Vintage Berman Table Lamp
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Aluminum, Brass
Late 20th Century Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Art Glass
20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Brass, Bronze
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Belgian Black Marble, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Brass, Steel
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel
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Cement, Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Bouclé, Foam, Wood, Walnut
2010s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
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Iron
1930s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Onyx, Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Brass
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Brass
1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Onyx, Marble, Spelter
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Bronze
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Wood, Paint
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Belgian Black Marble, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Berman Table Lamp
Marble, Brass
20th Century French Vintage Berman Table Lamp
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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022There are a few ways to identify if your table lamp is vintage, but it does vary from brand to brand. If you can spot a maker’s mark or manufacturer’s label on your piece, it could tell you where and when it was crafted. On 1stDibs, find vintage and contemporary table lamps from top sellers around the world.