Table Lamps
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s English Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s French Minimalist Table Lamps
Fabric, Plaster
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Slag Glass
Mid-20th Century French Space Age Table Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps
Stone
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
2010s Table Lamps
Concrete
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Clay, Linen
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Limestone
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Table Lamps
Pottery
20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Chrome
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Aluminum
1940s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Table Lamps
Pottery
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Onyx
Early 2000s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bamboo
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s American Table Lamps
Marble, Brass, Nickel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Alabaster
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wrought Iron, Steel, Aluminum
1950s American Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Metallic Thread
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Chinese Chippendale Table Lamps
Porcelain, Wood
1950s Argentine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Silver Leaf, Steel
1920s Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel, Brass, Metal
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Stained Glass
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Stained Glass
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Stained Glass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Nickel
20th Century French Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Alabaster, 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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