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Table Lamps For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1960s
Vintage fractal resin lamp, 1970, France
Located in TOURS, FR
Rare fractal resin table lamp, 1970, France Similar to Pierre Giraudon, Marie-Claude de Fouquières, Henri Fernandez, François Godebski...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Resin

"Parola" Table Lamp from Studio Tetrarch, 1968
Located in Napoli, IT
"Parola" table lamp from Studio Tetrarch, 1968 Bibliography: Casa Amica by Giuliana Gramigna.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Riviera Style Table Lamps
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair of Riviera style mini table lamps with original vintage shades, France circa 1950's.
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1950s French Vintage Table Lamps

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Bamboo

Mid-Century Modern Pair Of Candlestick Table Lamp, Crystal, 1930s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Pair Of Candlestick Table Lamp, Crystal, 1930s
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

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Crystal

Pair of Antique 1920's Crystal Lamps
Located in Marshville, NC
Tell me if you've ever in your life seen a pair of crystal chandelier style lamps that didn't immediately make you think of Marilyn Monroe's earrings? I surely can't be the only one!...
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Early 20th Century Table Lamps

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Crystal

Pair of Mid Century Modern "Ventiglio" Table Lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of Mid Century Modern "Ventiglio" Table Lamps by Angelo Mangiarotti, for Skipper Pollux - 1980s
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1980s Vintage Table Lamps

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Marble

Large Pair of Antique Brass Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A very impressive large pair of antique brass table lamps, dating from around the 1950’s. They are of superb quality, with beautiful...
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1950s British Victorian Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Lampada vetro di murano '80
Located in Roma, IT
Lampada a forma di funga di grandi dimensioni La lampada e vetro di murano di colore bianco con striature trasparenti crea una luce morbida La lampada e alta 38 cm con un diametro ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass

Cini Boeri Hand Blown Murano Glass Light Pink Table Lamp
Located in London, England
An elegant table lamp made from layered and blown Murano glass and a circular cast iron metal base. Signed. A single piece of glass forms the shade, connecting to the fluted glass s...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass, Reeded Glass, Blown Glass

Brilliant Leuchten AG Table Lamp
Located in Roma, IT
Postmodern table lamp produced by Brilliant Leuchten AG in the 1980s magnetic eyeball. Very original table lamp produced by Brilliant Leuchten AG in black and white plastic materia...
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Mid-20th Century German Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp, Metal and Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp,Metal and Glass, Italy, 1950s
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Special glass sphere with inner glass rod table lamp, model from 1965
Located in Wien, 9
This very special unique piece is the last of a great series. The shade can be adjusted in any colour and size to either get a very modern or traditional outlook. The table lamp is a...
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1960s Austrian Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Presentation Lamp
Located in VUGHT, NL
Small presentation island made from an old Jieldé machinelamp, nice for lichting jewelry or other small items. Special “floating” effect with the switchable tree colored bottomlight ...
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1960s French Industrial Vintage Table Lamps

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Marble, Metal, Brass

Table Lamp Model 2468 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with cotton shades. Stamped. Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable. H: 54 cm W: 42 cm Shade D: 15 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Lovely Set of Italian Design Table Lamps in Minimalist Stilnovo Style Brass 1950
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous pair of Italian 1950 design table lamps/lights in the style of stilnovo. Patinated brass frame with white metal shades. The shades can be ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Travertine Fish Table Lamp by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Travertine fish table lamp by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps

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Travertine

Pair of Chrome Molecule Lamps
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Pair of chrome "molecule" lamps, each with three bulbs. These delightful lamps have a 3-way switch on the base. Press once for the center bulb, twice for the upper and lower bulbs an...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

1970's, Vintage Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A lovely vintage table lamp in brass, wrapped in peach fabric. This was made in England, it dates from the 1970s. It is of excellent quality an...
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1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

1974, Aldo Van Den Nieuwelaar, for ABN, Table Lamp with White Shade
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Plastic

MId-Century Murano Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MId-century Venetian lamp with many controlled bubbles throughout. With applied aqua glass swirls. Custom parchment shade. New acrylic base. Shade dimension is 7" high x 13" in diame...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass, Acrylic

Fase Model Anade Table Lamp, 1980s
By Fase
Located in FERROL, ES
Fase Model Anade Table Lamp, 1980s Halogen lamp with 12 v bulb. Measures 70 cm. length 43 cm. height 13 cm. broad
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1980s Spanish Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Antique Neoclassical Style Solid Bronze Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fantastic pair of vintage table lamps in solid bronze. They are in the antique neoclassical style, and they probably date from around the 1950’s. The quality is outstanding, they ...
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1930s English Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of 1960's Lead Cut Glass Table Lamps
Located in Mexico City, MX
A 1960's pair of cut glass table lamps. The glass body shows facet cut design. Sockets and shade holders are made of silvery metal. No shades included.
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1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Cut Glass

Pair Antique French Chinoiserie Cobalt Blue Enameled Porcelain Lamps, Circa 1910
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique French Chinoiserie Cobalt Blue Enameled Porcelain lamps, Circa 1910-1920.
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Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

1960’s Mid Century Vintage Italian Desk / Reading Lamp
Located in London, GB
A small desk lamp with chrome base and neck, with sky blue painted metal shade. The lamp is Italian (sourced from Italy). Fully rewired and fitted with an earth connection and E...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Selenova Murano Glass Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Parma, IT
Table lamp manufactured by Selenova 1970s. Painted metal base opal blown glass diffuser. Marked on the inside. In excellent condition.
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass

Mid-Century Mpdern Italian Table lamp
Located in Madrid, ES
A MidCentury Italian table lamp.Metal frame, Chromed shaft and black enemeled base.Excellent condition.Free shipping
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Lampada da Tavolo Design Liberty XX Secolo
Located in Milano, MI
Lampada Liberty da Tavolo Descrizione: Lampada da tavolo design Liberty realizzata in Francia nella prima metà del XX secolo. la lampada è in buone condizioni generali come da foto, la struttura principale è in ferro con paralume in vetro verde...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Iron

Mid-Century Modern Glass Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern glass table lamp, 1960s.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Mid-Century Murano Oro Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MId-Century Modern Murano lamp. Beautiful red color with heavy amounts of gold throughout. Custom parchment shade is 6.5" high x 13" in diameter.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass, Acrylic

Pair of Vintage Metal Table Lamps from Italy
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Nice pair of metal table lamps,Italy,1970 around 1970 white color with movable metal parts, so lamp can be used in different stands, fully functional, very decorative objects usable ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

1950's Vintage Brass Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
A fabulous vintage brass desk lamp, this was made in England, and dates from the 1950-60’s. It is very well made with a lovely design. The e...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Table Lamp Giotto by Luci e Dimensioni
Located in Roma, IT
Bella lampada da tavolo degli anni 80 cerata da Luci e Dimensioni modello Giotto La lampada è snodabile con due bracci ruota di 180°
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Iron

Pair Century Chinese Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative pair of 20th Century Chinese porcelain vases / lamps. Each with blue coloured classical motif decoration boarders and Deer head handles, inset hand painted panels ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

French Lamp in the Style of Kaiser Idell by Christian Dell, circa 1960
Located in CANGAS, ES
Lámpara de mesa francesa con pantalla tipo Kaiser Idell en metal gris. Pieza de la segunda mitad del siglo XX con acabados de alta calidad y en muy bu...
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Mid-20th Century French Bauhaus Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Italian Art Deco Lamp
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Italian Art Deco desk lamp. Chromed metal and black enameled shade. Italy, circa 1940.
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair Large Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Striated Multi-Colored Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Large Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Striated Blown, Yellow, and Clear Vases. Each is beautifully blow, and hand-cut into these marvelous vases which are superb i...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Cut Glass

Desk Lamp by Christian Dell for Kaiser Idell
Located in Roma, IT
Lampada da scrivania di Christian Dell per Kaiser Idell, mod. 6551 Lampada da tavolo prodotta in Germania negli anni '30, originale .
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1930s German Industrial Vintage Table Lamps

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Iron

French Cerused Oak Table Lamp
Located in Stockton, NJ
A French cylindrical cerused oak table lamp. Includes coordinating harp and finial. Shade for display only. Lamp measures 32.5" H including h...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Oak

Large Antique Gilt Metal Flagon Lamp
Located in London, GB
Large antique gilt metal lamp in the form of an embossed flagon with many fine details & sitting on an onyx base with gilt feet. The gilding has a soft gold color & has been clean...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Table Lamps

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Brass

c. 1900 Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A unique, French, cast bronze, urn-form table lamp featuring foliate extrusions, and beautiful raised reliefs throughout, including lions faces, floral garlands, and images of putti ...
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Early 20th Century French Table Lamps

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Bronze

Vintage German Design, Kaiser Leuchten 6840 Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in Renens, CH
Desk or table lamp by Christian Dell (model 6840), who designed this light in the early 1930s (Bauhaus Period), with production continuing until the 1970s. It features a aluminum la...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Accolay table lamp
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful stick-on lamp, with a ceramic base and a resin lampshade typical of the 60s, 70s and the particularity of having two light points, the base a...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Pair of Art Deco Torchiere Table Lamps
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Pair of Art Deco torchiere table lamps in polished aluminum and glass.
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Rare Poliarte ‘Apis’ Table Lamp Made of Raw Crystal, 1960s
Located in Echt, NL
Original Poliarte ‘Apis’ lamp in very good condition. This lamp is made of thick slabs of raw crystal with a graphic pattern of glass cubes on each side...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Crystal

Gustave Serrurier Bovy Mahogany and Brass "Liszt" Pedestal Table, circa 1903
Located in Brussels, BE
Gustave Serrurier Bovy mahogany and brass "Liszt" pedestal table, circa 1903-1904.
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Wood

Pair of Tall Silver Candelabra Table Lamps with Orange Colour Shades
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A very decorative pair of tall silver candelabra table lamps with high circular orange colour lamp shades. In perfect working order. The measu...
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Late 20th Century Dutch Table Lamps

Materials

Silver

Gorgeous Midcentury Pottery Table Lamp by Fog & Mørup
Located in Søborg, DK
Absolutely gorgeous midcentury pottery table lamp by Fog & Mørup of Copenhagen for Aluminia of Denmark. This beautiful table lamp has such a classic midcentury design to the shape an...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Pottery

Nickeled Art Deco Desk Lamp, France, 1930s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Lovely quality desk lamp of pleasant, Minimalist design, with a domed shade which can be oriented to direct the light. Very agreable nickeled finish -- softer, warmer looking than ch...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps

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Metal

Italian table lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Neck is 360 adjustable
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Lisa Johansson-Pape Table Lamp Manufactured by Orno, Finland, 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lisa Johansson-Pape Table lamp Manufactured by Orno Finland, 1950 Brass, leather, canvas shade From the archives of Side Gallery. Barcelona Measurements 10 cm x 10 cm x 69 H cm 3.93 in x 3.93 in x 27.10 H in Literature Design Musuem, Lisa Johansson-Pape, Helsinki, 1986; Ornamo, Helsinki, 1962 Bio Finnish designer Lisa Johansson-Pape enjoyed a long and varied career in lighting, furniture, textile, and ceramic design. She was one of Finland’s leading lighting designers in the 20th century and was instrumental in promoting Finnish design internationally. Born in 1907, Lisa Johansson-Pape studied at the Industrial Art Institute in Helsinki University of Art & Design (Now Aalto University of Art & Design), graduating in 1928. She worked as a furniture designer for Kylmäkoski and Stockmann and created carpets for the Friends of Finnish Handicraft, before turning her attention to lighting design. She collaborating with the Stockmann-owned lighting factory Orno from 1942, famously remarking, “it was quite by accident that I became a design light artist. By education, I am a furniture designer, but I had to make lamps during the war.” Notable designs include the Lisa (1947), Sipuli (1954), and Laura (1957) pendant lamps. The Sipuli, often referred to by the English translation Onion, resembles the form of the vegetable for which it was named. The angular design in opaline glass was awarded a gold medal at the Triennale di Milano in 1954, which was just one of several prizes Johansson-Pape received in her career; she was also awarded a silver medal at the 1951 Triennale...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Set of the Four Seasons as Porcelain Figures Mounted as Lamps
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming set of four porcelain four season figures mounted as lamps.
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Early 20th Century Italian Table Lamps

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Giltwood, Porcelain

neoclassical table lamp in golden wrought iron circa 1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
neoclassical table lamp in golden wrought iron circa 1950
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1950s European Medieval Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Wrought Iron

Table Lamp Design by Romeo Rega Purple Lucite and Chromed Brass Base, Italy 1970
Located in Napoli, IT
Table lamp designed by Romeo Rega in purple Lucite and chromed brass base, Italy, 1970.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Set of Capiz Shades, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
Set of 3 circa 1960's Italian capiz shades. Sold individually. Measurements: Height 5.5" Diameter 7.5".
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1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Brushed Chrome Arc Desk Lamp
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Brushed Chrome Arc Desk Lamp
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Zuccheri Toni Globe Table Lamp
Located in Brussels, BE
Zuccheri Toni globe table lamp.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

1970 Lamp with Bunch of Grapes Fernandez or Duval Brasseur for Honore, Paris
Located in Paris, FR
Lamp with bunch of grapes decorated with an agate plate ,the grapes are in agate, gilded and patined brass circa 1970, good condition not signed that why,...
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1970s French Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps

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Agate, 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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