1950s M.G. Wheeler Flying Saucer Lamp
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s flying saucer lamp by M.G. Wheeler.
Vintage 1950s Table Lamps
Metal
1950s M.G. Wheeler Flying Saucer Lamp
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s flying saucer lamp by M.G. Wheeler.
Metal
Mid Century Modern Flying Saucer Sight Light Desk Lamp
By M.G. Wheeler
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Classic M.G. Wheeler flying saucer lamp. Rare square base allows the lamp to pivot 360 degrees
Brass, Steel
Mid Century Flying Saucer Sight Light Desk Lamp in White by MG Wheeler
By M.G. Wheeler
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid century flying saucer sight light desk lamp in white by MG Wheeler.
Metal
$600
H 13.5 in W 22 in D 12 in
Mid-Century Modern Wheeler Sight Light Green Swing Arm Desk Lamp Flying Saucer
By M.G. Wheeler, Leroy C. Doane
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Mid-century wheeler sight light desk lamp Leroy Doane. This is a wonderful Sight Light desk lamp
Brass, Steel
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$768Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 24 in D 12 in
Desk Lamp attributed to M.G. Wheeler's Sight Light Saucer Lamp
By M.G. Wheeler
Located in Cordova, SC
Here’s a cool lamp that can swing around where you need it to. Would be great for your desk. It is in the style of MG Wheeler’s “Sight Light” Saucer lamps. Appears to be green acryli...
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Art Deco 1930s Modern Sight Light Table Lamp
By Sight Light Corporation
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Art Deco 1930s Modern sight light table lamp. Brass with copper baked brown enamel shade and base. Arm swivels. Age appropriate condition with some minor ware to the paint.
Metal, Brass
$1,290 / item
H 20.48 in W 13.78 in D 8.67 in
MG Wheeler Brass Desk Table Lamp Midcentury Vintage Retro Regency 1960s
By M.G. Wheeler
Located in London, GB
A classic desk table lamp by MG Wheeler in burgundy crackled finish and brass details. Steady heavy square base with a brass rotating ball with a curved pole that supports the UFO li...
Metal, Brass
$650Sale Price|33% Off
H 15 in W 20.63 in D 9.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Brass Sight Light Desk Lamp by M.G. Wheeler
By M.G. Wheeler
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage sight light desk lamp manufactured by M.G. Wheeler Company, circa 1960's. Features a rotating swivel arm and supporting base in brass. Complete with a space age black and whi...
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
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.
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