Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Table Lamps
Stone
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Table Lamps
Bamboo
1960s American Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Table Lamps
Bamboo
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Metal, Iron, Sheet Metal
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century Belgian Steampunk Antique Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
1980s French Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s French Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain, Giltwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
1960s French Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1940s French Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century Japanese Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Coral, Brass
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Wood
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Iron, Brass
Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Table Lamps
Iron
2010s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century English Antique Table Lamps
Giltwood
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Hungarian Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Wire
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Pottery, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal, Chrome
20th Century Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Regency Table Lamps
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1980s North American Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
Early 1900s American Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Plastic, Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine, Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Enamel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Wood, Parchment Paper, Hide
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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