Table Lamps
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Earthenware, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Enamel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1980s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Table Lamps
Jade, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1960s English Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Spelter
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Hide, Wood, Parchment Paper
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Swiss Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Metal
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze, Aluminum
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Acrylic
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Plaster
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
Mid-20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Iron
2010s Table Lamps
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Fabric, Wood
Late 20th Century American Regency Table Lamps
Brass, Enamel
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Table Lamps
Tin
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1870s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain, Wood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Gold Leaf
1920s Chinese Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Glass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Industrial Table Lamps
Iron, Enamel, Steel
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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