Table Lamps
1930s American Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass
1930s European Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s French Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
1950s Czech Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Copper
2010s French Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Iron, Enamel
1970s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Late 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Spelter
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Spelter
1950s French Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Table Lamps
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Enamel, Iron
Mid-19th Century British Industrial Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
Early 20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Copper
1960s Italian Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
20th Century European Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
1960s French Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Steel
1960s French Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Steel
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Chrome
1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Art Glass
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Iron, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary British Industrial Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century German Industrial Table Lamps
Steel
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Czech Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Spelter
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Iron
1920s American Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Iron
1930s American Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Copper, Iron
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Iron
1950s British Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Enamel, Iron
1960s Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1920s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1960s French Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze, Enamel
1950s French Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
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.