Art Deco 1930s Table Lamp
Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Steel
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Glass
Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Table Lamps
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Stone
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Table Lamps
Earthenware
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Nickel
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Table Lamps
Nickel
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Iron, Brass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Nickel
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1930s American Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
20th Century American Table Lamps
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Plastic, Plaster
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Table Lamps
Crystal, Silver
Vintage 1930s Hungarian Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Metal
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Porcelain, Glass
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Porcelain, Glass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Goatskin, Leather, Wood
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Iron
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Candlesticks
Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Cabinets
Cedar
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Baskets
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Glass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Spelter
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Wood
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Spelter
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Table Lamps
Crystal
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Side Tables
Copper, Chrome
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome, Metal
Vintage 1930s Portuguese Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Table Lamps
Glass, Bakelite
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Ceramic
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
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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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