Table Lamps
1960s Czech Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Rope
18th Century Italian Modern Antique Table Lamps
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
16th Century Antique Table Lamps
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century Space Age Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century Table Lamps
Ceramic
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Carrara Marble
2010s American Table Lamps
Ceramic, Linen
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
1930s Belgian Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Iron
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1970s Swedish Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s French Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Mexican Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Leather
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Spelter
20th Century Table Lamps
Brass
1960s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1990s Danish Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Metal
2010s American Minimalist Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Ceramic
2010s American Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Alabaster, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Space Age Table Lamps
Marble
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Mid-19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1920s French Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Space Age Table Lamps
Chrome
Late 19th Century French Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine, Chrome
20th Century Danish Table Lamps
Metal, Copper
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass, Spelter, Copper
2010s American Table Lamps
Ceramic, Linen
1980s American Futurist Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Jade, Brass
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
1960s Other Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Lacquer
Antique and Vintage Table Lamps for Sale: Find Art Deco Table Lamps, Murano Glass Table Lamps and Other Lighting on 1stDibs
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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