Table Lamps
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1990s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Glass
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Leather, Textile, Cotton
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary English Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay, Wool, Alpaca, Silk
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Milk Glass
2010s Italian Other Table Lamps
Blown Glass
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Steel
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Beech
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
1970s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s European Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Art Glass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Leather
Mid-20th Century Dutch Bohemian Table Lamps
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
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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