Table Lamps
1960s American Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Terracotta
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Fabric, Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Driftwood
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Agate, Metal
19th Century English Edwardian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
2010s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Rattan
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Walnut
18th Century Italian Antique Table Lamps
Lucite, Wood, Giltwood
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Colombian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Table Lamps
Walnut
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century European Table Lamps
Wood
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Australian Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1970s Dutch Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
19th Century Italian Antique Table Lamps
Fabric, Wood
20th Century English Regency Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Swedish Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic, Resin
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Silk, Giltwood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
20th Century American Bohemian Table Lamps
Metal
1840s Italian Grand Tour Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Silk, Cut Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century American Table Lamps
Copper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Walnut
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Glass
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Wood, Porcelain
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Danish Other Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, 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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