, circa 1975, France.
Bronze
Sold|$2,800
Custom made Table Lamp w/ Original Shade
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A unusual sculptural table lamp with original mesh shade and finial.
Sold|$1,350
Glazed Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
These multi-tone sculptural table lamps are asymmetrical, functional works of art comprised of glazed porcelain in greens and yellows.
Bronze Table Lamps By Pepe Mendoza
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A pair of uncommon and sculptural table lamps in cast bronze having a patinated turquoise surface.
Bronze
Sold|$5,800
Rare Pepe Mendoza Table Lamp
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in Dallas, TX
A double sided brass and composite sculptural table lamp designed by by Pepe Mendoza.
Sculptural Paul Laszlo Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade
By Paul Laszlo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural table lamp, hand made wood base probably sculpted by F.F.
Metal, Brass
Sold|$1,632
1970s Italian Willy Rizzo Table Lamp
By Willy Rizzo
Located in London, GB
A sculptural table lamp with rotating design elements by the Italian designer Willy Rizzo Height: 71cm including shade.
Brass
Sold|$2,850
Pair of Brutalist Laurel Table Lamps
Located in Bainbridge, NY
2 Tall Iron Brutalist welded Abstract sculptural Table Lamps. Created at Flemington Iron Forge in the manner of Albert Paley
Pair of Table Lamps in Polished Chrome and Lucite
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of sculptural table lamps in polished chrome with lucite elements, American 1970's
Sold|$2,500
Small Stacked Lucite Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sculptural table lamp with stacked Lucite disk design, American, 1970s.
Chrome
Moon Table Lamp by Henri Mathieu, France, 1972
By Henri Mathieu
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sculptural table lamp designed by Henri Mathieu in 1972 for Maison Mathieu, France.
Aluminum
Sculptural Hand Carved Table Lamp by Gianni Pinna, c.1970, Italy.
By Gianni Pinna
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice sculptural table lamp by Gianni Pinna, circa 1970, Italy.
Wood
Giuseppe Calonaci Bronze Sculpture, 1960 Table Lamp
By Giuseppe Calonaci
Located in New York, NY
A rare 1960s Space Age bronze sculptural table lamp with a resin diffuser made by the Italian artist, Giuseppe Calonaci.
Bronze
Pair of Architectural Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Chic Pair of Sculptural Table Lamps with a Stem of 3 Parallel Brass Columns with a Latice of Black Enameled Metal Romboids Interspersed between them.
Brass
Sold|$1,300 / set
German Ceramic Table Lamps, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderfully sculptural table lamps, 1960s with an orange glazed ceramic stand and a matte opaline glass shade, 60 watt per lamp capacity, original inline on/off switch.
Opaline Glass, Ceramic
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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