Table Lamps
1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Cut Glass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s European Vintage Table Lamps
Pottery
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Lacquer, Wood
20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps
Porcelain, Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Gold
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Polish Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Plastic, Acrylic
1980s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century North American Minimalist Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Table Lamps
Alabaster, Stainless Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Alabaster, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Glass
Early 1900s French Other Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Copper
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Pewter
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Irish Art Deco Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Table Lamps
Bamboo, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1940s Italian Other Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Raffia, Plaster
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Malachite, Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Leather
20th Century Space Age Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Cork
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
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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