Table Lamps
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Enamel
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Slag Glass
Early 20th Century British Table Lamps
Alabaster
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Alabaster
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Polyester
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century European Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Steel
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Provincial Table Lamps
Alabaster
Early 1900s European Empire Antique Table Lamps
Milk Glass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble
1920s Czech Bohemian Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Cut Glass
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Alabaster
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Art Deco Table Lamps
Plaster
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Unknown Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Marble
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Silver
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Porcelain
1910s Chinese Vintage Table Lamps
Jade
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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