Columnar Lamp
20th Century Italian Regency Table Lamps
Tôle
Mid-20th Century American Empire Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Antique Early 19th Century Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1920s French Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
Vintage 1950s American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Carrara Marble
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Chrome
20th Century Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Other Table Lamps
Glass
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Table Lamps
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Blown Glass
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Table Lamps
Marble, Ormolu
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Alabaster
Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Alabaster
Vintage 1950s American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Early 20th Century American Industrial Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Table Lamps
Porcelain, Paint
Vintage 1910s French Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
20th Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 1820s French Empire Table Lamps
Tin
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
20th Century English Neoclassical Table Lamps
Sheffield Plate
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Metal
20th Century Table Lamps
Cut Glass
20th Century French Empire Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Table Lamps
Brass, Stainless Steel
1990s American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1960s Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Tin
Vintage 1970s Colombian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Antique 19th Century British Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century European Empire Table Lamps
Leather
Antique Mid-19th Century American Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Marble, Siena Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Austrian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Art Glass
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1980s English Victorian Table Lamps
Silver
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Silver Plate
20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Antique Early 1900s European Empire Table Lamps
Milk Glass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Plaster
Antique 19th Century Italian Candle Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1930s French Space Age Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Marble, Bronze
20th Century English Table Lamps
Glass
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
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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.
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