Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century European Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s American Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble
Late 19th Century European Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Silver Plate
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1940s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century American Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron, Bronze
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Swedish Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Table Lamps
Gold Plate, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Cotton
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Onyx, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze, Brass, Aluminum
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Ormolu, Bronze
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s French Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
2010s Italian Louis XVI Table Lamps
Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Malachite, Bronze
1940s Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze, Pewter
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Iron, Gold Leaf, Metal
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s French Other Table Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century French Adam Style Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
2010s American Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Table Lamps
Slate, Bronze
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf, Metal
1830s English William IV Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Crystal
1880s French Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern 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.
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