Table Lamps
19th Century Chinese Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Iron
Late 19th Century British Antique Table Lamps
Iron
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1840s French Louis XV Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Art Deco Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Table Lamps
Crystal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain, Ceramic
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Table Lamps
Siena Marble, Bronze
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
Late 19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Silk, Opaline Glass
1810s Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1840s French Louis XV Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Crystal
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Metal
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Lucite
Late 19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
19th Century French Restauration Antique Table Lamps
Gold Plate
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Brass, Bronze
1930s American Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass, Wood
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Table Lamps
Wood, Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1880s French Louis XV Antique Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
Mid-19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
1840s Italian Grand Tour Antique Table Lamps
Carrara Marble, Breccia Marble, Marble
1930s American Machine Age Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1870s English Napoleon III Antique Table Lamps
Glass
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1880s French Louis XV Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s American Chinese Export Vintage Table Lamps
Ormolu
1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Art Glass
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps
Slate, Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century English Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1930s German Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1830s French Rococo Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1890s Chinese Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Quartz
1880s French Romantic Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
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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