Totem #3 Modern White Jesmonite Plastered Letsopa Raffia & Brass Table Lamp
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
The Letsopa lamp collection is inspired by Brutalist forms. Each piece is finished with hand applied details which gives it a hand crafted aesthetic. The terracotta base is finished ...
Brass
Set/2 Organic Modern Etna Table Lamp by Benediko, Gold Leaf, White Lampshade
By Benediko
Located in Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
The Etna tree branch table lamp is individually hammered and hand formed.
Metal
Pair of Off White Star Shape Table Lamps by Michael Taylor
By Michael Taylor
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Pair of off white star shape cast plaster lamps by Michael Taylor. The lamps are wired for US, it takes one 100w Max bulb. New vanilla linen shades. Lamps are available wi...
Brass
Sven Lamp Table - French White Plaster
By Century Furniture, Tara Shaw
Located in New Orleans, LA
Finished in a French White Plaster. TSA-625-V1 - Sven Lamp Table - French White Plaster Tara Shaw Casegoods Collection W:22 in D:24 in H:26 in
Plaster
Hollywood Regency Gold and White Table Lamps by Visual Comfort, a Pair
By Visual Comfort
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of Hollywood Regency style table lamps by Visual Comfort. White painted urns are decorated with beveled shoulders and reeded bases highlighted in gold. Each lamp measures 7.5"...
Brass
Art Deco White Opaline Lamp – France 1930
Located in Girona, Girona
White opaline glass table lamp on a painted plaster base.
Opaline Glass, Plaster
1970’s Italian White Ceramic Cactus Lamp
By John Dickinson
Located in Hastings, GB
1970’s ceramic cactus lamp Italian These lamps are widely considered to be a design by the American Decorator and artist John Dickinson, however the only visible mark is one that ...
Plaster
Pair of Mid-Century Large Antique White Owl Lamps with Original Shades
Located in Chattanooga, TN
These huge owl lamps will make heads spin maybe even 360 degrees. The obtuse chalkware (plaster) lamps feature massive owls with jewel-like orange eyes. The eyes are made of plastic ...
Ceramic, Plaster
Pieri Tullio Large Italian Hollywood Regency Column Table Lamp Green Gold - Pair
By Pieri Tullio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Pieri Tullio Large Italian Hollywood Regency Column Table Lamps Green and Gold - a Pair. Item features Plaster Spiral Form Bodies, Original Velvet and Wood Trim Shades, By Pi...
Plaster
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Monumental Tony Paul for Westwood Futures Asian Buddha Sculptural Table Lamp MCM
By Tony Paul, Westwood Industries
Located in Peoria, AZ
SUMPTUOUS! TONY PAUL FOR WESTWOOD FUTURES MID CENTURY MARVELOUS! ONLY SOLD TO DECORATORS! DIMENSIONS: APPROX. 32" TALL BY 18" WIDE Westwood lamps were some of the Mid Centur...
Metal, Enamel
$2,360Sale Price / set|20% Off
Large Pair of Hollywood Regency Neoclassical White Lacquered Draped Urn Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Pair of Hollywood Regency Neoclassical White Lacquered Draped Urn Lamps USA, Circa 1950s Add a touch of quiet glamour to your living space with a touch of elegance through t...
Plaster
Vintage Painted Bird Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage table lamp is a sophisticated example of Postmodern design, featuring a gracefully stylized bird—evoking the form of a swallow or dove—in mid-flight. The entire piece is...
Metal
Vintage Industrial Mid Century Modern Copper Metal "Ship Turbine" Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Postmodern Beach House Ceramic Plaster White Bulbous Table Lamps by Sunset Cosco - a Pair.
Ceramic
$5,802 / set
A pair of Art Deco style rectangular lamps
By Art Decor
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of Art Deco style rectangular lamps A pair of rectangular white lacquered plaster table lamps each on a square base.
Lacquer
$5,950Sale Price|30% Off
White Sculptural Plaster Table Lamp, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi Sculptural plaster lamp created by a metal structure, plaster+ paper, and image collage on wood.
Metal
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
White Plaster Sculptural Table Lamp, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi Sculptural plaster lamp created by a metal structure, plaster+ paper, and image collage on wood.
Metal
White Gold Sculptural Plaster Table Lamp, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi Sculptural plaster lamp created by a metal structure, plaster+ paper.
Metal
$3,760Sale Price|20% Off
White Black Sculptural Plaster Table Lamp, 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi Sculptural plaster lamp created by a metal structure, plaster+ paper, and image collage on wood.
Metal
American Plaster Harlequin Balustrade White & Blue Painted Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century American "Harlequin Balustrade" plaster table lamp sculpted in spindle form and painted blue, gold and white, tapering toward the top with an extended stem, ending in a c...
Metal, 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.
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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