Antique Asian Table Lamp
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Asian Table Lamp
Ormolu
19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Ormolu
19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Asian Table Lamp
Ceramic, Porcelain
16th Century Cambodian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Omani Islamic Antique Asian Table Lamp
Brass, Copper
1890s Asian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Brass
19th Century American Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Pewter
Early 20th Century Antique Asian Table Lamp
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze
19th Century Asian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 1900s Central Asian Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century French Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
18th Century and Earlier Asian Antique Asian Table Lamp
1890s Chinese Antique Asian Table Lamp
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Antique Asian Table Lamp
19th Century Chinese Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Unknown Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Brass
19th Century Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Asian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Early 20th Century Asian Organic Modern Antique Asian Table Lamp
Ceramic
1850s Dutch Victorian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze
19th Century Asian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain, Wood
Late 19th Century Asian Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
1860s Asian Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Asian Table Lamp
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Asian Table Lamp
Wood
Early 20th Century American Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Brass
19th Century Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century American Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Jade, Brass
Late 19th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Antique Asian Table Lamp
Brass, Enamel
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Other Antique Asian Table Lamp
Pottery, Wood
18th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Asian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain, Giltwood
1920s Antique Asian Table Lamp
Early 20th Century Asian Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain, Giltwood
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Asian Table Lamp
Brass
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Asian Table Lamp
Ormolu
Early 20th Century American Ming Antique Asian Table Lamp
Plaster
19th Century American Antique Asian Table Lamp
Stone, Wire, Bronze
1920s Antique Asian Table Lamp
Soapstone
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Antique Asian Table Lamp
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Unknown Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Thai Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze
Early 1900s Burmese International Style Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze, Foil
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Thai Antique Asian Table Lamp
Brass
19th Century Chinese Neoclassical Antique Asian Table Lamp
Bronze
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Asian Table Lamp
Porcelain
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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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