Table Lamps
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century American French Provincial Table Lamps
Pottery
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Glass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Dutch Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Metal
Early 19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
1970s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Zinc
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century Italian Other Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Fiberglass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
1910s American Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
Early 2000s British Table Lamps
Steel
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Acrylic, Cork
1950s Swedish Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
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.
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