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1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Onyx, Brass
Mid-20th Century Space Age Table Lamps
Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Table Lamps
Iron
2010s British Organic Modern Table Lamps
Ash
1950s Swiss Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel, Metal
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Table Lamps
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Leather
1940s Rustic Vintage Table Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Taiwanese Post-Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
1960s North American Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
2010s American Industrial Table Lamps
Iron, Enamel, Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1950s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s German Table Lamps
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Portuguese Baroque Revival Antique Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Swedish Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1980s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
2010s American Industrial Table Lamps
Brass
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Sheet Metal
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Onyx, Marble, Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Table Lamps
Art Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Table Lamps
Brass, Iron
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Stoneware
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bakelite
2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Ceramic
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern 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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