Table Lamps
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wicker
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Cut Steel
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Bronze
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Animal Skin, Bamboo
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Cotton, Pine
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1970s Dutch Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Resin, Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1970s French Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Rattan
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Pine, Beech
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Regency Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Regency Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Reed
Late 20th Century South African Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Wicker
1970s Asian Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Silk, Wood, Ceramic
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Belgian Black Marble, Metal
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Silver Plate
1970s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Pine
Late 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s French Renaissance Revival Vintage Table Lamps
Faience, Porcelain
1990s Dutch Brutalist Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Reed
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
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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