1970's Chrome Robot Lamp by Torino Lamps
Located in Hanover, MA
Highly desirable chrome robot standing lamp by Torino Lamps, 1978.
Vintage 1970s American Space Age Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970's Chrome Robot Lamp by Torino Lamps
Located in Hanover, MA
Highly desirable chrome robot standing lamp by Torino Lamps, 1978.
Steel, Chrome
1975 Post-Modern Chrome Bubble Ball Robot Table Lamp by Torino Lamps
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The 1970s chrome ball joint robot lamp by Torino Lamps is a striking, retro piece of functional art, combining futuristic design with a playful character.
Steel, Chrome
Rare Torino Modernist Chrome Robot Lamp
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Adorable chrome robot standing three feet tall takes a large ball bulb in head socket and two smaller ball bulbs in his hands. Articulated arms so you can change his arm configuratio...
Unavailable
H 36.23 in Dm 11.03 in
Pair of Lamps, Male and Female Robots, Torino Lamps, Chromed Metal, circa 1980
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of lamps, male and female, Torino lamps, circa 1980. Chromed metal. The name of the brand is written on the sticker at the base of the lamps. In very good condition.
Metal, Chrome
Modern Chrome Robot Floor Lamp by Torino
Located in Houston, TX
Very rare robot floor lamp by Italian company, Torino lamps. The lamp has a three-way switch on the nose with bulbs on head and each hand.
Chrome
Large Size Torino Chrome Robot
Located in Houston, TX
Torino Chrome Robot in the largest size. Robot is in nice vintage condition with light wear to the metal.
Chrome
1975 Post-Modern Chrome Bubble Ball Robot Lamp by Torino Lamps
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The 1970s chrome ball joint robot lamp by Torino Lamps is a striking, retro piece of functional art, combining futuristic design with a playful character.
Steel, Chrome
Robot Lamp by Torino Lamp, USA, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Rare male robot table or floor lamp by the editor Torino Lamp from the collection The Robot Family.
Metal, Chrome
Robot Lamp by Torino Lamps, USA 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Spage Age female woman robot lamp by the editor Torino lamps from the collection The Robot Family.
Metal, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Chrome Robot Floor Lamp by Torino of Italy
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This is a super rare large version of this lamp by Torino Lamps of Italy. Standing over 3 feet tall with articulated arms that extend out 2 feet wide. 3 way "nose" switch with bulb...
Space Age Robot Lamp by Torino Lamp, 1970s, United States
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Mid-Century Modern or Space Age robot table or floor lamp by the editor Torino lamp from the collection "The Robot Torino Family". We talk about the tallest and rarest robot of the f...
Chrome, Metal
A Mid Century Chrome Torino Robot Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage Torino chrome lamp in the shape of a robot with movable arms and eyes that light up orange.
Chrome
Articulated Chrome Robot Lamp by Torino Designs
Located in Astoria, NY
Articulated robot lamp by Torino Designs. The head, eyes and hands light up with half-mercury lightbulbs. Ring ears and Lucite eyes, and a three-way light switch doubles as the nose....
Chrome
Italian Robot Sculpture Chrome Lamp by Torino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique robot lamp designed and manufactured by Torino Lamps Co. in Italy, circa 1970s.
Steel, Chrome
Mid Century Chrome Robot Lamp by Torino Designs
Located in Astoria, NY
This Italian chrome robot lamp was designed by Torino in the 1950s.
Chrome
Expertly Restored - Italian Modern Chrome Robot Sculpture Lamp by Torino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique robot lamp designed and manufactured by Torino Lamps Co. in Italy circa 1970s.
Steel, Chrome
Sold
H 36.5 in W 26 in D 8.5 in
Torino Lamp Company Original Chrome Robot Hanging Lamp or Corner Fixture Retro
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Torino Lamp Company Original Chrome Robot hanging Lamp or corner fixture.
Metal
Torino Large Robot Chrome Lamp, Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very well-known lamp, by the Torino lamp, Co.
Chrome
Italian Chrome Robot Lamp by Torino
Located in Ferndale, MI
Chrome construction robot lamp. Inline switch lights all three bulbs. Bulbs are working now and included but not guaranteed. Pitting on some backside components and end cap pieces.
Chrome
Torino Robot Lamp
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Rarely seen 1970s Torino Robot lamp. Light comes from bulb on top as well as eyes. This lamp is the 17 inch version offered by the Torino Lamp Company.
Chrome
1970s Torino Dog & Robot Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small Robot Lamp with original sticker By Torino 29cm high
Chrome
Space Age Italian Robot Table Lamp in Chrome by Torino
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A charming, figural robot table lamp produced by Torino, comprising a segmented body in chrome, black resin eyes, metal ring fittings for ears, and a nose-switch that allows you to i...
Chrome
Rare 1960s Torino Chrome Robot Bunny Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Lamp features a white globe enclosing a bulb on top of head and eyes that glow when switch on base activated. With plexiglass ears. The bunny model is one of the scarcest made by Tor...
Chrome
Postmodern Chrome Robot Rabbit Lamp by Torino
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Postmodern chrome bunny rabbit lamp constructed entirely of chromed steel and Lucite accent pieces. The rabbit is made of a series of different sized chromed balls with Lucite ears a...
Chrome
Italian Chrome Sculptural Robot Lamp/ FINALE SALE
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful Italian whimsical Space Age robot lamp is vintage and newly re-chromed and re-wired. The bulbous bulbs as the head and arms can light up together or separate. The wond...
Chrome
Torino Chrome Robot Lamp Large Size. Italy circa, 1960's.
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare articulated chrome Robot lamp. 37" tall the largest (The Daddy) and most desirable of a series of vintage chrome Robot lamps produced by The Torino Lamp Company of Italy in the...
Chrome
Torino Chrome Modern Baby Robot Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Terrific Mid Century Torino Italian Robot Lamp. This is the hard to come across Baby Version from the robot family.
Chrome
Torino Italy Chrome Mid-Century Robot Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exceptional chrome robot table lamp by Torino Lamp Co. comprised of a chrome body with a bulb on top of the head and a smaller bulb on the front.
Torino Italian Mid-Century Sheriff Robot Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exceptional and hard to find vintage Torino Italian robot lamp depicting a sheriff or policeman.
Chrome
Torino Chrome Girl Robot Lamp
Located in Mount Penn, PA
A adorable Modernistic Chrome Robot lamp circa 1970's by Torino.Her Eyes are Glass Florets with chrome ball pupils and she is wearing Chrome Ring Earrings.She lights up on her hands...
Torino Chrome Robot Light
Located in Chicago, IL
Large desirerable Torino Lamp Company Robot Lamp. Semi-articulated arms.
Chrome
Torino Italian Chrome Sputnik Robot Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Terrific Italian Chrome Sputnik Table Lamp made by Torino Lamp Co.
Chrome
Rare Male/Female Pair of Torino Robot Lamps
Located in North Miami, FL
A double delight finding this male and female chrome robot couple by Torino. Whimsical chrome lamps have 3-way nose switches that turn on either head and eyes only, hands only, or he...
Chrome
Italian Torino Figural Chrome Mid Century Robot Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Terrific Italian Figural Chrome Robot Table Lamp by Torino Lamp Co. This whimsical design is constructed of all chrome with movable arms and depicts a robot.
Chrome
Torino Robot Lamp
Located in Round Top, TX
A very fun chrome robot lamp by Torino Lamp Company of Italy.
Chrome
Torino Italian Chrome Mid Century Big Robot Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exceptional and hard to find Robot Lamp by Italian company Torino. This playful piece is comprised of a chrome body in the robot form and is the largest model produced.
Chrome
Torino Italian Robot Dog Sculptural Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exceptional and hard to find Robot Dog Lamp by Torino Lamp Company. This playful lamp is comprised of a chrome frame and takes one bulb on the head which lights up the eyes. .
Chrome
Geometric Mid Century Open Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
Finished in Batavia Black with a Sandbar finish interior, this bookcase showcases rhythmic, crescent-shaped oval cut-outs that form an architectural silhouette—an homage to the sculp...
Wood
$7,460 / item
H 21.66 in W 20.08 in D 20.08 in
Brutalist Verdigris Copper & Teal Ceramic Sculptural Side Table, Egg Designs
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
Egg Designs’ Boogie Nights side table is a sculptural Brutalist statement piece that merges collectible contemporary design with rich handcrafted detail. Individually glazed teal-gre...
Steel, Copper
$2,430 / item
H 21.66 in W 27.56 in D 15.56 in
Hawkstone Hand Chiseled Wood, Timber, Marble and Bronzed Steel Bedside Pedestal
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
The Hawkstone modern bedside pedestal sits on a hand chiseled, alien timber, base which is burnished black. On top of the base is a fumed oak drawer unit on soft close hinges. The dr...
Marble, Steel
$1,766 / item
H 32.29 in W 18.12 in D 9.06 in
Murano Art Glass and Brass Pink Color Wall Light and Sconces, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
This charming wall lamp is entirely handmade in Murano. Each single leaf is handcrafted in high quality Murano blown glass; that's why each leaf is slightly different from the other....
Brass
Willy Rizzo "Love" Lamp, Italy
By Willy Rizzo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Willy Rizzo "Love" Lamp, Italy. Sophisticated chrome and brass decorative table lamp. Made with high quality construction techniques and materials. Illuminates a lovely all around gl...
Brass, Chrome
Tiffany Color Murano Glass Spheres Sputnik Chandelier with brass finish
Located in Florence, IT
Tiffany Color Murano Glass Sputnik Chandelier with brass finish. The glass spheres are in "incamiciato" handblown Murano glass, meaning there is a double layer of glass, Tiffany outs...
Brass
Postmodern Martini Lamp by David Krys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A rare 1993 postmodern martini lamp designed by David Krys. Metal wire forms the glass' shape with a skewered green olive stuffed with a red light bulb disguised as a pimento. Great ...
Chrome
Pair of Bauhaus Modernist StyleTubular Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Great pair of Bauhaus tubular sling chairs in cowhide and matte steel. The arm covers are black leather that lace up underneath while the seat and back are lace-up cowhide. Similar ...
Steel
Danish Viking Bar Cabinet
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A very unusual, hand painted bar cabinet, as a Danish Viking, made in Italy. Striking naive/modern style, humorous and direct. The back is finished and painted as well.
Wood
$8,007
H 55.12 in W 46.46 in D 16.93 in
Brutalist Style Italian Dry Bar made of Oak Wood, Hand-carved Drinks Cabinet
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian hand-carved oak wood bar cabinet with four folding doors and central interior shelf. Discover the essence of Italian style with our stunning contemporary oak wood bar cabin...
Wood
$22,963
H 27.56 in Dm 118.12 in
Rare and Exceptional 'Gilda' Circle Sofa in Velvet by Michel Ducaroy, 1972
By Michel Ducaroy, Ligne Roset
Located in Echt, NL
Very rare extra large 'Gilda' circle sofa in excellent condition. Designed by Michel Ducaroy in 1972. The sofa is manufactured by 'Roset' the company name of Ligne Roset prior to 1...
Metal
$10,480
H 89.77 in W 60.63 in D 43.31 in
Italian 1970's Cocktail Dry Bar in Joe Colombo Style, Italy - circa 1975
By Joe Colombo
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Vintage 1970s Italian Mobile Dry Bar / Cocktail Bar – Mid-Century Modern Elegance The colour of the dark lacquered wood is an amazing very dark purple / aubergine (almost black). Th...
Chrome
$19,400
H 70.87 in W 118.12 in D 19.69 in
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi Grand Wardrobe in Walnut
By Giuseppe Rivadossi, Officina Rivadossi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi, wardrobe, Italy, 1980s A beautiful and grand wardrobe by Italian sculptor and designer Giuseppe Rivadossi, showcasing exquisite woodworkin...
Walnut
Space Age Fiberglass Bed by Astarte, 1970s
By Astarte Milano
Located in Parma, IT
Space age fiberglass bed painted white, Astarte Milano production of the 1970s. Composed of 4 modules, with original metal bed base. The label in the pictures was later removed fo...
Fiberglass
$12,247Sale Price|5% Off
H 36.62 in W 37.41 in D 36.23 in
Vintage iconic Joe Colombo Elda armchair, Italian Space Age 1960s, Black Leather
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, IT
Iconic Armchair , Vintage Italian Armchair , Joe Colombo , Elda It’s 1963, Space Age is at its dawn, and Italian architect Joe Colombo designs a piece that will define the aestheti...
Leather, Fiberglass
$16,486
H 50 in W 39 in D 42 in
Original 1970s Lee West ‘Alpha” Stereo Egg Chair, Black Fiberglass and leather
By Lee West
Located in Echt, NL
Original and iconic ‘Alpha' music chair end stool in excellent condition. The ‘Alpha' chair was designed and produced by Lee West in 1968. The outer shell of this chair is fully ma...
Leather, Fiberglass
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.
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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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