$241Sale Price|30% Off
H 12 in W 20 in D 6.5 in
Gunmetal Grey Machine Age Tanker Fluorescent Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
1950s gunmetal grey fluorescent machine age tanker desk lamp with lots of character, perfect on a
Steel
$192Sale Price|52% Off
H 14 in W 18 in D 7 in
Midcentury Brown Enamel Fluorescent Gooseneck Desk Lamp by Art Specialty
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Midcentury chocolate brown metal fluorescent gooseneck flex arm adjustable tanker desk lamp with
Steel
$285Sale Price|40% Off
H 11.5 in W 15 in D 8 in
Art Deco Machine Age Chrome Adjustable Flourescent Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco fluorescent Brown/Grey enameled desk table lamp with streamlined shaped body and Machine
Metal
Vintage 1970s Tan Adjustable Desk Lamp by Park Sherman
By Park Sherman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage 1970s Space Age Park Sherman fluorescent desk lamp with tan molded plastic shade
Metal
Vintage Craftsman Style Polished Copper Fluorescent Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage craftsman style polished copper fluorescent desk lamp comes fixed to an oak base. Mid
Copper
Post War Fluorescent Desk Lamp with Clock by Telechron
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Authentic Art Deco brown hooded fluorescent desk lamp with the clock. The face of the clock reads
Metal
Vintage Yellow Fluorescent Desk Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Very special yellow fluorescent space age table lamp. The lamp can be positioned in any way
Metal
Graphic Metal Desk Lamp by Tensor
By Tensor
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An architectural, graphic and well-crafted red and yellow tensor fluorescent desk lamp. Made in USA
Steel
Art Deco Enameled Steel Chromed and Tanker Florescent Desk Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco enameled steel Tanker fluorescent desk lamp with chrome accents. Circa 1940.
Steel
Cifer | Industrial fluorescent tube desk lamp(s)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
We ship this item insured, door to door, for $149 outside Europe. Industrial desk lamp. Aluminium
Rare and Important Peter Pfisterer Gooseneck Lamp
Located in New York, NY
the seminal 1941 MoMA Organic Design Competition; his gooseneck lamp and a fluorescent desk lamp were
Aluminum
Ron Rezek Black and White 110 Table Lamp
By Ron Rezek
Located in Chicago, IL
Ron Rezek black and white 110 Table Lamp. Rare fluorescent desk lamp with white enameled metal
Metal
Vintage Luxo Architect's Lamp
By Luxo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage cream colored Luxo fluorescent desk lamp that screams mid-Century Modern. In excellent
Metal
Attributed to Istvan Szonyi
By Istvan Szonyi
Located in Houston, TX
Hungarian Artist (1894-1960) "Reclining Nude", circa 1920s Measures: 19.5" H x 23.5" W, overall size is 28" x 32.5" Oil on canvas, inscribed lower right "Somody baratomnak szere...
Canvas
Art Deco Lamp
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco lamp with led in the foot.
Brass
Art Deco Chandelier
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco chandelier with nickel finish and curved glass rod.
Brass
Art Deco Dressing Table and Mirror
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco dressing table with mirror and sconces.
Brass
$17,186
H 30.12 in W 39.97 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage 1928 Avant Garde Art Exhibition Poster Kandinsky Picasso Klee
By Heinrich Campendonk
Located in London, GB
Original vintage art exhibition poster: Colour / Farbe Ausstellung im Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum held at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld Germany from 1-31 May 1928 presenting work by...
Paper
Pair of Jean Perzel Attributed 1940s Gilt Iron Wall Sconces
By Atelier Jean Perzel
Located in Sharon, CT
A pair of very large (27.5 inches high-exclusive of globes) Gilded Cast Iron (21 lbs. each) Wall Sconces. Not signed or otherwise marked.
Iron
Oval Art Deco Chandelier
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco chandelier with nickel finish.
Bronze
Art Deco Chandelier
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco chandelier with nickel finish and sandblasted glasses.
Brass
Pair of Art Deco Armchairs, Walnut Structure
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Art Deco armchairs. Walnut structure.
Walnut
Raymond Subes French Art Deco Steel and Marble Console Table
By Raymond Subes
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco steel console table with a verde antico / green marble top and conforming base joined by scrolling apron & legs (Attributed to RAYMOND SUBES)
Marble, Steel
Art Deco Chandelier
By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
Art Deco chandelier, brass and bronze with nickel finish. Glass rods.
Brass, Bronze
Maurice Dufrêne Elegant Pair of Art Deco Wall Sconces
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Maurice Dufrêne (1876-1955) pair of one-armed gilded bronze wall sconces with glass shades molded with a stylized floral pattern, 1920s.
Bronze
Liceu de Artes e Ofícios. 19th Century Daybed
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This recamier/daybed was conceived and executed with utmost quality and expertise, showing a style that incorporates many influences from the eigtheenth and ninetheenth century. Made...
Wood
English Adam Gilt Marble Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Adam (circa 1780) gilt wood console with a carved frieze over rams head topped fluted legs with a stretcher & alabaster veneered marble top with a verde edge.
Alabaster, Marble, Gold Leaf
Louis Majorelle French Art Nouveau Walnut and Bronze Wall Mirror
By Louis Majorelle
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau walnut wall mirror with a beveled glass, two burl walnut top panels, and floral motif gilt bronze trim. (by LOUIS MAJORELLE)
Bronze
$9,018
H 38.19 in W 24.02 in D 25.2 in
Art Deco Era Windsor Chair by Walter Sobotka Circle of Josef Frank, Vienna, 1932
By Walter Sobotka
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Era Windsor chair design attributed to Walter Sobotka Vienna 1932. The WIndsor chair from solid oakwood features a saddle seat and conical feet. Walter Sobotka (1888 Vienn...
Oak
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.
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