Pair Antique Table Lamps
1920s Turkish Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1920s Italian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster
Early 20th Century Italian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Pair Antique Table Lamps
Metal, Bronze
19th Century French Classical Greek Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century Dutch Pair Antique Table Lamps
Iron
1920s French Neoclassical Pair Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate, Bronze
1830s French Charles X Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Country Pair Antique Table Lamps
Giltwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1750s French Chinese Export Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century French Neoclassical Pair Antique Table Lamps
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Pair Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century Neoclassical Revival Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century British Pair Antique Table Lamps
Onyx
19th Century French Victorian Pair Antique Table Lamps
1920s French Regency Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass, Silver Leaf
Early 1900s English Pair Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate
19th Century French Napoleon III Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century Art Deco Pair Antique Table Lamps
Metal
1820s French Empire Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
19th Century American Pair Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster
Late 19th Century Italian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Crystal
Late 19th Century French Pair Antique Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
1920s French Pair Antique Table Lamps
Silver Plate, Bronze
1920s French Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s Italian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster
1920s French Art Deco Pair Antique Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Pair Antique Table Lamps
Spelter
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Pair Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century Art Deco Pair Antique Table Lamps
Ceramic
Late 19th Century European Pair Antique Table Lamps
Ormolu
1890s French Neoclassical Revival Pair Antique Table Lamps
Marble, Bronze
1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Pair Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-19th Century Pair Antique Table Lamps
Iron
1920s French Pair Antique Table Lamps
Metal
Early 20th Century English Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
1850s French Louis Philippe Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
1920s English Pair Antique Table Lamps
Onyx
1920s French Empire Pair Antique Table Lamps
Crystal, Bronze
Late 19th Century English Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Linen, Wood
Early 20th Century French Pair Antique Table Lamps
Marble
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Pair Antique Table Lamps
Wood
1920s French Pair Antique Table Lamps
Alabaster
Late 19th Century French Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century British Victorian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Wood
1880s British Neoclassical Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Organic Modern Pair Antique Table Lamps
Rope
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Pair Antique Table Lamps
Silver
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pair Antique Table Lamps
Rope
19th Century Pair Antique Table Lamps
Brass
Late 19th Century Victorian Pair Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
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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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