Table Lamps
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s Danish Other Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Carrara Marble, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Steel
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Table Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
2010s Italian Other Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Silk, Murano Glass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Other Table Lamps
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Other Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century Egyptian Revival Table Lamps
Hardwood, Paint
20th Century Danish Other Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Steel, Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Glass
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Late 19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Table Lamps
Slate, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Gold
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Lucite, Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Copper
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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