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Table Lamps For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Style: Neoclassical
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

20th Century Swedish Vintage Modern Orrefors Glass Table Light by Olle Alberius
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sculptural, vintage Mid-Century modern Swedish table lamp with a new white round shade, made of hand blown slightly smoked glass designed by Olle Alberius and produced by Orrefors,...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Chrome

Vintage Murano Glass Mushroom Lamp by Peil and Putzler
Located in London, GB
A stylish and very well made vintage Murano glass mushroom lamp by Peil and Putzler. This is hand blown Italian Murano glass, imported to Germany and made by Peil and Putzler in the ...
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

Rope Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A surrealist rope table lamp with hessian shade. Circa 1980's France.
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Rope

Black Hebi (Snake) Lamp, 1970s
Located in London, GB
This icon of 20th century design was created in 1970 by Japanese engineer and designer Isao Hosoe for Valenti, Italy. Structure in flexible metal that can be twisted in every direc...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Lampada Leucos Febo Roberto Pamio e Toso
Located in Napoli, NA
Lampada modello Febo Di Roberto pamio e toso Leucos Originale 1970 Design lab Vetro di Murano fatto a mano e marmo
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Marble

Vintage Space Age Mushroom Table Lamp by Herda, Mid Century Modern
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
A cute classic mushroom table lamp by the Dutch brand Herda in white/beige colour. The classy white mushroom shade produces a nice and warm light. The lamp requires one E27 (standard...
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

Nerone & Patuzzi ‘C9 105 LP’ Marble lighting Sculpture for Forme e Superfici
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Rare 'C9 105 LP' marble light sculpture by Nerone & Patuzzi for Forme e Superfici, Italy 1970s. The lamp is crafted out of solid Carrara marble showing an artistic engraved graphic l...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble

Achille Castiglioni, Lampadina Small Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
Its name means, literally, "bulb," and it's easy to see why with one look at this playful 1972 Achille Castiglioni design. This unique table lamp provides direct and diffused light t...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

1970s Swedish Large Pair Of Brass Table Lamps With Cone Shaped Shades
Located in London, GB
A stunning 1970’s very large pair of brass Swedish table lamps with conic lamp shades. The shape of the shades cast a really warm and beautiful diffuse ambient light. These structura...
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1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

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

Brown Hebi (Snake) Lamp, 1970s
Located in London, GB
This icon of 20th century design was created in 1970 by Japanese engineer and designer Isao Hosoe for Valenti, Italy. Structure in flexible metal that can be twisted in every direc...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

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

Lamapade GREEN TILES
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pair of "TEGOLINE VERDI" lamps by Roberto Giulio Rida "Green Tile" table lamps are part of a small collection of lamps in the following colors: gold, green and blue. Each pair is un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Large Bronze Metal Table Lamp Arredoluce, Italy, 1970s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Impressing and large table / desk lamp in brushed aluminum with bronze effect dating back to the 70s. The gooseneck stem and the finish of the lampshade are reminiscent of the brass...
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1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Metal

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

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Brass

"GREEN HUBBLE" Table Lamps by Roberto Giulio Rida
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pair of "HUBBLE GREEN" lamps by Roberto Giulio Rida The Hubble lamps belong to the Hubble Collection that designer and artist Roberto Giulio Rida wanted to create in honor of his g...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Crystal, Brass

Large Vintage Italian Chrome Table Lamp by Franco Albini
Located in London, GB
A stunning and very large vintage Italian chrome table lamp by Franco Albini and Franca Helg. This was manufactured in Italy by Sirrah, it dates from the 1970’s. This is the very ra...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Chrome

Vintage fractal resin lamp, 1970, France
Located in TOURS, FR
Rare fractal resin table lamp, 1970, France Similar to Pierre Giraudon, Marie-Claude de Fouquières, Henri Fernandez, François Godebski...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Resin

Pair of Vintage Brass Table Lamps with Velvet Shades
Located in London, GB
A stylish and extremely well made pair of vintage brass table lamps with velvet shades. They were made in France, they date from around the 1970’s. The quality is outstanding, the s...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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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

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

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Metal

Pair of Mid-Century Style Green Glazed Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in Brescia, IT
The table lamp has a contemporary and elegant shape that reproduces the Italian Mid-Century style. This pair of stunning table lamps has been made in light green ceramic and has th...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic, Silk

Pair of table lamps "TEGOLINE AMBRA"
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pair of lamps "TEGOLINE AMBRA" Brass structures patinated and protected with clear lacquer, made handcrafted and specifically to accommodate the pair of glass vintage amber curved ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Lampada vetro di murano '80
Located in Roma, IT
Lampada a forma di funga di grandi dimensioni La lampada e vetro di murano di colore bianco con striature trasparenti crea una luce morbida La lampada e alta 38 cm con un diametro ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

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

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Brass

19th Century English Porcelain Parrot Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In excellent condition. Very unusual. Hand painted with custom parchment shade, which is 7' in diameter.
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps

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Porcelain, Parchment Paper

Origin of God Sculptural White Ceramic Table Lamp, Tribute to Lucio Fontana
Located in Rome, IT
"THE ORIGIN OF GOD", white egg light holes sculptural white ceramic table lamp by Lorenzo Ciompi limited edition 2023 a tribute to Lucio Fontana, inspired ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

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

1970's, Vintage Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A lovely vintage table lamp in brass, wrapped in peach fabric. This was made in England, it dates from the 1970s. It is of excellent quality an...
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1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

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

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Brass

1974, Aldo Van Den Nieuwelaar, for ABN, Table Lamp with White Shade
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Plastic

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

Mid-Century Modern Mushroom Table Lamp by Designline in Brass / Gold Color
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A handsome table lamp in a conical mushroom form after Laurel Lamp Company. The lamp features a brass plated cast aluminum base and a mouth blown frosted glass lamp shade.
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Aluminum

Pierre Guariche G24 Table Lamp in Black and White for Sammode Studio
Located in Renens, CH
Designed by Pierre Guariche in 1953, this elegant, delicate and sculptural lamp is perfect for a desk, a console or a bedside table. This iconic lamp is newly produced in an autho...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Brass

Gino Sarfatti Lamp Model 548 Polished Brass with Blue Difuser by Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Model 548 Design by Gino Sarfatti The table lamp designed in 1951 is a study in balance and light reflection through a screen, a recurring theme in Gino Sarfatti’s work. Model 548 ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern 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

Mid-Century Modern Glass Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern glass table lamp, 1960s.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Glass

'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Reside...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Textile

Akari Model 20n Light Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi
Located in Glendale, CA
Akari Model 20N light sculpture by Isamu Noguchi. The shade is made from handmade washi paper and bamboo ribs with Noguchi Akari manufacturer's stamp. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Table Lamp Design by Romeo Rega Purple Lucite and Chromed Brass Base, Italy 1970
Located in Napoli, IT
Table lamp designed by Romeo Rega in purple Lucite and chromed brass base, Italy, 1970.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Brass

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

Torno Desk Lamp or Table Lamp in Olivine Enamel & Brass by Blueprint Lighting
Located in New York, NY
Our best-selling Torno family of fixtures is now available as a desk or table lamp! Handmade by Blueprint Lighting, the spun aluminum shades are inspired by a vintage 1950s Italian d...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Chrome, Nickel

Pair Large Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Striated Multi-Colored Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Large Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Striated Blown, Yellow, and Clear Vases. Each is beautifully blow, and hand-cut into these marvelous vases which are superb i...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Cut Glass

"Molto" Table Lamp
Located in Westport, CT
The Molto table lamp or desk lamp is a fresh, new take on Italian modernism, featuring a spun-metal mesh shade, brass counterweight, and a heavy black...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Enamel

Giancarlo Mattioli 'Nesso' Table Lamp in Orange for Artemide
Located in Glendale, CA
Giancarlo Mattioli 'Nesso' table lamp in orange for Artemide. Designed by Mattioli in the 1960s, the Nesso's design is inspired from nature. An internationally celebrated design fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Pair of 19th Century Two-Tone Table Lamps, Easily Converted to Use Silk Shade
Located in Buchanan, MI
A pair of 19th century two-tone table lamps, easily converted to use silk ShadeLabeled "Lampe a Moderateur par Brevet d' Invention et de.
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps

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Metal

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

Large Bamboo Pair of Table Lamps with Brass Bases
Located in New York, NY
Large bamboo pair of table lamps with brass bases Beautiful and chic table lamps. Lovely brass bases and bamboo tops held by brass ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Gorgeous Midcentury Pottery Table Lamp by Fog & Mørup
Located in Søborg, DK
Absolutely gorgeous midcentury pottery table lamp by Fog & Mørup of Copenhagen for Aluminia of Denmark. This beautiful table lamp has such a classic midcentury design to the shape an...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps

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Pottery

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

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Glass

Large Bamboo Pair of Table Lamps with Brass Bases
Located in New York, NY
large bamboo pair of table lamps with brass bases. Beautiful and chic table lamps. Lovely brass bases and bamboo tops held by brass top.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Rare Poliarte ‘Apis’ Table Lamp Made of Raw Crystal, 1960s
Located in Echt, NL
Original Poliarte ‘Apis’ lamp in very good condition. This lamp is made of thick slabs of raw crystal with a graphic pattern of glass cubes on each side...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Crystal

'Nena' Table Lamp in White Metal and Wood by Alvaro Benitez
Located in Glendale, CA
'Nena' table lamp in white metal and wood by Alvaro Benitez. Hand-fabricated by Los Angeles based designer and lighting professional Alvaro Benitez, these highly refined table lamp...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Metal

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

Walnut and Birch Bedside Table Lamp by Mel Smilow
Located in New York, NY
The bedside table lamp is part of the re-issued Smilow Lighting collection, originally designed by Mel Smilow in 1956 and officially reintroduced by his daughter Judy Smilow in 2017....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Walnut, Birch

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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