Table Lamps
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Pottery
1920s Arts and Crafts Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s French Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1920s English Georgian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s American Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1920s American Edwardian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s French Classical Greek Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass, Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s French Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Art Glass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1950s Polish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1950s Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Acrylic, Teak
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
1950s Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s American Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Metallic Thread
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Bakelite
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Murano Glass
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood, Rattan
1950s Belgian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Milk Glass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, 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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