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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
Orange Brown Geometric Table Lamp, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Geometric table lamp.
Orange brown and black table lamp.
A 1970s table lamp made from porcelain with chrome details.
Vintage lighting - spac...
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Seagram Table Lamp, Estremoz & Brass, InsidherLand by Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
The Seagram table lamp receives the name of the first attempt at skyscraper construction by the modernist architect Mies van der Rohe.
Following th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pivot LED Desk or Table Lamp with Articulating Arms in Patinated Brass
Located in Chicago, IL
The Pivot LED series with its articulated arm and adjustable head this brass lamp, is not only multidimensional, but it is an ever changing line drawing that nestles into a room. Rem...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
21st Century Federico Peri Haute Rechargeable Lamp Murano Glass Various Colors
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
Designed by Federico Peri for Purho Murano, Haute silk is a rechargeable table lamp of restrained dimensions (diameter 76 x height 133mm) made entirely of Murano glass.
Part of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Federico Peri Haute Rechargeable Lamp Murano Glass Various Colors
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
Designed by Federico Peri for Purho Murano, Haute Stripe is a rechargeable table lamp of restrained dimensions (diameter 76 x height 133mm) made entirely of Murano glass.
Part of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Contemporary Pair of Grey Glass Table Lamps with Silk Lampshade
By Porta Romana
Located in Brescia, IT
The beauty of this table lamps is the blown grey glass: they are handmade by Italian Masters with horizontal signs following the Midcentury design.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Silk, Blown Glass
Philippe Starck Flos Miss K Table Lamp Transparent Grey 21st Century
By Flos, Philippe Starck
Located in Antwerpen, BE
The Miss K table lamp is a design by Philippe Starck, which he created for the Italian lighting manufacturer Flos. Because of the two different light diffusers, it immediately create...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic, Plexiglass
Pretty Table Lamp Mat Finishing Violet Silk, silvered glass circle
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
Pretty lamp is entirely hand-made in Tuscany, Italy, and it is inspired by a young girl, a very pretty woman. Pretty is a lamp that has characteristics of softness and strength, it i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Kat & Roger Table Lamp with hand-crafted and hand-painted ceramic base, USA
By Kat & Roger
Located in Berlin, DE
Kat & Roger Table Lamp with hand-crafted and hand-painted ceramic base, USA. Measurements given apply to the base of the lamp.
Nestled amidst the serene landscapes of Southern Cali...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
'Girl and Giraffe' sculptural table lamp, Bronze
By Rinat Design
Located in London, GB
'The Girl and the Giraffe' bronze sculptural table lamp, hand crafted, molded and cast in bronze in the lost wax process.
A whimsical sculpture lamp of a young girl and a giraffe, e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Leaf, Bronze
Contemporary European Green Glass Sculptural Table Lamp by Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
These contemporary Margit Wittig table lamp is mounted on a solid slate bases and feature five mouth blown glass shapes in green with gold and silver leaf and multiple resin hand-cas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Slate
Black Toucan Table Lamp by H.T. Huang for Huangslite, 1990s
By H.T. Huang
Located in Hagenbach, DE
A beautiful table lamp designed by H.T. Huang for Huangslite in the 1990s. It is fascinating with its beautiful toucan design. The lamp is in a very good vintage condition and works ...
Category
1990s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Maurizio Tempestini Desk Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A desk lamp for Lightolier that has been rewired for use in the United States. Often attributed to Maurizio Tempestini.
Category
1960s Finnish Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Artemide Itka Table Light in White by Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Hicksville, NY
Magnificently simple and powerful, Naota Fukasawa’s Itka subtly but uniformly spreads light.
Made of opaline frosted glass on a white lacquered metal base, the table lamp is LED and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Brass and Crystal "Potter" Table Lamp
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass and crystal "Potter" table lamp
Dimensions: 40 x 40 x 82cm
Materials: crystal, brass
Table lamp with base in cast brass, the structure is composed of two casted brass band...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Bullicante Detailed Glass & Brass Fitted Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
These bold and materially stunning Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Table Lamps W/ Bullicante Detailing in Smoked Bronze & Brass Fittings originate from Italy during the 21st Centur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Modernist Hand-Blown Fluted Smoked Topaz Murano Glass & Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
This exquisitely elegant Pair of Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Table Lamps in Smoked Topaz W/ Stylized Fluted Detailing originate from Italy during the 21st Century. The lamps fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Coppia di lampade att. a Stilnovo Stilux Arredoluce Lux
Located in Lugo, IT
Coppia di lampade da tavolo o comodino in ottone e diffusore in metallo.
Patina
Buone condizioni.
Grazie
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Cave Table Lamp by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Cave Table Lamp by kar
Dimensions: W 22 x D 29 x H 31 cm
Materials: Fiberglass.
We are delighted to share the news with you that Cave Table Lamp is officially launched. This is the...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Fiberglass
21st Century Wabisabi 2 Led Lights Crystal Table Lamp by Patrizia Garganti
Located in Sesto Fiorentino, IT
Wabisabi collection is inspired by the homonymous japanese philosophy, a sophisticated aesthetic vision applied to objects which expresses the desire to return to the essentials, fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal
The Twilight Portable LED Lamp in Crystal and Bronze by André Fu Living
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, HK
Portable Wireless Charging Table Lamp LED
with Crystal GLass, 4 Level Brightness
Description: Portable USB table lamp LED, rechargeable
Material: Bronze and Crystal
Brightness Leve...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
The Aurora Portable LED Lamp in Crystal and Bronze by André Fu Living
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, HK
Portable Wireless Charging Table Lamp LED
with Crystal GLass, 4 Level Brightness
Description: Portable USB table lamp LED, rechargeable
Material: Bronze and Crystal
Brightness Leve...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
The Tree Of Life Portable LED Lamp in Crystal and Bronze by André Fu Living
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, HK
Portable Wireless Charging Table Lamp LED L500TL04 Bronze
with Crystal GLass, 4 Level Brightness
Description: Portable USB table lamp LED, rechargeable
Material: Bronze and Crystal
...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Vintage Tall Silver Table Lamps Silver and Sky Blue Modern Table Lamps Vase Lamp
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Vintage a pair tall modern mercury silver colored vase lamps table lamps
Old silver with blue lampshades ( new condition )
Style: Modern , timeless, design, French Country, French pr...
Category
1990s French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Silk, Glass, Acrylic
Sculptural, Contemporary, European PARIS Table Lamps, Turquoise by Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
These sculptural contemporary Margit Wittig table lamps are mounted on rectangular slate bases and feature multiple turquoise/ teal coloured handcrafted components, spheres and semi-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Contemporary, Handmade Table Lamp, Natural Rattan Brass, Mediterranean Objects
Located in Barcelona, ES
The VOL table lamp has a simple combination of lines and volumes, which create a geometric sculptural form, while being optimal in its shape for lighting spaces.
It has a conical sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Contemporary, Handmade Table Lamp, Black, Fabric, Wood, by Mediterranean Objects
Located in Barcelona, ES
The VOL table lamp has a simple combination of lines and volumes, which create a geometric sculptural form, while being optimal in its shape for lighting spaces.
It has a conical sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Contemporary, Handmade Table Lamp, Fabric, Brass, Wood, by Mediterranean Objects
Located in Barcelona, ES
The VOL table lamp has a simple combination of lines and volumes, which create a geometric sculptural form, while being optimal in its shape for lighting spaces.
It has a conical sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Carlo Nason Large Table Lamp "Bilboquet" in Murano Glass, 1970s
By Carlo Nason
Located in Rijssen, NL
Carlo Nason parquet lamp "Bilboquet" in Murano glass, manufactured in Italy, 1970s
Carlo Nason for Mazzega Murano white glass and chrome floor lamp. Featuring two hand blown opal wh...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Contemporary, Handmade Table Lamp, Natural Rattan, White, Mediterranean Objects
Located in Barcelona, ES
The VOL table lamp has a simple combination of lines and volumes, which create a geometric sculptural form, while being optimal in its shape for lighting spaces.
It has a conical sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Contemporary, Handmade Table Lamp, White, Fabric, Wood, by Mediterranean Objects
Located in Barcelona, ES
The VOL table lamp has a simple combination of lines and volumes, which create a geometric sculptural form, while being optimal in its shape for lighting spaces.
It has a conical sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Puppet Lamp in Brazilian Solid Wood
Located in São Paulo, SP
Playful and articulated lamp, made of solid caixeta and jequitibá wood, allowing for numerous movements and positions. The dark version is charred using the Japanese technique Shou S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage "Carnaby Table Lamp by Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
A super attractive vintage "Carnaby" table lamp by Jonathan Adler, circa 1990s. The lamp is in very good vintage condition and measures 5.25"D x 28.25"H (it is 21"H to the top of th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Customizable Hand-Painted Ceramic "Random Openings" Lamp by James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
The"Random Openings" table lamp features a sleek rectangular base, slip-cast in stoneware, with six linear rectangular openings strategically placed to allow dimmable LED light to il...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Modern to Postmodern Helix Spiral Stacked Lucite Bauer Co Table Lamp w Shade
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous Modern to Postmodern Helix spiral stacked Lucite table lamp by Bauer Co. Inc. with a new tall narrow espresso fabric hardback lined drum shade. Beautiful condition, keeping ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of, Handmade Table Lamp, Natural Rattan Brass, Mediterranean Objects - Auct
Located in Barcelona, ES
This publication corresponds to a pair of lamps. If you want a single unit, or three or more units, there is another publication for it.
AMA - Table lamp
Ama , comes from the Catal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Hollywood Regency Sea Color Textured Glass Table Lamps, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of Hollywood Regency sea color textured clear table lamps. Interesting texture to the sea color glass. Great addition to your modern interiors and table tops. Just add...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Table lamp model "Kongelys" (Royal Light)
Located in Kastrup, DK
Niels Rasmussen Thykier (Danish, 1883 - 1978).
Table lamp model "Kongelys" (Royal Light) with patinated brass stem, base, top and shade ring. Mounted with a white acrylic shade.
Desi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Break the Mold: Brenta+Brenta ceramic lamp by Jenna Basso Pietrobon
Located in New York, NY
The Brenta+Brenta lamp is part of a project entitled Break the Mold by artist Jenna Basso Pietrobon. Each lamp is unique and the lampshade direction is adjustable. The lamp is create...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Modern Vintage Table Lamp Ceramic Brass Floral Fauna Butterfly Flowers 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern vintage table lamp from ceramic and brass with multicolored printed floral and fauna butterfly and flowers decor 1980s.
This amazing and charming table lamp from ceramic and b...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Daisy contemporary Table Lamp 44 champagne Silk, silvered necklace Glass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
DAISY
A contemporary-Renaissance lady, adorned by a bright four-leaf necklace
The House of Sabrina Landini is a step into a world of elegance and design, home décor items meticulo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Tall Coastal Seashell Encrusted Column Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Tall Coastal Seashell Encrusted Column Lamps
USA, Later 20th Century
A stunning Pair of Tall Coastal Seashell Encrusted Column Lamps. Made in the USA during the later 20th ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1960s Seguso Milky White Swirl Murano Glass Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Modern milky white Seguso Murano 1960s glass table lamp. This requires one standard medium base bulb. This light is wired and ready to ship. Good condition with appropriate wear from...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Table Lamp "Palio" by Perry King for Arteluce '80s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
"Palio" table lamp by Perry King and Santiago Miranda designed for Arteluce, Italy 1980s.
The lamp has two opal glass diffusers, a floating copper metal lampshade and a solid metal b...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Break the Mold: Nove+Crespano ceramic lamp by Jenna Basso Pietrobon
Located in New York, NY
The Nove+Crespano is a handmade ceramic lamp and part of a project entitled Break the Mold by artist Jenna Basso Pietrobon. Made in her family’s hometown of Nove di Bassano (an hour ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary by Chitarrini Studio Handmade Table Lamp Natural Rattan White - Auc
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amà, comes from the Catalan ''a mà'', which means ''handmade'', and is how this lamp is made. With hand-turned beech wood, solid brass details, and a domed shade, hand-woven in natur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
French designer. Table lamp in stainless steel. 1960s. Industrial style
Located in Copenhagen, DK
French designer. Table lamp in stainless steel.
1960s.
Industrial style.
In good condition with signs of use in the form of light rust.
Bayonet socket. With switch.
Dimensions: L 19....
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Golden Spot Corduroy Studio Series by Fosfens
Located in Geneve, CH
Golden spot Corduroy Studio Series by Fosfens
2019
Materials: Optical glass lens, aluminium, 24-karat gold
Dimensions: ø 15.7cm x 27cm
Available in: Yellow gold, champagne gold, rose...
Category
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Gold, Brass
Hand-painted Ceramic Vietnamese Leaves Origami Table Lamp by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
A hand-painted ceramic table lamp meticulously crafted in Vietnam to the specifications of James Hicks. This lamp harmoniously blends modern 3D form with the Vietnamese tradition of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Small Mushroom Shaped Pink Murano Glass Table Lamps with Brass
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of lovely table lamps, made of a single piece of Murano glass tinted in light pink, sat on a brass base.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Unique Hand-Painted Ceramic "Random Openings" Lamp by James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
The"Random Openings" table lamp features a sleek rectangular base, slip-cast in stoneware, with six linear rectangular openings strategically placed to allow dimmable LED light to il...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Red Glazed Ceramic "Dancing Circles" Lamp by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
Crafted with precision and sophistication, this one-of-a-kind piece features a rectangular clay prism adorned with a random array of circular openings. This version shown is glazed r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Customizable Glazed Ceramic "Dancing Circles" Lamp by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
Crafted with precision and sophistication, this one-of-a-kind piece features a rectangular clay prism adorned with a random array of circular openings. This version shown is glazed r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass Light Green Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Italian hand-blown Murano glass table lamps in a polished light green glass fading to clear just below 23-carat gold flecked rings. At once formal and nonchalant; these sleek lights ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Modernist Pair of Handblown X-Form Lamps in Handblown Murano Mercury Glass
Located in New York, NY
This elegant pair of table lamps were hand blown in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. They feature tapere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Glass Purple Battuto Table Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Murano glass lamps made of hand-blown glass in a purple tone. They are crafted in the battuto technique, which creates a hammered appearance to the glass. They have been newl...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Custom Drip Glaze Lamps in Moss, Oxblood and Yellow Ochre
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning pair of drip glaze ceramic vessels as custom lamps. Beautiful scale and form with highlights of moss, oxblood and yellow ochre. Expertly built using components of only the finest quality. Exquisite jewelry! Excellent restored condition. Wired using brown silk cord; new brass three-way sockets with brass turn switch. Complete with new linen shades (color: stone; size: 17 x 18 x 12 inches high) and custom-made carved stone basket...
Category
1990s Unknown Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
21st Century Table Light DÉDALE by Jean Arriau
By Jean Arriau
Located in Paris, FR
Brushed brass base and mirror polished brass ornement.
Jean Arriau is sensitive to everything around him and likes to describe it through sculptures more grandiose than each other.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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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