Table Lamps
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Bronze
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s German Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Nickel
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1940s Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
1970s Italian Regency Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
2010s German Other Table Lamps
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Cotton
1990s Swedish Table Lamps
Stone
2010s Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Portuguese Table Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Austrian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome, Nickel
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Steel, Chrome
2010s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Murano Glass, Wood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
1970s Swiss Industrial Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Resin, Wood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Teak
2010s American Table Lamps
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Art Glass
1980s Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Bronze
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Aluminum
1970s Swedish Vintage Table Lamps
Pine
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Iron
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Nickel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Sandstone
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic, Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Glass, Mirror
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
1980s European Organic Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Wood, Paper
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Table Lamps
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Gold Plate, Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Metal
20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps
Metal
Antique and Vintage Table Lamps for Sale: Find Art Deco Table Lamps, Murano Glass Table Lamps and Other Lighting on 1stDibs
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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