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Unique wall paper printing cylinder Table lamp 1880 France
Located in palm beach, FL
Rare 19th century wallpaper printing cylinder with floral iron base decor representing a rosette all mounted as a lamp. extraordinarily decorative and unique.
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1880s French French Provincial Antique Table Lamps

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Iron

Midcentury Bamboo and Rattan Table Lamp Louis Sognot Style, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful table lamp in bamboo and rattan in the style of Louis Sognot. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Louis Sognot was a French designer best known for his elegant furniture made...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Bamboo, Wicker, Straw, Cane, Rattan

Pair of Chic ‘Cubismo’ Lamp with linen shade by Understated Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully crafted sculptural Mahogany reddish-brown blocks form a table lamp having 3 in square cube-shaped wooden, columns height (outside column 9 in, inside column 7 in) with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Table Lamps

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Linen, Wood

Authentic Brutalist Table Lamp in Oak, France, 1940
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Introducing an extraordinary table lamp that seamlessly blends brutalist aesthetics with authentic craftsmanship. This unique piece has been crafted from an old wine press, transform...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Oak

organic lamp in solid wood, direct carving, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
organic lamp in solid wood, direct carving, circa 1970 height lamp only: 52 cm (20,47")
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1970s French Organic Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Walnut

Pair of Chic Large ‘Cubismo’ Lamp with linen shade by Understated Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully crafted sculptural Mahogany reddish-brown blocks form a large table lamp having 4 in square cube-shaped wooden, columns height (outside column 12 in, inside column 9 in...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Table Lamps

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Linen, Wood

Chic Single ‘Cubismo’ Lamp with linen shade by Understated Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully crafted sculptural Mahogany reddish-brown blocks form a table lamp having 3 in square cube-shaped wooden, columns height (outside column 9 in, inside column 7 in) with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Table Lamps

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Linen, Wood

Pair of 'Feather' Task Lamps by George Kovacs for Robert Sonneman, circa 1980
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Pair of 'Feather' task lamps by George Kovacs for Robert Sonneman, circa 1980. Beautiful rare ochre color with counterbalanced arm. Double switch for on-off and high-low settings. Or...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Chic Large Single ‘Cubismo’ Lamp with linen shade by Understated Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully crafted sculptural Mahogany reddish-brown blocks form a large table lamp having 4 in square cube-shaped wooden, columns height (outside column 12 in, inside column 9 in...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Table Lamps

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Wood, Linen

Aneta, Table Lamp, Solid Pine, Rattan, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A table lamp designed and produced by Aneta. In solid pine. With makers label. Condition: Good Wear consistent with age and use. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 12” H x 7.75” Diamete...
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1970s Swedish Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Rattan, Pine

Smoked Glass Globe Lamp with Black Walnut Base
Located in Portland, OR
Timeless and beautiful, this lamp has a smoked or white glass globe and is made in Material's Portland workshop. Shown with hand oiled Oregon Black Walnut base, black cloth cord (wi...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Walnut

Amorph Bonsai Table Lamp Natural stain on Walnut wood with Ivory Silk Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bonsai Table lamp in solid walnut wood with ivory shade. Bonsai table lamp is dimmable. It is available in different finishes and custom sizes. About...
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2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps

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Fabric, Walnut

Table Lamp Model 2468 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with cotton shades. Stamped. Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable. H: 54 cm W: 42 cm Shade D: 15 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair, Aladdin Cast Glass Table Lamps
Located in Berkeley, CA
Trend setters predict "Granny-Chic" is the next big thing. These lovey table lamps would put you dead on point. Made by the world acclaimed oil lamp company, Aladdin out Chicago, jus...
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1940s American American Classical Vintage Table Lamps

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Glass

Japanese Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese hand-painted porcelain lamp with lotus motif mounted on black wood base Dimensions including lamp shade: height 24.5 inches, diameter 17 inches Dimensions without lamp shade...
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20th Century Japanese Table Lamps

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Porcelain, Wood

Mid-Century Modern Style Wooden Column Lamps, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern style wooden column lamps, the waisted tapering ebonized columns on antique brass feet above brushed rectangular antiqued brass bases. Set of 2. Dimensi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid Century Scandinavian Modern Orange Cylinder Glass and Teak Table Lamp
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage Scandinavian modern accent table lamp circa 1960s. This piece is encased with a vibrant orange cylinder hand blown glass shade accented ...
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1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Glass, Teak

A French turn of the century Louis XVI st. Bouillotte lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French turn of the century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamp. The lamp has a circular base with a raised border and a reeded edge below the central fut decorated with f...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Raffia Bast Tripod Table Lamp
Located in München, DE
Charming raffia table lamp from the 1950s. The design is very unusual. The shape and the materials create a warm and very pleasant light. Condition: Very good vintage conditi...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Raffia, Teak

Hand Carved Walnut Lamp, France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Solid walnut table lamp, hand-carved with asymmetrical windowed shapes, certainly by a master woodworker; signature on the base is unidentified. Size is of the base only. No shade in...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Antiche Portapalme rielettrificate, a candelieri in legno intagliato, XVIII seco
Located in Milano, MI
Antiche Portapalme rielettrificate, a candelieri in legno intagliato, XVIII secolo (Coppia) Descrizione Coppia di Antiche Portapalme rielettrificate, a candelieri in legno intagli...
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19th Century Antique Table Lamps

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Wood

Vintage Boho Carved Wood Table Lamp
Located in west palm beach, FL
A striking vintage Boho table. A beautiful hand carved body on a vintage brass plinth. Incredible hand painted finish in brilliant colors. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
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Late 20th Century American Table Lamps

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Brass

Sintesi Table Lamp Design by Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide 1970s
Located in Krefeld, DE
Nice black Sintesi desk lamp designed by Ernesto Gismondi and produced by Artemide in the 1970s. The lamp is in original paint and comes with a E26/E27 socket. The lamp is in in full...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Ceramic Table Lamp by California Potter Bob Kinzie Midcentury
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ceramic table lamp by Bob Kinzie. Wheel thrown pottery with decorated pattern on walnut base.
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Painted Gilt Italian Tole Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Painted gilt Italian lamp. Tole painted off white flowers and gilt leaf design lamp with single medium base socket on top with three candelabra base s...
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20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Metal

Vintage Boho Bundled Stick Lamps - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous pair of vintage Boho table lamps. A chic bundle of stick gathered into a metal tray. Fully restored with all new hardware and wiring. Acquired from a Palm beach estate.
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Late 20th Century American Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair Chinese Export Turquoise/ White Famille-Verte Floral Vases Now as Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair Chinese Export Turquoise/ White Famille-Verte Floral Vases now as Lamps Each one of square form, finely decorated with intricate turquoise enameled necks, the sides hand pai...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps

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Wood, Porcelain

Teardrop Table Lamp, Foraged Collection, handmade, one-of-a-kind
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Teardrop Table Lamp Foraged Collection by Dawn Ladd, Principal and Founder of Aurora Lampworks The Foraged collection reimagines objects found by ...
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2010s American Modern Table Lamps

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Wood, Linen, Reclaimed Wood

Emerald Green Atomic Style Table Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
An emerald green, atomic style ceramic table lamp. Shaped like a cactus, with a reeded vase and a decorative band around the base pressed to give the look of emerald cut jewels...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Art Deco Brass and Glass Table Lamp
Located in Petworth, GB
A wonderful Art Deco French brass and glass table lamp With incised line decoration to the top Enamelled cream interior On a glass steppe...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Copper Metallic Teddy Bear Lamp with LED, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (2.2) The teddy bear, the emotional object par excellence, is reinterpreted by Stefano Giova...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Decorative ginger jar table lamp
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Decorative ginger jar table lamp circa 1970. Here we have a mid 20th century Chinese export ginger jar that has been converted into a table lamp.  Doub...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps

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Pottery, Wood

Contemporary Italian Forest Green Diamond Cut Crystal Murano Glass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Italian Pair of Murano Glass Lamps, work of Art signed by Alberto Donà, entirely blown and handcrafted, the glass body is diamond cut and worked in Sommerso with a deep ...
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2010s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Nickel

Vintage Midcentury Italian Table Lamps - Retro4M Restyled
Located in Rome, IT
Introducing our exquisite pair of vintage table lamps from the 1950s, blending timeless midcentury modern design with Italian craftsmanship. These lamps, brought to life with a resty...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass, Iron

Vintage cholla wood Table Lamp on Maple Base with Original Shade
Located in Lomita, CA
The midcentury look of this lamp in cholla wood and maple creates a statement lighting moment. The feel is somewhat rustic, as the lamp resembles a tree tr...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Driftwood, Wood

Wrought Iron Table Lamp with Chain Links, France 1960s
Located in Utrecht, NL
This individualistic table lamp is a Brutalist piece from the 1960s with a characteristic design that is sure to stand out. The style is similar to that of Franz West with wrought ir...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Wrought Iron

Pair of 'Bloc' Parchment Lamps with Parchment Paper Shades by Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 'Bloc' parchment lamps with parchment paper shades by Design Frères. The overall dimensions are 10 in. diameter x 15 in. tall. The shade dimensions are 8 in. top diamet...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Parchment Paper, Wood, Hide

Chic 'Bloc' Parchment Lamp with Parchment Paper Shade by Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic 'Bloc' parchment lamps with parchment paper shade by Design Frères. The overall dimensions are 10 in. diameter x 15 in. tall, including the shade. The shade dimensions are...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Hide, Parchment Paper, Wood

Pair of plaster lamps, in the manner of Jean Michel Franck
Located in Nice, FR
Pair of plaster lamps, in the style of decorators from the 1940s, French decorators They are accompanied by a custom-made straw lampshade. All electrified
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21st Century and Contemporary French Aesthetic Movement Table Lamps

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Plaster

Brass Table Lamp, Desk Lamp, JBS Hillebrand, Germany, 1950s
Located in Schwerin, MV
Wonderful lamp in the Bauhaus style from the 1950s: Large table lamps from the company Joseph Brumberg Sundern (JBS) from West Germany (Sauerla...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Pair of Italian 19th Century Painted Wood and Tin Church Candlestick Lamps
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of Italian 19th Century Painted Wood and Tin Church Candlestick Lamps. US wired.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Table Lamps

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Tin

James Harvey Crate T-3-C Lamp
By James Harvey
Located in New York, NY
Table Lamp, model T-3-C, in spun aluminum, enameled metal, steel, cork. Designed by James Harvey Crate, USA, 1950. The T-3-C lamp received Third Prize in MoMA’s Low-Cost Lighting Co...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Steel, Aluminum

Weinberg Style Mid Century Modernist Geometric Abstract Table Lamp
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Unique and beautiful Frederic Weinberg 1950's style modernist lamp. This lamp has an ebonized wood crescent shape resting on a round black metal base with brass accents, and includes...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

American Rustic Mission Style Oak Table Lamp, circa 1920, USA
Located in Girona, Spain
American Rustic Mission oak table lamp Classic Arts & Crafts oak table lamp. The lamp has a four sided shade with caramel slag glass insert an...
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Early 20th Century American Mission Table Lamps

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Stained Glass, Wood

French Golden Metal Roses Table Lamp, ca. 1950s
Located in Barntrup, DE
This beautiful and unusual golden color metal floral table lamp features a metal body decorated with roses and leaves. One new socket for E14 size light bulb. Dimensions: height: 31 ...
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1950s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Orange Table Lamp By Louis Kalf For Philips
Located in Brooklyn, NY
located in NY
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20th Century French Table Lamps

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Brass, Metal

Hollywood Regency Palm Table Lamp by SA Boulanger in the Style of Maison Jansen
Located in Herentals, BE
This very elegant silver and gold metal lamp in the style of Maison Jansen and Maison Charles equipped with 2 E 14 fittings. When delivered to the US,...
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1960s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of Vintage Søholm Table Lamps, Designed by Einar Johansen
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
This is a pair of elegant table lamps designed by Einar Johansen and crafted by Søholm in Bornholm, Denmark, in the 1960s. The lamps are made of stoneware and feature a signature by the designer and the maker, including "Søholm Stentøj," "Denmark," "EJ," and "1036". They stand at a height of 19 cm to the top of socket and 13 cm for the ceramic. Please note that the lamps are sold without the lampshade. These lamps are perfect for adding a touch of vintage...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Rattan

Pair of Hollywood Regency Style Chrome and Wooden Table Lamps
Located in Miami, FL
Stylish pair of Chrome and Wooden Table Lamps, late 20th century. A modern style Pair of Hollywood Regency Style Chrome and Wooden Table Lamps with an oval forged and chrome metal bo...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

Pair of Ivory Lacquered Table Lamps by Jean-Claude Mahey, France 1970-1980
Located in Renens, CH
Pair of ivory lacquered table lamps by Jean-Claude Mahey, France 1970-80. The top part of the lamps is composed of ivory lacquered wood which is in very good condition and the bas...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Red Leather Dynamite Lamp
Located in Canton, MA
Red Leather Bound like sticks of Dynamite! Copper plated base and end pieces. These lamps were part of a lot of lamps we purchased from a collector. They have the original tags: New ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Leather

Imagin Classic Table Lamp in Brushed Brass and Fabric Shade
Located in Leighton Buzzard, GB
This table lamp is a modern take on tradition. Beautifully crafted with elegant materials including brushed brass and sateen shades. The tall, timeless shades add a modern touch to t...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Table Lamps

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Metal

Table Lamp, Wood, circa 1970
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp, Wood, Circa 1970. In original condition, wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Materials: Wood Dimensions: H 42.5cm W 31 cm D 31 cm
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1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Wood

Single Mid-Century Metal Spanish Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A single metal table lamp, on splayed feet, in a pleasing golden colour. Spain, c1960s. Good vintage condition. The electrics will be replaced, re-wired and PAT tested. We have a...
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1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Maison Jansen Table Lamps, Fleur de Lis, Mid-Century Modern, France, 1950s
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Maison Jansen table lamps having fleur de lis gilt gold and ebony design in the Hollywood Regency or Mid Century Modern Fashion. A...
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Mid-20th Century Table Lamps

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Wood

Small Minimalist Teak Lamp with Parchment Paper Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Small minimalist teak lamp with parchment paper shade. Great as a desk lamp or where a small lamp is needed. Dimensions listed (10 in. diameter x 16 in. tall) are the overall dimen...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Rattan, Parchment Paper, Teak

Hollywood Regency Painted Patinated Carved Wood Bobbin Tables Lamps, a Pair
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Fabulous pair of patinated table lamps, in a timeless bobbin form. Luxurious braided cables, patinated brass accents — the height of elegance.
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Late 20th Century Table Lamps

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Wood, Paint

Mid-Century Modern Tubular Table Sculpture Lamp in Brass & White After Rougier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sculptural table lamp made by Designline. It features heavy brass construction with sliced nickel tubes. It takes one standard bulb up to 100 watts. It has a very long cord with th...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Nickel, 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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