Table Lamps
1940s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1980s German Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Plastic
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Earthenware, Linen, Oak
19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Italian Baroque Table Lamps
Crystal, Gold Plate, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Alabaster
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Travertine
1880s Russian Baltic Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stone
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Other Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Table Lamps
Alabaster, Stainless Steel
1960s Japanese Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Earthenware, Linen, Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary English Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay, Wool, Alpaca, Silk
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Regency Table Lamps
Brass
1970s European Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s European Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s American Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Aluminum
20th Century American Table Lamps
Glass, Oak
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Lucite
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s French Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
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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