Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century Polish Industrial Table Lamps
Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century German High Victorian Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Danish Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Industrial Table Lamps
Chrome, Iron
19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Dutch Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century German High Victorian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel
20th Century Victorian Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Table Lamps
Iron, Aluminum
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century British Industrial Table Lamps
Iron
1850s Danish Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Silver, Brass
Late 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Iron
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
1950s English Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Table Lamps
Iron, Enamel
1960s American Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Dutch Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Iron
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Table Lamps
Marble
20th Century European Late Victorian Table Lamps
Brass
1920s British Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century Swedish Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Czech Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1850s Danish Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s German Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Iron
Early 1900s Danish Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1980s Italian Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
2010s Spanish Industrial Table Lamps
Copper
1930s English Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Enamel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century European Industrial Table Lamps
Copper, Iron
1890s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
1950s Austrian Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
1880s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Industrial Table Lamps
Concrete
Early 20th Century German Industrial Table Lamps
Iron
1880s English Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Tin
Late 19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Enamel
2010s British Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Scandinavian Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
2010s German Victorian Table Lamps
Ceramic
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.