Table Lamps
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Raffia, Plaster
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Linen, Rope
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Earthenware, Linen, Oak
2010s French Organic Modern Table Lamps
Stone, Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Art Glass
1950s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s European Bohemian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Table Lamps
Copper, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Table Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Textile
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Ceramic, Linen
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Ceramic, Linen
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Cement
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Clay, Cotton, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Marble
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay, Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Iron, Metal
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Sandstone
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Metal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Classical Roman Table Lamps
Alabaster
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Baroque Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Steel
Antique, New and Vintage Table Lamps
Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. A well-crafted antique or vintage table lamp does 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. 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 during the Art Deco movement, originating 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 an Art Deco table lamp provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
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 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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