Glass Table Lamp by Uno & Östen Kristiansson for Luxus, Sweden 1970s
By Uno & Östen Kristiansson, Luxus of Sweden
Located in GORINCHEM, NL
The white glass base, shaped like a softly flared trumpet, creates a clean and sculptural foundation with a smooth, understated presence. Topped with a raw silk shade, the lamp gain...
Acrylic, Silk, Glass
Teak Bottle Shape Table Lamp by ESA, Denmark ca. 1960s
By ESA
Located in Geneva, CH
Teak and cane bottle shape table lamp with conical silk shade. Good vintage condition.
Silk, Teak
Oak & Brass 'Dornstab' Floor Lamp by J.T. Kalmar, Austria
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kalmar's iconic and high end made 'Dornstab' design from 1947 in solid oak with polished brass base and a silk fabric lamp shade. All new. Made at original manufacturer Kalmar Werkst...
Brass
Enameled Faux Colored Marble, Malachite and Brass Table Lamp
By Aldo Tura
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful exceptional Italian brass and faux marble, malachite table lamp with the original silk shade. The lamp is in perfect condition.
Brass, Enamel
Scholar Rock Lamp, Smoke Crystal by Robert Kuo, Hand Repousse, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Scholar rock lamp Smoke crystal Hand carved Silk shade Lamp shade dimensions: 14" L x 14" D x 11 1/2" H Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Crystal
Monumental Art Nouveau Table Lamp probably by Reinhold Kirsch Germany 1900s
By Adolf Loos, Henry van de Velde, Josef Hoffmann
Located in München, BY
This sculptural table lamp is executed in forged iron/metal. The original shade is made of silk and fabric.
Metal, Iron
Midcentury Vintage Italian Bicolor Chrome & Brass 1970s Tall Floor Lamp
By Willy Rizzo, Gaetano Sciolari, Romeo Rega
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Heavy and solid piece and very rare to find in this size as most examples we have seen are the table lamps. Original silk shade is present, as shown in photos.
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Contemporary Pleats Design Floor Lamp in Copper and Black Lacquer by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pleats Design Floor Lamp Silk Pongee Shade (Size: 21" x 22" x 13") Antique Copper Hand Repoussé Black Lacquer Limited Edition Repoussé is the traditional art of hand-hammering decor...
Copper
Tommaso Barbi Signed Faux Marble and Brass Grey Lamp, Italy, 1970s
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in New York, NY
Tomasso Barbi signed faux marble and brass grey lamp, Italy, 1970s. Grey marble effect and brass large lamp with silk grey shade.
Brass
Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Cobra Table Lamp, attr Maison Jansen France 1970s
By Maison Jansen
Located in München, BY
Executed in massive brass, tube and silk/fabric shade, the lamp comes with 1 x E27 / E26 Edison screw fit bulb socket, is wired, in working condition and runs both on 110 / 230 volt.
Brass
20th Century Patinated Bronze Floor Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful 20th century solid patinated bronze with square marble base floor lamp with round linen exterior / silk interior shade .
Marble, Bronze
Brass Pullman Lamp by The General Electric Company
By General Electric Company (GEC) 1
Located in London, GB
Lovely untouched patina to the brass. Fully re-wired with silk flex. Excludes shade. Custom lamp shade available made to order in card, silk or papyrus.
Brass
$975Sale Price / set|37% Off
Pair of Chinese Inspired Vase with Lamp Application
Located in Bronx, NY
Pair of Chinese inspired vase with lamp application. With a tierd, flaired lamp silk shade.
Doré Bronze and Marble Lamp Attributed to Caldwell
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Water Mill, NY
Doré bronze and marble fountain with three Satyrs attributed to Caldwell made into lamp. With silk shade.
Marble, Bronze
19th c French Bronze Ormolu Bronze Mounted Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Once fitted with a finely tailored silk or linen shade, the lamp would produce a warm, inviting glow while allowing the richly gilded bronze and luminous opaline glass to remain the ...
Bronze
"Vintage Murano Glass Table Lamp by Seguso, Abisinthe Green, 1960s"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single Vintage Italian Abisinthe Green Murano Glass Hand Crafted Table Lamp with Vanilla Silk Pongee Shade by Seguso Hand Blown Murano Glass with Brass Plated Rectangular Base Includ...
Metal, Brass
A Very Lovely Famille Rose Vase Lamp This is an exquisite piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Very Lovely Famille Rose Vase Lamp This is an exquisite piece, the Vase has hand made ceramic roses set around the neck of this beautifully enamelled piece and it is set with a...
Ceramic
French Marble and Gilt Bronze Table Lamp, Circa 1860
Located in Charleston, SC
French marble and gilt bronze table lamp with silk shade. Mid-19th century. Lamp is 8" square at base.
$7,624 / item
Artemus Table Lamp with Hand-Carved Solid Wood Base
Located in Paris, FR
With off-white plited shade in silk. Lamp with dimmer switch and three way switch.
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Table and Floor Lamp Designed by Ingo Maurer, 1968
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Rijssen, NL
With new gold metal custom made chinenes red silk lamp shades with Bronze inner shade. Made by Rene Houben.
Gold Plate, Brass
19th Century French Bronze Mounted / Black Marble Pair Table Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
No flaws observed. Each lamp comes with an off white bell shape silk shade.
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Tall Pair Green Jade Art Deco Style Table Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Each lamp is in great working condition. Each lamp comes with a round silk interior plated shade.
Jade, Gold Leaf
Large Figural Ceramic Table Lamp by D. Polo Uiato, Capodimonte Style
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large figural ceramic table lamp by D. Polo Uiato, Capodimonte style This is a large and rare piece lamp, the lamp is a colourful outdoor scene with a Geisha in her flower garden ...
Ceramic
Neoclassical Italian Carved Wood Urn Lamp with Gold Leaf Finish, 1960
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian carved, painted and gilded urn form lamp with new silk shade.
Gold Leaf
$1,334Sale Price|20% Off
1950 Italian Cast Acrylic Lamp with Shells, Starfish, Seaweed and Fish
Located in Vienna, Austria
The acrylic is blue and green colored with a red silk pleated shade. Cast acrylic lamps were in vogue in the 1950's.
Acrylic
Mid-Century Modernist Table Lamp in Turquoise Jade w/ Polished Brass Fittings
Located in New York, NY
Featuring a ceramic diffuser beneath the gorgeous golden silk shade, this lamp is a bold a beautiful example of Mid-Century Modernist motifs and eastern design influences present dur...
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Vintage Brown Goatskin Brass Table Lamp Aldo Tura 1960s Italy
By Aldo Tura
Located in Vienna, AT
Aldo Tura ( 1909 - 1963 ) This beautiful table lamp shows a new hand made and custom made lamp shade from silk with pleats in soft and creamy pastel color.
Brass
Table Lamp the shape of a Palm Tree with Art Glass Disks and Metal Metal Fronds
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The silk pleated shade is included with the sale of the lamp.
Metal, Brass
A Rare Josef Frank Cream Silk Pendant Lamp from 1950s
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare pendant lamp with a silk shade, designed by Josef Frank for Firma Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1930s-1940s. new silk shade
Brass
Mid-Century Faux Bamboo Chinoiserie Floor Lamp, Lacquered Wood
By Tommi Parzinger, William Billy Haines
Located in Southampton, NJ
Includes the lamps original silk drum shade showing some signs of wear to the interior with years of use to go.
Brass
Late 19th Century Hand-Carved Alabaster Lamp with Silk Shade
Located in Larkspur, CA
Late 19th century French alabaster lamp with custom trimmed silk shade. Hand-carved classic urn form with highly detailed carving of acanthus leaves and rosettes on double stepped ba...
Alabaster
$1,172Sale Price|20% Off
Royal Delft 1924 Blue and White Ceramic Table Lamp, New Vermilion Silk Shade
By Amitābha Studio, Royal Delft
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Listed height includes the shade. This table lamp by Amitābha Studio features a Royal Delft (De Porceleyne Fles) porcelain vase from 1924, hand painted by artist Th.
Brass
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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