Table Lamps
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Opal, Brass
Early 19th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Tin
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Spanish Art Deco Table Lamps
Alabaster
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Copper
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Table Lamps
Porcelain
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
20th Century Baroque Table Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Copper
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic, Paint
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Chrome
20th Century Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Metal, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Metal, Brass, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Silver Plate
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Aluminum
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Beech
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal, Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Pewter
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Silver Plate
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Aluminum
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Brass, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Spelter
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
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.