Table Lamps
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Early 19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
19th Century Chinese Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Ormolu
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
1890s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Glass
Late 19th Century English Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Bakelite
Mid-19th Century Japanese Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1950s Organic Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1880s Dutch Belle Époque Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s German Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1890s French Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1870s French Antique Table Lamps
Glass
1870s French Antique Table Lamps
Glass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1880s British Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Brass, Metal
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1890s British Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
Early 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Table Lamps
Tin
1890s English High Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Table Lamps
Terracotta
1950s English Vintage Table Lamps
Silver Plate
1890s British Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Directoire Antique Table Lamps
Tôle
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
1950s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1850s French Rococo Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1850s French Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1870s French Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Table Lamps
Tin
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century Qing Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Copper, Steel
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Spelter
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, 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.
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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