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Table Lamps For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1930s
Green Marble Table Lamp, 1970
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A beautiful table lamp made of green and brown marble made in Italy in 1970s.
The height including lamp shade is 27.5 inch / 70 cm and without lamp shade 18.5 inch / 47 cm.
The natural white lamp shade has been renewed.
Dimensions:
With lampshade: Height 27.5 inch / 70 cm, diameter 13.8 inch / 35 cm
Stand only...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
Pugno Table Lamp by Richard Carruthers for Fontana Arte, 1971
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Original table lamp No. 2425 or "Pugno" designed by Richard Carruthers and produced by Fontana Arte in 1971.
The lamp is made of metal, painted gray and has a chrome tube in which...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Iron
Green Table Lamp Drive by Adalberto Dal Lago & Adam Thiani for Francesconi, 1970
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Table lamp drive designed by Adalberto Dal Lago and Adam Thiani in 1974. It was manufactured by Francesconi and features an original label on its underside.
This model is part of a series of wall and table lamps. All of them made from plastic, rubber and safety glass. The lamp on offer is the largest model in the series. The top of the lamp can be turned, the relatively heavy rubber base keeps it stabile.
Another table lamp from the same series has been described in the Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950-2000 by Giuliana Gramigna on Page 229 (1974) and in 'Space Age Lights...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Rubber
Ugo Zaccagnini Ceramic Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting op-art design of stylized birds in black and white glaze over matte brown base. Recalls the early work of MC Escher. Signed to underside. Measure...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
A Pair of French 1960's White Frosted Glass Lamps with Gilt Highlights
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each with flaring neck above a tapering body resting on a gilt-metal base; all in a soft translucent frosted glass highlighted with gilt perimeter bands; measures: height 19" (top of...
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Large Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Lamp by E. F. Caldwell
Located in New York, NY
A very large and impressive neoclassical bronze table lamp attributed to E. F. Caldwell and Co, New York City. Very finely hand chased and chiseled gilt bronze in the neoclassical ta...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Josef Frank Brass Table Lamps, Model 2467/2, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare pair of table lamps was designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn in Sweden in the 1950s. The lamps are marked with the model number 2467/2 on the bottom of the base. This model is no longer in production and was also featured in the 1950s Svenskt Tenn catalogue .
The design is marked by the organic base in a propeller shape. The base is resting and slightly raised on three legs. The base and tubular central stem are all in polished brass. The empire shades have been renewed in an ivory, linen textured fabric which offers a nice contrast with the gold brass.
Later light fittings...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp, 1960, France, a Pair
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
A craft table lamp pair. In solid oak, France, 1960.
Elegant pair of oak hand-carved lamps, Without lampshade. It is in good general condition and works perfectly. The diffused lig...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Oak
Murano Venetian Baluster Blown Translucent Glass Table Lamp
By Murano 5
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Impressive, sizable Venetian murano blown translucent glass table lamp with baluster form in periwinkle and pink stripes with gold flecks (ca. late 1...
Category
1930s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Barovier & Toso Murano Blown Glass Periwinkle Color Midcentury Table Lamp, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Splendid Murano table lamps punched Barovier & Toso. A supreme light periwinkle color. Stylish and very special design due to these large semi-spheres attached to the large cup.
The...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Soft pink Murano flared mushroom lamp
Located in Toronto, ON
Stunning Murano art glass mushroom lamp with a flared top shape. It was originally made in the island of Murano, Italy in the 1970s by Murano g...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
“Cubosfera” Pair Table Lamps by Alessandro Mendini for Fidenza Vetraria, 1960s
Located in Brescia , Brescia
Illuminate your space with iconic mid-century charm embodied in this remarkable pair of Cubosfera table lamps, designed by the legendary Alessandro Mendini for Fidenza Vetraria in th...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1970s Space Age Art Glass and Chrome Table Lamp with Brown and White Inclusions
By Mazzega
Located in Melbourne, AU
A compact table light designed and made in Italy or Spain in the late 1970s. We have restored and rewired, adding a satin black coat to the base. Simple push button switch to undersi...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Adjustable Banker lamp around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Adjustable Banker lamp around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Hala Zeist Architect Desk Lamp, Dutch, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Dutch Design this Hala Zeist Architect en table or desk lamp. Model T9
1960s Very nice example. Works perfect. Light in every direction you want.
One large E27 bulb needed.
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Stunning Extra Large Glass Table Lamps by Peil & Putzler, Germany, 1970s
Located in Aachen, NRW
Wonderful extra-large midcentury mushroom table lamps by Peill & Putzler, Germany, 1970s.
Made of a single piece of blown and cased glass with black and red pigment inclusions which...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Opal
Mid-Century Modern Lava Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Newly Rewired, New Custom Linen Shade
Dimensions:
26.50"H x 11"W x 11"D
Lamp Shade:
10"H x 17"W x 17"D
Materials: Glazed Ceramic, New Custom Linen Shade
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Linen
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Drophead Dragonfly Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Gilt Bronze Jeweled Drophead Dragonfly Table Lamp, circa 1910.
At the turn of the century, Clara Driscoll, head of the women’s glass cutting department and the brains behind some of Tiffany’s most iconic shades introduced the “Drophead Dragonfly” to the world. Unable to cut the pieces of glass small enough to give the desired lacy effect to the wings of the dragonfly, Driscoll came up with the idea of using a brass filigree overlay that would be soldered over top of the glass wings, giving a much more intricate appearance.
These filigrees had previously been used on smaller decorative items but were a new concept in lamp design. The Dragonfly became one of Tiffany’s first recorded leaded shades, shown as early as 1899 by Art Nouveau tastemaker Siegfried Bing at Grafton Galleries in London The design won her the bronze medal at the 1900 world's fair a year later.
As the son of Tiffany & Co-founder Charles Lewis Tiffany, jewels to Louis Comfort Tiffany were as water is to a fish. It is no wonder with this background that Tiffany made the bold decision to employ Leo Popper & Sons of New York City as its producer of glass jewels Popper was founded in 1880 to produce imitation stones for costume jewelry, and Tiffany’s entrepreneurial prowess saw the possibility of using jewels in leaded glass shades. On the subject, Tiffany wrote: “Anyone who has seen the great rose windows of Chartres has, intuitively or otherwise, understood the relationship between glass and jewels. Designed to refract light prismatically, and placed to raise heads beatifically, they resemble nothing so much as magnificent celestial jewels.” It was likely for this reason that model no. 1507 was Tiffany’s favorite. More than any of its variants, the shade was spangled with a wide assortment of cabochon topaz glass jewels.
This lamp features a unique example of Tiffany Studios' iconic Drophead Dragonfly shade depicting a swarm of nine descending dragonflies, each with a distinct combination of body and eye color. Dragonflies, each with wings of strikingly mottled apple green and deep red and a unique combination of eye and body color. The ground is a warm saffron yellow shaded up to rich butter yellow, punctuated by twinkling amber cabochons jewels and topped by geometric bands of purple mauve and mint green. The vibrancy and variation in the dragonfly glass...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Rococo Style Silvered Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Exquisite candelabra in Rococo style.
Bronze finely engraved and silvered. Seven scrolled, rolling candlesticks ending in vase-formed grommets.
(T-Mr-22-Bas).
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Original Laurel Mushroom Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original vintage Laurel mushroom lamp, U.S.A.. Gorgeous dijon yellow painted painted base with a three way switch. In very good condition ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel
Neoclassical Style Gilt Metal Column Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Neoclassical Style gilt metal column table lamp in the manner of Karl Springer (German, born 1931), with black shade, apparently unsigned.
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Large Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in München, DE
Beautiful table lamp from the 1960s.
The lamp has a great structure and is wonderfully designed.
Very high quality workmanship and fantastic design.
Condition:
Very good vintage co...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
Czech Iron and Crystal Table Lamp with Multicolor Grape Shades
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This a fabulous five-light table lamp with clustered grapes as shades, handblown applied leaves on Art Nouveau solid iron base. Made in Czechoslovakia it is the perfect lamp for a wi...
Category
20th Century Czech Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Iron
1970s Travertine Lamp by Philippe Barbier for Maison Barbier Paris France
Located in Antwerp, BE
1970s Large Travertine Floor Lamp design by Philippe Barbier for Maison Barbier Paris France.
In the pure decorative spirit of 1970, very beautiful lamp by Philippe Barbier designer...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Ceramic Fruit basket table lamp Capodimonte Italy 1980s
By Capodimonte
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Large Ceramic Fruit basket Table lamp comes with a Salmon color
shade .1980s Italy .One large E27 bulb needed .
Please don't hesitate to reach out for alternative shipp...
Category
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Carved Wooden Black Forest Standing Bear Sculpture Table / Desk Lamp
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful quality and perfect condition bear desk lamp.
If you are a collector of rare, very good quality and highly decorative Black Forest bear sculptures then this fine specimen...
Category
Early 20th Century European Black Forest Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Hide, Wood, Paint
Paavo Tynell Table Lamp Model 9227 in Red
Located in Helsinki, FI
An exquisite example of a beautiful classic design with features that makes it suitable for a wide range of spaces especially offices, home offices or reading and working tables.
Th...
Category
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Tiffany School Dragonfly Leaded & Jeweled Glass Table Lamp, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
A table lamp in the manner of Tiffany offers leaded stained and jeweled glass dragonfly shade over single socket cast base, 20th century.
Measures- 21...
Category
20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Large Murano Glass flush mount by Roberto Pamio for Leucos, Italy 1970's
Located in Renens, CH
Beautiful flush mount which boasts a large circular handblown Murano glass diffuser with beautifully undulating deep blue swirls in the glass.
Inside the glass shade the lamp featur...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian XL Murano Egg Lamp
By Murano 5
Located in TORONTO, CA
Beautifully clean and sized XL Murano Lamp offering a beautiful soft warm glow when lit. In great original condition.
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Elegant Table Lamp or Desk Light by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier USA 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant Mid-Century Modern table lamp or desk light. Designed by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier, USA, 1950s.
Executed in brass, aluminium, lucite and metal, the table lamp comes wit...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
Multix Table Lamp by Yaacov Kaufman for Lumina, 1980s
By Yaacov Kaufman, Lumina
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Multix halogen table lamp designed by Yaacov Kaufman for lighting manufacturer Lumina in the 1980s.
The base of the Multix table lamp consists of four round rotating tubes that end ...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Harvey Guzzini Chrome and Travertine Base Arc Table Lamp
Located in Toronto, ON
Spectacular Harvey Guzzini table lamp made in Italy in the 1970s. This gorgeous design features a chrome body and a travertine base. The heavy travertine base is square shaped while ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Travertine, Chrome
Markslöjd Beech Wood Swedish Modern Art Deco Lamp, 1960s
By Markslöjd
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Sculptural organically shaped art deco style table lamp designed and produced by Swedish Markslöjd in the 1960s. Tiers of light colored clear lacquered solid beech wood parts create ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Italian Modernist "Pileino" Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Artemide
By Artemide, Gae Aulenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Petite "Pileino" table lamp designed by Italian architect and designer, Gae Aulenti for Artemide in 1972 for an Italian design exhibition at MoMa, New York.
Stylish and practical wit...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Modernist Banker's Lamp Early 20th Century. Big Size
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
*There is one for sale but if you need another unit, you can check its availability
Beautiful lamp with dimensions larger than normal in office or banker or ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Chinese Vintage Japanese Kutani Style Lamp with Court Scenes and Wooden Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage Japanese Kutani style lamp from the mid-20th century, with court scenes and wooden base. Crafted in China during the midcentu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Stunning Venetian Glass Mirrored Table Lamp with Heavy Chrome Frame
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Venetian glass with chrome framed table lamp
This one is a very good looking and well-made piece in lightly used condition, it has ...
Category
20th Century English Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Pair of Vintage Brass Frederick Cooper Table Lamps, Monkeys in a Palm Tree
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of collectible vintage Frederick Cooper brass lamps of palm trees with hanging monkeys are enchanting and in great condition. ...
Category
1990s American British Colonial Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Italian Designer, Table Lamp, Steel, Metal, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A steel and black-lacquered metal table lamp designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 19 “ H x 7.75 “ Diameter
Bulb Specifications: E-14 Bulb
Number of S...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Steel
Unique Mid-Century Metal Table Lamp, Restored
Located in Praha, CZ
One of a kind vintage black & white metal table lamp from former Czechoslovakia. The lamp was completely restored.
Bulbs: 1 x E26-E27.
US plug adapter included.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Eleonore Peduzzi Riva Vacuna Murano Glass Table Lamp for Artemide, 1968
Located in Milan, IT
Eleonore Peduzzi Riva Vacuna Murano glass Table lamp for Artemide, 1968.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
French Art Deco Skyscraper Table Lamp, 1930s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco table lamp, France, 1930s. Skyscraper shape. Frosted glass shade on its chrome base. Height: 7.9"(20cm) , Width: 6.7"(17cm). Delivered wired for your country (US, UK,...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
20th Century Pair of White Resin Cherub Lamps on Wooden Bases by G. Ruggeri
Located in Miami, FL
These lamps have a white creram glazed finish that covers this pair of resin cherubs from Italy in the early 20th century. They sit upon black finis...
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Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Isamu Noguchi Akari 7A Table Lamp
Located in Dronten, NL
Model number 7A table or floor lamp by Isamu Noguchi for Akari.
Original version manufactured by Ozeki & co in Japan.
Rice paper, enameled metal. Retains manufacturer's original st...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Jane & Gordon Martz, Table Lamps, Walnut, Ceramic, Linen Marshal Studios, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of walnut and ceramic table lamps designed by Jane & Gordon Martz. Produced by Marshall Studios, Veedersburg, Indiana, c. 1955.
Bases are sculpted walnut, with ceramic inlays...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Vintage Milky Glass Desk Lamp, Designed by Ivan Jakeš, 1970´s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Glass lamp made of white milk glass, it was designed by Ivan Jakeš in the early 1970s and was produced by OS Valašské Mezirící. The lamp has a very pleasant dim light and can also be...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Milk Glass
Pair of Mid-century Modern Italian Brass Table Lamps, 1970s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful pair of bedside lamps, Italian manufacture from the 70s. Cast brass, the bases measure cm: W14 x D9 x H23.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Italian mid-century modern Cubosfera Alessandro Mendini Fidenza Vetraria, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern glass table lamp Cubosfera by Alessandro Mendini for Fidenza Vetraria, 1960s
Cubic table lamp mod. Cubosfera entirely made of glass. The structure is compo...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Szarvasi Hala Style Industrial Drafting Clamp-on Lamp with Olive Green Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Hungarian industrial clamp on table lamp with olive enameled metal shade, chrome hardware and a solid aluminum clamp. In original condition with visiblewear and scratchin...
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1960s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Our Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Ceramic Table Lamp has a beautiful brown glaze over the 3 dimensional, bas-relief design on the front an...
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Mid-20th Century Brutalist Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Italian 60s Iconic Eyeball Lamp - Space Age Table Lamp Reggiani Eclipse Style
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Step into the futuristic world of the 1960s with this Iconic Eyeball table lamp, a true marvel of space age design reminiscent of the Reggiani ‘Eclipse’ style. Crafted in Italy with ...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1960s by Bruno Munari Italian Design Sculpture Table Lamp
By Bruno Munari
Located in Brescia, IT
Perspex shade and metal base.
"Munari" signed.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Pink Washed Ceramic Lucite Table Lamps
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing pair of large ceramic table lamps. Each feature a pink wash over a ribbed body with a lucite disk beneath and above the ceramic.
Category
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Lucite
Lampe FLOS Taccia black en verre design Achille et Pier Castiglioni Italie 1960
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Lampe Taccia modèle XXL le plus grand.
Design by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni , 1962
Editée par FLOS Lampe de table à lumière indirecte et réfléchie.
Réflecteur en alumini...
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1960s Italian Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Taccia Vintage Lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, for Taccia
Located in Manzano, IT
Taccia Vintage Lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, for Taccia
TACCIA is a lamp designed and created by the Castiglioni brothers in 1962 for the Italian brand FLOS. It cons...
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1960s European Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Tiffany style Leaded Glass Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Lovely, large leaded glass table lamp after Louis Comfort Tiffany with shade featuring berry vine motif and standard with iridescent turtleback glass. 34 1/2 inches tall and 22 inch...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Hand Painted Lord Remillard Table Lamp by MacKenzie Childs
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice hand painted "Lord Remillard" table lamp by MacKenzie Childs, circa 1990s. The lamp is made of Poplar and Maple woods, hand decorated with artisan paints, mosaic paper, brass stamping, brass beads and a MacKenzie-Childs brass logo plate on bottom. It is complimented with handmade and decorated majolica finial with gold lustre embellishments. A 17"D x 10"H black hard shade with handmade polka dot...
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Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
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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