Bauhaus Art Deco Style Desk Lamp
Vintage 1930s Swedish Bauhaus Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Desks
Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Desks
Wood
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Chrome
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal, Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal, Enamel, Chrome
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
Late 20th Century French Table Lamps
Vintage 1950s Czech Bauhaus Table Lamps
Bakelite
Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Enamel
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Iron
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal, Copper
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
Late 20th Century American Modern Lounge Chairs
Chrome
Vintage 1950s German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Table Lamps
Copper
Mid-20th Century French Bauhaus Table Lamps
Brass, Copper
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
Early 20th Century Italian Bauhaus Table Lamps
Bronze, Nickel
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1980s Table Lamps
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
Vintage 1930s Russian Art Deco Table Lamps
Bakelite
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Table Lamps
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century 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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