Table Lamps
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bentwood, Pine
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
1960s Danish Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Spelter
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century European Antique Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
2010s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Metal
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Linen, Teak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1940s French Vintage Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Enamel
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Wire
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s American Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1970s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Clay, Linen
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wood, Paper
20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Metal
2010s American Rustic Table Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Unknown Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Andorran Table Lamps
Glass
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
20th Century Irish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
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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