Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Iron, Nickel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Hungarian Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s French Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Silk, Pine
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Plaster, Natural Fiber
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Metallic Thread
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Acrylic, Polyester
2010s Scottish Vienna Secession Table Lamps
Brass
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1960s French Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Metal
2010s Moroccan Table Lamps
Stone
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine, Chrome, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Moroccan Table Lamps
Stone
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Opal
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
2010s Chinese Table Lamps
Bronze
1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Table Lamps
Linen, Blown Glass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Parchment Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps
Alabaster
1970s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1990s Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Steel
1970s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin
1970s Canadian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Sheet Metal
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Gold, Brass
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1960s American Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Enamel
2010s American Mid-Century Modern 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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