Italian Sphere Shaped Chrome Base Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s. The lamp has a sphere shaped, chrome base with additional spheres as feet, the fixture is hidden under a glass tube.
Chrome
Massive Ball Sphere Travertine Marble Table Lamp Base Italy 1960s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This is a massive and extremely heavy spherical table lamp base made of travertine marble, crafted in Italy during the 1960s. The solid stone construction gives it an impressive we...
Travertine
Aurum Table Lamp with Round Base & Glass Sphere Shade by Nuumbra
Located in Geneve, CH
Aurum Table Lamp with Round Base & Glass Sphere Shade by Nuumbra Dimensions: Ø 7,6 x H 16 cm.
Brass
Vintage Italian Table Lamps With Brass Base And Murano Glass Sphere
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Elegant pair of vintage table lamps featuring a handblown Murano glass sphere resting on a solid cylindrical brass base.
Brass
Brass Tulip Base and Crackle Glass Sphere Table Lamp, Germany, 1970s
Located in London, GB
A unique small table lamp with a tulip brass base and a crackle glass globe shade that diffuses a warm light. Unique and easy to place in any room to add light and warmth. Measure...
Brass
Aurum Table Lamp with Round Base & Long Glass Sphere Shade by Nuumbra
Located in Geneve, CH
Aurum Table Lamp with Round Base & Long Glass Sphere Shade by Nuumbra Dimensions: Ø 7,6 x H 45 cm.
Brass
Elegant 1930 Art Deco Table Lamp with Glass Spheres and Chrome Base
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Single Art Déco table lamp These Art Deco table lamps with glass balls could be a beautiful addition to your Art Deco interior. Here are some features that could make up such a lamp:...
Chrome
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Rock Crystal Sphere Table Lamps with Chrome Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
.A refined pair of mid-century modern table lamps featuring a striking vertical arrangement of stacked rock crystal spheres. The natural translucency and subtle inclusions of the roc...
Rock Crystal, Brass
HAND CARVED PILLARED TABLE LAMP WiTH MARBLE SPHERE IN THE BASE BRONZED FITTINGS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage circa 1960's hand carved table lamp with bronzed light fitting and marble sphere to the ...
Marble
Mid Modern Style Green Murano Glass Spheres and Brass Base Italian Table Lamps
Located in Madrid, ES
Contemporary maximalist pair of brass table lamps, a stunning blend of modern design and opulence. This exquisite lamp features a cylindrical Polished brass structure adorned with sp...
Brass
Majestic Gold Gild Metal Sphere Lamp on Thick Lucite Base Neoclassical
Located in San Diego, CA
beautiful unique rare 1970's , its 19" tall to the top of the socket and 29" to the top of the finial , beautiful solid lucite hexagon base , nice patina one of a kind piece that wil...
Metal
Japanese Touch-Activated Bamboo Sphere Lamp on Lacquered Base (Late 20th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This sculptural Japanese lamp features a handwoven bamboo shade in the form of a perfect sphere, composed of richly stained bamboo strips intricately interlaced in a traditional bask...
Bamboo, Plastic
Contemporary Pearl Desk Lamp with White Sculptural Spheres, Brass on Slate Base
By Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
This contemporary Margit Wittig table lamp is mounted on a slate base and features multiple white resin handcrafted spheres.
Slate, Brass
Yellow Glass Sphere on Swirling Marbled Smokey Grey Glass Base by Aina Kari
Located in Geneve, CH
Full Moon Over High Water In Venice Murano Glass Decorative Lamp by Aina Kari One Of A Kind. Dimensions: D 40 x H 13 cm. Materials: Murano glass, marble. A full moon rises above a ...
Marble
Vintage Matte Nickle Plated Mounted On a Black Granite Base Geometric Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Matte Nickle Plated Mounted on a Black Granite Base Geometric Sphere Table Lamp, Double Sockets, can be used 25v each Socket, Cord Dimmer Switch,
Granite, Metal, Pewter, Nickel
Pancaked Chrome Spheres Base Glass Top End Table Floor Lamp Mid-Century Modern
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pancaked chrome spheres base glass top end table floor lamp Mid-Century Modern.
Chrome
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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