Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century Dutch Art Deco Table Lamps
Nickel
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Steel
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Cork
1970s American Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century North American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Spelter
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Cast Stone, Metal, Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Iron
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Enamel
1960s North American Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Fabric, Lucite
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1950s French Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1940s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Walnut, Wood, Bouclé, Porcelain
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1960s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
Enamel
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Plastic, Pine
Early 2000s French Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 2000s French Minimalist Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
1970s American Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1960s French Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Walnut, Parchment Paper
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Mexican Aesthetic Movement Table Lamps
Clay, Linen
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Linen, Teak
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s British Organic Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Wood, Burl
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1940s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Table Lamps
Ceramic, Porcelain
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps
Alabaster
1810s French Regency Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
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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