Table Lamps
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass, Oak
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pottery
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Wood, Birch
1980s German Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Early 18th Century French Classical Roman Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1980s Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Unknown Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1980s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
1980s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Copper
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bamboo, Paper
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Gold
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s Taiwanese Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Wire
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Table Lamps
Jade, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Spanish Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Gold, Bronze, Brass
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1980s Italian Memphis Group Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Carrara Marble, Brass
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Belle Époque Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1790s Italian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Country Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Pottery
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1980s English Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1980s Dutch Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1980s English Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Faux Leather, Fruitwood
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s French Vintage Table Lamps
Linen, Rope
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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