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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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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
Art Nouveau Slag Glass Table Lamp with Metal Overlay
Located in San Francisco, CA
American slag glass table lamp in the Art Nouveau style, likely from the 1910s to 1920s. Features a paneled shade in green, amber, and cream glass with decorative metal overlay, and ...
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1920s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of ceramic table lamp by Jacques Blin, France, 1960's
Located in Paris, FR
ceramic table lamp by Jacques Blin, signed, 1960's
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1960s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Kartell Bourgie Lamp in Multicolored Fuchsia by Ferruccio Laviani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A lamp with an inimitable style, Bourgie is one of Kartell’s best sellers, skillfully combining classic style, richness and tradition with innovation and irony. The baroque style bas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Pair of Alabaster Large Mushroom Shaped Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of large but short table lamps made of a base and and shade all in alabaster, shaped like mushrooms. One source of light per lamp, located in the foot, giving a gradient enlight...
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2010s Spanish Modern Table Lamps

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Alabaster

1960's Micro desk lamp
Located in Montréal, QC
Small desk lamp made in Italy. Chromed brass and lacquered aluminium shade, chromed brass fittings, lacquered steel base. 40 watts max E-12 North American bulb recommended or higher ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Enamel, Steel, Chrome

Palm Beach Modern Table Lamp, Blush
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Elegant Currey & Co. table lamp. Featuring a blush pink ceramic base adorned with sculptural ribbed detailing for a sophisticated, tactile appeal. Topped with a classic tapered linen...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic, Linen

Lumen S/ Birch
Located in Göteborg, SE
At Reform Design Lab, we merge bold, sculptural design with cutting-edge technology to shape a more sustainable world. Through a global network of 3D print labs, we produce locally, ...
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2010s European Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic, Birch

Pair of Contemporary European Table Lamp Synergy in Green by Margit Wittig
Located in London, GB
These sculptural contemporary Margit Wittig table lamps are mounted on rectangular slate bases and feature multiple white resin handcrafted cuboids, spheres and semi-circles with org...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Italian modern table lamp Tecla by Noti Massari for Leucos, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern table lamp Tecla by Noti Massari for Leucos, 1970s Table lamp model Tecla with a round base in white glass. It features a decorative red glass ring and a white plastic...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Glass, Plastic

Pair of Small Brass and Tobacco Glass Globe Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of small table lamps, made of a brass cylinder foot topped with an opened top glass globe tinted in a tobacco colour. Ideal for a bedside use thanks to their small size and dimm...
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2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Graham Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind ceramic lamp, hand built and assembled by hand. The lamp base is made with speckled clay manufactured regionally to the East Coast with custom made matte finish white g...
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2010s American Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Veronese table lamp by Umberto Riva and Barovier & Toso Murano Italy 1984
Located in Catania, IT
Table lamp "Veronese "pink color (out production) designed by Umberto Riva for Barovier & Toso. Designed and manufactured in Italy, in 1985. Chrome base, wooden supports, brass har...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Iron

Transparent Ovale Table Lamp by Carlo Moretti
Located in New York, NY
Chosen as one of Architectural Digest “best new lights, 2015”, Ovale is a table lamp of mouth blown Murano glass with mouth blown Murano white opaline glass shade mounted on gilded m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

OLO Table Lamp
Located in Renton, WA
The OLO table and floor lamps are the newest additions to the OLO family. The hollow rotatable lamp shade is embedded with cutting-edge design, offer a high quality CRI 90 Color Rend...
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2010s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps

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Steel

OLO Table Lamp
OLO Table Lamp
$420 / item
Pair of Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass X Form Table Lamps W/ 24 Karat Gold
Located in New York, NY
This pair of Modernist table lamps represents a pinnacle of contemporary Murano glass artistry. Crafted in Italy in the 21st century, these lamps showcase the extraordinary skill and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Gold

Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Devoe 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 two different clay bodies and features a raw...
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2010s American Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Circa Table Lamp in White by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Circa’s revolutionary flat-panel LED light source combines seamless movement with warm and balanced illumination. Through its integrated USB charging port, 45° shade tilt and 360° ro...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Steel

Mario Bertorelle Disco table lamp
Located in Montréal, QC
Iconic Mario Bertorelle Disco lamp for JMRDM Massanzago. Adjustable molded plastic disc. 15-25 watt E-14 (European bulb) or higher if LED/CFL. Tested origi...
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1970s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Plastic

Pair of Table Lamps in Green Murano Glass
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of table lamps in green Murano glass.
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

Pair of Perlito Table Lamps by Amandine Gorrino
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Inspired by the same shapes utilized for the Perlo suspensions, The Marseille native and based ceramist Amandine Gorrino created these Perlito table lamps by stacking artisanally mad...
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2010s French Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Modern Burl Wood and Chrome Milo Baughman Style Table Lamp
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a good looking lamp! It is a modern Milo Baughman style burl table lamp. It is unmarked and in very good condition. The shade is as well.
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1970s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Chrome

Appuntito Ceramic Light
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Artisanal Ceramic Table Light by Project 213A. Crafted in the brand's in-house ceramic workshop. Light launched in 2023 during Salone de Mobile at the Alcova Fair in Milano as part ...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic, Clay

Glass and Steel Perception Table Lamp by Known Work
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Delicate hand-blown glass and patinated steel combine to striking effect in this atmospheric table lamp that sets the mood with an alluring soft glow. The layered, mold-blown glass h...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps

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Steel

Pair of Marble Table Lamps in Rosso Levanto Marble
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Pair of Bruchi Marble Lamps by Mmauro: Designed by Niko Koronis. Restaured and re-wired. This lamp probably belongs to the first production. The new production has a base in brass or...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Lamps

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Marble

Contemporary Taiga Ceramic Table Lamp by JAS
Located in Paris, FR
A contemporary artisanal handmade table lamp crafted out of enameled ceramic in unique green and brown tones. Jonathan Amar Studio is a multidisciplinary studio that designs and ...
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2010s Moroccan Modern Table Lamps

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Enamel

Christian Liaigre Acier Table Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Christian Liaigre Acier Table Lamp, Bronze-painted metal spine with exposed cord power source and original paper cone-shaped shade. This Bronze brass lamp blends in with all types o...
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Early 2000s French Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Christian Liaigre Acier Table Lamp
Christian Liaigre Acier Table Lamp
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Elise Table Lamp in Silver by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
The timeless Elise 18" lamp pays tribute to the advent of the machine age. Its refined machined aluminum base combined with its towering frosted acrylic diffuser serves as the perfec...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Rectangular Ceramic Lamp
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Rectangular Ceramic Light Designed by Project 213A in 2023 Artisanal ceramic light with a rectangular base, made in Project 213A's own ceramic workshop. It has a brass stem and a o...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic, Clay

Lana Small Table Lamp in Charcoal and Grey with White Base by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Inspired by a fusion of craft and advanced manufacturing, the Lana series is designed to adapt to any space. Lana is comprised of a unique magnetic felt shade that provides limitless...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps

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Steel

Ovale Carlo Moretti Contemporary Mouth Blown Murano Clear Glass Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chosen as one of Architectural Digest's best new lights, 2015; Ovale is a table lamp of clear mouth blown Murano glass and mouth blown Murano white opaline glass shade mounted on gil...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Murano Glass Aqua Blue and Gold Table Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
This pair of side tables is made in Murano, Italy, outside of Venice. Each has a hand-blown aqua blue cylindrical body with 23 carat gold avventurina detailing. There are darker aqua...
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2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

Pair of Frederick Cooper Ovoid-Form Lamps with Plaid Decoration
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each painted in a teal and cranberry plaid adorned overall with a lacy foliate vine; raised on square wooden plinths; labeled 'Frederick Cooper, Chicago'; 14" (top of lamp) 25" (top ...
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1980s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

“Pagodina” Wireless Contemporary TableLamp, gold color, brass Silvered 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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Crystal, Brass

Pair of Olivia Cognet Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of ceramic table lamps by the talented french contemporary artist Olivia Cognet. These large tubular shape lamps have mirrored design of sharp geometrical shapes, brass hardwar...
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2010s French Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Tubetop 21 Table Lamp in White and Clear by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Minimalist statement in form and proportion, Tube Top combines a transparent formed acrylic base to support its elegant mesh fabric shade in tension, steering away from conventiona...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps

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Acrylic, Polyester

Pair of Lucite and Chrome Table Lamps in the Manner of Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of clear acrylic and brush aluminum with chrome hardware table lamps in the manner of Charles Hollis Jones. Beautifully crafted, newly rewired and new shades. They look nice w...
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1980s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum, Chrome

Pilar Table Lamp Black Marble
Located in San Francisco, CA
Playful and sculptural in design, Pilar is a study in geometric proportions that meticulously bring out the character of its materials to create pure warm, ambient illumination for a...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Table Lamps

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Marble, Aluminum

Martinelli Luce Cobra 629 Table Lamp by Elio Martinelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reading lamp with direct light, made with two resin molded bodies, white or black color. For the 50th anniversary of its production, a new red version of th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Resin

Pair of Glass and Brass Esperia Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of table lamps made by Esperia, each made of a triangular foot in blown clear glass, with a streak of dark grey in the center. Some air bubbles are visible in the glass, which i...
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2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Modernist Handblown Murano Glass Table Lamps in Emerald Green w/ 24K Gold Flecks
Located in New York, NY
This refined pair of table lamps were handblown in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. They sculptural undulating cylindrical bodies in handblown reeded Murano glass offering an elegant emerald green hue and imbued with an abundance of 24kt gold flecks that gives the glass an alluring iridescent sheen. The lamps display dramatically peaked concave bases. Ascending from the sculptural Murano bases are stacked orbital forms separated by translucent gold hourglass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Gold

Rare Willy Daro Brass and Seashell Table Lamps, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
Willy Daro designed these stunning modernist table lamps. The pieces were crafted in France circa 1970. These rare lamps boast giant seashells mounted on a large square polished bras...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass

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...
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2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

Tube Desk/Table Lamp, Handmade in Brass by Christopher Gentner
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by the art of Sumi-e, Japanese black ink drawing, the lamp flows as if stroked in one consecutive line. The dimmable LED desk lamp is available ...
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2010s American Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair of Small Alabaster Conical Table Lamps with Globes
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of table lamps made of two pieces of alabaster, a cone foot, topped with a globe diffusing the light.
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2010s Spanish Modern Table Lamps

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Alabaster

Pair of George Kovacs Solid Beige Tone Travertine Table Lamps, 1970's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of George Kovacs polished buff travertine table lamps, circa 1980. Featuring heavy, solid, squared single piece tower forms in Coffee Cream toned natural, neutral Travertine, wi...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Travertine, Chrome

FLOS Romeo Soft T1 Halogen Table Lamp by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of the Romeo family created by industry innovator Philippe Starck, this stunning and strikingly simple table lamp provides diffused light through a plissé cloth shade and acid-etched pressed borosilicate glass internal diffuser. The steel stem is grey painted, and the base and yoke are die-cast aluminum. There is an injection-molded transparent PC (polycarbonate; UL-94 V2) diffuser support. The on/off switch is located on the cord. Inspiration behind the design: “Design, at best, can try to improve life,” says designer Philippe Starck. With an eye on innovation and a passion for ethical living, Starck creates pieces—like the Romeo Soft...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Steel

Rhapsody Rattan Small Table Lamp by Stephane Parmentier x Giobagnara
Located in New York, NY
For nearly twenty years, the Giobagnara brand has combined traditional know-how and leading-edge technology to produce elegance of the highest standard. With luxurious creations avai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Rattan

Appuntito Ceramic Light
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Artisanal Ceramic Table Light by Project 213A. Crafted in the brand's in-house ceramic workshop. Light launched in 2023 during Salone de Mobile at the Alcova Fair in Milano as part ...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Fontana Arte 3247TA Small Table Lamp in White Frosted Blown Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Family of floor and table lamps with diffuser in frosted white blown glass and structure in nickel-plated metal. The diffuser is available in white frosted blown glass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of Gold Maria Pergay Brass Plated Table Lamps
Located in Hastings, GB
A very rare pair of 1970’s brass plated stainless steel Table lamps, designed by Maria Pergay. Born in 1930 in Moldova, Romania to Russian-Jewish parents, Pergay and her mother fled to France at the beginning of World War II. After the war, Pergay studied costumery, set design, and sculpture at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques in Paris, before opening her own shop to sell decorative silver objects. It wasn’t until the late 1960s that she began using stainless steel. Pergay lives and works in Paris, France. Today, her works are held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. These lamps are sometimes mistaken for designs by the Italian company Il Punto...
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1970s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Stainless Steel

Pair of Ceramic Table Lamps by Olivia Cognet
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of tall and elegant table lamps made in ceramic by the French artist Olivia Cognet, topped with Dedar Milano fabric lamp shades. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2016, French art...
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2010s French Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Foscarini Magneto LED Reading Lamp by Giulio Iacchetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reading lamp with direct light. Batch dyed ABS diffuser with incorporated LED, epoxy powder coated steel base and rod. The “super magnet”, spherical in shape and made of “rare earth”...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Metal

FLOS Gatto Table Lamp by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Named for a “little cat,” this Castiglioni brothers creation sits softly on any table, offering a glowing diffused light. The lamp is done in the famous “cocoon” style that the duo w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Steel

Link Small Table Lamp in Silver by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Link modernizes the classic pantograph task lamp, incorporating the most advanced LED lighting technology to date. Designed with a dual-purpose shade/handle, Link seamlessly balances...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Pair of Gold Infused Murano Glass Cubist Table Lamps, Made-to-Order
Located in New York, NY
Amazing pair of gold infused Murano glass Cubist table lamps available for custom orders. Each glass block is handmade and speckled with gold flakes which create warm and elegant gli...
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2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Brass, Gold

Martinelli Luce Dimmable LED Pipistrello 620 Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed in 1965 by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, the lamp is made with innovative techniques for the diffuser in methacrylate for the time in which it was designed. The shape of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps

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Stainless Steel

Pair of Round Plaster Table Lamps
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of plaster round shaped table lamps, contemporary made for the galerie Glustin Luminaires.
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2010s French Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Vetri Murano Egg-Shape Art Glass Murano Table Lamp , italian 1980
Located in La xara, VC
Superb Vetri EGG Table Lamp Murano glass . The Design and the quality of the glass make this piece the best of the Italian Design. This unique Floor lamp by Vetri in ice frost bicolo...
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1980s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

TAMBURO Small Floor/ Table Lamp by Afra & Tobia SCARPA, 1973
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Small Floor/ Table lamp designed by Afra & Tobia Scarpa. Italy, FLOS, 1973. The TAMBURO light designed for inside and outside spaces. Cast aluminium, light- and medium green coloure...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps

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Aluminum

Table Lamp Organic Modern Geometric Hand-Sculpted Glass/Blackened Steel Carved
Located in Bronx, NY
LUMINAIRES No. 2 J.M. Szymanski d. 2022 The combination of blackened steel and cast glass are combined to create this striking table lamp. Unusual geometries coupled with beautiful ...
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2010s American Modern Table Lamps

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Steel

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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