Table Lamps
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Table Lamps
Walnut
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bakelite, Oak
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Table Lamps
Terracotta, Ceramic
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
1670s French Antique Table Lamps
Sandstone
Mid-18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic, Pottery
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 18th Century American Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-18th Century European George III Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s English Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
18th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Wood
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1920s Dutch Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Earthenware, Terracotta
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Cement, Brass
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1920s Chinese Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 18th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Pewter
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
18th Century Italian Antique Table Lamps
Giltwood
Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s English Vintage Table Lamps
Onyx
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Mercury Glass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Table Lamps
Delft, Porcelain
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Mercury Glass
1920s Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
1920s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Silver
18th Century Dutch Antique Table Lamps
Delft
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
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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