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Vintage Lucite Lamp with Original String Shade
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Great looking mid century modern lucite lamp with original string shade. Lamp is 9" x 8"
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Lucite

Ceramic Lion Table Lamp by Steve Chase Original String Shade
By Steve Chase
Located in Toledo, OH
Ceramic lion table in variegated shades of brown and cream on a black lacquer base. Original string
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20th Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Modernist Ceramic Table Lamp in Brick Red Glaze and Original String Shade, 1960s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modern table lamp in an oval teardrop form with a coarse, matte glaze in brick red, supported by an
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Wood, String

Black Marble Desk Lamp with Black String Shade
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century modern style black marble table or desk lamp with black string lamp shade. Has a pen
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Marble

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp with String Shade by Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Toledo, OH
chains. Original string shade. We have two similar lamps listed but this one is slightly darker in color
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Lucite

Bergboms, Table Lamp, Brass, String, Sweden, 1960s
By Bergboms
Located in High Point, NC
A brass and string table lamp designed and produced by Bergboms, Sweden, c. 1960s. Sold with
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Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Karl Springer Chrome and Original Purple String Shade Ball Lamps, 1980s
By Leviton, Karl Springer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning and very rare pair of iconic midcentury "Ball" lamps was designed in the 1980s by
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Chrome

1910 Antique Spelter Bronze Effect Prowling Lion Table Lamp Inc Original Shade
Located in London, GB
1910s Bronze effect spelter table lamp of lion prowling past a a tree. The original shade is
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Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Spelter

20th Century Banci Firenze Table Lamp Chromed Steel Italian Lamp Black Shade
By Giovanni Banci
Located in Milan, IT
Vintage Italian table lamp, an original Italian design lamp created by Giovanni Banci (Florence
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Late 20th Century European Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

1970s Large Brass Desk Table Lamp with Green Metal Shade, Swedish
Located in London, GB
green metal shade. The on-and-on switch is operated with a pull string. The lamp is in good condition
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Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Studio Craft Sculptural Cherry Wood and Brass Table Lamp with Original Shade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural cherrywood table lamp with brass accents and original paper shade (Vermont, USA, 1995
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Signed Lee Rosen Design Technics Textured Glaze Ceramic Lamp w Original Shade
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed with stamp- Lee Rosen for Design-Technics table lamp with original string shade. A striking
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Marvelous MARBRO Mid Century Polished Brass Table Lamp! Huge Showpiece Lighting
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Peoria, AZ
STRING SOCKETS! POLISHED BRASS ORIGINAL SHADE & BRASS FINIAL DIMENSIONS: 40" x 21" In the forties and
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Mid-20th Century American Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Gold

Rare Mid Century Danish Modern Modeline Table Lamp Teak Brass Adrian Pearsall
By Adrian Pearsall, Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Peoria, AZ
Gorgeous! DANISH MODERN TEAK & BRASS TABLE LAMP BY MODELINE Design Attributed to Adrian Pearsall
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Karl Springer Impressive Stacked Lucite Table Lamp 1980s
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
double socket assembly by Karl Springer, American 1980's. This lamp comes with the original string shade
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Tango Table Lamp
By Aiardini
Located in Milan, IT
Rising from a polished chrome base, this table lamp provides ambient light in an Art Deco-inspired
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2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Tango Table Lamp
H 16.54 in W 6.7 in D 6.7 in
Gorgeous Mauri Almari brass "Drop" Table Lamp Model 61046 Idman.
By Mauri Almari, Idman Oy
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful "drop" table lamp in full brass with original handmade string shade. Designed by Mauri
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Antique Mid-19th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

1970's Indian Carved Teak Wood Elephant Sculpture Lamp w/ Haitian Cotton Shade
Located in New York, NY
Haitian cotton string lampshade. Lamp height including harp and lampshade 31.5" tall. Lamp body height
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20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Table Lamps

Materials

Teak, Wood, Cotton

Stunning Lucite Table Lamp in the Manner of Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Highland, IN
This spectacular table lamp has an oval base of three inch thick Lucite, the finest quality brass
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Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Saxon Crusader Robin Hood Chalkware Sculpture Continental Table Lamp
By Continental Art Company
Located in New Orleans, LA
Continental Lamp Co. The male figural plaster lamp and original hand woven cotton shade are in good vintage
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Plaster, String, Cotton

Southwestern Earthenware Amphora Table Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
A southwestern earthenware amphora table lamp. Hand crafted, with a pink finish and decorated on
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Late 20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Earthenware

Italian Vintage Guido Gambone Ceramic Table Lamp
By Guido Gambone
Located in Atlanta, GA
string shade and is ready to be enjoyed. The shade is 10" in diameter while the lamp base is 6.6" in
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Fabric

Swedish Designer, Table Lamp, Teak, Fabric, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A teak and fabric string table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, 1950s. Overall Dimensions
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Teak, Fabric

20th Century Italian Chrome Table Lamp with Swing Arm
By Gae Aulenti, Harvey Guzzini
Located in Haderslev, DK
Classic Mid-Century Italian design lamp. Very high built quality with the weight of 16 kg/35lb
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Pair of French Fondica Golden Bronze 90’s Table Lamps
By Stephane Galerneau, Fondica
Located in New York, NY
dore table lamps were designed by Stephane Galerneau for Fondica. Signed. Rewired. Shades are hexagonal
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1990s French Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Gold, Bronze

Mid-Century Figural Table Lamp Ceramic Pottery by Fratelli Faniullacci
By Fratelli Fanciullacci
Located in Toledo, OH
A Mid Century figural table lamp by Fratello Faniullacci. This stunning lamp features brown, raised
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Pottery

Decorative Chinese Late 19th Century Ceramic Vase Turned Table Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
carved out stand. Hand crafted white string shade (not included in price) The lamp measures 26" to
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps

Vintage Tulip Table Lamp by Robert Welch for Lumitron, 1970s
By Robert Welch
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish space age table or desk lamp designed in 1966 by Robert Welch and manufactured by
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Vintage 1960s English Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Georges Pelletier Style Hand-Thrown and Decorated Ceramic Table Lamp 1970s
By Georges Pelletier
Located in New York, NY
Hand-thrown ceramic table lamp with yellow and brown glazes and perforations, incised line patterns
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

1980s Holmegaard ‘Symmetrisk’ Art Glass Table Lamp designed by Michael Bang
By Michael Bang, Holmegaard
Located in West Reading, PA
This is an original Danish Holmegaard table lamp, designed by Michael Bang in 1984. Bang designed
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Vintage 1980s Danish Minimalist Table Lamps

Materials

Blown Glass

Large Rococo Baroque Maison Jansen Style Floral Table Lamp Patinated Brass 1950s
By Maison Jansen
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Large Rococo Baroque style patinated brass table lamp with lovely floral leaf and break-trough
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Vintage 1950s German Rococo Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Brass Top Table Lamp, by Svend Aage Holm Sorensen from Warm Nordic
By Svend Aage Holm Sørensen
Located in Viby J, DK
A table lamp with unique, solid brass details, created in the 1950s by the Danish designer, Svend
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Postmodern "Itaca" Table Lamps by Orni Halloween for Artemide Side Car
By Artemide, Orni Halloween
Located in San Diego, CA
modern table lamps have stainless steel base and lamp post with a white plastic shade and a pull on/off
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Stainless Steel

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamp Brass Blue Black Metal Kalmar 1950 Vienna
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
shade and a brass stem with string handle. The lamp shade in wonderful blue is adjustable from up to
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Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Iron

1960s Mid-Century Cypress Knuckle Lamp
Located in west palm beach, FL
Chic cypress knuckle lamp. It comes with a great period string shade. Acquired from a Philadelphia
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Wood

Pair Bronze Balustrade Lamps, Large Scale
Located in Norwalk, CT
oxidation. Quality lamp conversion features two bulbs on each lamp and adjustable shade rod. String shades
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Vintage 1970s Campaign Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Faux Bois 'Tree Stump' White Plaster Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
socket). Two lamps are available and sold separately priced $2,200 each. (Custom string shade in listing
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

French 1950's Saddle Stitched Leather Square Column Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
string on/off switch on brass collar. Socket has a full size 'uno' ring for the lamp shade. Shade
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Isamu Noguchi. Akari K1 on BB1 base. Early Japanese edition. Ozeki, Japan. 1951
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
ISAMU NOGUCHI Akari model “BB2-K1” Original shade in silk & red string Structure in black lacquered
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Silk

MCM Gold Spun Fiberglass String Swag Pendant Hanging Light Fixture or Lamp
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous Mid-20th Century Mid Century Modern gold spun fiberglass string swag or pendant hanging
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal, Wire

Pair Midcentury Kalmar Sconces Paavo Tynell Style Brass Linen Tube Shades 1950s
By Kalmar Lighting, Paavo Tynell
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
original linen fabric tube lamp shade. The cool wall lights take each one E27 bulb to illuminate. Wiring
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Vintage 1950s Austrian Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Leucos Lilith P Wall Sconce in White and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith P Wall Sconce in Silver, White and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith P Wall Sconce in Mocha, White and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith PL 40 Flush Mount in Mocha in White & Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith PL 40 Flush Mount in Silver, White & Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith PL 70 Flush Mount in White & Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith PL 40 Flush Mount in White & Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith PL 70 Flush Mount in Mocha, White and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith PL 70 Flush Mount in Silver, White & Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith PL 55 Flush Mount in Mocha, White & Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith PL 55 Flush Mount in White and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith PL 55 Flush Mount in Silver, White & Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Leucos Lilith S 55 Pendant Light in Silver and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Leucos Lilith S 40 Pendant Light in White and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Leucos Lilith S 55 Pendant Light in White and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Leucos Lilith S 70 Pendant Light in White and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Leucos Lilith S 40 Pendant Light in Mocha and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Leucos Lilith S 70 Pendant Light in Silver and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Leucos Lilith S 70 Pendant Light in Mocha and Brushed Nickel by Design Lab
By Leucos Design Lab
Located in Edison, NJ
threading thin string in a consistent pattern across the shade. As you engage it from different viewpoints
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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String Shade Table Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the string shade table lamp you’re looking for. Each string shade table lamp for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and ceramic. If you’re shopping for a string shade table lamp, we have 169 options in-stock, while there are 31 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer string shade table lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right string shade table lamp, those designed in mid-century modern, modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one string shade table lamp that is appealing in its simplicity, but Leucos Design Lab, Lotte and Gunnar Bostlund and Dumais Made produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a String Shade Table Lamp?

Prices for a string shade table lamp can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $237 and can go as high as $15,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,380.

Finding the Right table-lamps for You

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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