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Table Lamps For Sale
Pair of 19th Century Gilded Ormolu Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French 19th century gilded ormolu lamps, each having two putti seated on a scrolling foliate base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte Fontana Total Black Table Lamp in Glass, 2014 Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Max Ingrand and manufactured by Fontana Arte, the Fontana total black table lamp, 2014 Edition, is an unusual Total Black produced in 2014 to mark the 60th anniversary of...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Porcelain and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful French 19th century Louis XVI st. porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a circular ormolu base with most decorative protruding block rosette feet flanked by Vitruvian scrolls. The elegantly shaped porcelain body displays beautiful and richly chased pierced ormolu mounts of a detailed rams head amidst fine foliate, ribbon garlands, and Greek key handles...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Stacked Bone and Brass Powder-Coated Table Lamp with Peekaboo Silver Leaf Shade
By Seth Premo, Arvo Ray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Junius lamp makes a bold statement with its geometric stacked elements that appear almost to float above one another. The lamp is constructed with a po...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel, Brass, Silver Leaf
"Molto" Table Lamp
Located in Westport, CT
The Molto table lamp or desk lamp is a fresh, new take on Italian modernism, featuring a spun-metal mesh shade, brass counterweight, and a heavy black...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Asian & French Collaboration 19th Century Louis XVI Style Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and high quality Asian and French collaboration 19th century Louis XVI st. Imari porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by an elegant ormolu base with fine wrap aroun...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Giancarlo Mattioli 'Nesso' Table Lamp in Orange for Artemide
Located in Glendale, CA
Giancarlo Mattioli 'Nesso' table lamp in orange for Artemide.
Designed by Mattioli in the 1960s, the Nesso's design is inspired from nature. An internationally celebrated design fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Kartell Cindy Lamp in Fuchsia Pink by Ferruccio Laviani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The typical table lamp of the seventies given new form and color. The Cindy lamp with a conical lampshade and rounded teardrop base comes in a broad range o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Large 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion / Canton Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century Chinese Cantonese / rose medallion vase / lamp. Having gilded dog of faux handles and serpents, classical green ground decoration with inset painted ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
'Cosmic Solstice Ore' Table Lamp, Handmade Bronze Patinated Brass Table Light
Located in London, GB
Taking inspiration from planetary shapes and textures, the Cosmic collection artfully explores the interplay of metal properties and a curated selection of patina finishes.
Handcra...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Regency Cut-Glass Candelabra by John Blades
By John Blades
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare pair of Regency twin-light gilt bronze mounted, pillar and file cut, glass candelabra by John Blades.
The firm of John Blades was first recorded in the London guide for 178...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Cut Glass
Vincent Pocsik, "Sunset Glide", Light Sculpture, 2021
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vincent Pocsik’s sculptural works are a study of human form abstracted down to the point of its most transformative power. Flesh twists, contracts, pushes against bones and skin and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Materials
Hardwood
Minimalist Brazilian Handcrafted Lamp ''Ponta'' by Dimitrih Correa
Located in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
About the Lamp:
The Lamp suggests an innovative usability for its light bulb by using a magnetic system. A magnet that is underneath the wood base can be positioned all over the met...
Category
2010s Brazilian Minimalist Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
19th Century Japanese Imari Vase or Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Japanese Imari vase or lamp. Having classical Imari colors of oranges and blues, depicting flowers, motifs, and inset panels of children playing and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
c. 1900 Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A unique, French, cast bronze, urn-form table lamp featuring foliate extrusions, and beautiful raised reliefs throughout, including lions faces, floral garlands, and images of putti ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Candelabras Lamps
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very large scale pair of French early 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu candelabras mounted into lamps after a model by Pierre Gouthière. Each lamp is raised by a tria...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Akari Model 20n Light Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi
By Akari, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Glendale, CA
Akari Model 20N light sculpture by Isamu Noguchi. The shade is made from handmade washi paper and bamboo ribs with Noguchi Akari manufacturer's stamp. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Modern Brass Adjustable Desk Lamp with Marble Base Italian Style, Red Shade
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern Brass adjustable desk lamp with marble base Italian style. Red shade and black arms with brass hardware.
Dimensions:
Base marble diameter: 7” inches
Height can go up to ...
Category
2010s American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Bamboo Pair of Table Lamps with Brass Bases
Located in New York, NY
Large bamboo pair of table lamps with brass bases
Beautiful and chic table lamps. Lovely brass bases and bamboo tops held by brass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage German Design, Kaiser Leuchten 6840 Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in Renens, CH
Desk or table lamp by Christian Dell (model 6840), who designed this light in the early 1930s (Bauhaus Period), with production continuing until the 1970s.
It features a aluminum la...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Accolay table lamp
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful stick-on lamp, with a ceramic base and a resin lampshade typical of the 60s, 70s and the particularity of having two light points, the base a...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Art Deco Torchiere Table Lamps
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Pair of Art Deco torchiere table lamps in polished aluminum and glass.
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Rare Poliarte ‘Apis’ Table Lamp Made of Raw Crystal, 1960s
By Poliarte
Located in Echt, NL
Original Poliarte ‘Apis’ lamp in very good condition.
This lamp is made of thick slabs of raw crystal with a graphic pattern of glass cubes on each side...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Porcelain and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely decorative French 19th century Renaissance st. Pâte sur Pâte celadon colored porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a beautiful finely detailed ci...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Asian 19th Century Porcelain Vases Mounted into Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of Asian 19th century porcelain vases mounted into lamps with French 19th Century Louis XVI st. ormolu mounts. Raised on square bases with scrolled feet and a reeded design. The vases depict imagery of a Asian gifting...
Category
19th Century Asian Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Gustave Serrurier Bovy Mahogany and Brass "Liszt" Pedestal Table, circa 1903
Located in Brussels, BE
Gustave Serrurier Bovy mahogany and brass "Liszt" pedestal table, circa 1903-1904.
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
'Nena' Table Lamp in White Metal and Wood by Alvaro Benitez
Located in Glendale, CA
'Nena' table lamp in white metal and wood by Alvaro Benitez.
Hand-fabricated by Los Angeles based designer and lighting professional Alvaro Benitez, these highly refined table lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Pair of Tall Silver Candelabra Table Lamps with Orange Colour Shades
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A very decorative pair of tall silver candelabra table lamps with high circular orange colour lamp shades. In perfect working order.
The measu...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Table Lamps
Materials
Silver
Gorgeous Midcentury Pottery Table Lamp by Fog & Mørup
By Aluminia, Fog & Mørup
Located in Søborg, DK
Absolutely gorgeous midcentury pottery table lamp by Fog & Mørup of Copenhagen for Aluminia of Denmark.
This beautiful table lamp has such a classic midcentury design to the shape an...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
Library Sconce, Contemporary Bookshelf Sconce in Carrara Marble, Aged Brass
Located in Savannah, GA
The listing is for an in stock sconce in raw brass and white linen lampshade. We keep a pair in stock at all times. If additional pieces are needed please allow 4-6 weeks lead time.
If a different color lampshade is required, please send us a note.
The small bookshelf sconce...
Category
2010s American Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass, Nickel
Flos Tab LED Table Lamp in Aluminum, by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A brand new edition of the Tab family, now with new capabilities in new colors. This new edition of Tab table lamp has an adjustable head with a ±90-degree rotation capability emitti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Bellhop Yellow Portable Rechargeable Wireless Desk or Table Lamp for FLOS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FLOS Bellhop T-Table Lamp in Yellow by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
Portable, rechargeable and wireless, Bellhop is a sleek modern LED tabletop lamp. Bel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Bellhop Grey Blue Portable Rechargeable Wireless Desk or Table Lamp for FLOS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FLOS Bellhop T Table Lamp in Grey Blue by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
Portable, rechargeable and wireless, Bellhop is a sleek modern LED tabletop lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Nickeled Art Deco Desk Lamp, France, 1930s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Lovely quality desk lamp of pleasant, Minimalist design, with a domed shade which can be oriented to direct the light. Very agreable nickeled finish -- softer, warmer looking than ch...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian table lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Neck is 360 adjustable
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Lisa Johansson-Pape Table Lamp Manufactured by Orno, Finland, 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lisa Johansson-Pape
Table lamp
Manufactured by Orno
Finland, 1950
Brass, leather, canvas shade
From the archives of Side Gallery. Barcelona
Measurements
10 cm x 10 cm x 69 H cm
3.93 in x 3.93 in x 27.10 H in
Literature
Design Musuem, Lisa Johansson-Pape, Helsinki, 1986; Ornamo, Helsinki, 1962
Bio
Finnish designer Lisa Johansson-Pape enjoyed a long and varied career in lighting, furniture, textile, and ceramic design. She was one of Finland’s leading lighting designers in the 20th century and was instrumental in promoting Finnish design internationally.
Born in 1907, Lisa Johansson-Pape studied at the Industrial Art Institute in Helsinki University of Art & Design (Now Aalto University of Art & Design), graduating in 1928. She worked as a furniture designer for Kylmäkoski and Stockmann and created carpets for the Friends of Finnish Handicraft, before turning her attention to lighting design. She collaborating with the Stockmann-owned lighting factory Orno from 1942, famously remarking, “it was quite by accident that I became a design light artist. By education, I am a furniture designer, but I had to make lamps during the war.”
Notable designs include the Lisa (1947), Sipuli (1954), and Laura (1957) pendant lamps. The Sipuli, often referred to by the English translation Onion, resembles the form of the vegetable for which it was named. The angular design in opaline glass was awarded a gold medal at the Triennale di Milano in 1954, which was just one of several prizes Johansson-Pape received in her career; she was also awarded a silver medal at the 1951 Triennale...
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Bellhop White Portable Rechargeable Wireless Desk or Table Lamp for FLOS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FLOS Bellhop T-Table Lamp in White by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
This sleek tabletop lamp was originally created by renowned designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for the London ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Chic 'Bloc' Parchment Table Lamp by Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic 'Bloc' parchment table lamp by Design Frères.
Attractive European style shade mount with no apparent harp / final.
The dimensions are the overall dimensions of the lamp an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Hide, Wood, Parchment Paper
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely decorative and handsome true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. marble and ormolu lamps signed "F. Barbedienne Paris & F. Levillain". Raised on a mottled Rouge ...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Set of the Four Seasons as Porcelain Figures Mounted as Lamps
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming set of four porcelain four season figures mounted as lamps.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Ormolu Porcelain and Crystal Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu, cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain and Baccarat crystal lamps. The pair are raised by a circular ormolu chased base with six 'C' scrolled supports. The cobalt blue porcelain urns...
Category
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
neoclassical table lamp in golden wrought iron circa 1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
neoclassical table lamp in golden wrought iron circa 1950
Category
1950s European Medieval Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
French 19th Century Neo-Classical Verde Antico Marble Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and unusual French 19th century Neo-Classical Verde Antico marble, patinated bronze and ormolu lamp with all original gilt & patina throughout. The lamp has a triangula...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Blue Glass and Ormolu Candelabra Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XVI st. hand blown cobalt blue glass and ormolu candelabra mounted into a lamp. The lamp is raised by an elegant foliate designed ormolu base be...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain and ormolu mounted lamps. Each lamp is raised by a fine square ormolu base with concave corners a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Vert Antique Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Vert antique marble lamps. Each lamp is raised on ormolu ball feet below the marble...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Tahiti Table Lamp (US VERSION 110v), by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the US wired 'Tahiti' Table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. The light fixture is of a polychrome enameled metal "duck" with a pivoting-like head mounted on a black and white bacterio-patterned laminate base. EU VERSION 220v AVAILABLE IN ANOTHER LISTING.
Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck in 1917. In 1939 he graduated in architecture at the Politecnico di Torino. One of the most influential and important figures of the last century. As an Architect and Designer, he has participated in all radical movements whether created from the 1970s and 1980s. In 1981 he founded the Memphis group, a group that has radically changed the scenario of Italian and world design. Honored with numerous international awards, was winner of the Golden Compass in 1959. He designed the first laptop "Valentina" by Olivetti. He died in 2007 at the age of 90 years.
Memphis Milano is the great cultural phenomenon of the 1980s that revolutionized creative and commercial logics in design. Born from the idea of Ettore Sottsass and a group of young designers and architects, in Milan, coupled in the years by famous designers from the international scene, Memphis turned upside down all of the existing parameters on living. Ettore Sottsass as the backbone of the group, design gained a new concept and expression through new shapes, materials and patterns, expanding the creative limits of the industry. Memphis became a symbol of New Design. Its influence is still clear in various sectors of production and beyond.
Additional info:
- Dimensions: H 23.5 inches
- Materials: Metal
- Lighting info: 50 W, 12 V
-Additional Lighting Info: Please note that this item is wired in 110 V for the standard US light socket.
- Price includes additional US rewiring cost for accessibility to US outlets.
- If you are interested in the EU version of this light, please refer to the dealers storefront for the (EU) wired light fixture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Candelabra Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XIV st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu candelabra lamp. The lamp is raised by fine square mottled feet below the base with lov...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Walnut and Birch Bedside Table Lamp by Mel Smilow
By Mel Smilow
Located in New York, NY
The bedside table lamp is part of the re-issued Smilow Lighting collection, originally designed by Mel Smilow in 1956 and officially reintroduced by his daughter Judy Smilow in 2017....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Walnut, Birch
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Two-Lights Bouillotte by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This Louis XV style gilt bronze lamp resume the taste of Rococo period decoration. As this, vegetal motifs are all-over this piece and it features great elegance and opulence in the ...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Tôle
Louis XV Style Gilt and Chiseled Bronze Candlestick By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This little Louis XV style gilt bronze candlestick by Gherardo Degli Albizzi would be ideal to be placed on a bedside table.
It resume the great taste of Rococo period decoration. A...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Rhapsody Table Lamp in Black Shell & Bronze-Patina Brass by Patrick Coard Paris
Located in New York, NY
Patrick Coard Paris launches a unique and beautifully sculptural lighting collection inspired by music as a continuation of his candle line. The Rhapsody table lamp in bronze-patina ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp Design by Romeo Rega Purple Lucite and Chromed Brass Base, Italy 1970
By Romeo Rega
Located in Napoli, IT
Table lamp designed by Romeo Rega in purple Lucite and chromed brass base, Italy, 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Set of Capiz Shades, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
Set of 3 circa 1960's Italian capiz shades. Sold individually.
Measurements:
Height 5.5"
Diameter 7.5".
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of French and Asian Collaboration 19th Century Régence Style Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very unique pair of French and Asian collaboration 19th century Régence st. porcelain and ormolu vases mounted into lamps. Each lamp is raised by a finely detailed pie...
Category
19th Century French Regency Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Italian Fragment Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th c. Italian Carved Wood Fragments converted to Lamps. The Shades are included and are Hand Made of Parchment Paper. They are Hand Gilded and Decorated. The lamps have be...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Table Lamps
Kartell Bourgie Lamp in Multicolored Blue by Ferruccio Laviani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A lamp with an inimitable style, Bourgie is one of Kartell’s best sellers, skillfully combining Classic style, richness and tradition with innovation and irony. The Baroque style bas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Three-Light Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of exceptional French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu three light candelabra lamps. Each richly chased lamp is raised on a round base with acanthus leaves. The C scrolle...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
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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