Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Milk Glass, Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Nickel
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stone, Brass, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Rope
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Pottery
20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Brass, Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Stained Glass, Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Rope
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Enamel, Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Limestone
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Nickel
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Silver Plate
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1960s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
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.