Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Chrome, Nickel
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
2010s Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1950s French Louis XV Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
19th Century French Charles X Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s French Belle Époque Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1960s American Vintage Table Lamps
Silver Plate
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Onyx, Brass, Bronze
2010s Mexican Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Early 1900s American Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass, Gold Leaf
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze, Nickel
2010s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Italian Rococo Revival Table Lamps
Bronze, Tôle
2010s Italian Rococo Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1950s French Bohemian Vintage Table Lamps
Quartz, Agate, Bronze, Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Danish Table Lamps
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary British Table Lamps
Gold
Early 20th Century Dutch Table Lamps
Bronze
1990s Unknown Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Gold Plate, Brass
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Aluminum
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s American Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1860s French Louis XV Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu, Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Alabaster, Bronze
Late 18th Century Indian Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate, Brass
1940s French Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Revival Table Lamps
Onyx, Bronze
Late 19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Silver
Early 1900s Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 1800s French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Gold Plate
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s American Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Breccia Marble, Bronze
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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