Table Lamps
2010s American Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Steel
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Enamel
Late 20th Century French Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Table Lamps
Silk, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Fabric, Wicker
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Iron
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Tortoise Shell
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Earthenware
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Copper
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Gold Leaf
1990s French Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Charles X Table Lamps
Enamel
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Enamel, Iron
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Table Lamps
Onyx, Marble, Metal, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Table Lamps
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Spanish Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Copper, Iron
2010s British Art Deco Table Lamps
Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Table Lamps
Enamel, Iron
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
2010s Dutch Table Lamps
Sandstone
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Table Lamps
Ceramic
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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