Table Lamps
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Copper
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal
20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary English Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Wool, Alpaca, Silk
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
1940s American Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Cement, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Terracotta
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Metal
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Alabaster
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Wire, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Spelter
Mid-20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Steel
20th Century French Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Steel
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1940s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1940s French Vintage Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Clay, Linen
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Table Lamps
Shell, Oak
2010s Italian Other Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Teak
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wrought Iron, Steel, Aluminum
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
Antique and Vintage Table Lamps for Sale: Find Art Deco Table Lamps, Murano Glass Table Lamps and Other Lighting on 1stDibs
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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