Table Lamps
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Steel
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Unknown Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 1900s European Empire Antique Table Lamps
Milk Glass
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Zinc
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 1900s American Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Early 1900s French Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s English Antique Table Lamps
Marble
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Enamel
Early 1900s Swedish Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s Japanese Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s American Edwardian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Table Lamps
Hardwood
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Table Lamps
Wood
19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Early 1900s Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Elm
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Chinese Country Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Chinese Country Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Chinese Country Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s French Country Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Asian Antique Table Lamps
Enamel
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 1900s Antique Table Lamps
Stone
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique 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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