Library Lamps
Antique 1890s Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1950s French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
2010s American Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Nickel, Sheet Metal
Antique 1880s English Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Spanish Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1920s American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1950s Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century English Georgian Table Lamps
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s Argentine Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Bauhaus Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s European Neoclassical Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s American British Colonial Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
2010s European Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Aluminum, Nickel, Brass
Antique Early 1900s American Late Victorian Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Table Lamps
Wood
Vintage 1930s American Streamlined Moderne Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Iron
Antique Late 19th Century Late Victorian Table Lamps
Iron
Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Gold, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Stone, Brass
2010s American Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
Antique Early 1900s Hungarian Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Bronze, Steel
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Table Lamps
Silver
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Schoolhouse Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1930s American Schoolhouse Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Organic Modern Table Lamps
Alabaster
Late 20th Century North American Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Regency Table Lamps
Vintage 1930s American Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Other Table Lamps
Brass
Antique 1890s British Table Lamps
Brass
Antique 1890s British Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Steel
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Table Lamps
Metal
Antique 19th Century American Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Metal
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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.
- What is a piano lamp?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A piano lamp is a lighting fixture designed to illuminate sheet music and piano keys so that a pianist can see to play. Normally, the lights feature narrow rectangular or compact round or square bases that can easily fit on a piano top. Some have arms that allow their shades to hang down over the front of the instrument. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of piano lamps.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The desk lamps with the green shade are called banker’s lamps. Banker’s lamps are green because it is believed the color helps to encourage concentration and is mentally soothing. It is also said that green helps with eye strain. You can shop a selection of banker’s lamps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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