Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Mid-19th Century German Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Glass, Porcelain
19th Century French Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century French Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
1880s French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Ormolu
1920s French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
1880s French Empire Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Ormolu
19th Century American Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
1850s Danish High Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain, Opaline Glass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain, Parchment Paper
1920s Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
Early 20th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
19th Century French Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Ormolu
19th Century British Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Ormolu
1870s French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Ormolu
1840s American American Classical Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Danish Neoclassical Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Crystal, Brass
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Porcelain, Ceramic
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Ormolu
Late 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Crystal, Bronze
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
19th Century French Victorian Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
19th Century Japanese Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
19th Century Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Celadon, Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Oil Lamp
Brass
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Finding the Right table-lamps for You
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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022There are a few key things to look for to identify an antique oil lamp. First check for a patent number anywhere on your lamp. Use a black light to inspect whether your lamp’s hardware is secured with glue, which fluoresces and would indicate a contemporary lamp. Antique lamps use plaster to attach hardware and fill gaps. An antique oil lamp may have hand-blown glass. Shop a range of professionally authenticated antique oil lamps on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The best way to determine the age of porcelain lamps is to work with an appraiser. While some online resources can be helpful when you’re looking for information about the value of an item, the suggested value you find may not be the actual value of your item, since that will depend on a number of factors, including the shape it’s in. You’ll find expertly vetted porcelain lamps and other decor on 1stDibs.
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