Table Lamps
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Dutch Bohemian Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Rock Crystal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1930s English Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Sheet Metal
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Table Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Bronze
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Resin
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s German Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal, Brass
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Nickel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Belgian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
18th Century French Rococo Antique Table Lamps
Wood
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze, Gold
1980s Spanish Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plastic
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Plastic
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Table Lamps
Terracotta
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Nickel
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Carrara Marble
1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
2010s French Modern Table Lamps
Raffia, Plaster
Late 20th Century American Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Regency Table Lamps
Enamel, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Gold Leaf
1930s Chinese Vintage Table Lamps
Porcelain
1990s Philippine Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Walnut
20th Century American Other Table Lamps
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome
Early 19th Century Unknown Art Deco Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
PVC, Resin
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Copper, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1970s French Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wicker
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Jade, Brass
1960s French Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Plaster
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century Japanese Aesthetic Movement Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
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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