Table Lamps
1960s Italian Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Mahogany
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1890s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1940s Swedish Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1990s Philippine Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Steel
1980s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Fruitwood
1880s English Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Scagliola
Early 20th Century Scottish Neoclassical Table Lamps
Crystal, Sterling Silver
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Marble
Mid-20th Century North American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Carrara Marble, Metal, Brass
1890s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1790s French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century European Neoclassical Table Lamps
Faience
1930s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1930s English Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1960s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Iron
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Steel
1920s English Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Late 20th Century Italian Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
1920s Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s French Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Table Lamps
Iron, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Neoclassical Table Lamps
Onyx, Metal
1920s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Table Lamps
Steel
1960s American Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Enamel, Iron
1940s Argentine Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1960s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Iron
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Steel, Zinc
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Table Lamps
Silver
1940s American Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1880s American Industrial Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Iron
1970s Czech Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Table Lamps
Bronze
1950s American Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
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.