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Table Lamps For Sale
1940 Italian Design Serpentina Brass Table Lamp _ Set of 2
Located in Brescia, IT
Pair of "Serpentina" Table Lamps
Italy, 1940-1950
Polish Brass Frame of excellent quality
Lampshades included
Very Good Condiction
Perfect working order
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Italian Blown Glass Rooster Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of vintage Italian blown glass Rooster lamps.
Stylish pair of Hollywood Regency Italian blown frosted glass table lamps hand decorated with s...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass
Ormolu Mount Famille Verte Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of ormolu mount famille verte porcelain lamps, Each lamp installed two E26 sockets. To the top of the porcelain 21 inch,lamp shade are not...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Koch and Lowy Chrome Table / Reading Lamps
By Koch & Lowy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Midcentury Koch and Lowy table/reading lamp with adjustable shade and dimmer switch. This lamp has been refinished in antique bronze patina.
This ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
B.T. Promotional Table Lamps by Duccio Trassinelli for Sormani
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
A pair of B.T. promotional table lamps, designed by Duccio Trassinelli in 1971, a founding member of studio A.R.D.I.T.I., produced by Sormani SPA. These lamps were created as promotional items to demonstrate Trassinelli's innovative technique, which involves a low-voltage current flowing between two steel plates through randomly positioned electromagnetic components.
The components are completely safe to touch, and each methacrylate bulb holder can be positioned anywhere on the steel plate.
In 2005, these lamps were restored by Duccio Trassinelli himself and were acquired directly from him.
Each lamp comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and a copy of the related patent for the mechanism, also issued by the artist.
These lamps, along with related works, are part of the permanent collections at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Floor Lamp Classic Contemporary Hand-Sculpted Blackened Steel and Linen Shade
Located in Bronx, NY
Lamp No. 5
J.M. Szymanski
D. 2022
This special floor lamp features a linen shade and a carved steel base. A single A unique take on a classic look, this simple lamp...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
French Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
Heavy 19th century French Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Two Candelabra Lamp with Black Tole Shade. Shade is decorated with gilt wreaths that add contrast nicely with the black shade. Gilt f...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Pharaoh Head Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A Pair of pewter Pharaoh lamps with original shades, small damage to one shade which is imaged in the slider. Well cast pieces, nice patina. French circa ...
Category
1970s European Egyptian Revival Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Pewter
Tulipani 2-Light Phytomorphic Table Lamp
Located in Milan, IT
Romantic in its silhouette, recreating a couple of tulips in bloom, this table lamp is an ode to nature enhanced by the luxury of precious finishes and materials. The leafed stems si...
Category
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Attributed Angelo Brotto Mid-century Modern Brass Table Lamps by Esperia, Pair
By Esperia, Angelo Brotto
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful pair of sculptural table lamps, crafted from cast and hammer-chiselled solid brass.
Made of high quality brass in a beautiful golden colour.
These lamps are attributed to t...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Neo Art Deco 1939 New York World's Fair DC-3 Airplane Lamp Derico, Rick Ramírez
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Reedition 1939 World's Fair Airplane Art Deco Lamp based on the DC-3 passenger plane and the 1939 New York World's Fair commemorative bottle designed by R...
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Scandinavian Modern Unique Stoneware Table Lamp by Conny Walther, 1960s
Located in Odense, DK
Large stoneware table lamp handmade by Danish artist Conny Walther at her own workshop in the 1960s. Mounted with a flax linen shade. Signed with artist initials "cw" underneath.
He...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Teak and Rattan Table Lamp by Temde, circa 1970
Located in Hagenbach, DE
A wonderful teak table lamp made in the 1960s by Temde in Switzerland. It is fascinating with its rare lamp shade.
The light requires one E27 (US E26) light bulb. Good vintage con...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Rattan, Teak
Black Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s, Set of 2
By Josef Hurka, Drupol
Located in Żory, PL
These black table lamps were manufactured by Drupol and designed by Josef Hurka in the mid 1960s. Original, good condition, fully functional.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Swedish Modern Table Lamp, Sweden ca 1950-60's
Located in Örebro, SE
Scandinavian modern table lamp ca 1950-60's.
Unknown designer and maker.
Good vintage condition, wear and patina consistent with age and use.
Scratches on the base, wear on the lamp...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Copper Art Deco Strindberg Lamp from Sweden
Located in Søborg, DK
A very elegant antique copper art deco Strindberg lamp from the 1930s.
Stands completely original from the hand blown white opaline glass defuser t...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Copper
1970s Space Age Yellow Glass and Metal Table Lamp Carlo Nason for Mazzega
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An iconic table lamp manufactured in Italy by Mazzega, chromed metal and yellow murano glass are in good vintage conditions. It works both 110-240 volts and needs regular e27 bulb.Th...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Kartell Bourgie Lamp in Copper 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
Metal
Ametista Table Lamp by Romeo Rega
By Romeo Rega
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Chrome and light purple vinyl with brass details table lamp designed by Romeo Rega. Italy, 1970 circa
Signed on the base.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Le Fer Forge Rare Art Deco Piano / Desk / Table Lamp, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
This striking and rare French Art Deco piano/desk/table lamp, crafted by Henri Fournet at Le Fer Forge in Lyon, France, dates back to the 1920s and features an elegant wrought-iron d...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Jacques Moniquet Silver Plated Table Lamp, Cheret Edition, circa 1975, France
By Moniquet
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful Jacques Moniquet table lamp, Cheret Edition Paris, circa 1975, France.
Compressed silver plated metal, new white fabric shade.
Stamped edition Cheret AAM, Paris.
Each piece...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Seletti Resin Lamp "Monkey Lamp-Us"- Standing
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
Degué French Art Deco Table Lamp, 1920
By Degué
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco table lamp by Degue (Compiegne), France, 1920s. Thick molded glass shade. Original wrought iron base. Measures: Height 14.2" (36cm), diameter of the base 5.9"(15cm). ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Art Nouveau Austrian Bronze Table Lamp with Loetz Styled Art Glass Shade
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique table lamp is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Austria and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The lamp base is composed o...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Lee Rosen for Design Technics Gourd Rare Green Ceramic Lamp 1960s
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A 1960s ceramic lamp designed by Lee Rosen for Design Technics. A gourd form with Rosen’s signature textured finish, in an uncommon green glaze. The glaze and texture casting shadows...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Original Danish Caprani Tripod Table Lamp, 1970s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
A beech wood tripod desk lamp designed by Mads Caprani in the 1970s for Caprani Light. A rare find for a beautiful home.
* A tripod desk lamp in bend beech veneer with a pleated li...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wood, Beech
Large Alabaster Table Lamp, 1910s
By Limousin
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
This antique French Art Deco alabaster table lamp, crafted in the 1910s, features a thick alabaster shade set upon a wrought-iron base. Old alabaster cannot be compared to new ones. ...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
Chinese Carved Gourd Cricket Cage and a Modeled Cricket
Located in Norton, MA
This is a very noticeable and expensive hobby in the Chinese culture for keeping crickets as pets in a small cage. It can be traced beginning in China as early as the Tang dynasty, (...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Maison Charles Travertine Table Lamp with Brass Mounts, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Original Maison Charles table or console lamp with egg shaped travertine center on brass base and new ivory colored shade. This is a signature piece from the well respected establishment. Very elegant appearance.
Bears the makers mark.
The lamp is in nearly excellent original condition with minor signs of wear.
Recently rewired, outfitted with a new silk shade and gold colored twisted rope style cord. European sockets (original) and plug, holds three E14 LED bulbs.
Currently wired for use in France, easily adjustable for select destination.
Measures: Diameter 12.25 in. x Height 25.63 in.
Ernest Charles took over Maison Ullman, which was specialising in the reproduction of old lighting...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Mid-Century Danish Turned Wood Table Lamp with Fabric Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid turned wood table lamp with knit edged fabric shade. This vase shaped table lamp is crafted from a single piece of solid wood. In good overall condition with visible wear and s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Fabric, Wood
French Empire Neoclassical Bronze Three Candelabra Bouillotte Lamp Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful French Empire / Neoclassical bronze basket form with three candelabra bouillotte lamp with green tole shade.
Category
20th Century Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Panoplie Petite Iron Tripod Lamp, Rope Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petite iron tripod lamp with slender legs and tapered feet. New wiring and new rope linen shade. Multiple available, sold individually. Takes o...
Category
2010s Table Lamps
Materials
Iron, Brass
Italian Bamboo and Brass Gabriella Crespi Inspired Pair of Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks.
Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
DCW Editions In The Sun Cordless Table Lamp in Gold Steel Body with Gold Mesh
Located in Brooklyn, NY
DCW Editions In The Sun Cordless Table Lamp in Gold Steel Body with Gold Mesh by Dominique Perrault & Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost
There is nothing more tender and magical than the ligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Pair of Signal Table Light from Souda, White x Nickel, Made to Order
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The signal table lamp is familiar, yet futuristic. From beneath it’s spun metal shade LEDs cast a warm and inviting glow onto a polished central stem grounded by a cast iron base. Wi...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Space Invader Line by Studio Chora, Table Lamp, Limestone Plaster, In Stock
By Studio Chora
Located in Albuquerque, NM
Designed by Studio Chora, Space Invader Mini, 2021.
Amorphous, nonconforming, the Space Invader is expressive of the human form.
The Space Invader serie...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster, Paper
Classic Modernist Double -cone parchment shade lamp by Majestic Lamp Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Modernist Double -cone parchment shade lamp by Majestic Lamp Company,, 40 years in business , I have NEVER come across this version,! and trust me,, I have owned over 100 Maj...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Table Lamps with Carrara Marble Base
Located in Buggiano, IT
Pair of Italian table lamps with Carrara marble base.
The wiring of the wires and the plug are those of the time.
At the moment they work with 220V and lamps with E27 socket types,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
Sculptural Midcentury Design Brown Ceramic Table Lamp by Viot 1975
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jean-Pierre Viot
circa 1975
Elegant brown ceramic table lamp by the French artist.
Sculptural and decorative lamp with brown ceramic glaze color.
Mid-20th century design....
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pedrita Table Lamp, Brazilian Contemporary Design in Brazilian Quartz, Model S
Located in Sao Paulo, BR
This is Pedrita table lamp (Model S) and it is part of Pedrita lamp series.
Pedrita lamp series’ concept is based on an experimentation of Brazilian stones: quartzites and quartz crystals, which are natural, semiprecious and exotic stones found in Brazilian territory.
We worked in a Minimalist perspective, using straight lines and simple shapes to highlight materials’ natural properties. Their colors, vein patterns and translucency resemble green forest landscapes, greenish archipelagos, paths shaped by volcanic golden lava, running rivers or glacier and icebergs.
Pedrita means ‘valuable stone’ and translates our desire to honor an alliance between national natural resources and Brazilian design.
Technical specifications:
Measures: Model S table 32...
Category
2010s Brazilian Other Table Lamps
Materials
Quartz
Sviveling Shade Art Deco Desk Lamp, Re-Edition
By Desny, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant timeless desk lamp. Very heavy base, sviveling shade
Brass nickel-plated - stem in black laquered beechwood, other finishes as well.
Most components according to the UL...
Category
2010s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Bronze and favrile Desk lamp
Damascene iridescent glass with greens, blues, goals and silver. Fine reticulated and patinated bronze base. Original favrile pearl heat cap. Original socket and paddle switch. A rare and fabulous table lamp.
New York c. 1910
patinated bronze, Favrile glass
Height: 20 Inches (51 cm)
Diameter: 7 Inches (18 cm)
Impressed to base 'TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK'.
Etched to inner top aperture 'L.C.T. Favrile'.
Provenance: Private Collection, New York
Literature: Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Alastair Duncan, pg. 90 illustrates base and shade
AVANTIQUES is dedicated to providing an exclusive curated collection of Fine Arts, Paintings, Bronzes, Asian treasures, Art Glass and Antiques. Our inventory represents time-tested investment quality items with everlasting decorative beauty. We look forward to your business and appreciate any reasonable offers. All of our curated items are vetted and guaranteed authentic and as described. Avantiques only deals in original antiques and never reproductions. We stand behind our treasures with a full money back return policy if the items are not as described.
Tiffany glass refers to the many and varied types of glass developed and produced from 1878 to 1933 at the Tiffany Studios in New York, by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a team of other designers, including Clara Driscoll, Agnes F. Northrop and Frederick Wilson.
In 1865, Tiffany traveled to Europe, and in London he visited the Victoria and Albert Museum, whose extensive collection of Roman and Syrian glass made a deep impression on him. He admired the coloration of medieval glass and was convinced that the quality of contemporary glass could be improved upon. In his own words, the "Rich tones are due in part to the use of pot metal full of impurities, and in part to the uneven thickness of the glass, but still more because the glass maker of that day abstained from the use of paint".
Tiffany was an interior designer, and in 1878 his interest turned toward the creation of stained glass, when he opened his own studio and glass foundry because he was unable to find the types of glass that he desired in interior decoration. His inventiveness both as a designer of windows and as a producer of the material with which to create them was to become renowned. Tiffany wanted the glass itself to transmit texture and rich colors and he developed a type of glass he called "Favrile".
The glass was manufactured at the Tiffany factory...
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1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Hollywood Regency Style Ruby Red Glass Table Lamps - Set of 2
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a pair of vintage Hollywood Regency Style Ruby Red Glass Table Lamps. Featuring a brass base, a ruby red glass body, and original harp and cord. This is an except...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency 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
Adnet Style Brass Horse Shoe & Black Stitched Leather Desk Lamp, France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Elegant neoclassical black stitched leather and brass horseshoe shaped base table or desk lamp.
In good vintage condition. European socket and wiring. Price include rewiring for use...
Category
1960s French Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of "Aggregate" Rock Crystal Cluster Lamps by Spark Interior
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of "Aggregate" table lamps composed of clustered rock crystal fragments.
"Aggregate" table lamps from our signature Eon Collection. Beautifully hand cut and polished Brazilian ...
Category
Early 2000s American Table Lamps
Materials
Rock Crystal
Murano Glass Aqua Blue and Gold Table Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
This pair of side tables is made in Murano, Italy, outside of Venice. Each has a hand-blown aqua blue cylindrical body with 23 carat gold avventurina detailing. There are darker aqua...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Art Deco wood table lamp with nickel- plated metal and fabric shade vienna 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco wood table lamp with nickel- plated metal and fabric shade vienna 1920s
Metal nickel - plated
The fabric shades is replaced ( new )
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Rare Pair of French 18th c. Tole Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare pair of Directoire period Bouillotte tole lamps in original black and gilt lacquer paint, having swan handles, vasiform bodies and plinth base, now electrified (fitted to inside...
Category
Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Transparent Ovale Table Lamp by Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Chosen as one of Architectural Digest “best new lights, 2015”, Ovale is a table lamp of mouth blown Murano glass with mouth blown Murano white opaline glass shade mounted on gilded m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Olivia Cognet Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of ceramic table lamps by the talented french contemporary artist Olivia Cognet.
These large tubular shape lamps have mirrored design of sharp geometrical shapes, brass hardwar...
Category
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Tiffany Studios “Jade Ring” Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910.
This is a rare one of a kind early Tiffany Studios larg...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Flexible Vintage Red Space Age Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
Red space age table lamp with flexible metal arm. The arm and shade can be positioned in any way desirable. The lamp is made out of metal. The lamp requires one E27/26 (standard) lig...
Category
20th Century Space Age Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Crystal Cobalt Blue Glass & Gilt Bronze Light Candleholder Girandoles Candelabra
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Crystal Cobalt Blue Glass & Gilt Bronze Light Candleholder Girandoles Candelabra . A Very Exquisite pair of late 19th century Swedish cut-glass crystal Girandole candelabra. Mounted ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Stone, Crystal, Bronze, Metal
Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Fine painted blue and white porcelain vases with brass bases, mounted as lamps.
(Lampshade not included)
Category
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Jean Gauthier & Le Fer Forgé Art Deco Opalescent Table Lamp, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco table lamp by Jean Gauthier (Paris), France, 1920s. Thick opalescent semi-crystal shade with an Art Deco pattern. Depending on the exposure to light, opalescent blue ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Wonderful Table Lamp by Jac Jacobsen
By Jac Jacobsen
Located in Oslo, NO
Charming table lamp on a painted steel frame.
This is the early model L-11 (Luxo-11) by Jac Jacobsen. Made in Norway by his company Jac Jacobsen AS.
The PIXAR animation studio ...
Category
1950s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
1960s Josef Hurka Red Desk Lamp for Napako , Czechoslovakia
By Napako, Josef Hurka
Located in Praha, CZ
- cleaned and rewired
- US wiring compatible
- Good original condition with minor signs of use
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
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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