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Tizio Desk Lamp

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp by Riccardo Blumer, Italy, 1960
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp by Riccardo Blumer, Italy, 1960

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp by Riccardo Blumer, Italy, 1960

By Artemide, Riccardo Blumer

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

. The company Artemide is well-known for their excellent design, for example the Tizio desk lamp

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Vintage Alfa Table Lamps by Sergio Mazza, Murano Glass, 1959-1960
Vintage Alfa Table Lamps by Sergio Mazza, Murano Glass, 1959-1960

Vintage Alfa Table Lamps by Sergio Mazza, Murano Glass, 1959-1960

By Sergio Mazza, Artemide

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

design, for example the Tizio desk lamp designed by the German industrial designer Richard Sapper. Many

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

1980s Table Lamp Desk Lamp Artemide Tizio Design by Richard Sapper
1980s Table Lamp Desk Lamp Artemide Tizio Design by Richard Sapper

1980s Table Lamp Desk Lamp Artemide Tizio Design by Richard Sapper

By Richard Sapper, Artemide

Located in Neuenkirchen, NI

1980s Table Lamp, Desk Lamp, Artemide Tizio Design by Richard Sapper Item: Table Lamp

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Vintage 1980s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Tizio 35 Terra Floor Lamp Designed by Richard Sapper for Artemide
Tizio 35 Terra Floor Lamp Designed by Richard Sapper for Artemide

Tizio 35 Terra Floor Lamp Designed by Richard Sapper for Artemide

By Artemide, Richard Sapper

Located in Athens, Attiki

is removable in case you want to use the tizio as a desk lamp. The tizio lamp received several awards

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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Vintage Pair Handcrafted Wall Lights Sconces VeArt Vesta Gizmondi, Italy, 90s
Vintage Pair Handcrafted Wall Lights Sconces VeArt Vesta Gizmondi, Italy, 90s

Vintage Pair Handcrafted Wall Lights Sconces VeArt Vesta Gizmondi, Italy, 90s

By Ernesto Gismondi, VeArt

Located in Bastogne, BE

by Gismondi and Mazza in 1958. The company is probably best known for the Tizio desk lamp (Richard

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1990s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Recent Sales

Tizio Desk Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide Italy 1970s
Tizio Desk Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide Italy 1970s

Tizio Desk Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide Italy 1970s

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H 45.67 in W 4.34 in D 30.71 in

Tizio Desk Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide Italy 1970s

By Artemide, Richard Sapper

Located in PARIS, FR

Tizio lamp by Richard Sapper for the Italian publisher Artemide. He created this lamp in 1972

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Vintage 1970s Italian Industrial Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Artemide Tizio HAL Micro Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper
Artemide Tizio HAL Micro Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

Artemide Tizio HAL Micro Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

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H 29.93 in W 26.78 in D 3.55 in

Artemide Tizio HAL Micro Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

By Artemide, Richard Sapper

Located in Hicksville, NY

created the Tizio desk lamp for Artemide in 1972. This now-Classic design has gone on to become one of the

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Artemide Tizio HAL Classic Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper
Artemide Tizio HAL Classic Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

Artemide Tizio HAL Classic Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

By Artemide, Richard Sapper

Located in Hicksville, NY

created the Tizio desk lamp for Artemide in 1972. This now-classic design has gone on to become one of the

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Artemide Tizio 35 HAL Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper
Artemide Tizio 35 HAL Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

Artemide Tizio 35 HAL Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

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H 39.38 in W 35.44 in D 3.94 in

Artemide Tizio 35 HAL Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

By Richard Sapper, Artemide

Located in Hicksville, NY

created the Tizio desk lamp for Artemide in 1972. This now-Classic design has gone on to become one of the

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Artemide Tizio LED 30K Classic Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper
Artemide Tizio LED 30K Classic Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

Artemide Tizio LED 30K Classic Table Lamp in Black by Richard Sapper

By Richard Sapper, Artemide

Located in Hicksville, NY

created the Tizio desk lamp for Artemide in 1972. This now-Classic design has gone on to become one of the

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Richard Sapper 'Tizio' Desk Lamp for Artemide
Richard Sapper 'Tizio' Desk Lamp for Artemide

Richard Sapper 'Tizio' Desk Lamp for Artemide

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H 47 in W 42.5 in D 30.75 in

Richard Sapper 'Tizio' Desk Lamp for Artemide

By Richard Sapper, Artemide

Located in Los Angeles, CA

“Tizio” desk lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide, c.1970s, Italy. The lamp features a black

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Tizio Lamp Richard Sapper for Artemide, circa 1975
Tizio Lamp Richard Sapper for Artemide, circa 1975

Tizio Lamp Richard Sapper for Artemide, circa 1975

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H 48.04 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in

Tizio Lamp Richard Sapper for Artemide, circa 1975

By Richard Sapper, Artemide

Located in Aci Castello, IT

Tizio desk lamp by Artemide. Metal body with two counterweighted arms for easy configuration. black

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Tizio Italian Black Desk Lamps by Artemide

Pair of Tizio Italian Black Desk Lamps by Artemide

By Artemide

Located in New York, NY

A pair of Italian desk lamps designed by Artemide. One model is the large size, the other is

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Vintage 1970s Italian Table Lamps

Tizio Italian Table / Desk Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide
Tizio Italian Table / Desk Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide

Tizio Italian Table / Desk Lamp by Richard Sapper for Artemide

By Richard Sapper

Located in Cincinnati, OH

balancing, tilting very adjustable table desk lamp for the Italian company Artemide. Still as fresh as it

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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Artemide Tizio Richard Sapper Italian Swivel Table Desk Reading Lamp MCM
Artemide Tizio Richard Sapper Italian Swivel Table Desk Reading Lamp MCM

Artemide Tizio Richard Sapper Italian Swivel Table Desk Reading Lamp MCM

By Artemide

Located in Dayton, OH

"A display of aesthetic and functional balance, Tizio remains a modern design marvel. Measure: 46

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Late 20th Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Richard Sapper Tizio Desk or Table Lamps for Atemide, 1980s - a Pair
Richard Sapper Tizio Desk or Table Lamps for Atemide, 1980s - a Pair

Richard Sapper Tizio Desk or Table Lamps for Atemide, 1980s - a Pair

By Artemide, Richard Sapper

Located in Miami, FL

Pair of rare, signed Tizio table or desk lamps from first production run of silver and red color

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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Richard Sapper for Artemide Italian Postmodern Tizio Table Lamps
Richard Sapper for Artemide Italian Postmodern Tizio Table Lamps

Richard Sapper for Artemide Italian Postmodern Tizio Table Lamps

By Artemide, Richard Sapper

Located in Astoria, NY

Richard Sapper for Artemide pair of Italian Postmodern 'Tizio' halogen table lamps or desk lamps

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Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Table Lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Per Artemide, Italy, 1967
Table Lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Per Artemide, Italy, 1967

Table Lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Per Artemide, Italy, 1967

By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti

Located in Padova, IT

Magistretti and the minimal halogen desk lamp Tizio (1972) by the Italian-German designer Michele De Lucchi

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Richard Sapper Tizio Desk Lamp for Artemide
Richard Sapper Tizio Desk Lamp for Artemide

Richard Sapper Tizio Desk Lamp for Artemide

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H 48 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in

Richard Sapper Tizio Desk Lamp for Artemide

By Artemide, Richard Sapper

Located in Chicago, IL

Tizio desk lamp for Artemide. Metal body with two counterweighted arms for easy configuration

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Richard Sapper Pair of Tizio Desk Lamps for Artemide
Richard Sapper Pair of Tizio Desk Lamps for Artemide

Richard Sapper Pair of Tizio Desk Lamps for Artemide

By Artemide, Richard Sapper

Located in Chicago, IL

Pair of chrome-plated Tizio desk lamps. Metal body with two counterweighted arms for easy

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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Pair of Giancarlo Mattioli Nesso Table Lamps by Artemide
Pair of Giancarlo Mattioli Nesso Table Lamps by Artemide

Pair of Giancarlo Mattioli Nesso Table Lamps by Artemide

By Artemide

Located in Antwerp, BE

best known for the Tizio desk lamp designed by Richard Sapper in 1972. The company is also famous for

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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

Midcentury Cantilevered Tizio Style Desk Lamp
Midcentury Cantilevered Tizio Style Desk Lamp

Midcentury Cantilevered Tizio Style Desk Lamp

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Classic midcentury cantilevered Tizio style desk lamp in black painted steel. The two

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

Italian Desk or Table Lamp Tizio by Richard Sapper
Italian Desk or Table Lamp Tizio by Richard Sapper

Italian Desk or Table Lamp Tizio by Richard Sapper

By Artemide, Richard Sapper

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Amazing work of art in this table lamp by Richard Sapper. Lamp balances itself in any position

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Vintage 1970s Italian Minimalist Table Lamps

Richard Sapper Tizio Desk or Table Lamp for Atemide, 1980s
Richard Sapper Tizio Desk or Table Lamp for Atemide, 1980s

Richard Sapper Tizio Desk or Table Lamp for Atemide, 1980s

By Richard Sapper, Artemide

Located in Miami, FL

Rare, signed Tizio table or desk lamp from the first production run of silver and red color scheme

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Table Lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Per Artemide, Italy, 1967
Table Lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Per Artemide, Italy, 1967

Table Lamp Saffo by Angelo Mangiarotti Per Artemide, Italy, 1967

By Artemide, Angelo Mangiarotti

Located in Padova, IT

Magistretti and the minimal halogen desk lamp Tizio (1972) by the Italian-German designer Michele De Lucchi

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Table Lamp Electra by Giuliana Gramigna Per Artemide, Italy 60's
Table Lamp Electra by Giuliana Gramigna Per Artemide, Italy 60's

Table Lamp Electra by Giuliana Gramigna Per Artemide, Italy 60's

By Artemide, Giuliana Gramigna

Located in Padova, IT

Magistretti and the minimal halogen desk lamp Tizio (1972) by the Italian-German designer Michele De Lucchi

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Wall Lamp, Sconce “Grande Mania” by Vico Magistretti for Artemide 1960s, 1970s
Wall Lamp, Sconce “Grande Mania” by Vico Magistretti for Artemide 1960s, 1970s

Wall Lamp, Sconce “Grande Mania” by Vico Magistretti for Artemide 1960s, 1970s

By Artemide, Vico Magistretti

Located in Padova, IT

minimal halogen desk lamp Tizio (1972) by German-Italian designer Michele De Lucchi which has become one

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

1980s Artup Minimalist Black Metal Articulated Floor Lamp
1980s Artup Minimalist Black Metal Articulated Floor Lamp

1980s Artup Minimalist Black Metal Articulated Floor Lamp

Located in San Francisco, CA

case Richard Sapper’s iconic Tizio desk lamp for Artemide. Heigh listed is for pole. Measures: Arm

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Vintage 1980s American Minimalist Floor Lamps

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Steel, Iron

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By Falkenbergs Belysning

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By Örsjö Industri AB

Located in Glendale, CA

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Giovannetti, 1970s Anfibio Foldable Sofa in Cream Colored Fabric Project, Becchi

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Tizio Desk Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the tizio desk lamp you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each tizio desk lamp for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, aluminum and glass. If you’re shopping for a tizio desk lamp, we have 7 options in-stock, while there are 4 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a tizio desk lamp — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A tizio desk lamp is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in modern and mid-century modern styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Tizio Desk Lamp?

The average selling price for a tizio desk lamp at 1stDibs is $813, while they’re typically $106 on the low end and $2,217 for the highest priced.

Artemide for sale on 1stDibs

Artemide is an iconic firm in the design world. The mid-century Italian company is one of the best known lighting manufacturers and its award-winning fixtures are held in museum collections everywhere. Vintage Artemide table lamps, pendants, ceiling lamps and other lighting represent a thoughtful merge between functionalism and eye-catching design.

Artemide, which is based in Pregnana, was founded by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza in 1959. During that year, Mazza created the first table lamp for the manufacturer — a modernist work in glass, marble and metal that he called the Alfa. Gismondi, who studied aeronautical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan and missile engineering at Rome’s Professional School of Engineering, applied his knowledge of cutting edge technology and materials such as fiberglass resin to Artemide’s designs for lighting and furniture.

In 1967, Artemide won Italy’s Compasso d'Oro design award for its Eclisse table lamp, which was designed by Vico Magistretti two years earlier. Other award-winning fixtures include the Tizio table lamp designed by Richard Sapper and the Tolomeo table lamp.

Designed by Michele de Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina, the Tolomeo featured the patented George Carwardine mechanism used in the original Anglepoise lamp. De Lucchi would later be recruited to join visionary postmodern design collective the Memphis Group. Artemide’s Gismondi purchased the brand after founder Ettore Sottsass dismantled the collective in 1988, and it was bought by Alberto Bianchi Albrici in 1996.

Artemide’s list of design, innovation, sustainability and other industry awards is long and distinguished. The firm continues to actively collaborate with internationally revered designers and seek out new talent through workshops with design schools. The company’s deeply held values — energy-saving lighting, sustainable design and ethically sourced materials — characterize its current offerings, and Artemide furniture and lighting can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and other institutions.

On 1stDibs, find Artemide tables, seating, floor lamps, chandeliers and more.

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.