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Table Lamps For Sale
1970s Small White Crackled Table Lamp with Original Brown Woven Lampshade
Located in Aspen, CO
1970s French small white crackled pottery lamp with brown striated detailing. Original woven brown shade in excellent condition.
Category
1970s European Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
1970s MCM Large White Pearlescent Ceramic Oyster Form Lamp with Globe as Pearl
Located in St. Louis, MO
Hollywood Regency style large ceramic form open oyster / clam shell table lamp on round raised pedestal base, in a white Pearlescent glaze, with white globe as pearl. This lamp is ...
Category
1970s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
A Bohemian blue cut to clear crystal mushroom lamp, 1980s
Located in Delft, NL
A Bohemian blue cut to clear crystal mushroom lamp, 1980s
A mushroom lamp of 60 cm high made of Blue cut to clear crystal. The crystal shade...
Category
20th Century European Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Vintage Foliage Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1980's French porcelain table lamps with foliage motif.
Measurements:
Height of body: 22"
Height to rest to shade: 37"
Diameter:6.25
Category
1980s French Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
$4,800 / set
Modern Murano Table Lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Venini, Signed ca. 1994
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful table lamp in white hand-blown murano glass.
Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Venini and manufactured in 1994.
The glass shade is signed "Venini ".
Ettore Sottsass (1917-201...
Category
1990s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Ceiba Table Lamp
Located in Mérida, MX
The Ceiba Lamp embodies the essence of artisanal craftsmanship, meticulously crafted entirely by hand. Inspired by the sacred Tree of Life in the Yucatan Pe...
Category
2010s Mexican Aesthetic Movement Table Lamps
Materials
Clay, Linen
$1,620 / item
Antique Bradley & Hubbard School Six-Panel Slag Glass Table Lamp c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Bradley & Hubbard School Six-Panel Slag Glass Table Lamp with Filigree Floral Patterned Shade C1920
Measures - 22.5"h x 16.25"diam
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
1980s Eurolicht 'Work-Sun' Angled Halogen Desk Lamp in White by Eurolicht
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage minimalist 1980s 'Work-Sun' halogen desk lamp by Eurolicht. This 1983 IF Design Award winner has white enameled metal frame and contrasting black switch. In original conditio...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Waterford Hollywood Regency Brass & Crystal Glencar Table Lamp
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Hollywood Regency Waterford Irish cut crystal table lamp in the Glencar pattern with brass base and top, and a white shade.
Measures: 7.5” x 24” / shade - 20” x 14” / heig...
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$376 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis Sognot Bamboo and Rattan Lamp "Mid-Century Modern" 1960, France
By Louis Sognot
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Louis Sognot bamboo and rattan lamp "Mid-Century Modern" 1960, France
Very nice lamp by the French designer Louis Sognot. The artist has created models using bamboo and rattan for t...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Cotton, Bamboo, Rattan
$749 Sale Price
36% Off
Edgar Brandt Et Daum Nancy Art Deco Lamp
By Edgar Brandt
Located in NANTES, FR
Edgar Brandt wrought iron lamp decorated with ginko biloba.
Signed E Brandt on the support of the shell
Glass paste shell signed Daum Nancy.
In very good condition and electrified.
Total height: 46.5 cm
Foot diameter: 17 cm
Shell diameter: 20 cm
Weight : 3,5 Kg
You can contact me for a shipping quote.
Edgar Brandt was born in Paris in 1880 and studied at the Vocational School of Vierzon.
In 1925, BRANDT took part in the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair Mid 20th Century Table lamps with Wood Sculpted Heads of Goddess Athena
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful pair of Mid 20th century large table lamps with busts of the Greece goddess Athena (Roman Minerva), with gilded helmets. Sculpted of solid ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Terracotta Ceramic Table Lamp with Oatmeal Linen Shade, Barro Bruñido
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
This collection is shaped from clay sourced from the Sierra Madre mountains in Oaxaca. Local legend holds that the clay is blessed.
Before firing, each piece is meticulously burnish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Clay, Linen
Hans-Agne Jakobsson Table Lamp Model B-145, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Fringes, brass and opaline glass shade. Produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Markaryd, 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
My Chrysalis by Ango – Handcrafted Silk Cocoon Table Lamp with Wood Base
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
My Chrysalis by Ango is a luminous table lamp that reflects the brand’s early vision of fusing natural materials with innovative design. One of Ango’s original lighting pieces, this ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Organic Material
Striking American Turquoise Crackle-Glaze Ceramic Lamps, Frederick Cooper, Pair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A striking and large pair of American 1960s turquoise crackle-glaze ceramic lamps by Frederick Cooper; each boldly-shaped ovoid-form lamp of richly-colored turquoise crackle glaze; f...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Large Midcentury Blanc De Chine Porcelain Jar Table Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Mid-Century Modern Chinese blanc de chine porcelain table lamp in the form of a ginger jar vase. Featuring a pierced fretwork body of cherry blossom trees with a matching lid. ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Modern Pewter Table Lamp, Sweden, 1930
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant Swedish Modern table lamp from B.H. Edlunds Silverfabrik, made from pewter. Tapering handle with a square base and art deco decor.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Pewter
Louis Katona Art Deco Lamp
By Louis Katona
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco lamp circa 1930.
Nickel-plated wrought iron base with pine decoration.
Stamped L.Katona.
Alabaster shell.
Electrified and in perfect condition.
Height: 48 cm
Shell diameter...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
Pair of Mercury Glass Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1950's French mercury glass table lamps.
Measurements:
Height of body: 16"
Height to shade rest: 27"
Diameter: 9"
Category
1950s French Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Mercury Glass
$6,200 / set
Pair of French Art Deco Lamps in Wrought Iron with Colored Glass Shades Signed
Located in Verviers, BE
A wonderful pair of French lamps. The stands are handmade in wrought iron with black finish patina and hammered with floral pattern. The metalwork is of excellent quality.
They are ...
Category
1940s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Extraordinary Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Table Lamps, Pair, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
This exquisite pair of table lamps, crafted in Italy during the 1960s, embodies the elegance and innovation of mid-century modern design, specifically in the style of Stilnovo. Featu...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
$1,344 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of ribbed glass table lamps in the manner of Zuccheri
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of ribbed glass table lamps with brass hardware in the manner of Toni Zuccheri for VeArt.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau French Brass & Frosted Glass Table Desk Light
Located in Amsterdam, NL
French frosted glass, brass desk light / table lamp
2,5 meter black cotton wire, plug and switch
Available with UK / US plug
Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made su...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Maria Theresia Crystal Glass Table Lamp Early 20th Century Original from 1900
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A typical fixture from the turn of the last century, circa 1900, wrought iron with glass-layers. In the centre a handblown and cut glass-vase.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Baroque Revival Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Swedish Designer, Table Lamps, Brass, Glass, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass and brown-colored blown glass table lamps designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1950s.
Light oxidation present to brass necks.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 12.5“ H x ...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Eileen Gray Jumo Desk Lamp
Located in Vienna, AT
This desk lamp was designed by Eileen Gray and manufactured by Jumo, France in 1930s.
A brass construction, features a gunmetal effect on the adjustable shade.
The lamp remains in...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$1,124 Sale Price
24% Off
Scandinavian Mid Century Table Lamps by ASEA
By Hans Bergström, ASEA
Located in Karlstad, SE
Pair of Table Lamps by ASEA, Sweden, circa 1950
This pair of Swedish table lamps was manufactured by ASEA around 1950 and reflects the refined simplicity of Scandinavian mid-century ...
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$6,007 / set
Mid century Modern wood elephant table lamp, Italy circa 1960s
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid century Modern wood elephant table lamp
Italy circa 1960s
Lampshade included
With Lampshade: H 30 cm - 22 × 16 cm
Conditions: very good consistent with age and use. Small den...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Impressive Pair Extra Large Alabaster Pedestals W. Ornamental Urn Design Vases
Located in Lisse, NL
Timeless design Classical pair of alabaster pedestals with vase design sideboard or table lamps
Have you ever tried to hand carve a figur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Vintage French Bronze Bamboo Table Lamps by Maison Charles
Located in Vilnius, LT
Pair of vintage French bamboo form bronze table lamps by Maison Charles.
Lamp shades are oval form, new made.
Singed on the side.
Each table lamp includes 3 pcs.E27 bulb.
Each la...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
DAUM French Art Deco Table Lamp, 1920
By Daum
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
This French Art Deco table lamp by DAUM (Croismare, France), dating from the 1920s, is a stunning example of the masterful craftsmanship that defined the Art Deco period. Featuring a...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Fancy Pair of Crystal & Brass Corinthian Column Table Lamps
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Fancy pair of crystal and brass neoclassical style table lamps with custom silk shades. The columns look like corinthian columns.
Category
1990s American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
6 Panel Slump Glass Table Lamp with Landscape Filigree Overlay
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a nicely designed Arts and Crafts table lamp. It has a curved shade with 6 elaborate landscape themed cast filigree panels. Each slump glass (curved) panel features a cream - amber variegated...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Stained Glass
Large Green Ginger Jar Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1940s French porcelain table lamps in the form of large ginger jars.
Measurements:
Height of body 23".
Category
1940s French Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
$5,200 / set
Large Neoclassical Solid Brass Urn Table Lamp
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Stately urn shaped solid brass table lamps features large neoclassical style urn on square ebonized bases. As shown without shades they stand 26 inches tall making an impressive stat...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Space Age Triedro table lamp by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Space Age Triedro Table Lamp by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo (1970s) is a rare and visionary lighting piece that perfectly embodies the futuristic aesthetic of the era. Designed by J...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1970s Rougier ' Bird of Paradise' Table Lamp, Canada
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Iconic 'Bird of Paradise' table lamp from Roger Rougier, Canada.
Elegant sculptural fan of pearl finish acrylic shell sitting on a thick brass base .
Contain one E26 ceramic ...
Category
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$1,895 Sale Price
24% Off
Swedish Designer, Table Lamp, Brass, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A brass table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1950s.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 14.75 “ H x 5 “W x 5“ D
Dimensions of Shade (inches): 7.625 “ Top Diameter x 10” Botto...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Hans Bergström, Table Lamps, Oak, Brass, Fabric, Sweden, 1950s
By ASEA, Hans Bergström
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass, oak and off white fabric table lamps designed by Hans Bergström and produced by ASEA, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches): 23“ H x 10.5” Diamet...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Large Antique Heiberg Opaline Glass Table Lamp from the 1920s
Located in Søborg, DK
Large impressive beautiful antique Heiberg table lamp from the 1920s in white opaline glass and with brass fittings.
Brass and ceramic lamp holder with an on/off chain pull switch....
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$580 Sale Price
20% Off
Rhapsody Rattan Small Table Lamp by Stephane Parmentier x Giobagnara
By Giobagnara
Located in New York, NY
For nearly twenty years, the Giobagnara brand has combined traditional know-how and leading-edge technology to produce elegance of the highest standard. With luxurious creations avai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Rattan
Early Diskometal Table Lamps by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
Set of Early-Work Diskometal Table Lamps made by Just Andersen in the 1920s.
* Set (2) of diskometal lamps with 12-sided base, slim neck and beige fabric shades.
* Designer: Just A...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Mid-Century Table Lamps/ Drukov, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of metal, glass
- Re-polished
- Fully functional
- Good, original condition.
-There is an otherwise strong light bulb in the lamps so that you ca...
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique HANDEL Table/Desk Lamp - STICKLEY ERA - W2339
By Handel Co.
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an antique Handel table/desk lamp Arts and Crafts. It is signed (as pictured). The bronze base with the original patina. The switch is in perf...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Kila Red Dog Rolling Table Lamp by Harry Allen for IKEA
By IKEA, Harry Allen
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome Kila red dog rolling table lamp designed by Harry Allen for Ikea. It is in wonderful vintage condition. We have provided a new plug adapter. Please see photos, circa 2001.
Ok I never thought I would say IKEA and original awesome design in the same sentence but here you have it! This incredible table task lamp was designed in 2001 exclusively for Ikea by Harry Allen designs. He and it won accolades worldwide for its fabulous design. Harry’s inspiration for this rolling task light was his life-long interest in roller skating. Its tripod base is supported by rubber wheels which allow it to move in circles. Designer, Harry Allen is quoted as saying “Kila spins on its axis as if it had been practicing that move in the roller rink for decades.” This bright red lamp is so reminiscent of 1960s cutting edge design yet feels futuristic at the same time. And although it originally sold for IKEAs super low pricing has now as with the great designs through the ages become collectable and sought after.
Harry Allen is an award winning designer born1964 in New Jersey. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Alfred University and his master’s in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in NYC. He founded Harry Allen Design NYC in 1993. That same year he produced a line of furniture called Living Systems and since has designed internationally with a wide variety of clients and products. He has work in the permanent collection of MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Denver Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art as well as earning many design awards.
We found this lamp sitting atop a George Nelson action...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Midcentury Pair of Table Lamps in Glass and Brass by Gino Paroldo, Italy 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing pair of table lamps in nile green glass, smoked glass and brass by Gino Paroldo.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Celadon Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1940's American celadon porcelain table lamps with bronze base.
Measurements:
Height of body: 20"
Height to rest of shade:28.5"
Width: 7.25" (square base)
Category
1940s American Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Celadon
$5,800 / set
Pair of Midcentury Murano Bedside Lamp, 1940s
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A pair of fun small lamps inteded to stand beside the bed made in brass and glass. Note that the etching on the glass is individual for each lamp. Working and in nice condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Designer, Table Lamp, Pine, Fabric with Hand Embroidery, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pine and embroidered fabric table lamp, designed and produced by a Swedish designer, Sweden, 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Pine, Fabric
Foscarini Magneto LED Reading Lamp by Giulio Iacchetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reading lamp with direct light. Batch dyed ABS diffuser with incorporated LED, epoxy powder coated steel base and rod. The “super magnet”, spherical in shape and made of “rare earth”...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of 1980s Chapman Lamp Co. Tall Brass Candlestick Table Lamps - Black Shades
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lovely pair of vintage 1980s Chapman Regency style tall brass candlestick table lamps with black shades and finials. Unlacquered brass or live brass will continue to patina or polish...
Category
1980s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Round Table Lamp by Carlo Nason for A.V. Mazzega, Italy, 1970s
By Carlo Nason
Located in Greding, DE
A round table lamp designed by Carlo Nason for A.V. Mazzega in the 1970s. Made of white glass, the lamp features a delicate linear texture and organic concave indentations, giving it...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Gorgeous Pair of Mid-Century Chinoiserie Art Glass Lamps
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A pair of large chinoiserie lamps from the 1960's.
Egg shape glass body with Geisha gathering images applied to the inside.
Beautiful brass a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Michel Armand Gilt Bronze Modernist Sculpture Table Lamp, 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
This beautiful table lamp produced by Atelier Michel Armand in the 1970s has the visual impact of a modernist sculpture. This rare model, named L...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
rare Italian table lamp attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso Murano glass
By Seguso, Flavio Poli
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Table lamp from the 60s attributed to Italian designer Flavio Poli for Seguso. Faceted pyramid base in thick orange Murano glass, oval white glass shade. Original, highly decorative ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Hollywood Regency Tall Tan Palm Leaf Table Lamp
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A tall tan Hollywood Regency lamp with a textured palm leaf motif. This lovely table lamp will be fabulous on a side table, nightstand or credenza. It is tall and round and features ...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage ITRE Murano Venezia Murano Glass Table Lamp in Wood, "Carlotta"
By ITRE
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage ITRE Murano Venezia Murano Glass Table Lamp in Wood, "Carlotta"
Offered for sale is a vintage ITRE Murano Venezia wood and Murano glass "Carlotta...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Frankart Style Nude Silhouette Silver Moon Spelter Table Lamp by Sarsparilla
By Sarsaparilla
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco-styled Frankart re-edition by Sarsparilla features a nude nymph silhouette moon black metal table lamp. This lamp is crafted from silver-painted white metal featuring a grac...
Category
1970s American Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$1,125 Sale Price
40% Off
Pair of Large Black Rock Quartz Crystal Table Lamps by, Joseph Malekan
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elevate your interior design with these dramatic black crystal table lamps, a captivating blend of natural beauty and modern elegance. Craf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
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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