Table Lamps
1960s American Other Vintage Table Lamps
Soapstone, Brass
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Table Lamps
Tin
19th Century North American Antique Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Swedish Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
1980s Italian Country Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass, Metal
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper, Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1980s French Classical Greek Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Table Lamps
Glass
1980s American Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Glass
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Table Lamps
Marble
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Porcelain
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary English Table Lamps
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Wool, Alpaca, Silk
1940s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Pine
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1950s French Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass, Spelter
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Table Lamps
Iron
1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Gold Leaf
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Copper, Steel
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Early 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1950s British Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain, 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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