Table Lamps
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s Finnish Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Spelter
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murrine, Wood, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
1970s French Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Copper, Chrome
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Table Lamps
Paper
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
Early 20th Century Spanish Table Lamps
Metal
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s German Table Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
20th Century Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century Organic Modern Table Lamps
Pottery
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Nickel
2010s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Milk Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Table Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Copper, Brass
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Amboyna
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Regency Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Plastic
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s Slovenian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
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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