Table Lamps
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Acrylic, Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century English Other Table Lamps
Silver Plate
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Lacquer
1970s Swiss Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Silver Plate, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Acrylic
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
20th Century Italian Rococo Table Lamps
Wood
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Early 2000s Unknown Neoclassical Table Lamps
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1880s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
2010s Argentine Art Deco Table Lamps
Onyx, Steel, Silver Leaf, Cut Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary French Other Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Bronze
1970s Belgian Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Table Lamps
Plastic
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Steel
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1890s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1940s Italian Other Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel, Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin
2010s Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Glass
1970s Unknown Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Table Lamps
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary French Bauhaus Table Lamps
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Table Lamps
Crystal, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
2010s American Table Lamps
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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