Table Lamps
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s American Machine Age Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century European Modern Table Lamps
Shell
1970s Dutch Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pewter
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s European Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Acrylic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plexiglass, Murano Glass, Smoked Glass
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1990s Italian Table Lamps
Marble
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Baltic Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Plastic, Rubber
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Opal
Late 20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine, Chrome
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Nickel
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Lucite
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Resin
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Art Glass
1990s Philippine Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Milk Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
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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