Table Lamps
Mid-19th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1880s English Antique Table Lamps
Crystal
1960s American Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Table Lamps
Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster, String, Cotton
1960s Serbian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Table Lamps
Iron
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass, Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Opal, Metal
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Table Lamps
Concrete
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Onyx, Brass
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Iron
2010s South African Modern Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain, Parchment Paper
2010s Portuguese Table Lamps
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Swiss Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Art Glass
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Table Lamps
Enamel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Sandstone
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
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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