Table Lamps
1990s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century European Black Forest Table Lamps
Glass, Hide, Wood, Paint
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron, Metal, Iron
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1980s French Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Rubber
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Linen, Wood
20th Century French Table Lamps
Porcelain
2010s Table Lamps
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Table Lamps
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1950s British Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Enamel, Iron
1950s American Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Metallic Thread
2010s Austrian Vienna Secession Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Ceramic
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Pottery
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1940s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Table Lamps
Shell, Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1990s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Limestone
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Danish Vintage Table Lamps
Wood, Beech
Early 20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Glass
2010s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Rattan
19th Century Unknown Antique Table Lamps
Leather
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Clay, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Pottery, Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Crystal, 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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