Vintage Aldo Tura Swan Goatskin Wood and Brass Lamp, 1950s, Italy
By Aldo Tura
Located in Vis, NL
Vintage Aldo Tura goatskin, wood and brass lamp. 1950s Made in Italy. This piece is in good vintage condition with porous grains on the brass details. An amazing and seldom...
Brass
Wonderful Vintage French Bronze Swan Red Tole Shade Bouillotte Lamp 3 Lights
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful vintage large Louis XVI style French bronze swan and red Tole shade Bouillotte lamp with 3 candelabra lights.
Bronze, Tôle
Vintage Aldo Tura Swan Goatskin Wood and Brass Lamp, 1950s, Italy
By Aldo Tura
Located in Vis, NL
Vintage Aldo Tura goatskin, wood and brass lamp. 1950s Made in Italy. This piece is in good vintage condition with porous grains on the brass details. An amazing and seldom...
Brass
Sevres Style Cobalt Blue Porcelain & Bronze Swan Handle Urn Mounted as a Lamp
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Stamford, CT
Fine French Louis XVI Sèvres style cobalt blue porcelain and bronze swan handle urn mounted as a table lamp with a sumptuous grey short pile velvet shade.
Pair Vintage Aldo Tura Swan Lacquer Wood and Brass Lamps, 1950s, Italy
By Aldo Tura
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Aldo Tura lacquerd wood and brass lamp. 1950s Made in Italy, in need or restoration.
Brass
Wonderful French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Three-Arm Bouillotte Lamp Swan Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful large French neoclassical Louis XVI gilt bronze bouillotte lamp with three acanthus leaf arms and fluted center shaft with applied swags and top offed with a swan head gr...
Tôle, Bronze
WAS Benson. A patinated brass swan table light with heart shaped base
Located in London, GB
William Arthur Smith Benson (1854-1924). A brass swan table light with heart shaped base. Height 10 Width of base 6.
Brass
"Leda and the Swan, " Spectacular Art Deco Porcelain Lamp by De Vegh for Lenox
By Lenox's Ceramic Art Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully sculpted with a low relief design featuring Leda and the Swan, and glazed in shades of flannel gray and white, this gorgeous, highly rare lamp was sculpted by Geza De Veg...
Porcelain
French Empire Style Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single French circa 1920's single red tole Empire style table lamp with gilt bronze swan arms. Measurements: Height of body: 23" Height to shade rest: 32" Width: 5.5" Base: ...
Metal
1970s Art Nouveau Style Glass Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1970s. This table lamp features a curved swan neck design and is made from iridescent blown glass in shades of blue and green.
Glass
An extremely decorative giltwood three light table lamp
Located in Reepham, GB
An extremely decorative Italian 19th-century giltwood three-light table lamp featuring a central swan surrounded by three giltwood candle arms with glass shades.
Giltwood
Mid 20th Century White Porcelain Vase Table Lamps, Pair
Located in Southampton, NJ
A pair of mid 20th C. porcelain table lamps with graceful swan like elongated necks.
Porcelain
French Empire Bronze Dore Table Lamp, Circa 1880s, Scroll Design
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (20th Century) bronze dore scroll design 3 arm table lamp with swan and urn motifs. Ships without a shade
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps by Doyen, Clear Glass, Belgium, 1960s
By Doyen
Located in London, GB
An elegant pair of clear glass table lamps with a swan like neck - this duo were made by the Belgian glassware company Doyen, in the 1960s.
Nickel
Early Neo-Classical Style Carved Giltwood Italian Table Lamps, Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
A pair of early neo-classical style carved giltwood table lamps with three swans on pawed bases. They have some general age wear but are otherwise in very good condition.
Brass
Pair of French Louis XV Table Lamps, Bronze Dore & Green Agate, 1940s
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (1940s) bronze dore and green agate table lamps with 3 swans at base (PRICED AS Pair).
Agate, Ormolu
$6,400 / set
Pair of Large Empire Red Tole Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mid-19th century French Empire tole and gilt bronze table lamps with swans handles. Measures: 24" height of body 32" to rest of shade.
Metal
French Empire Bronze Swan Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style bronze doré 2 arm bouillotte table lamp with swan form arms beneath a red tole adjustable shade 20th century.
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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