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Table Lamps For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: Mid-20th Century
Large 'Bloc' Parchment Table Lamp by Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 'Bloc' parchment lamp by Design Frères.
Attractive European style shade mount with no apparent harp / final. Comes with the matching custom paper shade shown.
Handmade with r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Hide, Wood, Parchment Paper
Tiffany Contemporary Table Lamp 40 Champagne Silk Silvered Glass Antiqued Bras
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY the iconic lamp!
For 20 years, we have perpetuated our unique manufacturing method. Inspired by unlimited glass reflections, Sabrina Landini has created an elegant home coll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Nautilus Study Lamp in Medium, Cast Bronze, Signed by Christopher Kreiling
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The (medium) NAUTILUS lamp is inspired by midcentury Italian design.
It is cast bronze and weighs up to 20 pounds. The outer shell has a blackened patina and the face is high polish...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Val Saint Lambert Large Light' Clear Crystal Glass Table Lamp
Located in Verviers, BE
This simple yet graceful Cleare table lamp is in large size, 23 inches excluding the lamp-fitting and shade. The colored core in Classic Val Saint Lambert tint, has been given a thic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
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
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
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
Rose Sculpture Table Lamp 13 Roses Hand Carved Pink Onyx Block, Linen Lampshade
Located in Ancona, Marche
"Roma Imperiale II" is not just a table lamp or sculpture, imagine it as a memory, the memory of a nobility now dissolved, a suspended memory, forgotten in a secret garden, of those ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Table Lamps
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Piccola Table Lamp in Red by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Piccola is limited only by your imagination. Its soft pliable base is covered in supple Italian glove leather and can be tilted to any angle while its hand-spun aluminum shade floats...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Piccola Table Lamp in Purple by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Piccola is limited only by your imagination. Its soft pliable base is covered in supple Italian glove leather and can be tilted to any angle while its hand-spun aluminum shade floats...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
FLOS Snoopy Table Lamp in Green by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The masterful table lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni gets a dazzling makeover.
Collectors now have a new reason to cherish the Snoopy table lamp by Achille and Pier Gi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Steel
Bellhop Burnt Orange Portable Rechargeable Wireless Desk & Table Lamp for FLOS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FLOS Bellhop T Table Lamp in Burnt Orange by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
This sleek tabletop lamp was originally created by renowned designers Edward ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Bellhop Dark Brown Portable Rechargeable Wireless Desk & Table Lamp for FLOS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FLOS Bellhop T Table Lamp in Dark Brown by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
This sleek tabletop lamp was originally created by renowned designers Edward Ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
FLOS Taccia Small Table Lamp in Violet by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
FLOS Miss K Table Lamp in Aluminized Silver by Philippe Starck
By Flos, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Created by innovative design master Philippe Starck, the Miss K table lamp brings a delightful duality to its work. When unlit, its transparent PC (p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
FLOS Miss K Table Lamp in Black by Philippe Starck
By Flos, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Created by innovative design master Philippe Starck, the miss K table lamp brings a delightful duality to its work. When unlit, its transparent PC (p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
FLOS Snoopy Table Lamp in Black by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The playful personas of the Castiglioni brothers are evident in their Snoopy design, named for the beloved cartoon character and featuring a distinctive, light-hearted shape. The ori...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Steel
FLOS Spun T2 Halogen Table Lamp in Glossy Black by Sebastian Wrong
By Sebastian Wrong, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed by Sebastian Wrong in 2003, the Spun Light-T table lamp reflects the best of modern manufacturing technology combined with elegance, craftsmanship, and dynamic fluid aesthet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
FLOS Serena LED Table Lamp in Copper by Patricia Urquiola
Located in Brooklyn, NY
At first glance, Serena appears to be in motion—it is a leaf blown by a gentle breeze, dancing through a current of wind. Inspired by the simple beauty of nature, this piece features...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
FLOS Tatou T1 Dimmable Halogen Table Lamp in White by Patricia Urquiola
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Its name is French for “armadillo,” the unassuming animal whose brilliant structure keeps it protected—and makes it unique. Designer Patricia Urquiola conceptualized this table lamp to play on the filtration of light, with remarkable results.
The Tatou-T offers diffused light and has an exterior diffuser in PC (polycarbonate). Its internal diffuser is injection-printed opal PC. The support and base are painted steel.
Inspiration behind the design:
“The process began by looking for different ways to reconstruct membranes, conceived like Japanese armor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Limited Edition Table Lamp by Studio Caira Mandaglio '1/2'
Located in London, GB
Studio Caira Mandaglio
Pair of brushed steel table lamps
Pair of brushed and polished steel hand made and hand polished contemporary
table lamps wi...
Category
2010s British Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Min Lilla Viking Afyon Marble Table Lamp with Polished Brass Horns
Located in New York, NY
The "Min Lilla Viking" (My Little Viking) table lamp pays homage to old Scandinavian warrior helmets. It echoes the shape and style with a contemporary twist...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
Globo Clear Lucite Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Lustrous sculpture. A constellation of clear Lucite spheres floats on a slim brass stem anchored by a sculptural marble base and topped with a brass dome. The shade refracts the ligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Tiffany contemporary Floor Lamp 40 Rust Silk, Antiqued Brass, Silvered Glass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY the iconic lamp!
Introducing Sabrina's breathtaking collection of Tiffany lamps.
Tiffany, a timeless lamp, inspired by the international movie “Breakfast at Tiffany” and the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
"Tiffany" contemporary Floor Lamp 40 blush Silk, Antiqued Brass, Silvered Glass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY the iconic lamp!
Introducing Sabrina's breathtaking collection of Tiffany lamps.
Tiffany, a timeless lamp, inspired by the international movie “Breakfast at Tiffany” and the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Seletti ‘Mouse Lamp#3-Us’ Resin Lamp, Lie Down
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Equatore SmallTable Lamp Designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti for Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Equatore" is a small table lamp, designed by Gabriele & Oscar Buratti and manufactured by Fontana Arte, made in glass and metal and is part of a collection including table, floor an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Verner Panton 'Panthella 250' LED Table Lamp in Chrome for Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Verner Panton 'Panthella 250' LED table lamp in chrome for Louis Poulsen.
The 'Panthella 250' LED table lamp uses Verner Panton's original drawings to produce an organically shaped...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum, Steel
Library Sconce, Contemporary Bookshelf Sconce in Marble, Polished Nickel
Located in Savannah, GA
The listing is for a sconce with polished nickel hardware and white slanted shade. If a different finish / shade is required please send us a note.
Kalin Asenov designs and fabricates lighting in Savannah, GA. Asenov works with a team of artisans and manufacturers to prototype, and build all pieces in his studio.
Asenov’s designs are driven by narrative; every object is an expression of a story. Ancient tradition and modern digital technology influence the design aesthetic, resulting in objects that are both practical and artistic, traditional and contemporary, personal and universal
The small bookshelf sconce...
Category
2010s American Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass, Nickel
Poul Henningsen Opaline Glass PH 3½-2½ Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen opaline glass PH 3½-2½ table lamp for Louis Poulsen. Executed in white opal glass and a chrome or black metallised frame. The Industrial look of the dark metallised s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Custom Pair of French Plaster Lamps in the Manner of Alberto Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Custom pair of French plaster lamps in the manner of Alberto Giacometti.
The lamp shades are not included. One pair is currently available.
Lead T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Turned Walnut and Olive Green-Dyed Ash Table Lamp, Bethel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bethel’s organic curves complement the strong grain of walnut.
The base is warmed with amber shellac, and paired with earthy green details. Turned walnut base with olive green-dyed ash neck and finial. Brass socket with rotating, dimmer switch, black fabric-covered cord, and trimless, natural linen shade. This piece holds one 60W max 120V E26 lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Ebonized Maple and Cherry Bedside Lamp, Marty I
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Small with a big presence, the Marty inhabits intimate spaces, scaled for the bedside or tabletop. Turned, ebonized maple base with a cherry neck and finial. This lamp is 14” tall with an 8” diameter trimless, natural linen shade. Equipped with bass hardware with a full rotation dimmer switch, black fabric-covered cord, and has one 60W max 120V E26 lamps...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Ridged Murano "Avventurina" Glass Table Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Modernist pair of handblown, ridged, Murano "Avventurina" glass table lamps. Rewired for the US. Measure: The height to the top of the glass is 17.5".
Avventurina: Clear glass with ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Leaf
Verner Panton 'Panthella 400' Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Verner Panton 'Panthella 400' table lamp for Louis Poulsen.
The Panthella collection was designed by Verner Panton in 1971 and remain one of his most popular lighting designs. Panton developed the Panthella table lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Tiffany contemporary Floor Lamp 40 emerald Silk Brass Silvered Glass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY the iconic lamp!
Introducing Sabrina's breathtaking collection of Tiffany lamps.
Tiffany, a timeless lamp, inspired by the international movie “Breakfast at Tiffany” and the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
GHERPE Lamp /Superstudio / POLTRONOVA Italy
By Superstudio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gherpe table or floor mood lamp (1968).
Superstudio (Italy) / Poltronova.
Animal-like & changeable in shape, thanks to its "scales" that revolve around a central pivot / laser-cut...
Category
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
OCTA Table - Solid brass light handmade by Diaphan Studio
Located in Milan, IT
The dominant feature of OCTA’s table lamp is its square pyramidal shade. The acute angles of the pyramid are emphasized by the brushing direction, which remains consistent in the base and rotary switch.
The pyramid’s cavity reveals a set of reflective surfaces. When the lamp is lit up, these mirrors interact with the integrated light...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Magnets
Quati Carlo Moretti Contemporary Mouth Blown Clear Murano Glass Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp of clear mouth blown Murano glass, anthracite painted iron and natural brass designed in 1984 by Carlo Moretti and Paolo Martinuzzi.
60 watt incandescent bulb, 42 watt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Iron
Monolithic Elizabeth Kauffer Statuary Marble Table Lamp for Nessen Studio, 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Monolithic statuary marble table lamp, rendered in a solid slab of polished statuary marble with Brass fixturing, designed by Elizabeth Kauffer for Nessen Studio Lighting, circa 1950...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Statuary Marble, Carrara Marble, Marble, Brass
Monolithic Elizabeth Kauffer Statuary Marble Table Lamp for Nessen Studio, 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Monolithic statuary marble table lamp, rendered in a solid slab of polished statuary marble with Brass and powder coated fixturing, designed by Elizabeth Kauffer for Nessen Studio Li...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Statuary Marble, Carrara Marble, Marble, Brass
Modern Lima Cordless Table Lamp. Champagne Bronze, Handmade Portugal Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Lima Cordless Table Lamp, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Lima cordless table lamp redefines the concepts of functionality and style in contemporary interior design with unparalleled elegance. By combining cutting-edge technology with exquisite craftsmanship, this cordless table lamp offers the freedom to effortlessly create a warm and inviting ambiance anywhere, anytime.
Lima Cordless Table Lamp Material Codes
FI073 Champagne bronze...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
Modern Tosco Cordless Table Lamp, Champagne Bronze, Handmade Portugal Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Tosco Cordless Table Lamp, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Tosco cordless table lamp redefines the concepts of functionality and style in contemporary interior design with unparalleled elegance. By combining cutting-edge technology with exquisite craftsmanship, this cordless table lamp offers the freedom to effortlessly create a warm and inviting ambiance anywhere, anytime.
This table lamp can work connected to the mains or to a powerbank.
Tosco Cordless Table Lamp Material Codes
FI073 Champagne bronze...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
Olive Green DL/35 Table Lamp by Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, 1960s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Model DL/35 table lamp made by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in the 1960s. The colour of the handmade decorated base is Dark Olive Green with traces of Blue.
The l...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Clay
Dark Olive Palshus Table Lamp Model DL/27 by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Rotterdam, NL
A DL/27 table lamp made by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in the 1960s. The colour of this piece is Dark Olive with traces of Amber.
The lamp comes with its origin...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Clay
Pair of Mid-Century Tulip Table Lamps by Designline in Orange on White Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A gorgeous matching pair of tulip form table lamps after Laurel Lamp Company These feature an orange powder coated cast aluminum bases with mouth blown frosted white glass shades. Th...
Category
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Nickel
Mid-Century Mpdern Italian Table lamp
Located in Madrid, ES
A MidCentury Italian table lamp.Metal frame, Chromed shaft and black enemeled base.Excellent condition.Free shipping
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Blue DL/30 Table Lamp by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, 1960s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Danish chamotte (texture clay) table lamp with impressed decoration by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, Denmark, 1960s.
Palshus produced a wide range of table lamps...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Luciano Gaspari Glass Sculpture on Custom Lamp Pedestal
Located in Brooklyn, NY
c. 1960, Italy, the cast clear glass modernist Spazialismo work is the largest of three sizes, and weights approx. 20lbs. It was produced by murano glass maker Salviati, where Gaspar...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Blue Palshus Table Lamp Model DL/27 by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Rotterdam, NL
A DL/27 table lamp made by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in the 1960s. The colour of this piece is cobalt blue.
The lamp comes with its original lampshade holder. T...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Clay
Tekna Blakes Table Lamp in Dark Bronze with Rivuletta Glass
By Tekna
Located in New York, NY
Eclectic table lamp in bronze lacquered in color with inside fitted glass. Supplied with rechargeable Li-ion battery at the bottom, good for a life...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Hervé Van Der Straeten, Athéna, Alabaster Table Lamp, Purple Shade, France, 2012
Located in New York, NY
Alabaster table lamp with patinated gilt bronze accents and a paper lampshade, by Hervé van der Straeten
Monogrammed: HV.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
French Modernist Table Lamp, circa 1950
By Arlus, Jacques Biny
Located in Vienna, AT
Brilliant modernist French table lamp from the early 1950s. The Minimalist sculptural base holds a lantern style body with glass diffuser (frosted on the inside). One brass and ceram...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Satin Carlo Moretti Contemporary Murano Glass with Wood Base Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp with wooden base and light source over which a mouth blown transparent and white milk glass round sphere lies. The lamp is adjustable and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Milk Glass, Blown Glass
Val Saint Lambert 'Twisted Light' Crystal Table Lamp, Belgium 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
This simple yet graceful table lamp is in size; 39 cm excluding the shade.
The colored core in Classic Val Saint Lambert tint, has been given a thick Sommerso (clear crystal casing) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Marianna von Allesch, Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp, United States, circa 1950s
Located in New York, NY
A sleek, glazed ceramic midcentury table lamp. Shade sold separately.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Ayala Serfaty, Soma Series: Adaptation, Handmade Light Sculpture, Israel, 2005
Located in New York, NY
Soma Series includes lights sculptures, crafted by applying a self-webbing membrane over a unique structure made of thin glass rods in the traditional lampwork technique. As inspirat...
Category
Early 2000s Israeli Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Our Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Ceramic Table Lamp has a beautiful brown glaze over the 3 dimensional, bas-relief design on the front an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
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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