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Table Lamps For Sale
Style: Hollywood Regency
Style: Louis Philippe
Owl Figure White Chalkware Lamps, Pair
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 1970s large scale chalkware owl lamps. Lamps are newly repainted in an antique white finish. Original metal round bases are painted to mat...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Hollywood Regency Tall Tan Palm Leaf Table Lamp
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A tall tan Hollywood Regency lamp with a textured palm leaf motif. This lovely table lamp will be fabulous on a side table, nightstand or credenza. It is tall and round and features ...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
2 Brass Chinoiserie Hollywood Regency Octagonal Tea Caddy Canister Table Lamps
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of late 20th century Hollywood Regency / Chinoiserie octagonal brass tea caddy / canister shaped table lamps with black wood bases.
Dimensions:
8.25" x 7.5" x 18.75" / Total H...
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Wildwood Vintage Sculptural Ceramic Urn Shaped Table Lamp
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large sculptural table lamp by Wildwood Lamp Company features rich chocolate brown and bronze colored glaze on highly detailed urn-shaped ceramic body; the lamp is mounted on gold-c...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Louis Philippe Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
With metal label of the French maker. Cylindrical With bronzed and gilt metal and two sockets.
Category
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Stiffel Tall Sculptural Brass Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Stiffel table lamp was made with sculptural, highly detailed brass body and an off-white neck detail, creating an illusion of an ornate candlestick. The lamp has the origina...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
3 Baccarat Style Vase-Form Swirled Crystal Lamps by Paul Hanson
Located in Hanover, MA
We have a total of three of these Baccarat style urn or vase form crystal lamps on square black veined marble bases with subtle bronze embellishmen...
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
Vintage Hollywood Regency Style Ruby Red Glass Table Lamps - Set of 2
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a pair of vintage Hollywood Regency Style Ruby Red Glass Table Lamps. Featuring a brass base, a ruby red glass body, and original harp and cord. This is an except...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Parzinger Style Black Porcelain, Bronze Lamps
By Stiffel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of stylized bell shaped black porcelain lamps on custom finished bronze bases. Lamps have been professonally rewired using black fabric cords and heavy duty sockets. 100W bulbs,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Mangani, Italy Classical Ginger Jar Designed Porcelain Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mangani, Italy Classically Designed Porcelain Table Lamp
Offered for sale is a classically designed Italian porcelain table lamp by Mangani. Porcelain lidded urn, in ginger jar f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Speer Vintage Tall American Empire Crystal and Bronze Torch Table Lamp
By Speer
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Tall, sculptural vintage Speer table lamp features elongated crystal glass body with graphic bronze top, mounted on highly detailed bronze base, creating a torch-shaped silhouette. ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Hollywood Regency Rattan and Brass Cactus Lamps, Italy, 1990s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of Hollywood Regency table lamps, Gabriella Crespi style, in the shape of a Cactus in brass, the base is in Murano glass, la...
Category
1990s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Gilt Bronze and Dioptase Lamp Picture Frame by Boeltz, France, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Tall model of photo picture or drawing frame light lamp in gilt bronze and dioptase stone by the french artist Claude Victor Boeltz.
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Quartz, Stone, Bronze
Art Deco and Art Nouveau Crystal Glass Fringe Hollywood Regency Gilt Table Lamps
Located in Coimbra, PT
Pair of French Art Deco, Art Nouveau green beaded etched glass straws table lamps.
Also have a matching chandelier
Measures:
Diameter 9 in/ 22 cm
Height 15 in/ 38 cm
Weight 6.6 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Large Reticulated Porcelain Blanc De Chine Table Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
Unusually large scale reticulated Blanc De Chine porcelain table lamp. This example has an interior light allowing illumination from the upper bulb and or the interior light as illus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stiffel Table Lamp, Black Ceramic and Brass, 1940s
By Stiffel
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large table lamp was made by Stiffel in traditional style with heavy brass accents and the base and statement black ceramic body. It has the original harp and finial.
The lamp meas...
Category
Early 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage White Parrot Bird Tropical Table Lamp Newly Wired
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Wonderful ceramic parrot bird table lamp. Fantastic detail in expression and large presence. Possibly Italian. Newly wired, 3 way socket, brass hardware.
Curbside to NYC/Philly $400
Category
20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Big Emerald Green Crackled Ceramic Table Lamp Mid-Century Modern 1970s gilded
Located in London, GB
An elegant tall emerald green in cracked glaze ceramic with brass fittings siting atop on a round gold guilted base. A classic design with a standout presence.
The lamp would look amazing in most interiors and complement any room, either on the side of the sideboard or console table. Shade for display purpose only.
Currently pat tested and UK wired but we can rewire for EU, otherwise easily rewired for our USA buyers.
Please contact us for international postage quotes.
CREATOR: Unknown
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Italy
DATE OF MANUFACTURE: c. 1980's
PERIOD: 1980-1989
MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES: Ceramic, Brass, Guilted Wood...
Category
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Hollywood Regency Standing Buddha Ceramic Table Lamps by Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in Antwerp, BE
Amazing pair of Ugo Zaccagnini, gold brass base and blue ceramic Chinese Buddha lamps, circa 1950 by Designer Ugo Zaccagnini. Made in Italy.
Beautiful unique pair of matching lamps....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Porcelain de Paris Hand Painted Flower Bird Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
Table lamp in porcelain decorated with colorful flowers and a bird.
Underside with under-glaze blue stamp 'Porcelaine de Paris, France, fondee en 1773'.
Sh...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Midcentury Blanc De Chine Porcelain Jar Table Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Mid-Century Modern Chinese blanc de chine porcelain table lamp in the form of a ginger jar vase. Featuring a pierced fretwork body of cherry blossom trees with a matching lid. ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of 1970s Solid Brass Frog with Twisted Legs Table Lamps by Chapman Lamp Co.
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of 1970s hard to find solid brass lacquer table lamps with frog design with twisted legs by Chapman Lighting. The warm brass patina brass frogs attached to an oval metal base, p...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Hollywood Regency Tall Brass Lotus Lamps by Feldman Lighting circa 1960s
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Just ask Jennifer Lopez how much she loves her pair of majestic, organic and inspiring tall lotus flower brass lamps famously made by the Feldman Lighting Company beginning in the 1950s. These lamps are show stopper attention seekers. A delicate organic lotus flower silhouette made of glowing brass. As if born from light - each layer representing a season of life - rings of lotus flower petals bloom in size. A symbol of strength and beauty, Lotus flowers can grow in even the harshest conditions and still bloom. Brass petals are embossed with small lines softening the brass and adding more organic detail. They are also malleable and can be gently bent to your pleasure. Black lacquered wood base highlights and anchors the brass elements. Professionally polished bringing back its original glamorous glow and clear coat lacquered to retain it. Works beautifully in any setting from chinoiserie to Hollywood Regency to Contemporary and Eclectic. This tall lotus lamp is rare and sought after by collectors and fans of the Feldman Lighting Lotus Flower Line. Featured in Architectural Digest (last photo). Single lamp also available. Want to see more beautiful things? Scroll down below and click "View All From Seller" or favorite our shop to get your 1stDibs on our new inventory.
Diameter of lamp shade 18"
Photographed along with and also currently available in our shop:
James Mont Attributed Black Lacquered Sideboard or Bar Cabinet, circa 1940s
Pair of Billy Baldwin Style Leopard Velvet Stools with Leather Piping circa 1970s
Curtis Jere Mars & Venus Gold Gilt Bookends Sculptures Signed Jeré, 1968
Rare Pair of Tall Parzinger Style Brass Lotus Candle...
Category
1950s Hong Kong Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Maison Jansen XXL Brass Palm Tree Lamp, 1960s
Located in amstelveen, NL
A massive and rare Maison Jansen palm tree lamp, France, 1960s. Torch cut patinated brass trunk and leafs coming out of a square black laminated heavy base. With twelve light points ...
Category
1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Rare and Impressive Brass Rhaburb Floor Lamp by Tommaso Barbi
Located in Berlin, BE
Very rare and elegant floor lamp with multiple rhubarb leaves by the Italian designer Tommaso Barbi. The lamp is made of brass and the reflexi...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Monumental Century Amber Pineapple Table Lamp with Original Drum Shade Drum
By Hollywood Glam
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Very Hollywood regency.
Possibly Carl Falkenstein.
Resold through Drake Home Furnishings in the late 50's or early 60's.
Classic pleated, original drum.
Very sturdy with solid fel...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Column Floor Lamps by Luciano Sartini for Singleton, Italy, 1970s
By Singleton
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Pair of resin fiberglass style stone antique column pillar floor lamps or table lamps by the Italian designer Luciano Sartini for the editor manufactur...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass
Pair of rattan table lamps, Italy, 1960s
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very beautiful pair of rattan table lamps designed and produced in Italy in the 1960s. Hand-built structure. Unique design object that will wonderfully illuminate your interior. Elec...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Iconic Midcentury Clear Crystal Glass Table Lamp in Style of a Mountain Rock
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful table lamp in the form of a mountain or a rock. This light requires one European E14 candelabra bulb, up to 40 watts. It comes with the original old shade. The lamp foot is...
Category
1950s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency Pink & Gold Ceramic Table Lamp by Brach Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency Style Pink & Gold Distress Painted Ceramic Floral Urn Table Lamp by Brach Allen. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 36" H (to finial) x 32" H (t...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Three Eagle Table Lamps by Maison Jansen
Located in Antwerp, BE
Three Maison Jansen Eagle Table Lamps with Original Black Shades - Mid-20th Century
Eagle-themed table lamps attributed to Maison Jansen, renowned for their sophisticated blend of c...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Hollywood Regency White Ram's Head Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
A Classic vintage pair of Hollywood Regency white ram's head lamps with black Empire shades. These lamps have been newly electrified to UL standards.
Lamps can be sold without sha...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
S.A. Boulanger Opal Glass Ostrich Egg Table Lamp, Belgium, 1960s
Located in Cork, IE
ONE OF TWO AVAILABLE
Designed and manufactured in Belgium in the 1960s by the acclaimed lighting manufacturer S.A. Boulanger this exquisite table lamps oozes with luxurious elegance...
Category
1960s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Wisteria Table Lamp, Regency Gilt Table Light by Hans Kögl, Germany, 1970s
By Hans Kögl
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Wisteria table lamp, Gilt table light by Hans Kögl, Germany, 1970s
Elegant organic ‘Wisteria’ Florentine table lamp.
Impressive silver and gold g...
Category
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Vintage Regency Art Glass Lamps After Murano - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Infuse your interiors with luminous elegance through this exquisite pair of Vintage Regency Art Glass Lamps inspired by Murano craftsmanship. These hand-blown beauties boast a glowin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Floral Table Lamp from "Maison Jansen" France 1970s
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Floral Brass Table Lamp by " Maison Jansen"
Made in France in the 1970s
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Two French Ceramic Lamps by Le Dauphin
Located in Antwerp, BE
A pair tall high end French ceramic table lamps in cream and gold color.
Design: Maison Le Dauphin
Style:Regency, Vintage, Mid Century
Luxury lamps made of ceramic and gold gilded by Maison Le Dauphin Marked: Both lamps are marked on the back of the base
Colors: Gold and creme
Cord color gold, switch and lightbulb E27
Origin France, Paris 1970s
Condition good no gold fading.
The lamps are US compatible but adapter required for plug
Create the right ambience, good well positioned lighting can make a room!
All our lamps are fully working condition, however, we are shipping from Europe...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Hand-Painted Metal Grapevine Table Lamp in Hollywood Regency / Art Nouveau Style
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hand-Painted Metal Grapevine Table Lamp in Hollywood Regency / Art Nouveau Style
This striking table lamp is a sculptural lighting piece that blends n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Dragonfly Table Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare Art Nouveau dragonfly table lamp in ceramic with original lampshade in bamboo.
Measures: Height 75 cm.
Width 40 cm.
Depth 23 cm.
Weight 3 kg.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Bamboo, Ceramic
1960s Large Hollywood Regency Amber Glass Table Lamp
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Monumental.
Massive amber glass Hollywood Regency table lamp.
Separate light inside amber glass.
Gorgeous fluted drum lamp shade.
Perfect functionality.
Art Deco.
Mid century modern....
Category
1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Fabric, Glass
Mid-Century Modern Glass and Brass 5 Arm Lotus Lamp 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-Century Modern 5 Arm Lotus Lamp, 1970s .
Base and arms are a polished brass.
Lotus shades are glass petal design in smoky pink hues.
Light switch are three-way so that two bulbs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of 1970s Murano Glass Gold Inclusion Table Lamps by Mangani, Italy
Located in Antwerp, BE
A very elegant pair of modernist table lamps by Giulia Mangani. Italian design 1970s. This pair of table lights would enhance adding an extra touch to any kind of interior and decor....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Gold
Brass "Pomme de Pin" Pinecone Lamp
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Brass "Pomme de Pin" pinecone lamp in the style of Maison Charles. Measures: 26" to the top of harp.
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Pair of Artisan Blown Pale Green Swirl Lamps, Contemporary
Located in Westport, CT
Lovely pair of larger Murano blown lamps composed of swirl blown glass spheres joined by gold glass disks
Electrified to code with UL approved parts, hardware in polished brass with pull chains for 2 medium base bulbs per lamp and an on/off cord switch, lamping height adjustable.
Dating: new, artisan work
Origin: Murano, Italy
Condition: Excellent
Dimension Of Glass: 9? diameter at the base, 21.5.” high
Shown with a 18? diameter, 12? tall shade...
Category
2010s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair Table Lamps by Sergio Terzani, Italy, 1970s Wisteria Enameled Metal Lamps
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A rare pair of enameled metal Wisteria table lamps designed by Sergio Terzani, Italy, 1970s, with cream enameled curved tubular base supporting a lampshade composed by two branches o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Iridescent Black Ceramic Lamps with Gilt Wood Bases
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Iridescent Black Ceramic Lamps with Gilt Wood Bases, in the manner of Christopher Spitzmiller, American, circa 1990s. They have been recently rewired with gold braided cloth ...
Category
1990s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Feldman White Capiz Shell and Brass Table Lamp, circa 1960
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Hello 1960s Hollywood Regency Glam! Most recently, a Feldman floor lamp of the same capiz floral pattern was featured in Quentin Tarantino's film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood...
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency Gold Gilt Iron Tole Metal Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Hollywood Regency Gold Gilt Iron Tole Metal Flower Ring Table Lamps - a Pair. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 28.5" H (to finial) x 22" H (to light socket) x 14...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
Mid century pipe table lamp by Aldo Tura, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Rare mid century modern table lamp by Aldo Tura shaped like a pipe with a caged torch lamp and a plastic lamp shade.
it also has a brass...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Green Glass Chandelier Table Lamps
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of chandelier table lamps feature green glass and green cut crystals. Perfect for your Hollywood Regency decor.
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Hollywood Regency Brass Pineapple Lamps
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Offered is a pair of beautiful brass pineapple lamps...classic elegance. Each has two sockets for light control.
Measure approx:
21" to top of finial
6.75" wide at the base
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Hollywood Regency Black & Brass Plated Column Table Lamps Asian Finials a Pair
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible vintage Hollywood Regency black enameled metal & brass plated detail column table lamps with brass Asian finials and new tan hardback fabric tapered drum shades, a pair. B...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Etched Glass & Lucite Table Lamp by Fredrick Ramond
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: New Shade, Original Wiring
Materials: Etched Glass, Lucite, Polished Chrome, New Shade
Dimensions:
21”H x 9.50”W x 6”D
Shade:
10"H x 16.75"W x 9.50"D
This stunning Holly...
Category
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
1987 Vintage Frederick Cooper Brass 2 Light French Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in Dayton, OH
1987 Tall Frederick Cooper two light French bouillotte table lamp in brass with black accents and marble tipped finial.
Measures: 7” x ...
Category
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Golden Florentine Flower Shape Table Lamp by Hans Kögl, Germany, 1970s
By Hans Kögl
Located in Hagenbach, DE
An extraordinary table by Hans Kögl made in Germany in the 1950s. The lamp has a beautiful wheat sheaf design. It is made in the period of Hollywood Regency.
The light requires o...
Category
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Single Mid-century Vintage Mid-century Italian Alabaster Lamp with Brass Collars
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Single Hollywood Regency lamp of alabaster, having an ovoid body, with hexagonal neck and plinth, rounded brass collars adorn the joints of the neck and b...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Large Mid Century Louis Drimmer Ceramic Table Lamp, France 1970
Located in Herentals, BE
Ceramic crackle glazed lamp base with golden accents and the original lampshade in beige linen finished with golden edges.
The lamp base is signed an...
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
Pair of Fredrick Cooper Hollywood Regency Brass Lamps
Located in Bradenton, FL
This is a pair of brass Hollywood Regency style Fredrick cooper table lamps in the Chinese manner. They are in the original finish and in working order...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
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.
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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.