Modern Table Lamps
MODERN STYLE
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Style: Modern
Color: Green
FLOS Snoopy Table Lamp in Green by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The masterful table lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni gets a dazzling makeover.
Collectors now have a new reason to cherish the Snoopy table lamp by Achille and Pier Gi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Steel
Flos Tab LED Table Lamp in Aluminum, by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A brand new edition of the Tab family, now with new capabilities in new colors. This new edition of Tab table lamp has an adjustable head with a ±90-deg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Vistosi Tread LT Table Lamp Murano Blown Glass with Gold Base
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The “technicity” of the metal element combined with the blown glass diffuser gives tread an “industrial” style. An object reminiscent of vintage electrical equipment for its particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Sintesi Table Lamp Design by Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide 1970s
Located in Krefeld, DE
Nice black Sintesi desk lamp designed by Ernesto Gismondi and produced by Artemide in the 1970s. The lamp is in original paint and comes with a E26/E27 socket. The lamp is in in full...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Modern Purple Green Orange Pink White Blue Black or Yellow Teddy Bear Table Lamp
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
The teddy bear, the emotional object par excellence, is reinterpreted by Stefano Giovannoni for Qeeboo and becomes a table lamp. The new pop icon, tender, and fun at the same time was designed in two versions, Boy & Girl. Teddy Girl, more timid and delicate, brings to light the feminine soul of the famous little bear, embracing a small luminous sphere. The luminous bear thus expands the large Qeeboo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Louis Poulsen PH 3½-2½ Color Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
The PH 3½-2½ Glass Table lamp was designed in 1928 and is one of many advanced projects undertaken by Poul Henningsen in the development of his world-famous three-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Martinelli Luce Elmetto 685 Table Lamp by Elio Martinelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp indirect light. Adjustable reflector with inside screen made of aluminum painted in white. Molded resin structure in the new golden color. Also available in the series-pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Green Sintesi Table Lamp Design by Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide, circa 1970s
Located in Krefeld, DE
Nice green Sintesi desk lamp designed by Ernesto Gismondi and produced by Artemide in the 1970s. The lamp is in original paint and comes with a E26/E27 socket. The lamp is in in full...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Sculpted, European, Silhouette Table Lamp by Margit Wittig, Emerald Green
Located in London, GB
NEW COLLECTION: This contemporary Margit Wittig table lamp sits on a round base . The material Wittig chose for this unique 21st century table lamp is cast epoxy green resin, which g...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Petrol Green Alby Table and Lamp by Mason Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Alby table & lamp by Mason Editions
Dimensions: 40 × 40 × 50 cm
Materials: Iron and glass
Colours: petrol green, light grey, black, white polished nickel.
All our lamps can...
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2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Iron
Alby Petrol Green Albi Small Table with Lamp by Mason Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Alby petrol green albi small table with lamp by Mason Editions.
Design: Matteo Fiorini.
Dimensions: Ø.40 x 50 cm
Materials: blown glass, metal.
Finishings: light grey, petrol g...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Modern Black Red Pink Yellow Green or Gray Daisy Flower Table Lamp
By Nika Zupanc, Qeeboo
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
Inspired by the gesture that we all made sooner or later in life, the "Loves me, loves me not", Daisy lamp depicts a daisy that does not lose its emblematic Romanticism. Delicate but...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Vistosi Large Jube Table Lamp by Favaretto&Partners
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Essential, sinuous and delicate, Jube was born from the union of two blown glasses that, once assembled together, create an overlapping, ton sur ton effect with a retro charm. Thanks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Foscarini Dimmable Birdie Small Table Lamp in Green by Ludovica Roberto Palomba
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp with diffused light. Die cast zinc alloy base and steel rod, both liquid coated. Opaline injection molded polycarbonate internal diffuser, translucent injection molded pol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Coralli Touch Lamp, Turquoise & Red
Located in Mantova, MN
This sumptuous art décor table lamp belongs to the Coralli collection designed by Massimo Marcomini, entirely handmade in Italy from superior ceramic in the Venetian tradition. The a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Plexiglass
Modern Black Pink Blue Orange Yellow or Green Plastic Teddy Bear Table Lamp
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
The teddy bear, the emotional object par excellence, is reinterpreted by Stefano Giovannoni for Qeeboo and becomes a table lamp. The new pop icon, tender and fun at the same time, was designed in two versions: Boy & Girl. Teddy boy winks at the old toy with an irreverent attitude that mixes teddy bear’s traits with “almost human” features. The luminous bear thus expands the large Qeeboo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Martinelli Luce Cyborg 825 Table Lamp by Karim Rashid
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp direct diffused light. Structure in cast aluminum lacquered in the new Living Coral color and available in pastel colors: white, light blue, light lime green, light grey; ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Silhouette Table Lamp, by Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
A sculptural table lamp with an asymmetrical idiom, designed in the 1950s by the internationally renowned lighting designer, Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen. With its elegant structure, the Silhouette provides excellent indirect light, a characteristic of other iconic lamps of the era. The Silhouette table lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Vistosi Small Jube Table Lamp by Favaretto&Partners
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
Essential, sinuous and delicate, Jube was born from the union of two blown glasses that, once assembled together, create an overlapping, ton sur ton effect with a retro charm. Thanks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Vistosi Tread LT Table Lamp with Bronze Base by Chiaramonte
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The “technicity” of the metal element combined with the blown glass diffuser gives Tread an “Industrial” style. An object reminiscent of vintage electrical equipment for its particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Bloom Table Lamp, by Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
A little table lamp with great personality, designed in the 1950s by the grand master of Danish lighting design, Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen, who is internationally acclaimed. The bloom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Vistosi Tread LT Table Lamp with Copper Base by Chiaramonte
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
The “technicity” of the metal element combined with the blown glass diffuser gives tread an “Industrial” style. An object reminiscent of vintage electrical equipment for its particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Lladro Belle de Nuit Table Lamp
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Table lamp with a handmade porcelain design. Beauty of the night. Such is the name of the plant whose petals reflect the moonlight, thus acquiring the magical property of glowing in the dark. This striking species provides the inspiration for the Belle de Nuit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Louis Poulsen AJ Table Lamp by Arne Jacobsen
Located in New York, NY
Arne Jacobsen was born and raised in Copenhagen. In 1927, he graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. After graduating, he obtained his fir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Ambience Table Lamp, by Svend Aage Holm Sorensen from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
A beautiful table lamp in a consummate 1950s design, created by the grand master of Danish lighting, Svend Aage Holm Sorensen, who enjoys great international acclaim. With its striki...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Modern Black Purple Red Orange Yellow Green White Flashlight Table Lamp
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
"Flash, saviour of the universe. He is there for us all, he represents each of us. He singlehandedly saved every man, every woman, every child, with a powerful flash! Ever since we b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Tiffany Contemporary Table Lamp 40 Grass Silk Silvered Glass, Antiqued Brass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY the iconic lamp!
Tiffany, a timeless lamp, inspired by the international movie “Breakfast at Tiffany” and the talented character Audrey Hepburn, is a contemporary lamp, ent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Brass Top Table Lamp, by Svend Aage Holm Sorensen from Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
A table lamp with unique, solid brass details, created in the 1950s by the Danish designer, Svend Aage Holm Sorensen, who is internationally acclaimed for his lamps. The Brass Top table lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Jacco Maris LED Mrs.Q Table Lamp in Coated Steel
By Jacco Maris
Located in Yonkers, NY
Handmade in Holland not only has a nice “ring” to it, it means Jacco Maris’ fixtures exhibit exemplary quality and jaw-dropping style only a lover of experimentation could achieve. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
SLAMP Gemmy Table Light in Green by Spalletta, Croce, Ragnisco & Wijffels
Located in Pomezia, Rome
This versatile and dynamic collection was inspired by the polyhedric facets of desert gems. The lamp’s geometries create an intriguing contemporary and refined kaleidoscope effect th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Venini Muse Glass Sculpture Light in Grass Green by Fabio Novembre
By Venini, Fabio Novembre
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Musa glass sculpture table lamp, designed by Fabio Novembre and manufactured by Venini, features an handmade glass sculpture with a metal cage and a Carrara marble base. Available in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Modern table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern table lamps for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage table lamps created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern table lamps made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original table lamps, popular names associated with this style include Artemide, Flos, Pablo Designs, and Vistosi. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee.
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