Sculptural Striped Murano Glass Lamp by Vistosi
By Vistosi
Located in Dallas, TX
This monumental two-piece Murano glass table lamp by Vistosi, circa 1950s, showcases a hand-blown striped shade paired with a coordinating roundel base, each crafted in white opaque ...
Metal, Enamel
Bitossi Yellow Striped Lamps, Italy 1950's
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of striped lamps with a yellow dominant on walnut bases.
Ceramic, Walnut
Design Technics Yellow/Orange Striped Ceramic Lamps
By Design Technics
Located in New York, NY
Modernist pair of bottle form, hand decorated matte glazed ceramic lamps with striations of yellow and orange , sitting on faux bois hand decorated ceramic "wood" bases. Rewired for...
Ceramic
Zaccagnini 1950's Italian Striped Ceramic Lamp
By Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully textured Italian 1950's enamel glaze striped ceramic lamp, with wood base and brass cone top. Original glass shade diffuser included. Vintage wear to brass.
Brass
Midcentury Variegated Blue Striped Glaze Ceramic Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A large variegated blue striped glazed ceramic lamp with clear original lampshade. This lamp features a variegated blue pottery jar with a bronze plated brass base and neck. Lamp ...
Brass, Bronze
Large Mid-Century Modern Multi Striped Ceramic Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Mid-Century Modern Striped Green and Yellow with Dijon Yellow Ceramic Table Lamp, circa 1960's. Substantial in size, this striped lamp is perfect for the room seeking that Mid-...
Metal
Italian Turquoise & Indigo Striped Glaze Ceramic Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Italian ceramic lamp with stripe drip glaze in shades of turquoise, indigo, white and green. Solid brass base and hardware double socketed with pull chain switches. 100 watts maximu...
Brass
$1,800 / item
Murano White and Pink Striped Glass Lamps
By Murano 5
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A stylish pair of Murano, cased glass lamps. White with pink stripes, these lamps also light from inside. Glass bases measure approximate 9" W, 15" H.
French Directoire console in cherry with red grey striped drawer
Located in Pontaubault, NORMANDIE
This console is a handmade reproduction of the French Directoire Style at the end of the 18th century. This period is remarkable with its straight, classical and timeless lines. The ...
Wood, Cherry
A Pair of Pearwood and Mahogany Striped Lamps
Located in London, GB
England, made to order. Please enquire for current availability. An unusual pair of turned pear wood and mahogany lamps, with bullseye to one side and stripes to the other. Height ...
Mahogany, Pearwood
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Glass White and Clear Striped Art Glass Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Handblown art glass cone table lamp with thick white stripes and alternating thin clear stripes. Internal socket and white lamp cord with on/off switch. Conical glass with curved tip...
Blown Glass
An Early 20th Century English Art Deco Striped Bakelite Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1930 An early twentieth century English Art Deco desk lamp in light blue and cream bakelite panels, the tapered stem supported by a hexagonal base. Height 25.00cm He...
Bakelite
Striped Vaseline Glass Shade with Ribbed Bell Shape & Soft Pink Accents
Located in London, GB
Striped Vaseline Glass Shade with Ribbed Bell Shape and Soft Pink Accents Diameter for the gallery or the lampshade hole: 3cm/1.18" Inches.
Uranium Glass
Opaline Striped Murano Lamps in Rare Pink Cotton Candy - a Pair
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Smyrna, GA
These wonderful Opaline Striped Seguso Murano lamps are called ‘Opalina Rosa’ on the original 1950s packing label. They are gorgeous swirling stripes of white opaline in ORCHID and C...
Blown Glass, Acrylic
An Italian 1960s Murano blue and white striped glass lamp with brass fittings
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1960s Murano blue and white striped glass lamp, with orignal textured shade. Re wired with new brass fittings, antique gold cord flex with switch and PAT tested.
Brass
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Fabulous Tall Striped Turquoise Blue Ceramic Lamp Walnut Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous tall striped blue and turquoise table lamp with its original drum shade. The lamp retains its original wiring in working condition. We love the tall slender walnut neck with...
Ceramic, Walnut
A Pair of Vaseline Glass Shades with Radiating Striped Patterns & Ruffled Rims
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Vaseline Glass Shades with Radiating Striped Patterns and Ruffled Rim Diameter of a lampshade hole: 2.8 cm/1.10" Inches.
Uranium Glass
Tall Pair 1960s Bottle-form Striped Ceramic Lamps with Crackle Glaze Finish
Located in San Francisco, CA
each tall lamp with long neck above a tapering body all in a crackle glaze finish with celadon, gray and buff stripes interspersed with gilt banding; all raised on gilt painted woode...
Ceramic
Vistosi Novecento LT Table Lamp in Crystal Striped by Romani Saccani
By Romani Saccani Architetti, Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The idea behind the collection Novecento is to reduce the traditional Murano chandelier to its most recognizable element, its profile. This shape is then reconstructed in a 360º glas...
Crystal
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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