Table Lamps
2010s American Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Alabaster, Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Table Lamps
Linen, Rope
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware, Teak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel
2010s American Table Lamps
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Organic Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Table Lamps
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
1980s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1930s French Bauhaus Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Chinese Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1880s Antique Table Lamps
Metal
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Marble, Steel, Chrome
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Stoneware
1950s Danish Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Blown Glass
1970s Vintage Table Lamps
Travertine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1960s Vintage Table Lamps
Glass
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 20th Century Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Teak
Early 20th Century Industrial Table Lamps
Brass, Iron
1960s French Japonisme Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Chinese Export Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Ceramic, Silk
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1980s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Ceramic, Fabric
Early 20th Century French Steampunk Table Lamps
Marble
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1990s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Crystal, 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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