Table Lamps
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Table Lamps
Silk, Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Brass
2010s French Table Lamps
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary British Table Lamps
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Bronze, Iron
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Spelter, Metal
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Travertine, Brass
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Lucite
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Chrome, Nickel
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s American Vintage Table Lamps
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Table Lamps
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Silk
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Plastic, Plexiglass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1930s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Table Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1980s Spanish Vintage Table Lamps
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Opal
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1950s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Crystal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Enamel
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Table Lamps
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century American Late Victorian Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Table Lamps
Slate
Mid-20th Century Regency Table Lamps
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
1990s Taiwanese Modern Table Lamps
Plastic
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Spelter
1930s German Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
PVC, Resin
1960s European Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Unknown Vintage Table Lamps
Burl
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Metal
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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