Table Lamps
1990s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
1990s Danish Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Metal
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1920s Danish Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1990s American British Colonial Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1990s Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
1920s French Belle Époque Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1990s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
1990s Unknown Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
1990s Unknown Table Lamps
Acrylic
1990s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Metal
1920s German French Provincial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Adam Style Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Nickel
1920s Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1920s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1990s American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Walnut
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Glass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Spelter
1990s Italian Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1990s American Table Lamps
Steel
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1990s Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Steel
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1990s Italian Table Lamps
Aluminum
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1990s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Glass, Plastic
1920s French Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
1990s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Composition
1920s Chinese Vintage Table Lamps
Jade, Brass
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
1990s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Steel
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Steel, Chrome
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
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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