Table Lamps
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stoneware
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Stained Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Limestone
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s American Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Metallic Thread
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Chrome
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron, Metal, Iron
20th Century French Sporting Art Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Industrial Table Lamps
Steel
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wrought Iron, Steel, Aluminum
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Pottery, Fabric
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Beech
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Shell, Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Brass
1940s American Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s French Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Danish Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Philippine British Colonial Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Table Lamps
Iron, Enamel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Danish Minimalist Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1970s American Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
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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