Table Lamps
2010s Moroccan Table Lamps
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak, Wicker
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Carrara Marble
1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century European Antique Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Gold Plate
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
1970s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1950s German Rococo Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Chrome
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Iron
2010s Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
2010s Chinese Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Pottery
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Copper, Chrome
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Clay, Linen
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
18th Century Louis XV Antique Table Lamps
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Gold
Mid-20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Table Lamps
Resin
1960s Danish Vintage Table Lamps
Pottery, Ceramic
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Rattan
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century North American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
1940s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Late 20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
1960s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic, Celadon
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Danish Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stone, Limestone, Sandstone
1940s French Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1940s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
1950s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Earthenware
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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