Table Lamps
1950s British Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Copper
1790s English George III Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1890s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Cut Glass
1890s English High Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Table Lamps
Tin
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal
Early 20th Century French Georgian Table Lamps
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
1950s American Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Iron, Brass
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Spelter
Mid-20th Century Swedish Victorian Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
1870s American Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1980s English Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Faux Leather, Fruitwood
Early 20th Century American Georgian Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1910s Indian Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
2010s Italian Victorian Table Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Gold, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Early 1900s Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Copper
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s European Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Glass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Iron
1910s German Victorian Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1870s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Silver
19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
19th Century French Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century Victorian Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
1790s English George III Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century George III Table Lamps
Porcelain
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Nickel
19th Century French Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
1840s English High Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Sterling Silver
19th Century Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Early Victorian Table Lamps
Steel, Brass
1860s British Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Early 1900s American Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
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.