Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Hide, Wood, Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Hide, Wood, Parchment Paper
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Hide, Wood, Parchment Paper
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Copper, Chrome
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Spanish Art Deco Table Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze, Nickel
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Copper
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Copper
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Beech
1970s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Oak
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Shell
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Parchment Paper, Wood, Hide
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Hide, Parchment Paper, Wood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
20th Century Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1920s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Pewter
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Copper
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Fabric, Wood, Beech
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1920s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1930s German Art Deco Vintage 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.