Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1970s German Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass, Plastic
1970s Swedish Minimalist Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 2000s French Minimalist Table Lamps
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Bamboo
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Dutch Bohemian Table Lamps
Brass
1970s German Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
1990s Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Plastic
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1960s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass, Metal, Metallic Thread
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Table Lamps
Alabaster
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Earthenware
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Copper
1930s American Machine Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel, Chrome
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Birch
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Table Lamps
Other, Stainless Steel
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century British Brutalist Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s Swedish Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown 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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