Table Lamps
1910s American Renaissance Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s American Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Table Lamps
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
20th Century American Edwardian Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s American Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s North American Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century North American Baroque Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Beaux Arts Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 1900s American Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s North American Neoclassical Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
20th Century European Other Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1890s French Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Table Lamps
Marble, Metal, Bronze, Copper
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Table Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Unknown Neoclassical Table Lamps
Silver Plate
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Bronze
16th Century American Renaissance Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century American Belle Époque Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Baroque Revival Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Late 18th Century American Adam Style Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Georgian Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Chinese Export Table Lamps
Bronze
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.