Table Lamps
1890s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1930s German Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Swiss Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s American Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s American Brutalist Table Lamps
Cement, Limestone
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Bakelite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1930s Swiss Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s German Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s German Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Metal
1930s German Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Bronze, Copper
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
20th Century French Baroque Table Lamps
Marble
2010s British Modern Table Lamps
Scagliola
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Table Lamps
Paper
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century English Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Milk Glass, Walnut
1780s Italian Antique Table Lamps
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Organic Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Animal Skin, Bamboo
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Cotton, Pine
Mid-19th Century Japanese Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1930s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
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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