Table Lamps
1910s Japanese Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Swedish Folk Art Table Lamps
Bronze
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Early 20th Century Irish Chinese Export Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
20th Century German Folk Art Table Lamps
Iron
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Table Lamps
Stone
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Beech
1870s French Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century East Asian Chinese Export Table Lamps
Metal
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Porcelain
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Iron
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Porcelain
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Gold
1960s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fruitwood
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Folk Art Table Lamps
Sheet Metal
18th Century Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Pottery
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Folk Art Table Lamps
Sheet Metal
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Enamel, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Wood
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Wood
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Enamel, Brass
1980s Italian Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Shell, Plastic
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1750s French Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Tin
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Jade, Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Celadon, Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Chinese Export Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
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.