Waterford Crystal Shade And Crystal Base
20th Century Irish Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Vintage 1980s Irish Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Irish Art Deco Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Early 20th Century Irish Art Deco Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal
1990s English Modern Table Lamps
Crystal
Mid-20th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
Fabric
Late 20th Century Irish Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Recent Sales
1990s Irish Modern Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Crystal, Brass
Late 20th Century Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Crystal, Brass
20th Century Irish Regency Table Lamps
Crystal, Marble, Brass
20th Century Irish Anglo-Japanese Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Northern Irish Table Lamps
Crystal
1990s North American Table Lamps
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Table Lamps
Crystal, Metal
Late 20th Century Irish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Fabric, Art Glass
20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
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2010s German Black Forest Glass
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books
Paper
Antique 19th Century Unknown Other Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Ormolu
1990s Italian Renaissance Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
20th Century Books
Paper
Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Wall Clocks
Nutwood
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Paste, Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Cabinets
Brass
Antique 19th Century European Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s French Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Early 1900s English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Settees
Fiberglass, Polyester, Lacquer
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.