$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Nude Hunter with Stag", Rare Art Deco Bronze and Marble Lamp Base, Bach
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the great masterworks of American Art Deco, and probably unique in Oscar Bach's oeuvre, this large bronze and marble table lamp depicts two nude male figures, accompanied by s...
Bronze
Empire-Style Lamp in Gilt Bronze and Brown Patina with Marble Base, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
A large four-legged lamp in the style of the First French Empire with a gilded bronze and brown patina finish, resting gracefully on a marble base. Adorned with intricate garlands an...
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Sapphire Blue Crystal Lamp Base Gilded Bronze
Located in Paris, France
Pair of sapphire blue crystal lamp base gilded bronze. The crystal pieces are from the 40's, it come from one of the oldest glass houses in Paris, Maison König rue Pastourelle. Unfor...
Crystal, Bronze
Unique Bronze Miner or Gold Digger Sculpture / Statue Table Lamp w Silvered Base
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and highly decorative, hard-labour-table-lamp. With early 20th century lighting as one of our specialities, we have seen a lot of unique light fixtures of all kinds, but n...
Bronze
Bronze colored Table Top Torchiere Lamp with Shade
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a modern table lamp. It made as a torchiere, but is a table lamp.
Metal
Large Italian Bronze Oil Lamp Electrified Cut Glass Cherub Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking 19th-century Italian oil lamp, later electrified, featuring an elaborate cast bronze base richly adorned with cherubic figures and scrolling foliate ornamentation. The scu...
Bronze
Antique E.F. Caldwell Bronze Table Lamp with Cherub
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Edwardian bronze table lamp. By E.F. Caldwell. With a pierced plunger-form base supporting a full-figured cherub pedestal & a 3-socket fixture.
Bronze
Daum French Art Deco Table Lamp, Blown Glass Shade, Bronze Base, 1920
By Daum
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco / Nouveau Table Lamp, Nancy, France, Circa 1920 This exquisite French Art Deco / Nouveau table lamp, crafted in Nancy, France, circa 1920, features a stunning blown ...
Brass
Giovanni Ottaviani Bronze Table Lamp with Beaded Texture, Italy, 1960s
By Giovanni Ottaviani, Ottaviani
Located in The Hague, NL
The lamp is signed with the manufacturer's name on the side of the base.
Bronze
Cast bronze lighthouse table lamp
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Cast bronze lighthouse table lamp with original metal shade.
Bronze
Small Italian Bronze Cherub Table Lamp With Opaline Orb Sphere
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small unusual table light composed of an Italian Putti in patinated bronze/bronze alloy supporting a white opaline glass sphere - Globe. Stylistically it resembles pieces utilized by...
Bronze
Vienna Secession Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible fine quality early 20th century Vienna secession bronze table lamp with a removable dome shade supported by four square uprights turning into legs with spade-form feet ...
Bronze
$4,800
Turned Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Sagaponack, NY
NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION A turned solid bronze table lamp with a stepped base.
Metal
Antique French Celadon Table Lamp with Gilt Bronze Mounts, 1850
Located in Lincoln, GB
Fine French Celadon Table Lamp with Gilt Bronze Mounts — Stamped Paris A fine 19th-century French celadon oil lamp, now sensitively converted for electrical use, mounted in richly de...
Bronze
French Bronze Lilly Pad Table Lamp with Glass Shade
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Bronze Lilly Pad Table Lamp with Glass Shade French Bronze Lilly Pad Table Lamp with Fire Red Bell Flower Glass Shade, this is a very attractive piece, the lamp has a swan ne...
Art Glass
$2,200Sale Price|20% Off
Large "Flame" Table Lamp in Bronze on Lucite Base by E.F. Chapman Studios
By E. F. Chapman
Located in San Diego, CA
Large stylized "Flame" table lamp in bronze on lucite base by E.F. Chapman Studios, circa 1970s.
Bronze
Danish Brass Table Lamp with Tripod Base, Denmark 20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
Through the mix of neutral colours, natural materials and varied textures , a distinctive aesthetic is created, characterised by a minimal, yet practical style. This table lamp, whi...
Brass
Vintage Bronze Hu Vessel Inspired Table Lamp with Mythical Creatures
Located in Yonkers, NY
Wired for the USA, this cast bronze table lamp showcases a sinuous silhouette with a narrow top and wide bottom, mounted on an oval wooden base.
Bronze, Brass
1930s Danish Lion Paw Bronze Table Lamp with Pink Shade
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish column table lamp with lion paws - feet executed in patinated bronze and featuring a fluted vintage pink shade.
Bronze
Regal Austrian Crystal Table Lamp with Bronze Decoration
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very impressive crystal lamp with beautiful bronze details and custom pleated shade with gold trim. Base 7 inches circumference.
Crystal
Silvered Bronze Graceful Resting Deer Table Lamp Wood Base Silver & Black Shade
Located in Miami, FL
Graceful resting hand-carved silvered brass deer lamp mounted on a black lacquered wooden base. Detailed on back and Head with extraordinary carvings. In perfect working condition ...
Brass
Vintage Table Lamp “Fish” With Shade In Onyx and Bronze
Located in Bastogne, BE
Very beautiful table lamp with elements of natural onyx stone and bronze will find its place in the living room and in your bedroom.
Onyx, Bronze
Antique Louis XVI Cassolette Lamps, Ormolu Bronze & Marble Base
Located in Lincoln, GB
Antique Pair of Louis XVI White Cassolette Marble Table Lamps This exquisite pair of French Ormolu Cassolette Marble Table Lamps epitomizes the elegance and craftsmanship of the Lou...
Marble
Organic Modern Sculptural Driftwood Table Lamp with Handrubbed Walnut Base
Located in New York, NY
This graphic and casually elegant table lamp was realized in the United States, circa 1950.
Walnut, Driftwood
1925 Arts and Crafts Bronze Table Lamp with Pyramidal Shade
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Bronze Table Lamp. Desk Lamp. Bedside Lamp. Library Lamp.
Bronze
Qing Dynasty Cast-Bronze Table Lamps with Green Grass Cloth Shades
By Tu Qing Yun
Located in Austin, TX
This is an exceptional pair of 19th century Qing Dynasty table or desk lamps! They are cast-bronze -- a teal blue-green color with black undertones apparent along the edges of the ba...
Bronze
$380Sale Price|61% Off
Hollywood Regency Glass Urn Shaped Table Lamp With Bronze Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Single clear glass urn shaped table lamp with bronze handles and base.
Bronze
Antique Venetian Large Bronze Figural Table Lamps with Custom Shades
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Venetian Antique lamps. This pair of figural boys with their lighting torches are cast from bronze with the traditional light, gold tone clothes over black. They are on a dar...
Bronze
$2,450 / set
Frederick Cooper Figural Bronze Table Lamps
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Toledo, OH
Pair of Empire style Frederick Cooper lamps featuring a striking figural bronze female sculpture on top of an intricately carved base. Includes original silk shades with corded edgin...
Bronze
$11,503 / item
Anna Table Lamp Bronze and Selenite
Located in Paris, FR
Table lamp Anna with solid bronze structure in gold finish with selenite stone. 1 Bulb, lamp holder type E27, 220V.
Stone, Bronze
Mid 20th century Bronze table lamp
Located in Malton, GB
This is a stunning 19th century bronze vase that has been converted into table lamp sometime in the mid 20th century.
Bronze
Vistosi Tread LT Table Lamp with Copper Base by Chiaramonte
By Chiaramonte & Marin, Vistosi
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The “technicity” of the metal element combined with the blown glass diffuser gives tread an “Industrial” style. An object reminiscent of vintage electrical equipment for its particul...
Blown Glass
$1,895 / set
Bronzed Chinoiserie Table Lamps, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of bronzed Chinoiserie table lamps. Elaborately decorated with small birds in high relief, with cherry blossom branches and small butterflies.
Brass, Bronze
Vintage Chapman Bronze Whippet Desk Lamp on Marble Base, USA, 1987
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Chapman bronze whippet on marble base desk lamp with its original shade.
Bronze
$1,518Sale Price|40% Off
Brutalist Nail Sculptural Lucite Table Lamp by Laurel
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Brutalist nail sculpture Lucite table lamp made by the Laurel Lamp Co. featuring a hand-welded bronze nail sculpture fixed to an acrylic lamp body with a black lacquer base.
Brass, Steel
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Maitland Smith Bronze Golfer Table Lamp
By Maitland Smith
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Lighting Acquisitions Of A Maitland Smith Bronze Golfer Table Lamp Featuring the original shade, Bronze Golf Ball finial, and a base...
Bronze
Large Antique Oriental Bronze Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
An impressive and beautifully made large antique oriental bronze table lamp, made in the far East and dating from around the 1930’s.
Bronze
Alabaster Obelisk Table Lamp with Bronze Enhancements, Italy, 1970s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Classic alabaster obelisk table lamp with bronze enhancements, Italy, 1970s.
Alabaster, Brass
Victorian Bronze Lamp with Diamond Cut Crystal Shade A Charming bronze lamp
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian Bronze Lamp with Diamond Cut Crystal Shade A Charming bronze lamp, the lamp has been converted from an original gas light, it has been set with a diamond cut crystal shade...
Bronze
French Empire Bronze Swan Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style 20th century bronze doré 2 swan arm round base bouillotte table lamp with oval green tole shade.
Bronze
$2,800 / set
Pair of Bronze Candlestick Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1930s American patinated bronze table lamps with butterfly shaped shades.
Bronze
A Tall Travertine and Bronze Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A large table lamp in Travertine and Bronze. The stepped base in patinated verdigris bronze with a large rectangular block or Italian travertine surmounted by a bronze ''Genie" lamp ...
Travertine, Bronze
$488Sale Price|34% Off
Antique Danish Cast Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Søborg, DK
Antique cast bronze table lamp. Amazing quality and casting to the base and stem of the lamp.
Bronze
Antique Neoclassical Spelter Table Lamp ~ Girandole With Bronze Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Neoclassical Spelter Table Lamp ~ Girandole with Bronze Finish will make a charming accent light for your favorite room!
Spelter
Murano Glass Burgundy Disc Table Lamps with Brass Base, Modern Design
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of lamps from Murano, Italy outside of Venice. This pair boasts beautiful iridescent glass discs in a burgundy color along a brass stem. They have a brass base. The brass is fin...
Brass
Pure Art Deco Desk / Table Lamp, Glass Shade On A Gilt Bronze Base Signed Degue
By David Gueron Degue
Located in Lisse, NL
This timeless Art Deco bronze and glass table lamp is in very good to excellent condition and it will arrive ready for you to use and enjoy.
Bronze
$1,125Sale Price|86% Off
Pate-Sur-Pate Porcelain Table Lamp with Bronze Mount
By Minton
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pate-sur-pate porcelain table lamp with bronze mount. The art of porcelain relief decoration is masterfully demonstrated in this important and beautiful table lamp.
Porcelain
Bronze Table Lamp, Shade Not Included
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze table lamp in the shape of a rectangular cup.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Style Arts & Crafts Bronze Table Lamp With Dragonfly Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts style stained glass table lamp In the manner of Tiffany Studios USA, Circa Late 20th Century Bronze base, with jeweled stained glass dragonfly shade.
Bronze
1920s Mahogany Column Lamp With Bronze Mounts
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A handsome column lamp in mahogany with applied bronze mounts throughout. The square base has a bronze acanthus-leaf surround on bracket feet, and the four faces of the pedestal carr...
Bronze
Ornate 19th-Century French Bronze Table Lamp with Candle-Style Lights
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th-century French lamp is a remarkable example of elaborate craftsmanship and ornate design. The lamp features a tall, slender central rod adorned with intricate scrollwork an...
Bronze
Brass Hu Vessel Urn Table Lamp with Carved Wood Base, Circa 1980s
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Archaistic Brass Chinese Hu Vessel Urn Table Lamp This vintage Chinese urn is created in the style of a traditional Hu Vessel, an archaic ritual bronze.
Brass
Victorian Table Lamp in Bronze with Glass Disks and Bead Details
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful Victorian Bronze table lamp in the style of Tiffany. The lamp base is beautifully detailed with flowers and vines, leading to a large dome shade which is very details wi...
Brass, Bronze
19th Century Empire Style Gilt Bronze and Carrara Marble Lamp Base
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant lamp base is a refined example of Empire style decorative arts, dating from the 19th century. It combines finely cast gilt bronze (ormolu) with a beautifully fluted shaf...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Midcentury English Verdigris Bronze Two-Light Table Lamp with Horse Heads
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage English bronze two-light table lamp from the mid 20th century with horse heads, gilded base and verdigris patina.
Bronze
Bronze table lamp by Willy Daro, 1970s
By Willy Daro
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Bronze sculptural table lamp by Willy Daro. Elegant shape, letr your imagination work, we see silhouettes of two faces in side profile.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Bronze Table Lamp with Contemporary Lundberg Favrile Glass Shade
By Lundberg Studios, Tiffany Studios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Tiffany Studios patinated bronze table lamp base marked "Tiffany Studios 606".
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.
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
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.
Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.
