Table Lamps
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
2010s French Country Table Lamps
Oak
2010s Philippine Organic Modern Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Glass
2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Italian Other Table Lamps
Blown Glass
19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery, Wood
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Alabaster
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Acrylic
20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Metal
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
1950s German Black Forest Vintage Table Lamps
Hardwood, Maple
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Onyx, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Gold, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Brutalist Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Rattan
2010s American Bauhaus Table Lamps
Brass
2010s European Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1980s Dutch Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Belgian Black Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Enamel, Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1940s Italian Rococo Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Sheet Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1940s French Vintage Table Lamps
Clay
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Early 2000s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1880s Italian Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Wood, Lucite, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Table Lamps
Plastic
1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Table Lamps
Enamel, Iron
1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s German Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s British Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wool, Alpaca, Silk
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Gold Plate, Iron
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Rope
20th Century French Belle Époque Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware, Fabric
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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