Tea Tin Lamp
Pair Tea Tin Lamps
Located in South Salem, NY
Unique table lamp made from repurposed Chinese Export tea tins, made in China circa 1870. This
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Early 20th Century British Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair Tea Tin Lamps
Located in South Salem, NY
Unique table lamp made from repurposed Chinese Export tea tins, made in China circa 1870. This
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Antique 19th Century British Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of English 19th Century painted tin tea canisters with black and gilt chinoiserie
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Antique 1880s English Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Late 19th Century Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A converted tea canister. They make great lamps. Made in the Late 19th Century
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Antique Late 19th Century British Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese Export Golden Tea Tin Lamp
Located in South Salem, NY
Unique table lamp made from repurposed Chinese Export tea tins, made in China circa 1870. This
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Black and Gold Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of English Victorian black painted tea tins, circa 1880, now as lamps.
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Antique 1880s English Early Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair of Early Nineteenth Century Tea Tin Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of original grocer’s tins for the storage and display of various loose tea varieties and
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Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
An Edwardian Tea Tin Now As A Lamp
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1930
An Edwardian tea tin as a lamp, the green ground with red concentric rings to
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Antique Early 19th Century British Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
English Chinoiserie Tea Tin Red and Gold Canister Made into a Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Chinoiserie tea tin red and gold canister from the 19th century made into a table lamp
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Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
English tole tea caddy style lamp, c. 1950's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Tole tea canister painted with an ivory ground and transfer print of the British coat of arms
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Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Large Green Hand-Painted English Tea Canister Lamps (Pair)
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of late 1800s tole tea tin canisters made into table lamps. They are green with gold trim
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Antique Mid-19th Century British British Colonial Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
A fine 19th century English Regency tole and hand painted tea canister lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century English Regency tole lamp. Hand painted in the Chinoiserie design. Fine
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Table Lamps Vintage Circa 1950’s
By Frederick Cooper
Located in North Hollywood, CA
tea tin canister turned into table Lamps,
Vintage table lamps, one large, one smaller made by
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Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Recent Sales
Mid-20th Century Black Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-20th century black tea tin lamp.
New wiring
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Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
20th Century Chinoiserie Tole Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century Chinoiserie tole tea tin lamp
New wiring.
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20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair English Chinoiserie Red Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Tea Tins with elaborate gilded Chinese decoration, caligraphy and pagoda lid as
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Lamps Made from Tea Tins
Located in Seattle, WA
Wonderful old Chinoiserie tea tins made into lamps. Black with gold design. Great scale
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Antique 19th Century British Table Lamps
Chinoiserie Style Tea Tin Electric Table Lamp
Located in Cookeville, TN
A pair of Asian antique tea tins make up this electric table lamp that was designed in the 1940s
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Tin
Pair English Tea Tins as Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very unusually shaped pair of Painted English Tea Tins, original decoration, late 19th c
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
19th Century English Chinoiserie Toleware Tea Tin as Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century English chinoiserie Toleware tea tin as lamp.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
19th Century Chinoiserie Chocolate Colored Tea Tin as Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century chinoiserie chocolate colored tea tin as lamp.
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Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Chinoiserie Tea Tin Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of continental chinoiserie tea tin lamps with custom oriental wood base and light blue coral
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Antique Mid-18th Century European Table Lamps
Rare Pair of Blue Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wonderful pair of chinoiserie decorated tea tin lamps on a Prussian blue ground, the octagonal tops
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Antique 1820s English Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair of Black Oval Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Great pair of "as found" tea tin lamps having well worn original paint with no restoration, of
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Antique 19th Century Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair of Antique Painted Square Tea Tins Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unusual pair of square antique tea tins lamps with old paintings. Beautiful old dark patina
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Antique English Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
antique dealer whom we purchased it from. Antique English tea tin that was converted into a lamp. The
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Vintage 1920s British Country Table Lamps
Pair Regency Tole Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine pair of late Georgian chinoiserie decorated tea tins of pagoda form, the green background with
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Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair 19th Century Asian Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Wilton, CT
Impressive pair of antique Asian tea tins wired as lamps. Graphic probable re-paint of calligraphic
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair of Antique Painted Tea Tins Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of antique tins that have been made into lamps labeled 9 and 10. A true pair. Beautiful old
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair of Late 19th Century Tea Tin Table Lamps
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Striking pair of converted tea tin lamps featuring bold hand-painted numbers and decorative gilt
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Antique Late 19th Century British Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
19th Century Tea Storage Tin Lamp No. 32
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Late 19th century large tole tea retailers storage tin. Converted to a lamp. England Circa 1890
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Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
19th Century Tea Storage Tin Lamp No. 27
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Late 19th century large tole tea retailers storage tin. Converted to a lamp. England Circa 1890
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Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Antique Tea Tin Canister Table Lamp
Located in Cirencester, GB
We have converted this late 19th Century English tea tin or caddie into a table lamp.
Lovely
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Antique 1890s British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Zinc
Pair of Chinese Painted Tin Tea Containers, Mounted as Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese painted tin tea containers, mounted as lamps.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Pair of English Early 19th Century Chinoisserie Tea Tins
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wonderful pair of Early 19th chinoiserie painted tea tins in original paint.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Two Toleware Tea Caddy Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A bit of peeling on very top of one Tea Caddy
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Antique 1870s British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
English Victorian Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form, great color and petina.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
19TH C. GREEN PAINTED TEA CANISTER LAMP
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19TH C. ORIGINAL GREEN PAINTED TEA CANISTER LAMP WITH THE NUMBER 3 IN OLD GILDED GOLD PAINT
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair Of Victorian Tole Tea Cannister Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
WONDERFUL SCARLET RED COLOR WITH GILT CHINOISERIE DECORATION.SIGNED JOHN A GILBERT, LONDON
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair Of Victorian Tole Tea Cannister Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Each black ground with seascape painted scene , numbered 21 and 22. Provenance ; Stillington Hall , Gloucester Ma , John Cottrell Inc.
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Chinese Tea Canister Table Lamp by Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Black tea canister table lamp mounted on a giltwood base featuring different social scenes and
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair of 19th Century English Tea Can Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
This stunning pair of English antique tea cans have been mounted as lamps.
Statement lamps for
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Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair of English 19th century Red Tea Cannister Lamps
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pair Of English Tea Cannister Lamps with gilding - chineese red color
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
19th Century English Tole Store Tea Caddy Converted to Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 19th century English tole store tea caddy, fashioned into double socket lamp. Original
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Antique 1860s English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Frederick Cooper Indian Elephant Tea Caddy Library Reading Table Lamp 15"
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th century Frederick Cooper Wildwood table lamp featuring a wooden base, rectangular tin tea
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Late 20th Century Anglo-Indian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair of Dark Green Gilt Decorated Chinese Tea Canister Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-decorated pair of Chinese export dark green and gold decorated tea canisters depicting
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Antique 1870s Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Leaf, Tin
Early 19th Century Tea Bins in Original Green Paint with Decorative Paint
Located in Charleston, SC
Early 19th century tea bins in original green paint with decorative paint.
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Antique Early 19th Century European Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
H 22 in W 10.5 in D 10.5 in
Vintage Chinoiserie Tea Tin Canister Table Lamp Black with Black Shade
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful go anywhere chinoiserie or Asian-style tea tin canister table lamp in great condition
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Vintage 1960's Chinoiserie Metal Tea Canister Lamp
By Wildwood Lamp Company
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese Export Chinoiserie tea canister by Wildwood Lamp Co.,
USA c. 1960's. Lamp has one
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Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Tin
Antique English Tea Tin w/ Original Paint Fitted as Lamp from Reagan Ranch
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual find!!! Large Antique English tea tin with original paint fitted as a lamp --found in Cape
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Early 20th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century tole tea tin or canister made into a lamp with a custom fitted wooden base. The
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Tea Canister Table Lamps, England, Circa 1850
Located in Culver City, CA
Tea Canister table lamps
England, Circa 1850
Pair of tea canister lamps with hand painted art
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Antique Painted Tea Canister Lamps, England 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of genuine tole painted tea canisters now converted to lamps. England, early to mid-19th
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle, Tin
Pair of 19th C. English Tea Jars, Made into Lamps
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of 19th Century English Tin Tea Jars, Made into Lamps
Unique English table lamps made from
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Antique English Tole Painted Tea Canister Lamp, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique tole painted and gilt tea canister converted to a lamp. Has original label on the back
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
20th Century Green Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century green tea tin lamp
brand new wiring.
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
19th Century Chinese Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Chinese tea tin lamp
Brand new wiring.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Chinese Tea Tin Lamps, circa 1870
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Chinese tea tin lamps with gold gilt, circa 1870.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid-20th Century Black Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-20th Century Black Tea Tin Lamp.
Category
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair Handpainted Lemon Tree Botanical Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair handsome hand painted lemon tree botanical tea tin lamps with custom base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
PAIR OF 19thC RED TEA TIN LAMPS
Located in Atlanta, GA
PAIR OF 19thC RED TEA TIN LAMPS, STAMPED JOHN GILBERT & COMPANY, LONDON
AN ATLANTA RESOURCE
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Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Pair of English Style Green Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 1980s pair of English style green tea tin lamps from England painted with the numbers 84
Category
Late 20th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
19th Century Tole Tea Tin Lamp, Marked 'Made in Italy'
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Tole Tea Tin lamp, Marked 'Made in Italy'
Brand new wiring.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
20th Century English Steel and Brass Tea Tin Lamp with Crest
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th Century English Steel & Brass Tea Tin Lamp with Crest
Category
20th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Tea tin lamp
Located in New York, NY
A tole tea tin mounted as a lamp on a wood base with a two-light cluster.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Chinese Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Wainscott, NY
Decorative Chinese Tea Tin converted into table lamp
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Antique Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Wainscott, NY
Old Tea Tin converted to a Lamp
with Number 10
Category
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Pair English Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of Mid 19th c. English Pagoda topped Tea Tins with scalloped oval reserve scenes
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Beautiful English Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Wainscott, NY
19th Century Tea Tin Container converted into Decorative Lamp,
Oval, nicely decorated with Chinese
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
pr. antique tole tea tin lamps
Located in Tacoma, WA
Good pr. of late 19th century English tole tea-tins converted to lamps painted in fuax bois with
Category
20th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Oval Painted Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair 19th c. English Oval Tea Tins with later Chinese decoration on cracked ground as lamps
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Tea Tin Lamps with Gold Shades
Located in Sarasota, FL
Pair of English Tea Tins made into lamps, on wooden bases. Tins are black with a painted Chinese
Category
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Pair of Green and Gilt Tole Tea Tin Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Green and Gilt Tole Tea Tins, English circa 1880; wired as lamps
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
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Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
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Tea Tin Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic tea tin lamp available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, tin and tôle, every tea tin lamp was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a tea tin lamp — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A tea tin lamp, designed in the Georgian, Hollywood Regency or Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made tea tin lamp over the years, but those crafted by Frederick Cooper are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Tea Tin Lamp?
The average selling price for a tea tin lamp at 1stDibs is $1,900, while they’re typically $350 on the low end and $6,300 for the highest priced.
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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