Lion Lamp
Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Antique Early 1900s English Table Lamps
Iron
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Floor Lamps
Wood, Textile
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
20th Century French Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 2000s Table Lamps
Early 20th Century French Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
Vintage 1960s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Porcelain
20th Century French Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Medieval Table Lamps
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1930s Italian Floor Lamps
Gold
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Table Lamps
Sheffield Plate
Antique 1890s English Victorian Floor Lamps
Brass
Antique 1890s Floor Lamps
Brass
Antique 1840s English Victorian Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Walnut
Antique 1890s English Victorian Floor Lamps
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Table Lamps
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Early 1900s American Empire Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Vintage 1980s Candelabras
Bronze
Antique 1860s Syrian Islamic Metalwork
Bronze
Vintage 1940s Unknown Antiquities
Brass
Late 20th Century Animal Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century Animal Sculptures
Brass
20th Century English Modern End Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Modern Center Tables
Walnut
20th Century English Art Deco End Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency End Tables
Brass
20th Century English Victorian End Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Regency Side Tables
Leather, Walnut
20th Century English Art Deco Side Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Animal Sculptures
Limestone
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Early 20th Century Empire Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Vintage 1930s Table Lamps
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Pottery
Mid-20th Century American Table Lamps
Ceramic
Antique 1880s French French Provincial Table Lamps
Cast Stone
20th Century Italian Baroque Table Lamps
Cast Stone
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Spelter
Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century English Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1980s Philippine Neoclassical Table Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Vintage 1920s Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Antique 19th Century English Renaissance Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1980s Table Lamps
Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century English Table Lamps
Earthenware
20th Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
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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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