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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Dove Task Lamps by Mario Barbaglia & Marco Colombo- A Pair
Located in Denton, TX
A pair of "Dove" task lamps designed by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo for PAF Studio, Italy, 1980s. These lamps have a "dove" shaped body with an adjustable height, an adjustable...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Roberto Pamio, Medusa, Table Lamp, Leucos, Italy, 1970s
By Roberto Pamio, Leucos
Located in Paris, FR
Roberto Pamio
Medusa
A half-spherical white and transparent blown glass table lamp.
On a cast iron base.
Produced by Leucos, Italy.
Circa 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Table Lamp by Nathalie Grenon for Fontana Arte, 1990s
Located in San Diego, CA
Table lamp model 2833 by Nathalie Grenon for Fontana Arte produced in the 1990s. Beautiful brass and glass structure. This piece is sold without the sh...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Counter Balance Desk Lamp Hustad Luchten, 1980s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice counter balance Hustadt Luchten Desk lamp Halogen 1980s
2 light modes. Adjustable in all directions. Perfect working lamp.
Category
1980s German Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
“Pagodina” Contemporary WallLamp, rose lampshade, laquered SilveredCrystal
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
PAGODINA
Leaning toward inner peace
For more than 22 years the art of “hand-made in Italy” has given life to the Maison Sabrina Landini, who’s brilliant spirit leads to the foundat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Cobalt Blue Glass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
This bold and well balanced Pair of Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Cobalt Blue Glass Table Lamps originates from Italy during the 21st Century. They feature a rounded body with a smooth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Lumina Daphine LED Table Lamp in Brushed Nickel by Tommaso Cimini
By Lumina, Tommaso Cimini
Located in New York, NY
Table standing lamp of metal with an articulated pivoting arm, the head can rotate 360°. The light source is a 8W-LED controlled by a switch which can be set in ways: on/half light/o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Italian Table Lamp in Faux Tortoise and Brass, 1970s
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This table lamp features a base in faux tortoise plexiglass/Lucite and brass crowned with a new lampshade in black cotton. In very nice fully working condition. The lampshade can be ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
“Tiffany” contemporary Table Lamp 23 tobacco Silk, Antique Brass, Silvered Glas
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY
The first one,
Audrey inspired the iconic
Introducing Sabrina's breathtaking collection of Tiffany lamps.
Year after year Sabrina Landini perpetuates its exceptional expe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Stylish Metal Table Lamp Champagne Finish Opalescent Vetrite
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’.
The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality.
A constant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1980s Acrylic Disc Table Lamp by Rougier
Located in Denton, TX
Decorative acrylic disc mounted on an angle and lit from behind.
Category
20th Century Canadian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Stylish Metal Table Lamp Champagne Finish Opalescent Vetrite
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’.
The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality.
A constant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
A Pair Of Large Brass And Opaque Glass Tiffany Style Table Lamps
By Poliarte
Located in London, GB
A Pair of large white glass and brass table lamps with mirrored bases, attributed to Poliarte. Quite Art Deco in style with a touch of the Tiffany design. However a good quality pair...
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Firmamento Milano Small Equilibrio Table Lamp by Michele De Lucchi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Please note that VAT is not included in the price.
The only way to deceive gravity is balance” MDL Table lamp in two sizes distinguished by the opaline blown glass diffuser that see...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Bola Disc Table Lamp in Carrara Marble and Brass by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bola disc table’s iconic silhouette is defined by its elegant chromed stainless steel disc shade positioned at 45 degrees while elevated by an opaline glass globe diffusor that appea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal
Fold Table Lamp, Led Sculptural Modern Light, Bronze patina / Calacatta Viola
Located in Broadmeadows, Victoria
Inspired by the angular architecture and dark moods of Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece Blade Runner, the Fold Table Lamp deploys folded aluminum fins to reflect an ambient glow forwa...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Limited Edition Lumina Daphine LED Table Lamp in White by Tommaso Cimini
By Tommaso Cimini, Lumina
Located in New York, NY
Daphine 45th Anniversary
Our icon & masterpiece: Daphine.
Back in 1991, Lumina presented a special lamp for the 15th Anniversary with a particular finish, numbered and sold to the mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Smoky Rock Crystal Quartz Lamps with Silvered Wood Bases
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of smoky rock crystal quartz lamps with silvered wood bases. The rock crystal is hand-cut and hand-polished into geometric shapes. When the lamps are lit the smoky rock c...
Category
20th Century French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz
Flos Tab Floor LED Lamp 90° Rotatable Head, White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A brand new edition of the Tab family, now with new capabilities in new colors. This new edition of Tab floor lamp has an adjustable head with a 90-degr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Slamp Lafleur Battery Table Lamp by Marc Sadler
By Marc Sadler
Located in Pomezia, Rome
Marc Sadler was driven by the desire to move beyond the known and find a new compositional language while shaping Slamp’s technopolymers. The delicate, delectable, and rechargeable Lafleur battery-powered table lamp is formed by heating Lentiflex at a controlled temperature and then hand-moulding it to create the blossom. The lamp has a magnetic base and comes with a complimentary metal anchor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Other
Mini Lorimer - Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Table Lamp, woven shade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind ceramic lamp, thrown on the potters wheel and assembled by hand. The lamp base is comprised of two different clay bodies that celebrate the texture of unglazed ceramic....
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Huge Fused Glass Table Lamp Art Piece on Stainless Steel Base , USA , 1980s
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Superb striking color on a winged sculptural shaped fused glass.
First class design and craftmanship.
Stainless steel base.
Regular E26 socket.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Lladró Hairstyle ‘I/U’ Table Lamp in Black and White by Hisakazu Shimizu
Located in New York City, NY
Table lamp in black and white porcelain with touches of gilded sheen, features Murano blown glass screens in several layers that are inspired by the sandogasa hats. The Hairstyle collection of lamps has been conceived by the team of Lladró Atelier, the brand's ideas laboratory, in collaboration with the Japanese designer Hisakazu Shimizu. They are inspired by historical Japanese characters who set the trend for their fabulous hairstyles. Decorated in black and white with touches of golden luster, they feature multi-layered Murano blown glass screens inspired by Sandogasa hats, worn in medieval Japan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass, Wood, Porcelain
Gustave Gautier and Jacques Biny Fine French Adjustable Floor Lamp
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Made of black lacquered metal and brass, with a (new) shade and adjustable stem. By Gustave Gautiet France
Category
1950s Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
“Tiffany” Table Lamp 30 Onion Silk, Antiqued Brass, Silvered Glass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY
The first one,
Audrey inspired the iconic
Introducing Sabrina's breathtaking collection of Tiffany lamps.
Year after year Sabrina Landini perpetuates its exceptional exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
A pair Of Large Glass And Patinated Brass Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of large scale table lamps in Bronze patinated brass and bottle green glass. Newly re wired with silk flex and inline switch. Off white new silk shades included. Imported from...
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Venini Belboi Table Lamp in Milk White, Crystal, and Red with Gold Hardware
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp in handmade-blown glass. Shade realized in milk-white glass. Arm in crystal color glass with colored inner part.
Year of Manufacture: 1985
Metal: Gold-plated
Light so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
"Freevolle" Sculpture Lady Lamp, Orange lampshade, Brass Body
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
FREEVOLLE
Twist and go!
The Freevolle Lady lamp captures a quiet elegance, with its refined curves, delicate and airy silhouette, it moves with grace—striking the perfect balance b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
"Freevolle" Sculpture Lady Lamp, Lemon lampshade, Brass Body
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
FREEVOLLE
Twist and go!
The Freevolle Lady lamp captures a quiet elegance, with its refined curves, delicate and airy silhouette, it moves with grace—striking the perfect balance b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
FLOS Miss K Table Lamp in Black by Philippe Starck
By Flos, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Created by innovative design master Philippe Starck, the miss K table lamp brings a delightful duality to its work. When unlit, its transparent PC (p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
FLOS Taccia Led in Silver w/ Glass Diffuser, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Castiglioni brothers often created designs that challenged our perspective, and the Taccia, which gives the illusion of an upside-down hanging lamp, is an inspired example of tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Vistosi Ferea Table Lamp in Satin White by Emmanuel Babled
Located in Mogliano Veneto, Treviso
A uniquely designed table lamp made possible by the use of a water-jet cut, allowing for the designer to explore and create shapes that give a new direction to the traditional use of Murano glass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Chagall Table Lamp in Metal and White Glass by Etro Home Interiors
By Etro
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Table lamp Shades in white frost blown glass. Metal base and details in gold finishing. Cable in bordeaux fabric.
Ø 40 H 65
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
TULIP BATTERY - BLACK BASE - Design by marc sadler
By Marc Sadler, Slamp
Located in Pomezia, Rome
Tulip, a romantic light installation by Marc Sadler, is offered in a tabletop version with a rechargeable battery that can be moved with the simplicity of a gesture to offer ever-cha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Other
Lim360 Table Lamp in Aluminum & Silver by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
LIM360 is an inspiringly simple and intelligently functional task lamp. Combining seamless movement with the most advanced LED technology and an integrated USB port for charging mobi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Maitland-Smith Inlaid Stone & Brass Table Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
1980s Maitland-Smith stone and brass table lamp. Black and gray stone with brass inlaid detailing. Original square lucite base with beveled edge. Newly rewired with new brass socket....
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stone, Brass
“Pagodina” Wireless Contemporary TableLamp, sun color, laquered, Crystal
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
PAGODINA
The inner peace
For more than 22 years the art of “hand-made in Italy” has given life to the Maison Sabrina Landini, who’s brilliant spirit leads to the foundation of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Cleta Lamp, Ceramic Lamp Handcrafted in Bronze
By Gabriella B.
Located in Treviso, IT
Ceramic table lamp CLETA handcrafted in bronze with white or black cotton lampshade
cod. LTE002
measures: height 110.0 cm., diameter 30.0 cm.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Favrile Studio Glass Lamp 1975 Roger Robinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Made at the Swallowtail studios California.
One-of-a-kind.
Blown glass with wonderful favrile pattern.
Original wiring with brass hardware and finial (normal wear / patina.)
No damag...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Giancarlo Patuzzi for Gruppo NP2 - Pair of table lamp "Cilindro luminoso"
Located in Brussels, BE
This pair of carved table lamps called "cilindro luminoso" by Giancarlo Patuzzi, are unique by their transulence due to the piece of marble used before carved. These pieces are mad...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
Pair of Modernist Faceted Hand-Blown Murano Glass Table Lamps in Sapphire
Located in New York, NY
This striking and elegant pair of table lamps were handblown in Murano, Italy- the islands off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for their superlative glass production. They...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Kartell Mini Kabuki Desk Lamp in Green by Ferruccio Laviani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A mini version of the lamp in a complex thermoplastic polymer with a characteristic perforated surface, from which the light diffuses.
Dimensions: He...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plastic
Tiffany Contemporary Table Lamp 30 Black Silk Silvered Glass Brass
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
TIFFANY
The first one,
Audrey inspired the iconic
Introducing Sabrina's breathtaking collection of Tiffany lamps.
Year after year Sabrina Landini perpetuates its exceptional exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Pyramidal Brass Table Lamps by Chapman
Located in Dallas, TX
Chapman table lamps, pair, brass, 1978, square column bases support pyramid shades, plastic grid diffusers, each signed and dated with Chapman labels, 14"w x 14"d x 18"h, excellent o...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Gorgeous toupie lamp by les 2 Potiers
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Superbe lampe toupie des deux potiers magnifique émaillage. Signée
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Uma Mini Sound Lantern in White by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Introducing UMA Mini, the newest addition to the UMA family, and now more portable than ever to travel with you anywhere you go. The revolutionary UMA Mini Lantern...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Modern Brass and Lucite Bankers Lamp
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Unique and stylish modern banker or student lamp. Brass offset with lucite. Modern streamline twist on a classic. 2 bulbs individually controlled with pull chains.
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Dupont Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind ceramic lamp, thrown on the potters wheel and assembled by hand. The lamp base is comprised of three different clay bodies and features a raw, unglazed ceramic surface ...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
'Nun 1' Alabaster Desk Lamp in the Manner of Pierre Chareau
Located in Glendale, CA
'Nun 1' alabaster desk lamp in the Manner of Pierre Chareau.
Handcrafted in Los Angeles in the workshop of noted French designer and antiques dealer Denis de le...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
Four Noble Truths Sculptural Lamp In Walnut Wood
By Brett Paulin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The Four Nobel Truths Lamps is crafted from solid walnut wood. The Silhouette is intentionally sculptural. The effect of the light emitted from the box is muted; casting a warm, my...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Walnut
Alfredo Häberli Nox Wireless Lamp for Astep
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nox
Design by Alfredo Häberli
Distinctive to Nox is its wireless charging system with induction technology, enabling this sophisticated and highly versatile lamp to be used unplugged...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Opaline Glass
Narciso M Table Lamp by Roberto Lazzeroni
By Estro
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning accessory, with a contemporary design, the Narciso M Table Lamp features a structure covered in smoked bevelled mirror that combines perfectly with the base in wood and la...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Linen, Mirror, Wood
American Mutual Sunset Modernist Aluminum Pair of Table Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pair of table lamps, designed by Mutual Sunset Lamp Co, Brooklyn, NY, boasts a modernist Machine Age shape with polished cast aluminum and black painted metal with a textured pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Cast Bronze Cervus Table Lamp with Blue Green Linen Shade by Elan Atelier
By Elan Atelier
Located in New York, NY
Cast Bronze Cervus Table Lamp with Blue Green Linen Shade by Elan Atelier
Bronze lamp with marine linen shade with gold silk interior, produced using the superior lost wax bronze c...
Category
2010s Unknown Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Venetian Style Hand Blown Glass Totem 1 White Table Lamp
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Elemental simplicity paired with phenomenal craftsmanship, the TOTEM Series is produced entirely by hand, using traditional Venetian glass blowing techniques.
TOTEM 1 is a table l...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Floating Frames Table Lamp S
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed floating frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminium wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her workshop, no two items are alike.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Damo Simple Table Lamp, 'Black / White / Olive Green'
Located in Renton, WA
Damo simple table lamp not only crafts a sense of serenity, it also instills utmost vitality through its brightness, clarifying your innermost though...
Category
2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
1980s D and D Bldg. NYC Asian Deco Modern Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
According to the original owner, this exquisite French porcelain table lamp was purchased in the D(ecoration) & D(esign) Building in NYC from the Paul Jones Showroom. Lovely chocolat...
Category
1980s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery
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.