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Table Lamps For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1910s
Vintage Ralph Lauren Polo Advertisement Display Lighting
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Ralph Lauren Polo Advertisement Store Display Light Mid-Century Wooden Table Light from Ralph Lauren with Unbeatable Patina. This vintage Polo tabletop light makes a wonderful stat...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Scandinavian modern table lamp 'Rubus' by Gunnar Nylund
Located in SON EN BREUGEL, NL
Beautiful iconic table lamp 'Rubus' designed by the Swedish ceramic artist and designer - Gunnar Nylund. This pretty lamp in ceramic glaze has warm soft and brown tones inspired by t...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-century Swedish design blue glass table lamp
Located in SON EN BREUGEL, NL
Beautiful Swedish table lamp with 3 soft blue glass blocks. The lamp was made in Malmö, Sweden in ca. 1960. Including new high quality hand made lampshade. Height of the lamp is mea...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Genet et Michon Art Deco table lamp circa 1930
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Genet et Michon Art Deco table lamp circa 1930 electricity checked
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Art Deco table lamp with glass ball and steel base
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Height: 32 cm. Width: 26 cm. Depth: 14.5 cm. Ø glass sphere: 14.5 cm. The lamp has a large bulb holder (E27). Origin: Belgium, 1930s. Material: steel / glass.
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1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

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Steel

Pair of Rare Table Lamps in the Style of Maison Baguès, France, 1950s
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
Rare pair of clear glass and bronze flower table lamps in the style of Maison Baguès, France, circa 1950s. Socket: each 1 x E27 or E26 (US) ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Crystal, Brass

Zoomorph Ceramic Lamp Signed H.O France 1950s
Located in HYÈRES, FR
A beautiful zoomorphic lamp signed H.O... In a beautiful satin black. Very good original condition. A masterpiece by an unkown ceramist... France, 1950s
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1950s French Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Table lamp "Oslo" by Heinz Pfaender for Hillebrand Leuchten, 1961
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Modernist table lamp in Bauhaus style by Heinz Pfaender for Hillebrand Leuchten in 1961. Great (original) colour combination of black, chrome and red. The metal shade can be turned...
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1960s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Flying Saucer Adjustable Red Desk Lamp, Italian
Located in London, GB
The sleek flat base, a hallmark of mid-century aesthetics, provides stability and a sense of balance to the lamp's unique form. Adding a touch of elegance to the design is the beauti...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Bauhaus Table Lamp
Located in Čelinac, BA
If you are thinking about purchasing this great piece, feel free to ask for an additional video to be absolutely sure of your choice.
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1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps

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Chrome

Bauhaus Table Lamp
Bauhaus Table Lamp
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Table lamp by Frank Bentler for Wila. Denmark 1970 - 1975
Located in CADALSO, ES
Great Condition
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Mid-20th Century Danish Space Age Table Lamps

Materials

Chrome

Luis Barragan '1902-1988' Ceramic Table Lamp, Mexico, 1952
Located in Barcelona, ES
LUIS BARRAGÁN (1902-1988) From Casa del Pedregal (Casa Prieto López) Manufactured by Hugo X. Velázquez México, 1952 Ceramic, parchment leather Ceramic table lamp Measurements To...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Table Lamps

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Ceramic, Leather

Heavy Brass Refurbished Korean Ship Light. Wired for Modern Use. 1960's.
Located in Canterbury, GB
Our heavy brass ship's light comes from a Korean vessel, and has been up cycled into a beautiful room light , wired for domestic use, which can be floor mounted or could be attached ...
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1960s Other Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Functionalist nickel plated table lamp by Franta Anýž, 1930
By Jaroslav Anyz, Franta Anyz
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Iconic table lamp produced by the Franta Anýž Company and designed by Jaroslav Anýž, his son in early 1930s. This desk lamp is renowned for its distinctive joints, patented to allow the lampshade to pivot in any direction, with adjustable height. Franta Anýž, an influential figure in Czech design, studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague. His notable achievements include work at Pragotron, camera design for Flexaret, and winning a gold medal at the Salon International des Inventions in Geneva in 1965 for his Beta 21 watch...
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps

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Steel, Nickel

Pair of brass table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades. Stamped. Josef Frank was a true European...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Large, imposing vintage 1950s wrought-iron lamp.
Located in PARIS, FR
Large, imposing vintage 1950s wrought-iron lamp. Heavy weight, measures 63cm and 39cm without shade. Personal delivery or free delivery in Paris.
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1950s French Vintage Table Lamps

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Wrought Iron

Beautiful Flygsfors table lamps design by Helena Tynell
Located in Djurhamn, SE
Flygsfors Glass Factory Flygsfors Glasbruk was a glass factory in Flygsfors in Nybro municipality, founded in 1888 and closed in 1979. It was started in Flygsfors in 1863 as a hammer...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Glass

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp, Metal and Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp,Metal and Glass, Italy, 1950s
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Large Pair of Antique Brass Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A very impressive large pair of antique brass table lamps, dating from around the 1950’s. They are of superb quality, with beautiful...
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1950s British Victorian Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Brilliant Leuchten AG Table Lamp
Located in Roma, IT
Postmodern table lamp produced by Brilliant Leuchten AG in the 1980s magnetic eyeball. Very original table lamp produced by Brilliant Leuchten AG in black and white plastic materia...
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Mid-20th Century German Post-Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Special glass sphere with inner glass rod table lamp, model from 1965
Located in Wien, 9
This very special unique piece is the last of a great series. The shade can be adjusted in any colour and size to either get a very modern or traditional outlook. The table lamp is a...
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1960s Austrian Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Table Lamp Model 2468 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Brass with cotton shades. Stamped. Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable. H: 54 cm W: 42 cm Shade D: 15 cm Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Philips Workshop Lamp 1950s
Located in PARIS, FR
Philips desk lamp dating from the 1950s. Inspired by Charlotte Perriand in the way she designed objects that met the needs of life and were accessible to the greatest number of peopl...
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1950s French Industrial Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Presentation Lamp
Located in VUGHT, NL
Small presentation island made from an old Jieldé machinelamp, nice for lichting jewelry or other small items. Special “floating” effect with the switchable tree colored bottomlight ...
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1960s French Industrial Vintage Table Lamps

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Marble, Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Pair Of Candlestick Table Lamp, Crystal, 1930s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Pair Of Candlestick Table Lamp, Crystal, 1930s
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal

Lovely Set of Italian Design Table Lamps in Minimalist Stilnovo Style Brass 1950
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous pair of Italian 1950 design table lamps/lights in the style of stilnovo. Patinated brass frame with white metal shades. The shades can be ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

"Parola" Table Lamp from Studio Tetrarch, 1968
Located in Napoli, IT
"Parola" table lamp from Studio Tetrarch, 1968 Bibliography: Casa Amica by Giuliana Gramigna.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Italian Art Deco Lamp
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Italian Art Deco desk lamp. Chromed metal and black enameled shade. Italy, circa 1940.
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

1950's Vintage Brass Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
A fabulous vintage brass desk lamp, this was made in England, and dates from the 1950-60’s. It is very well made with a lovely design. The e...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

neoclassical table lamp in golden wrought iron circa 1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
neoclassical table lamp in golden wrought iron circa 1950
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1950s European Medieval Vintage Table Lamps

Materials

Wrought Iron

1960’s Mid Century Vintage Italian Desk / Reading Lamp
Located in London, GB
A small desk lamp with chrome base and neck, with sky blue painted metal shade. The lamp is Italian (sourced from Italy). Fully rewired and fitted with an earth connection and E...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Pair of Antique Neoclassical Style Solid Bronze Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fantastic pair of vintage table lamps in solid bronze. They are in the antique neoclassical style, and they probably date from around the 1950’s. The quality is outstanding, they ...
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1930s English Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of Mid Century tripod table lamps by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1950s
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Fantastic mid-century modern tripod table lamps designed by Josef Hurka. Featuring a beautiful 1950s design in the classic beige and black color scheme. Crafted by Napako in Czech Re...
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

French Lamp in the Style of Kaiser Idell by Christian Dell, circa 1960
Located in CANGAS, ES
Lámpara de mesa francesa con pantalla tipo Kaiser Idell en metal gris. Pieza de la segunda mitad del siglo XX con acabados de alta calidad y en muy bu...
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Mid-20th Century French Bauhaus Table Lamps

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Metal

Mid-Century Murano Oro Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MId-Century Modern Murano lamp. Beautiful red color with heavy amounts of gold throughout. Custom parchment shade is 6.5" high x 13" in diameter.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Murano Glass, Acrylic

MId-Century Murano Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MId-century Venetian lamp with many controlled bubbles throughout. With applied aqua glass swirls. Custom parchment shade. New acrylic base. Shade dimension is 7" high x 13" in diame...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Murano Glass, Acrylic

Vintage German Design, Kaiser Leuchten 6840 Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in Renens, CH
Desk or table lamp by Christian Dell (model 6840), who designed this light in the early 1930s (Bauhaus Period), with production continuing until the 1970s. It features a aluminum la...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Lisa Johansson-Pape Table Lamp Manufactured by Orno, Finland, 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lisa Johansson-Pape Table lamp Manufactured by Orno Finland, 1950 Brass, leather, canvas shade From the archives of Side Gallery. Barcelona Measurements 10 cm x 10 cm x 69 H cm 3.93 in x 3.93 in x 27.10 H in Literature Design Musuem, Lisa Johansson-Pape, Helsinki, 1986; Ornamo, Helsinki, 1962 Bio Finnish designer Lisa Johansson-Pape enjoyed a long and varied career in lighting, furniture, textile, and ceramic design. She was one of Finland’s leading lighting designers in the 20th century and was instrumental in promoting Finnish design internationally. Born in 1907, Lisa Johansson-Pape studied at the Industrial Art Institute in Helsinki University of Art & Design (Now Aalto University of Art & Design), graduating in 1928. She worked as a furniture designer for Kylmäkoski and Stockmann and created carpets for the Friends of Finnish Handicraft, before turning her attention to lighting design. She collaborating with the Stockmann-owned lighting factory Orno from 1942, famously remarking, “it was quite by accident that I became a design light artist. By education, I am a furniture designer, but I had to make lamps during the war.” Notable designs include the Lisa (1947), Sipuli (1954), and Laura (1957) pendant lamps. The Sipuli, often referred to by the English translation Onion, resembles the form of the vegetable for which it was named. The angular design in opaline glass was awarded a gold medal at the Triennale di Milano in 1954, which was just one of several prizes Johansson-Pape received in her career; she was also awarded a silver medal at the 1951 Triennale...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Brushed Chrome Arc Desk Lamp
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Brushed Chrome Arc Desk Lamp
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Zuccheri Toni Globe Table Lamp
Located in Brussels, BE
Zuccheri Toni globe table lamp.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Pair of Art Deco Torchiere Table Lamps
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Pair of Art Deco torchiere table lamps in polished aluminum and glass.
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Set of Capiz Shades, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
Set of 3 circa 1960's Italian capiz shades. Sold individually. Measurements: Height 5.5" Diameter 7.5".
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1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Pr. E.F. Caldwell Enamel, Bz. Candlesticks, Renaissance Islamic/Orientalist
Located in New York, NY
A very fine and unusual pair of antique bronze and champlevé enamel candlesticks/lamps, by E. F. Caldwell, in the Renaissance Islamic/Ori...
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1910s American Renaissance Vintage Table Lamps

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Bronze

French Cerused Oak Table Lamp
Located in Stockton, NJ
A French cylindrical cerused oak table lamp. Includes coordinating harp and finial. Shade for display only. Lamp measures 32.5" H including h...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Oak

Tall Lucite Column Table Lamp
Located in Stockton, NJ
A tall Lucite column floor lamp, mid-20th century.
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Mid-20th Century Table Lamps

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Lucite

Yki Nummi Table Lamp for Orno Finland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A terrific Minimalist table lamp by Yki Nummi for Orno Finland, circa 1955. Taupe enamel paint over aluminum. This lamp has an adjustable height an...
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1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Faux Tortoise Lamps
Located in Washington, DC
A set of two Silhouette lamps in the form of a faux tortoiseshell. One red and the other blue with corresponding colored bases. Dimension for red 21.50 inches W x 27 inches H x 6 ...
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Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps

Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Table Lamp by Thérèse Bataille, Dour Belgium
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Table Lamp by Thérèse Bataille, Dour Belgium
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1960s Belgian Vintage Table Lamps

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Ceramic

1960s Italian Cube Lamp in Ceramic Silver and Gold, Ceramiche Zaccagnini
Located in Brussels, BE
1960s Italian cube lamp in ceramic silver and gold - Ceramiche Zaccagnini.
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1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Italian table lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Neck is 360 adjustable
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of 1940s Asian Resin and Wood Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
1940s Asian lamps with beautiful detail.
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1940s American Vintage Table Lamps

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Resin

Pair of Italian 1930s Alabaster Lamps
By Cooperativa Artieri dell’Alabastro 1
Located in New York, NY
A translucent alabaster lamp of the same model was featured in the July 1938 issue of Domus magazine, which was established and edited by Gio Ponti. They were made in the Volterra wo...
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1930s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps

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Alabaster

Pair of Artichoke Lamps - France, 1960's
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Pair of table lamps with painted metal bases, representing an artichoke on a square pedestal. Shades not included.
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1960s French Vintage Table Lamps

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Acrylic

Akari Model 1AS Light Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi
Located in Glendale, CA
Akari model 1AS light sculpture by Isamu Noguchi. The shade is made from handmade washi paper and bamboo ribs with original Noguchi Akari manufacturer's stamp. Akari light sculptures...
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1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Glorious MId Century Danish Modern Atomic Fiberglass Shade Table Lamp 1950s
Located in Peoria, AZ
Sweet! Mid Century Modern Fiberglass Tripod Table / Accent Lamp! Rare design! This is a marvelous mid century lamp that features a Danish Modern styled design with fiberglass bod...
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Mid-20th Century Table Lamps

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Fiberglass, Wood

Pair of Hans-Agne Jakobsson Table Lamps Model B-195, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of brass table lamps by Hans-Agne Jakobsson in great original condition. Produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Markaryd, 1960s. Signed. Measure: Height 50 cm.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Dramatic Restored Pair of Plaster Art Deco Figures, circa 1940, as Custom Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent lamps are shipped as photographed and described in the narrative. They are custom built using materials of the highest quality and are shipped complete with the new...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

Mathieu Matégot Metal and Brass, Desk Lamp, 1950s
Located in LYON, FR
Very rare French table lamp designed by Mathieu Matégot, executed by Atelier-Matégot. A beautiful lampshade in the shape of a diabolo, perforated metal which made Matégot famous. The...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal, 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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