Table Lamps
Mid-19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Table Lamps
Terracotta, Raffia
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel, Bronze
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1860s American Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Pottery
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Sheet Metal, Enamel
Early 20th Century British Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Greek Revival Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Bronze
1860s Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Table Lamps
Mahogany
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s Danish Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Earthenware
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain, Wood
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1910s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Giltwood
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Onyx, Bronze
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Chrome
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Celadon, Porcelain
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Onyx, Brass
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Celadon, Porcelain
Late 19th Century European Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Spelter
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Early 19th Century Unknown Art Deco Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Onyx, Bronze
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Table Lamps
Terracotta
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Jade, Brass
Early 20th Century Egyptian Revival Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1890s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Japanese Aesthetic Movement Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze, Gold
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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