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Table Lamps For Sale
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Bellhop Yellow Portable Rechargeable Wireless Desk or Table Lamp for FLOS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FLOS Bellhop T-Table Lamp in Yellow by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
Portable, rechargeable and wireless, Bellhop is a sleek modern LED tabletop lamp. Bel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Modern Black Red Pink Yellow Green or Gray Daisy Flower Table Lamp
By Nika Zupanc, Qeeboo
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
Inspired by the gesture that we all made sooner or later in life, the "Loves me, loves me not", Daisy lamp depicts a daisy that does not lose its emblematic Romanticism. Delicate but...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
FLOS Miss K Table Lamp in Aluminized Silver by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Created by innovative design master Philippe Starck, the Miss K table lamp brings a delightful duality to its work. When unlit, its transparent PC (p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Firmamento Milano Pillola Table Lamp by Parisotto and Formenton Architetti
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Please note that VAT is not included in the price.
Elegant interior lamp designed as an essential element that creates an evocative light of great comfort. A matte ball of simple and pure form, cut in two perfect halves that diffuse reflected and discreet light. The project line is the essentiality that shapes both the aesthetics and the lighting effect. The light is spread from inside the ball, reflected on the inner shell of the dome and spread on the surface of the table on which it is placed. Designed for the living, its light gives a great atmosphere to the home. The unit features a dimmer enabling custom quality and intensity light.
Aldo Parisotto and Massimo Formenton graduated in architecture from the IUAV of Venice. In 1990 they founded their own design firm P+F Parisotto+Formenton Architetti. Their research is oriented towards a range of different design themes, through which they have developed wide experience on both the national and international levels. In the design field they developed a collaboration with leading furniture and lighting companies such as cc-tapis, FontanaArte, Mingardo, Minotti Cucine. In the yacht sector the studio worked for Sanlorenzo, Cantiere del Pardo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
“Pretty” Table Lamp matt finishing, violet Silk, Silvered Glass circle
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
Pretty lamp is entirely hand-made in Tuscany, Italy, and it is inspired by a young girl, a very pretty woman. Pretty is a lamp that has characteristics of softness and strength, it i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Bright Yellow Ceramic Chevron Chinoiserie Table Lamp with Silk Shade
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful bright yellow Chevron pattern ceramic table or desk lamp with coordinating yellow silk shade, in the Chinoiserie style, circa mid-20th century. Lamp body is a bright yellow ceramic in a Chevron pattern, brass hardware that takes two bulbs and has two on/off button switches (one for each bulb), black base, yellow silk shade with a flared edge, and finished with a brass finial. In Fine working order. Other items shown in images available separately, see details below lamp shade dimensions.
Lamp dimensions:
To top of finial: 31" H
To top of lamp body: 19" H
8" Diameter at widest
Silk Shade:
15.5" H
17.75" W
White cube end table, search 1stDibs ref. #: LU1314222935752
French porcelain butterfly box...
Category
1970s Asian Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Silk, Wood, Ceramic
Louis Poulsen Panthella 250 Table Lamp by Verner Panton
Located in New York, NY
Verner Panton (1926-1998) is famous for his inspirational and colorful personality. A unique person with a special sense for color, shape, light function and space. Over the course o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Louis Poulsen PH 3½-2½ Color Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
The PH 3½-2½ Glass Table lamp was designed in 1928 and is one of many advanced projects undertaken by Poul Henningsen in the development of his world-famous three-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Tubetop Table Lamp in Yellow by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Minimalist statement in form and proportion, Tube Top combines a transparent formed acrylic base to support its elegant mesh fabric shade in tension, steering away from conventiona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Acrylic, Polyester
Space Invader Line by Studio Chora, Table Lamp, Yellow Lacquer, Made-To-Order
By Studio Chora
Located in Albuquerque, NM
Designed by Studio Chora, Space Invader Mini, 2021.
Amorphous, nonconforming, the Space Invader is expressive of the human form.
The Space Invader serie...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster, Paper
Louis Poulsen Panthella 320 Table Lamp by Verner Panton
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
The iconic Panthella Table Lamp is among Verner Panton's most popular designs, with its organic form that mirrors Panton's playful personality and design aesthetic...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Silverplate Lamps with Glass Diffusers, pair
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1960s
Pair of classical silverplate Lamps with glass diffusers. Felt lined base. Small to medium scale.
DIMENSIONS: 5" Diameter x silver body is 17.5" H to the top of the silver...
Category
1960s American Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Custom Drip Glaze Lamps in Moss, Oxblood and Yellow Ochre
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of drip glaze ceramic vessels as custom lamps. Beautiful scale and form with highlights of moss, oxblood and yellow ochre. Expertly built using components of only the finest quality. Exquisite jewelry! Excellent restored condition. Wired using brown silk cord; new brass three-way sockets with brass turn switch. Complete with new linen shades (color: stone; size: 17 x 18 x 12 inches high) and custom-made carved stone basket...
Category
1990s Unknown Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Yellow Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French circa 1950's porcelain table lamps.
Measurements:
Height of body: 16″
Diameter: 8″
Category
1950s French Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
PH 2/1 Portable
Located in New York, NY
This portable table lamp emits a glare-free, soft and comfortable light, that has a dim-to-warm function, giving the perfect illumination for many different activities. The PH 2/1 Po...
Category
2010s Danish Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Contemporary Pair of Holey Cast Silver Metal Lamps, Italy
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Sculptural pair of table or bedside holey lamps in cast aluminum or silver brass. In the mood of Hervé Van Der Straeten, Garouste & Bonetti, En attendant les Barbares...
Category
2010s Italian Brutalist Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
An Eighteenth Century Bidriware Vase as Lamp
Located in London, GB
An elegant and understated bidriware vase with fine engraved silver surface, the thin neck with protruding collar, the main body profusely decorated with a rested pattern of vertical...
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
1970s Yellow Space Age Eyeball Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A very cool Mid-Century Modern ceramic eyeball table lamp in a bright yellow. Takes a single bulb and switch is on the cord. In good vintage conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Jardinieres-Candelabras by Boin-Taburet, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Boin-Taburet à Paris and numbered 34369 and 34370
Lovely pair of Louis XVI style planters with three light arms. Each jardiniere, with their liners in form of a basket based on a three leafy feet and a lobed base. The inner liners are removable.
The two French goldsmiths George Boin and his son-in-law Emile Taburet created around 1875 in Paris the company Boin-Taburet. They made many silver pieces inspired by the beautiful services of the eighteenth century. At the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878, Georges Boin presented a “service de toilette” inspired by the work of François-Thomas Germain (1726-1791), and then at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, several epergnes, including one of them executed after drawings by the famous artist Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695-1750), as well as tea sets of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. Boin-Taburet firm also exhibited a tureen and platter after Pierre Germain...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Silver
Louis Poulsen PH 3/2 Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
Poul Henningsen designed the three-shade system during 1925/1926. The first lights using the system were designed for an exhibition in Paris. His work with Louis P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Martinelli Luce Elmetto 685 Table Lamp by Elio Martinelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp indirect light. Adjustable reflector with inside screen made of aluminum painted in white. Molded resin structure in the new golden color. Also available in the series-pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Silver Star Ship To Mars Table Lamp by Studio Job, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The V-2 rocket from World War II became an icon in the 1950's a symbol of futuristic technology and the American space program. It became iconic with children as the rocket that took the character Tin...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
20th Century Lino Sabattini Pair of Table Lamps in Silver for Christofle, 70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Lino Sabattini was an Italian artist. He worked at a brassware store, where he also learned metalworking techniques. At the age of 30 he moved to Milan, where he opened a small works...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Pair of Lamps Cubic Yellow Amber Murano Glass and Brass, Italy
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of contemporary table or bedside lamps cubic pressed yellow amber and smoke Murano glass block and brass base. Few exclusive production. In the style of Mazzega, Veronese, Polia...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Yellow Table Lamp attributed to Josef Hurka, Lidokov, 1970s
By Josef Hurka, Lidokov
Located in Żory, PL
This table lamp was designed by Josef Hurka and produced by Lidokov in the 1970's. The lampshade is adjustable. The lamp is in original working condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Yellow Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s, Set of 2
By Drupol, Josef Hurka
Located in Żory, PL
These yellow table lamps were manufactured by Drupol and designed by Josef Hurka in the mid 1960s. Original, good condition, fully functional. The wires were replaced with new ones.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
1972 Stilnovo 'Blitz' Table Lamp in Yellow by Trabucco, Vecchi & Volpi
Located in Glendale, CA
1972 Stilnovo 'Blitz' table lamp in yellow by Trabucco, Vecchi & Volpi. Executed in yellow lacquered steel, this ultra refined sculptural lamp was designed by the legendary team of T...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Opinion Ciatti LAlampada Small Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The table lamp LAlampada belongs to the "essentials" collection of the Tuscan company, together with ILtavolo, LApanca e ILletto, pieces of recognisable shapes, giving the highest level of customization. The table version of LAlampada by Lapo Ciatti makes no exception, a metal lamp and a diffuser of spherical shape, in metal or aluminum depending on the finishing. A lighting system that combines tradition and modernity, easy to locate on bedside furniture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Martinelli Luce Dimmable LED Pipistrello 620 Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed in 1965 by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, the lamp is made with innovative techniques for the diffuser in methacrylate for the time in which it was designed. The shape of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
FLOS Taccia Led in Silver w/ Glass Diffuser, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
A Pair of Carved and silver gilt Painted Wood Column Table Lamps
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A pair of carved and painted wood column table lamps, the shaft in the form of a Doric column, on a square section stepped base, with d...
Category
2010s European Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
1950s French Yellow Desk Lamp Style Guariche and Lacroix France
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Yellow Desk Table Lamp Modern Style Guariche and Lacroix France
Unmarked attributed to Pierre Guariche and Jean Boris Lacroix France
14.5 h x...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Yellow Table Lamp by Barbieri Marianelli for Tronconi
Located in Rome, IT
Barbieri & Marianelli ‘Bikini’ table lamps for Tronconi.
Manufactured in Italy during the 1980s
Rod and hat of this lamp can be placed in different positions
Original workin...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Modern Purple Green Orange Pink White Blue Black or Yellow Teddy Bear Table Lamp
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
The teddy bear, the emotional object par excellence, is reinterpreted by Stefano Giovannoni for Qeeboo and becomes a table lamp. The new pop icon, tender, and fun at the same time was designed in two versions, Boy & Girl. Teddy Girl, more timid and delicate, brings to light the feminine soul of the famous little bear, embracing a small luminous sphere. The luminous bear thus expands the large Qeeboo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Stig Lindberg 'Grazia' for Gustavsberg Table Lamp Sweden 1960 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Table lamp by Stig lindberg model from serie Grazia" made for Gustavsberg in Sweden around 1960.
White glaze, silver decoration of plant ornamentation. Marked "Made in Sweden Gustavsberg 217". Height 21 cm without the shade structure...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Silver
Space age yellow table lamp, 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Space age yellow table lamp, 1970s.
Category
1970s German Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Yellow Ceramic Table Lamp with Deer Motif Made in England
Located in Leicester, GB
A lovely yellow and pastel green Art Nouveau-style table lamp by Crown Devon. Made in England in the mid-20th Century. The lamp base has been carved ...
Category
20th Century British Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Foscarini Binic Table Lamp in Red by Lonna Vautrin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp with direct light. Matte batch-dyed ABS base with metal ballast inside, upper part in glossy finish batch-dyed ABS with a white parabola and diffuser inside it, both in po...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Pair of Silver Table Lamps with Custom Yukata Lampshades
Located in Canton, MA
Pair of silver table lamps with custom yukata lampshades. These lamps are in an elegant and timeless neoclassical form, silver plate over sol...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Yellow Glass Rounded Table Lamp Mod. Lt 226 Designed by Carlo Nason
By Carlo Nason, Mazzega
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Table Lamp mod LT 226 designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega. Made of colored glass. Composed of a central structure that serves as a vase, Italy, 1960.
Bibliography
1000 Lights; Char...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
FLOS Taccia Led Diffuser Lamp in Silver by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Atalaya Table Lamp by Cristián Mohaded
Located in Córdoba, X
The light that penetrates minerals reveals a beauty that has been hidden within mountains for millions of years. Geological journeys discover precious stones and open the path to the...
Category
2010s Argentine Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Onyx, Steel, Silver Leaf, Cut Steel
Table Lamp, Gae Aulenti, Livio Castiglioni, Stilnovo, 1970s, Italy
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
Table lamp model "trepiu" by Gae Aulenti and Livio Castiglioni for Stilnovo in black plastic and silver and metal base.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Silver
Art Deco WMF Ikora Paul Haustein "Congo" Table Lamp
By WMF Ikora
Located in Bochum, NRW
An Art Deco silvered and patinated brass and ivory "Congo" IKORA WMF covered jar lamp (model no. 110/216, circa 1929). Designed by Paul Haustein for WMF,...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Giovanni Gorgoni 'Buonanotte' Metal & Acrylic Table Lamp in Yellow for Stilnovo
Located in Glendale, CA
Giovanni Gorgoni 'Buonanotte' metal & acrylic table lamp in yellow for Stilnovo
Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Midcentury era, producing iconic pieces by such luminaries as Joe Colombo, Angelo Mangiarotti, Ettore Sottsass, Gaetano Scolari, Piero Castiglioni, Bruno Gatta and others. Stilnovo was relaunched in 2019 with a commitment to faithfully re-edition its legendary designs with uncompromising attention to detail, materials and craftsmanship.
The 'Buonanotte' table lamp, originally designed in 1965 by Giovanni Gorgoni, is a playfully fun...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Enzo Mari Yellow Dumbbell Lamp
By Enzo Mari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A classic by famed Italian design Enzo Mari that looks like a dumbbell. Spherical weighted base with chrome ring keeps the lamp from tipping over, yellow ribbed collar turns on/off ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Artisan Pair of Murano Glass Block Table Lamps 2022
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Hand made Murano clear glass block table lamps with alternating blocks of silver leaf filament inclusions, Italy 2022.
Lampshades are sold sep...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Silver Leaf
Maison Charles Ear of Corn Lamp, c1970
Located in London, GB
Pair of silvered and gold gilt bronze lamps, each depicting an ear of corn.
France c1970.
Re wired and fully functional. Each lamp takes 2 x bulbs.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Yellow Charme Table Lamp, Sander Bottinga
Located in Geneve, CH
Yellow Charme table lamp, Sander Bottinga.
Dimensions: H 73 x W 38 x D 25 cm.
Handmade in brass, leather, wood and dip dyed colored Fringes in viscose.
The movable arms makes ...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Silverplate Candlestick Lamps
Located in Canton, MA
Custom Lamps made from Silverplate candlesticks from the early 21rst Century. New wiring and dimmer socket. Includes harp. Available in multi...
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Bola Medium Table Sphere Lamp by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Bola sphere table series fuses an elegant blown opal glass sphere with a mirrored disc reflector in polished stainless steel to give the illusion of a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
1950s Stilux Milano Yellow Conical Table Lamp
Located in Glendale, CA
1950s Stilux Milano yellow conical table lamp. This quintessentially midcentury Italian table lamp is executed in a conical yellow painted metal sha...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Swedish Grace Table Lamp 6853 by Harald Elof Notini for Böhlmarks, Sweden 1920s
Located in Hägersten, SE
Table lamp 6853 designed by Harald Elof Notini. Produced by Böhlmarks lampfabrik in Stockholm Sweden during the 1920s. Made from silver plated brass with an opal glass shade of later...
Category
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Modern World War II Rocket Gold Silver or Copper Table Lamp By Studio Job
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
The V-2 rocket from World War II became an icon in the 1950s a symbol of futuristic technology and the American space program. It became iconic with children as the rocket that took the character Tin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Louis Poulsen PH 3½-2½ Glass Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen by the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg, Denmar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Martinelli Luce Cyborg 825 Table Lamp by Karim Rashid
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp direct diffused light. Structure in cast aluminum lacquered in the new Living Coral color and available in pastel colors: white, light blue, light lime green, light grey; ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Corinthian Column Table Lamp Late 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a splendid antique Victorian silver-plated Corinthian column table lamp now converted to electricity, late 19th century in date.
This opulent antique table lamp features a Corinthian Capital decorated with classical ornate foliage in the form of splendid acanthus leaves above a striking tapering and slender fluted shaft.
It stands on a large partially stepped square base decorated with beading.
Add an element of Classical elegance to your home with this exquisite antique silver-plated table lamp.
Condition:
In excellent working condition having been beautifully cleaned and rewired, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
height 49 x width 13 x depth 13
Dimensions in inches:
height 1 foot, 7 inches x width 5 inches x depth 5 inches
Corinthian capital
It has been suggested that the foliage of the Greek Corinthian capital was based on the Acanthus spinosus, that of the Roman on the Acanthus mollis. The leaves are generally carved in two "ranks" or bands, like one leafy cup set within another. One of the most beautiful Corinthian capitals is that from the Tholos of Epidaurus (400 BC); it illustrates the transition between the earlier Greek capital...
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1890s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Spanish 1970's Silver Horse Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
1970's silver over bronze horse in simple classic design Spanish table lamp, fitted with square hardback silk lampshade.
3way socket, 250watts max.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Silver
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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