Table Lamps
2010s French Organic Modern Table Lamps
Stone, Brass
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Belgian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Stone, Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Dutch Modern Table Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Brass
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Spelter
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Iron
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Slovenian Modern Table Lamps
Plexiglass
2010s French Table Lamps
Brass
2010s European Modern Table Lamps
Plexiglass
2010s Slovenian Modern Table Lamps
Plexiglass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s French Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine
2010s Polish Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Steel
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Porcelain, Hardwood, Cork
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Acrylic
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain, Glass
1980s Spanish Arts and Crafts Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Acrylic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1990s Japanese Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pottery
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Plastic
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Lead
Antique, New and Vintage Table Lamps
Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. A well-crafted antique or vintage table lamp does 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. 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 during the Art Deco movement, originating 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 an Art Deco table lamp provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
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 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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