Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Aluminum, Metal
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s British Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Scagliola
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stone, Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English William IV Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Stone, Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Table Lamps
Ceramic, Paper
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine, Steel
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
20th Century American Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Lucite, Wood
20th Century Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Glass
1980s Swiss Belle Époque Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Glass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
1950s American Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Metal
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Dutch Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Raffia, Plaster
1990s Unknown Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Table Lamps
Shell
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Porcelain
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Nickel
1950s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Italian Brutalist Table Lamps
Metal
1970s American Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Burmese Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Wood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
Antique, New and Vintage Table Lamps
Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. A well-crafted antique or vintage table lamp does 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. 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 during the Art Deco movement, originating 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 an Art Deco table lamp provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
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 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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