Modern Table Lamps
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
2010s North American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
2010s North American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
2010s North American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
2010s North American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Metal
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Crystal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Crystal
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
1960s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Cotton
1980s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Pottery
2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Steel
2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Cotton, Paper
2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Concrete
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
1960s German Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Parchment Paper
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Steel, Brass, Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
2010s North American Modern Table Lamps
Bronze, Enamel, Nickel, Brass
20th Century Philippine Modern Table Lamps
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Resin