Pair of 1940s Art Deco Hollywood Etched Translucent Crystal Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1940s Art Deco Hollywood Etched Crystal Table Lamps were realized in the United States circa 1940. They feature tiered skyscraper style bases in translucent crystal with etch...
Crystal, Bronze
A true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st Ormolu and Silvered Bronze lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and highly decorative true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Silvered Bronze lamps. Each lamp depicting Prometheus's punishment by Zeus is raised on a ...
Bronze, Ormolu
Wonderful Sterling Bronze Co. New York Nickel Plated Caldwell Table Desk Lamp
By Sterling Bronze Co.
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Stamped By The New York Maker: Sterling Bronze Co. Silver / Nickel Plated Over Bronze Table / Desk Lamp With Original Gilded Finish And 4 Edison Pull Chain Socket Cluster...
Nickel, Bronze
Art Deco Table Lamps by David Gueron Degue, France, Circa 1930
By David Gueron Degue
Located in Beirut, LB
Charming pair of Art Deco table lamp, high quality molded glass panel with rare original floral motif design in relief included “Degué” signature on the glass, resting on nickeled br...
Bronze
Art Deco Table Lamp by David Gueron Degue, Frosted Glass & Bronze
By David Gueron Degue
Located in Beirut, LB
Stunning French Art Deco table lamp signed by “Degue”. Having frosted geometric and floral motif design in relief including “Degué” signature on the glass shade shaped like a hat. Re...
Bronze
Pair of French Louis Philippe Siena Marble and Gilt Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
a pair of fine lamps of Siena marble with gold and silver gilt bronze mounts and supports, France, circa 1830 37" H x 8" diameter base PRICED WITHOUT SHADES (SHADES AVAILABLE SE...
Siena Marble, Silver, Bronze
Vistosi MiniGiogali Table Lamp in Glass by Angelo Mangiarotti
By Vistosi, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The reduced version of Giogali uses glass hooks for smaller wall installations, standard or custom-made Specifications: Light Source: E26 No of Bulbs: 1×60W E26 Dimmer: DIM 4 ...
Glass
A SCULPTURAL NEO-CLASSICAL SHABBY-CHIC Bronze TABLE LAMP by FONDICA, France 1990
By Fondica
Located in PARIS, FR
A beautiful, neo-classical, sculptural Table Lamp, double nickeled bronze base with snakes reliefs, square nickeled metal structure with a simple rectangular shade, attributed to Fon...
Bronze, Silver Plate
Stunning Pair of Art Deco Table Lamp in the Style of Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in Beirut, LB
Pair of Art Deco table lamps, having two arms of lights in silver metal bronze, resting on geometric Plexiglass motif, supporting two pleated “bistro” shape lampshades in orange line...
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Silvered Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most unique pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. silvered bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a pierced circular ormolu base with silvered bronze bord...
Bronze, Ormolu
$5,100
Arts & Crafts Lamp
By Arts and Crafts Company
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Arts and Crafts style table lamp, made of silver-plated bronze with fabric shade. England, CIRCA 1900.
Bronze
Stunning Pair of Art Deco Table Lamp in the Style of J.E Ruhlmann
By Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in Beirut, LB
Pair of Art Deco table lamp in the style of the French artist J.E Ruhlmann, having a central column with four curved arms of lights in silvered bronze modernist design, supporting fo...
Bronze
Italian Murano pebble with gold, silver and bronze glass and brass detail
Located in London, GB
Elegant pair of contemporary table lamps. Each lamps consists of 12 handmade smooth sculptured Murano pebbles in metallic shades of gold, silver and bronze.
Brass
Pair of 19th Century French Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite pair of 19th-century candlesticks, crafted from silvered and chiseled bronze, has been beautifully transformed into elegant table lamps. The original candlestick bases...
Bronze
Cut Crystal Lamp By F&C Osler
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Norwood, NJ
F&C Osler marked cut crystal lamp. Silver over bronze mounted fine quality cut crystal lamp. Of elegant column form with flared base and tulip form top. 21" excluding electrical fitt...
Crystal, Silver Plate, Bronze
$7,500 / set
19th Century French Silvered Bronze Girondols
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An "almost" pair. One is slightly taller than the other. Not terribly noticeable. Base diameter is 7 inches.
Silver Plate, Bronze
$19,600 / set
Pair of French Art Deco Lamps by Sabino & Capon
By Marius-Ernest Sabino, G.capon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Summer Sale...! A stunning and extremely hard to come by pair of French Art Deco table lamps in great condition. A collaboration of the two highly acclaimed French Artists in the pin...
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Monumental 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Monumental 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Lamp. This stunning antique French Louis XVI style silvered bronze bouillotte lamp or desk lamp with four lights and a black...
Bronze, Tôle
$10,800 / set
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. silvered bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble lamps. Each lamps is raised by a circular mottled Rouge Griotte marble ...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$1,104Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Empire Style Bronze Silvered Three Claw-Feet French Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved, silvered. On three claw-feet, several times structured, fluted column-shaft.
Bronze
Maison Charles, Thistle Lamp in Bronze and Brass, 1970s
By Charles Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Maison Charles, attributed to. “Thistle” lamp in silvered bronze and brass shaped like a thistle flower standing on a parallelepiped base. Work realized in the 1970s. Work sig...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Louis XIV Style Silvered Bronze Candelabras, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of Louis XIV style five-light candelabras. Chiseled and silvered bronze. Ornamented with palmettes, medallions and feminine masks. Central stem with guilloche motifs, resting on...
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Candelabras Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. silvered bronze, ormolu and marble three arm candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine ormolu ball feet below a rectangul...
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Baccarat Crystal Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal, Silvered Bronze and Ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a Silvered Bronze base with a recessed pattern and con...
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Mid 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and most elegant pair of French mid 19th century Neo-Classical st. four arm electrified candelabras in ormolu and silvered bronze. The pair are raised by circular ormol...
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu, Bronze and Faux Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most unique pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu, silvered bronze and faux painted porphyry lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular mottled base with a...
Bronze, Ormolu
$1,057Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Empire Style Horn-Formed Rolling Candlesticks French Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved and casted, partially silvered. Three stylized, horn-formed rolling candle sticks.
Bronze
Noble 20th Century in Empire Style Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved and antique silvered. Columns as holder for four sweeping candelabra arms. (T-Ra-11).
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Four Sweeping Arms Candlestick/Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental candelabra in Empire style. Bronze, finely engraved and silvered. Chanelled columns with black patination, as holder for four sweeping candelabra arms. (T-Ra-14).
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Bronze Figure-Formed Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Finely engraved and silvered bronze. Full plasticised, masculine historical Egyptian representation. (T-Mr-20-Bas).
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style French Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved and silvered. Three stylized horn-formed rolling candlesticks. (T-Mr-14-Bas).
Bronze
20th Century Empire Style Three Claw-Feet French Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, finely engraved, silvered. On three claw-feet, several times structured, fluted column-shaft. (T-Mr-15-Bp).
Bronze
Pair Of Meissen Bronze Table Lamps With Motto Children, by MV Acier, 1775-1814
By Meissen Porcelain, Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
With porcelain figures from the original period of origin around 1775: Two electrified bronze lamps with gilding: a profiled pedestal in a triangular shape with beveled corners as a ...
Bronze
20th Century Rococo Style Silvered Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Exquisite candelabra in Rococo style. Bronze finely engraved and silvered. Seven scrolled, rolling candlesticks ending in vase-formed grommets. (T-Mr-22-Bas).
Bronze
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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The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
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The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.
