Table Lamps
1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century French Table Lamps
Giltwood
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
20th Century Table Lamps
Brass
Early 2000s Table Lamps
Rope, Parchment Paper
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Rope, Stained Glass
1950s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s American Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Cut Glass
1980s French Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1870s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Silver
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Modern Table Lamps
Ash
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stoneware
1950s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Iron
1940s German Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bamboo
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Gesso
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1940s French Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1970s American Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Pine
1980s French Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain, Giltwood
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Table Lamps
Pottery
20th Century Victorian Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Chinese Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Empire Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Giltwood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware, Linen
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Pottery
1950s American Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Iron
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1980s Italian Country Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass, Wood
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s French Classical Greek Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
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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