Lighting
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
20th Century English Rococo Lighting
Metal
1870s English Victorian Antique Lighting
Silver
19th Century French Rococo Antique Lighting
Bronze
20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Bronze, Ormolu
1870s Austrian Victorian Antique Lighting
Oak
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Lighting
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French High Victorian Antique Lighting
Bronze
20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Ormolu, Bronze
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
Early 20th Century Belgian Victorian Lighting
Brass
2010s Italian Rococo Lighting
Crystal
Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Lighting
Crystal
19th Century European Rococo Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century German Rococo Antique Lighting
Porcelain
19th Century British Victorian Antique Lighting
Silver Plate
19th Century French Victorian Antique Lighting
Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting
Murano Glass
Mid-19th Century Danish Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century Victorian Antique Lighting
Hardwood, Porcelain
1930s French Rococo Vintage Lighting
Metal
19th Century French Victorian Antique Lighting
Bronze, Ormolu
2010s Italian Rococo Lighting
Crystal
20th Century Swedish Rococo Lighting
Crystal, Brass
1870s French Rococo Antique Lighting
Bronze
1980s Belgian Rococo Vintage Lighting
Gold Leaf
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Lighting
Bronze
1880s French Late Victorian Antique Lighting
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century Belgian Late Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
1880s High Victorian Antique Lighting
Bronze
1890s French Rococo Antique Lighting
Bronze
1960s American Victorian Vintage Lighting
Brass
20th Century Rococo Lighting
Bronze
1970s Spanish Rococo Vintage Lighting
Rock Crystal, Wrought Iron, Tin
Late 19th Century Italian Early Victorian Antique Lighting
Spelter
20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Metal
Early 20th Century Rococo Lighting
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Lighting
Bronze
19th Century English Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Lighting
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Rococo Lighting
Steel
Mid-20th Century Unknown Rococo Lighting
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
19th Century Victorian Antique Lighting
Hardwood, Porcelain
18th Century English Rococo Antique Lighting
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Lighting
Brass
1930s Swedish Rococo Vintage Lighting
Pewter
Early 20th Century Austrian Victorian Lighting
Iron
1950s English Victorian Vintage Lighting
Crystal
2010s Italian Rococo Lighting
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Brass
Early 20th Century American Victorian Lighting
Glass
1850s French Rococo Antique Lighting
Bronze
19th Century Victorian Antique Lighting
Porcelain, Hardwood
19th Century French Victorian Antique Lighting
Bronze, Ormolu
1950s Austrian Victorian Vintage Lighting
Brass
Vintage and Antique Lighting for Sale: Unique Table Lamps, Floor Lamps, Sconces and Other Lighting for Your Home
The right table lamp, outwardly sculptural chandelier or understated wall pendant can work wonders for your home. While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later. A wide range of antique and vintage lighting can be found on 1stDibs.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. & L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
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