Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century Italian Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1940s French Empire Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Copper
2010s Brazilian Brutalist Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Brutalist Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Table Lamps
Copper
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Agate, Brass
Late 20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-18th Century Italian Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Marble
1980s American Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Chrome, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1860s French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Empire Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s Unknown Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century Swedish Brutalist Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Brutalist Table Lamps
1810s French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 1800s French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
1830s French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1810s French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1810s French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Silver Plate, Tôle
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Metal
Late 20th Century French Brutalist Table Lamps
Metal
Early 1800s French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century European Empire Table Lamps
Leather
20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Italian Brutalist Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
2010s Italian Brutalist Table Lamps
Ceramic, Terracotta
1810s French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Giltwood
Late 20th Century Brutalist Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Brutalist Table Lamps
Iron
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century Italian Brutalist Table Lamps
Steel
20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
1950s American Brutalist Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
19th Century European Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
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.