$2,020
H 10.63 in W 18.51 in D 5.91 in
Wood Rainbow Bedside Night Lamp with Fluorescent Light, 1960s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Wood Rainbow Bedside Night Lamp with Fluorescent Light, 1960s, Italy Lamp is in very good vintage
Plastic, Wood
$1,275
H 11 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
Small Midcentury Original Table Lamp /Night Light in Glass with Nickeled Clips
Located in New York City, NY
Original modernist rectangular cube night light / small table lamp comprising 8 cut-glass square
Glass
$1,779Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.06 in W 3.94 in D 8.27 in
1960's Night Light with Spiders Engraved in Plexiglass
Located in Vienna, Austria
I believe this is a unique item from an artist or designer. All the parts are carefully made with attention to detail. The metal cylinder is of thick walled, bronze tubing. An elect...
Metal, Bronze
$1,900
H 14.34 in W 9.45 in D 5.52 in
VALLAURIS Ceramic Table/Night Lamp With Shellfish and Fish 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Midcentury ceramic table/night lamp, Vallauris, France, 1950s. Exceptional French mid
Ceramic
$468
H 7.09 in W 7.88 in D 2.37 in
Night Light, with Green and White Shades in Plastic, 1950's, Austria
Located in Vienna, Austria
A simple, charming night light from Austria out of the 1950's. The white plastic side is meant to
Plastic
$1,798 / set
H 8.27 in W 6.7 in D 7.49 in
Set of Swedish Pine Wood Sconces by Solbackens Svarveri, Sweden, 1970s
By Solbackens Svarveri
Located in Værløse, DK
pine wood night lamps / sconces with light beige fabric shades * Manufacturer: Solbackens Svarveri
Fabric, Wood, Pine
1960s Lamps in Chrome, Smoked Lucite and Walnut
Located in Denton, TX
Pair of midcentury table lamps with night light in the base for mood lighting.
Chrome
Jade lamp
Located in Seattle, WA
Lovely jadite lamp with night light on the inside. This jade is green and purple and came from
Brass
Petite Art Deco French Night Light with Swiveling Shade
Located in Portland, OR
A petite Art Deco French night light with swiveling shade.
Steel
Antique Chinese Carved Canopy Bed with Alcove
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid to late 19th century, elaborately carved, antique Chinese bed Chambers was used to greet visitors and usually was furnished with two chairs and a center table: from which tea, wi...
Lacquer, Wood
Space Age Yellow Chapter One Desk by Broyhill Premier, 1970's
By Broyhill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Space Age Yellow Chapter One desk by Broyhill Premier, 1970's. In good vintage condition.
Metal
$7,120Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 79 in D 42 in
F&T Salotti Space Age Italian Velvet and Chrome Wrapped Sofa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A mid century Italian sofa by F&T Salotti. Overstuffed space age silhouette. Original chocolate brown ruched velvet and brushed steel panel. One sofa and two chairs available, all so...
Stainless Steel
$168,346
H 110.24 in W 127.56 in D 127.56 in
1 BANGA space age micro architecture prefab house bungalow by Carlo Zappa, 1971
By Carlo Zappa
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
here we offer one of 2 bangas, with black interior. the second one with light grey interior is offered in another listing. a banga shows ways in which we could live more sustainably...
Fiberglass
Wavy Rug Brite Hand Tufted Carpet
By Pieces
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Wavy Rug is a series of rugs first exhibited in our Pieces Homes Project in Kennebunk, Maine. The Wavy rug design concept started as a single rug composed of 10 multicolored, und...
Wool
$6,012 / set
H 21.66 in W 24.02 in D 36.23 in
Italian Mid-Century Modular Sofa or Seating Set in Ochre Boucle, 1970s Italy
Located in Zagreb, HR
Italian Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs or club chairs. Modules can be used as a modular sofa or modular seating set. Beautiful and unique shape. A 1970 design and production, fully...
Bouclé, Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$120,000
H 14 in W 26.25 in D 14.75 in
18th Century New England Cartographer's Office - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room
By Henry "Hank" Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
Cartography, the study and practice of making and using maps, was at the cutting edge in the 18th-century, helping to shape and define a world rapidly coming into focus. Over the c...
Mixed Media
Midcentury Italian Brutalist Spider Yellow Glass Body Sconce
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing one light. Will be newly rewired with certified US UL socket for the Usa and appropriate socket for all other countries and ready to hang. Wrought iron body with yellow Mura...
Wrought Iron
$6,874
H 31.5 in W 63 in D 30.71 in
Rare Arne Norell Ilona Sofa in Original Green Leather, Sweden, 1970s
By Norell Möbel AB, Arne Norell
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
An original two-seat Arne Norell Ilona sofa in original patinated green leather. Made by Norell Mobler in Sweden. In very good vintage condition with minor signs of use and wear rela...
Brass
Ceramic and Glass Table Lamp Sculpture, France, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Ceramic and glass table lamp sculpture. France, circa 1900.
Glass, Ceramic
Chinese Woven Top Canopy Bed, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
A Chinese canopy bed was typically part of a bride's dowry or a gift to a courtesan. It grew to be an important household status symbol, and the subject of rivalry among wives and co...
Rattan, Elm
$9,018
H 12.8 in W 20.08 in D 4.73 in
Offrande Art Deco Table Lamp Kneeling ladies Fayral & Daum Le Faguays Le Verrier
By Pierre Le Faguays, Max Le Verrier, Daum
Located in Antwerp, BE
Offrande Art Deco table lamp with kneeling nudes holding a Daum glass shade signed Fayral, pseudonym of Pierre Le Faguays & Daum Nancy France. Executed by Max Le Verrier. Patinat...
Marble, Metal
Raymond Loewy DF 2000 Mid Century Jewelry Chest
By Raymond Loewy
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Raymond Loewy for Doubinsky Freres jewelry chest circa mid 1970’s. This all original example has lipstick red molded plastic drawer fronts, rosewood trim and opens at the top and bot...
Plastic, Rosewood
Tiffany Studios Spider Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Tiffany Studios geometric leaded glass and bronze table lamp features the iconic Spider shade and its original complementary Mushroom bronze base. The unique form of the spider ...
Bronze
$425Sale Price|49% Off
H 11.82 in Dm 7.88 in
Art Deco Peach Pink Clichy Glass Machine Age Pendant Light C1930
Located in Trensacq, FR
French Art Deco 'Machine Age' Clichy Glass Pendant Light C1930. Glossy stepped peach pink mottled glass shade with new chromed gallery mount. In good condition with no losses to gla...
Chrome
$5,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 45.5 in W 39.5 in D 18.75 in
Large Raymond Loewy Inspired Yellow Chapter One Gentlemans Chest Armoire
By Broyhill, Ettore Sottsass, Raymond Loewy
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This model is nearly impossible to find. Moreover, yellow is the most sought after option. Combined with the fact that we've restored this piece to outstanding condition, we're cer...
Plastic, Hardwood
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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