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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
FLOS Kelvin Edge Desk Support Table Lamp in Chrome by Antonio Citterio
By Flos, Antonio Citterio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The newest addition to the popular Kelvin LED family , the Kelvin Edge offers the innovation and sleek design of the collection in a smaller package—without...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Exceptional Pair of Italian Granite Style Blown Glass Vases as Custom Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stellar pair of blown glass vases, circa 1980, as newly made custom-made lamps. Heavy, beautiful form that demonstrate a Granite-like quality. Custom built using components of only...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1980s Maitland Smith Tessellated Fish Lamp in Stone, Abalone, and Brass
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Maitland Smith Tessellated Fish Lamp in Stone, Abalone, and Brass
Offered for sale is a 1980s Maitland Smith tessellated stone and white abalone with brass inlay tropical fis...
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
VeniceM Urban Floor Light 3 in Light Burnished Brass & Glass by Massimo Tonetto
Located in Mogliano Veneto, TV
Floor lamp with diffused light. Light burnished brass structure with matte gold or matte black perforated metal lampshade. White Murano blown glass diffuser.
Specifications:
Functi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Heavy Gilt Murano Glass Stem Lamp with Custom Silk Shade
By Barovier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heavy gilt Murano glass stem lamp with custom silk shade in the style of Barovier. Giltwood base. Restored and rewired with gold twist cord.
Cu...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Wood
Andrew Hughes Porto Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural table lamp by glass artist Andrew Hughes, part of Hughes' Porto collection for FERRER. The curvilinear surfaces of the base are hand etched and the angular plane on the fa...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
$7,000 / item
Ghidini 1961 Trio Table Lamp in Satin Brass by Aldo Cibic
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Trio table lamp in satin brass by A. Cibic.
Materials:
Satin brass
Net weight:
3 kg
Dimensions:
W 36 x D 36 x 58 H cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Bulge Lines table lamp red Norihiko Terayama Sculptural lamp
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Bulge Lines: fluorescent lamp red
This sculptural lighting is made of mainly a lot of wires bonded each.
Three light bulbs are attached. It is a lighting work of an artist with a ...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Wire
Laurel Brushed Steel Cylinder Lamps
By Laurel
Located in New York, NY
Modernist pair of brushed steel cylinder lamps accented with a polished steel base that wraps around the cylinder. Rewired for use in the USA, 100W...
Category
20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
$3,600 / set
Contemporary Table Lamp Rammed Earth & Bamboo Pablo Romo design
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Contemporary Table Lamp Rammed Earth Bamboo Pablo Romo design
Round rammed earth with bamboo
8 diameter x 20.5 tall
Original Vintage condition. No shad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bamboo
Venini Zoe Large Tavolo Table Light in Red by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zoe tavolo table lamp, designed by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas and manufactured by Venini, features a lantern shape. Indoor use only.
Dimensions: Ø...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Ghidini 1961 Bio Table Lamp in Satin Brass by Aldo Cibic
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Bio table lamp in satin brass by A. Cibic.
Materials:
Satin brass
Net weight:
2.35
Dimensions:
W 40 x D 17 x 42 H cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Table Lamps, Melo Table Lamp, Cream Lampshade, Handmade in Portugal
By GF Modern, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set of 2 Melo table lamps, Modern Collection, handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern.
Melo is an elegant table lamp and an attractive addition to a modern home. The mint gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold
Modern Pair of Table Lamps in Murano Glass Clear Color, Giovanni Dalla Fina
Located in Villaverla, IT
Pair of contemporary Murano glass table lamps, 21st century.
They are entirely hand crafted in blown Murano glass, and all the ele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of 'Sellier' Stitched Tan Leather Lamps by Design Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the 'Sellier' French modernist-style stitched tan leather table lamps by Design Frères.
Crafted from premium black leather, the stitched detailing adds a touch of sophis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Modernist Handblown Murano Table Lamps in Smoked Gunmetal
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and sophisticated pair of table lamps were handblown in Murano, Italy- the islands off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for their superlative glass production....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold, Nickel
French Vintage Modernist Lamp by Marco de Gueltzl, 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
A decorative 20th century vintage modernist lamp realized by French artist MarCo de Gueltzl circa 1980s made out of sculpted sandblasted glass and patinated steel in its original vin...
Category
20th Century French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
FLOS IC Lights T2 Table Lamp in Black by Michael Anastassiades
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Like the other pieces in his IC Light Series, the IC Lights T balances designer Michael Anastassiades’ love of industrial simplicity with intricate symbolism. It provides diffused li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Carrara Marble Lamp Luxury Italian Marble Crafted in Spain Collectible Design
By Meddel, Nuria Lázaro
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
Carrara Marble Lamp Luxury Italian Marble Crafted in Spain Collectible Design
The Physical Dream lamp by Nuria Lázaro for Meddel is an exceptional fusion of art, design, and function...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble
Italian Conical Glass Lamps
Located in Denton, TX
Pair of conical shaped glass mantle lamps with metal base and cap.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$960 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Contemporary Modern Raw Marble Gray Table Lamps by Pablo Romo design
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Contemporary Modern Raw Marble Table Lamps by Pablo Romo
Gray marble acid finish
18.75 h x 6.5 diameter
Original condition.
New wiring tested and working.
New limited production 1-1
...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
FLOS Extra T Anodized Table Lamp in Graphite by Michael Anastassiades
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This graceful table lamp provides a soft and beautiful diffused glow through an elegant orb that is brilliantly balanced against its sleek body. It is available with a body of painte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Palazzo Medium Table Lamp by Stephane Parmentier x Giobagnara
By 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Travertine
FLOS Copycat LED Table Lamp in Aluminum by Michael Anastassiades
Located in Brooklyn, NY
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and with the Copycat table lamp designer Michael Anastassiades shows us just how sweet it can be. This fixture is made of t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Ovale Carlo Moretti Contemporary Mouth Blown Black Murano Glass Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chosen as one of Architectural Digest "best new lights, 2015", Ovale is a table lamp of black mouth blown Murano glass and mouth blown Murano white opaline glass shade mounted on gil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Handmade Ceramic Mini Devoe Small Table Lamps - tan and green
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind set of ceramic lamps, thrown on the potters wheel and assembled by hand. The lamp base is comprised of two different clay bodies, tan speckle top with coppery green gla...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
FLOS Bon Jour Unplugged Copper Lamp w/ Yellow Crown by Philippe Starck
By Flos, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The smaller table version of the Bon Jour table lamp, the Bon Jour Unplugged truly moves with the user and can be used in any environment. The base features a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Original Jumo 600 Chrome Lamp Selected by Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Jumo 600 chrome lamp selected by Charlotte Perriand. This lamp was designed by Yves JUjeau, Pierre and Andre MOunique in the 1940s and selected by Ch...
Category
1940s French Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Wrought Iron Rooster Weathervane Lamp, 1950s
By Jean Touret
Located in NICE, FR
This fine piece is from the 1950s in the style of French craftsmen such as Jean Touret and Marolles.
The lamp is in wrought iron and boasts a patinated finish.
It has vintage Fre...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Modernist Pair of Decorated Ceramic Table Urn Form Lamps by Lorin Marsh
By Lorin Marsh
Located in New York, NY
These stunning lamps are made of a hand glazed ceramic finish on stylized and fluted urn forms. They feature a gun metal and oxblood glaze with two bands of taupe all in a matte glaz...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Tekna Blakes Table Lamp on Bracket in Dark Bronze Finish with Clear Glass
By Tekna
Located in New York, NY
Eclectic table lamp in bronze lacquered with inside fitted glass. With bracket in aluminium, lacquered in bronze color. Supplied with rechargeable Li-ion battery at the bottom, good ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Chic Obelisk Fractal Resin Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chic obelisk fractal resin table lamp. Patinated brass base. Rewired professionally (UL listed).
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$1,200 / set
FLOS Bon Jour Unplugged White Lamp w/ Rattan Crown by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"The smaller table version of the Bon Jour table lamp, the Bon Jour Unplugged truly moves with the user and can be used in any environment. The bas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
FLOS Bon Jour Unplugged White Lamp w/ Transparent Crown by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The smaller table version of the Bon Jour table lamp, the Bon Jour Unplugged truly moves with the user and can be used in any environment. The base ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Set of 2 Ambient Onyx Table Lamps with Leather-Backed Stainless Steel Base
Located in Stratford, CT
All lamps come with their bulbs! The stainless steel base is leather-backed to avoid scratches on furniture. The wide diameter of the base plate provides greater stability to the lam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Onyx, Stainless Steel
$4,224 Sale Price / set
20% Off
21st Century Novecento Brass and White String Table Lamp by Roberto Lazzeroni
Located in Sesto Fiorentino, IT
The peculiarity that makes this collection unique is the lampshade and its particular shape: available in brown eco leather and white string. A system of repeating proportions and mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
'Goodnight' Ceramic Table Lamp
By Fort Makers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ceramic table lamp by Sam Harvey.
2021
Materials: Ceramic
Dimensions: H 17" x W 7" x D 7"
Edition: Unique
Cartoon-like in form, this small handcrafted table lamp by Sa...
Category
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Eolie Round Table Lamp by Stephane Parmentier x Giobagnara
By 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Rattan
Large Bambù table lamps by Humberto & Fernando Campana for Candle, 2000s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Pair of large Bambù table lamps by Humberto & Fernando Campana for Candle (Fontana Arte).
The model consists of a, seen from above, eye-shaped cream colou...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Elegant Pair of Faceted Jewel Green Murano Glass Table Lamps 2024
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Hand-crafted facet cut Murano sommerso glass table lamps in deep jewel tone green. Hardware finished in polished chrome. Italy
Lampshades not included or available.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Chic Fractal Resin Lamp in the Style of Marie-Claude De Fouquières
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fractal resin lamp in the style of Marie-Claude de Fouquières, circa 1975. Obelisk shaped fractal resin column over a patinated brass base. Rewired with custom cream silk shade and matching top diffuser. Very chic lamp...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Chic Fractal Resin Lamp in the Style of Marie-Claude de Fouquières
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fractal resin lamp in the style of Marie-Claude de Fouquières, circa 1975. Obelisk shaped fractal resin column over a patinated brass base. Rewired with custom cream silk shade and matching top diffuser. Very chic lamp...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
OCTA Table - Solid brass light handmade by Diaphan Studio
Located in Milan, IT
The dominant feature of OCTA’s table lamp is its square pyramidal shade. The acute angles of the pyramid are emphasized by the brushing direction, which remains consistent in the base and rotary switch.
The pyramid’s cavity reveals a set of reflective surfaces. When the lamp is lit up, these mirrors interact with the integrated light...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Magnets
Studio Made Porcelain Table Lamp with Flowers, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Small artisan porcelain table lamp with hand-painted flowers and gold accents, American 1960s (signed on bottom in gold "BG").
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Paint, Porcelain
Custom, Mid Century Gun Metal Turret Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Modernist pair of custom hand turned gun metal lamps featuring a moorish/turret design. Lamps have a seductive Tahitian black pearl color. Rewired for use in...
Category
20th Century North American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$6,500 / set
Giacometti Inspired Pair of Tete-a-Tete Lamps by Sirmons
By Sirmos
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautiful pair of gilt over plaster tete-a-tete lamps in the style of Giacometti. The lamps were manufactured by Sirmos in the 1970's to 1990's and have the Sirmos makers mark affix...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Italian Calacatta Marble Lamp Contemporary Design Collectible Furniture Spain
By Nuria Lázaro, Meddel
Located in VALVERDE DEL MAJANO, CL
Italian Calacatta Marble Lamp Contemporary Design Collectible Furniture Spain
The Physical Dream lamp, designed by Nuria Lázaro for Meddel, is an...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
Elise 32 Floor Lamp in White Marble by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
The timeless Elise lamp pays tribute to the advent of the machine age. Its refined machined marble base, combined with its towering frosted acrylic diffuser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble
Aqua Blue Vintage Table Lamp Modern by Massimiliano Dutti 2000 for Slamp Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
An aqua blue plastic construction on an aluminum base with an E 14 socket.
This modern table lamp is stamped underneath.
Also the table lamp was designed by Massimiliano Dutti in the...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Blooper LED Table Lamp in Ash Grey with Ash Grey Dimmer Disc by Mette Schelde
Located in Brooklyn, NY
BLOOPER table lamp creates its own light space, when the light from the invisible LED is bounced and reflected as indirect light behind the circular disk. By rotating the disk, which...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Venini Small Argea Table Lamp Straw Yellow with White Shade
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp handblown glass, with submerged gold leaves.
Metal: Gold plated
Year of manufacture: 2000
Color: Crystal with gold leaves, shade straw yellow glass
Light source: 1 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
VeniceM Urban Table Light in Dark Burnished Brass by Massimo Tonetto
Located in Mogliano Veneto, TV
Table lamp with diffused light. Dark burnished brass structure with matte gold or matte black perforated metal lampshade. White Murano blown glass diffuser.
Specifications:
Funct...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Elephants table lamp , handmade and cast
By RinDesign
Located in London, GB
A sculptural table lamp of mother and baby elephants happily strolling with their trunks up . A functional artwork, hand crafted ,moulded and cast in resin.
All the lamp's parts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
$724 / item
Totem Table Double CA by Pablo Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Totem is a classic and highly versatile LED lighting system comprised of exquisitely blown opal glass shades designed around a modular platform. Totem’s soft, pure white geometric forms provide a charming interplay of unique and rhythmic shade groupings to add warmth and elegance to any space. Totem Table combines 3 foundational shade sizes to create up to 7 curated dual shade lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Pristine Vintage Lumilon Table Lamps by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of pristine vintage Lumilon table lamps by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier. Original one-piece shade-diffusers. UL listed.
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Venini Large Argea Table Lamp in Straw Yellow w/ White Shade
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp hand-blown glass, with submerged gold leaves.
Year of Manufacture: 2000
Metal: Gold Plated
Color: Crystal with gold leaves, shade Straw Yellow glass
Light Source: 1 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Argea Large Table Lamp in Gold by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Table lamp in handblown glass with submerged gold leaves and gold plated metal finishes. Beautiful atop any table, desk or credenza. Also available in various sizes and colors.
Li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
$5,291 / item
Abatjour Vetro Metallo
Located in Catania, IT
Abatjour in vetro e metallo con accensione a cordoncino.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$268 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis Poulsen, AJ Color Table Lamp by Arne Jacobsen
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis Poulsen, AJ color table lamp by Arne Jacobsen
Size: Width x height x length (mm)
215 x 560 , 2.1 kg
Material: Spun steel. Injection moulded z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$1,440 / item
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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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