Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Steel
19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century North American Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century North American Regency Table Lamps
Alabaster, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Lucite, Porcelain
2010s Italian Table Lamps
Onyx, Carrara Marble, Brass
20th Century Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper, Resin
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
2010s American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Plaster, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Table Lamps
Epoxy Resin
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Metal, Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Steel
1930s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Steel
1850s French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Plexiglass
Late 20th Century Spanish Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Art Glass
1960s American Chinoiserie Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1940s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian 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.
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