Table Lamps
1950s French Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Georgian Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Sheet Metal
1920s Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1960s French Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Oak
1960s American Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Antler
20th Century American Folk Art Table Lamps
Organic Material
Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Art Glass
1960s French Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Shell
Early 20th Century American Georgian Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
1950s French Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Wrought Iron
1960s Hungarian Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Wire
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Wood, Shell
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Pottery
1790s English George III Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century George III Table Lamps
Porcelain
1940s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Burl
1960s Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Linen
19th Century Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Folk Art Table Lamps
Sheet Metal
20th Century Georgian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Folk Art Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century German Folk Art Table Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Beech
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Folk Art Table Lamps
Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Folk Art Table Lamps
Sheet Metal
19th Century Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Iron
1880s English Georgian Antique Table Lamps
Tin
1980s Italian Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Shell, Plastic
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Table Lamps
Tin
Early 20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Bog Wood
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Softwood
20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Resin
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Pottery
Late 20th Century English Georgian Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Japanese Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Wire
1790s English George III Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Table Lamps
Pottery
19th Century Georgian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Table Lamps
Mahogany, Maple, Walnut
Early 20th Century Dutch Folk Art Table Lamps
Metal, Zinc
Mid-20th Century American George III Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-19th Century English George IV Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1730s Swedish Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Pine
20th Century English Georgian Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century English Georgian Table Lamps
Mahogany
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1860s European Folk Art Antique Table Lamps
Earthenware
20th Century Central African Folk Art Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Georgian Table Lamps
Walnut, Giltwood
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.