Tall Antique Table Lamps
Late 19th Century English Tall Antique Table Lamps
Oak
Late 19th Century English Georgian Tall Antique Table Lamps
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century Italian Tall Antique Table Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century American Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Tall Antique Table Lamps
Fruitwood, Opaline Glass
Early 20th Century French Tall Antique Table Lamps
Stone, Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century French Tall Antique Table Lamps
Stone, Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century Belgian Tall Antique Table Lamps
Iron
Early 1900s Unknown Art Nouveau Tall Antique Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century French Tall Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tall Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century American Tall Antique Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1920s Arts and Crafts Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Art Deco Tall Antique Table Lamps
Beech
Early 20th Century Art Deco Tall Antique Table Lamps
Nickel
Early 20th Century British Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Adam Style Tall Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
1920s Neoclassical Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Art Deco Tall Antique Table Lamps
Walnut
1920s Adam Style Tall Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-18th Century European George III Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Adam Style Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Tall Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Art Deco Tall Antique Table Lamps
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century French Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Adam Style Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Art Deco Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Danish Art Deco Tall Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Late 19th Century Philippine Tall Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Tall Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Alabaster, Bronze
1920s Adam Style Tall Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
Early 1900s American Egyptian Revival Tall Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Brass, Iron, Bronze
Early 20th Century British British Colonial Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1910s American Art Nouveau Tall Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Italian Victorian Tall Antique Table Lamps
Carrara Marble
Early 20th Century English Tall Antique Table Lamps
Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Tall Antique Table Lamps
Wood
19th Century Aesthetic Movement Tall Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Other
Early 20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1870s English Victorian Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1870s Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tall Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Tall Antique Table Lamps
Pine
1890s French Tall Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Early 19th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tall Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Classical Roman Tall Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
1880s Tall Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 1900s Great Britain (UK) Edwardian Tall Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Silver Plate
1920s Arts and Crafts Tall Antique Table Lamps
Glass
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Tall Antique Table Lamps
Metal
19th Century French French Provincial Tall Antique Table Lamps
Terracotta
Early 1900s Tall Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Bronze, Enamel
19th Century Folk Art Tall Antique Table Lamps
Pine
1860s Italian Tall Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Tall Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 1800s French Empire Tall Antique Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
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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 ExpertMarch 22, 2024
A lamp for a console table should be between 25 and 32 inches tall. The table lamp’s shade shouldn’t exceed half the width of the console table.
You’ll find that when it comes to arranging wall art, a decorator might suggest that the space on the wall above a console table is a great place for a large painting or a wall sculpture. In that case, you may wish to use a taller lamp for the table. If your table is smaller in scale or if you have a small mirror hanging on the wall above the console, you may wish to opt for a shorter lamp.
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