Taccia Table Lamps by Achille Castiglioni, 1960s Italy
By Achille Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set the mood with this gorgeous pair of large "Taccia" table lamps. Designed by Achille Castiglioni for the lighting manufacturer Flos, these robust objects stand as a testament to t...
Aluminum, Steel
Achille Castiglioni for Flos Italian Modern 'Taccia' Table Lamp, Large, Silver
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Italian modern 'Taccia' table lamp designed by Achille Castiglioni for Flos in the 1960s.
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Iconic Taccia table lamp design by Achille et Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos
By Flos, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Monaco, MC
Iconic TACCIA table lamp designed by Achille et Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for the italian manufacture FLOS.
Metal
“Taccia” Table Lamp by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos, Italy
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An iconic Taccia table lamp designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, produced by Flos.
Metal
Iconic "Taccia" Table Lamp by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos, 1960s
By Achille Castiglioni, Flos, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brescia, Brescia
An iconic piece of Italian design, this Taccia table lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos.
Metal, Aluminum
Taccia Table Lamp by Castiglioni - Aluminum Design from Italy
By Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Achille Castiglioni
Located in London, England
The Taccia model XXL lamp, designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1962, is an emblematic piece of modern design, published by Flos. With its reflected design, it diffuse...
Aluminum
Taccia Table Lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Vienna, AT
Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos. Table lamp model Taccia, loose adjustable glass screen, aluminum base.
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Taccia Black Table Lamp by Flos 1970s
By Flos, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Taccia table lamp with base in polished and nickel-plated steel, and a black lacquered aluminum body.
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1990s Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Taccia Lamp for Flos
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Camden, ME
Designed in 1962 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and manufactured by Flos in Italy, the Taccia table lamp is a landmark of twentieth-century industrial modernism.
Aluminum, Chrome
Italian mid-century modern Table lamp Taccia by Castiglioni for Flos, 1960s
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Table lamp Taccia by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos, 1960s Table lamp mod.
Metal
FLOS Taccia Small Table Lamp in Silver by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Aluminum
FLOS Taccia Small Table Lamp in Black by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Aluminum
FLOS Taccia Small Table Lamp in Bronze by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
By Flos, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Aluminum
FLOS Taccia Led in Silver w/ Glass Diffuser, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
By Flos, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Aluminum
Achille Castiglioni Teli Kd51/R light Flos - Italy 1970s
By Flos, Achille Castiglioni
Located in London, GB
Among their influential and pioneering designs are the legendary Arco floor lamp and Taccia table lamp. The ‘Teli’ pendant was an earlier design, devised by the brothers in 1959 fo...
Steel
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.