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Table Lamps For Sale
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Italian Modern Pair of Brass and Bronze Murano Glass Architectural Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Venetian pair of Urban Design lamps, entirely handcrafted, with an artistic presence: the organic geometric design of sculpture abstraction consists of a series of handmade high quality crystal clear blown Murano glass block rounded elements with remarkable tiny bubbles in the glass and decorated with an exceptional smoked bronze metallic finish that intensifies reflections in light brass tints or silver depending on a yellow or white light source, raised on handmade brass rectangular bases...
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2010s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Carlo Moretti Style Space Age Lamp from Murano in Opaline Glass and Marble Base
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Valu...
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Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Venini Style Pair of Mushroom-Shaped Opal Glass Spiral Lamps
By Venini
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Medusa Table Lamp by Ercole Barovier for Barovier Toso 1935 Murano
Located in London, GB
Medusa table lamp by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1935 for Barovier Toso and Co. Venetian crystal blown glass with iridescent surface designed like a torch of fire.
Barovier made his mark on the company, the glass-works industry and history. The lamp executed by Barovier and Toso shows the technical complexity of a company founded in 1295. Barovier and Toso have held the realm of its glass works for 750 years in Italy as Vetreria Artistica Barovier...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Barnaba Table Lamp by Angelo Brotto for Esperia with Chromed Metal Base
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Angelo Brotto was a Venetian designer who is known for his work as a lamp designer. During the late 40s, he created pieces in Venice for Peggy Guggenheim's collection, and during his...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Donghia Vita Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage handblown Venetian glass lamp. Sinuous lines in this hollow, handblown Venetian glass lamp tantalize with a sense of movement. 7 feet of beige rayon-covered twisted cord exit...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
$4,017 / item
Italian Modern Pair of Nickel and Smoked Aqua Murano Glass Architectural Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Venetian pair of Urban design table lamps, entirely handcrafted, with an artistic presence: the organic geometric sculptural design consists of 3 handmade high quality crystal clear blown Murano glass rounded block elements, with remarkable tiny bubbles in the glass and decorated with a rare smoked green aqua blue frosted finish that intensifies reflections of light, interpresed with textured aquamarine glass rectangles, raised on handmade brass rectangular bases...
Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Nickel, Metal
Italian Modern Brass and Bronze Murano Glass Architectural Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Venetian Urban design lamp, entirely handcrafted, with an artistic presence: the organic geometric design of sculpture abstraction consists of a series of handmade high quality crystal clear blown Murano glass block rounded elements with remarkable tiny bubbles in the glass and decorated with an exceptional smoked bronze metallic finish that intensifies reflections in light brass tints or silver depending on a yellow or white light source, raised on handmade brass rectangular bases...
Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Teneum White Table Lamp
Located in Hollywood, FL
Sculpture or lamp or both? The Teneum table light, made in Italy by Venetian artisans of white matte ceramic, has a soft, organic feel. Decorated with gold leaf on the interior, the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
$243 Sale Price
51% Off
A Large Ovoid Murano Glass Vase, Now Lamp
Located in London, GB
A hand-blown Venetian glass vase of ovoid form in marbling aquamarine and green colours with highlights of gold to imitate the Adriatic, now mounted as a lamp.
Italian, Mid Twentiet...
Category
20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Mazzega Attrib. Chrome and Pulegoso Glass Table Lamp, Italy 1970s
By Mazzega
Located in Naples, IT
Splendid Italian table lamp in pulegoso Murano glass and chromed metal.
Dating from around the 1970s, the lamp recalls in design and materials the productions of the historic Venetia...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Murano Table Lamp by Barovier
Tosso With 24K Gold Flakes, Italy 1960
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
A masterpiece of Italian glass art is this phenomenal mouthblown mid century Murano table lamp, artfully handcrafted by the oldest glass manufactory in Venice: the famous company of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Fabric, Murano Glass
Mod. 3052 Ochetta wall lamps designed by F. Albini
F. Helg for Arteluce 1963
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Rare pair of 3052 " Ochetta " wall lamps designed by Franco Albini & Franca Helg for Arteluce, 1963.
Painted brass structure, adjustable satin glass diffusers,
excellent conditions.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Murrine Murano Table Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
This midcentury multicolored Murano table lamp is created using the murrine technique. The body of the lamp is speckled with multicolored spots formed by rolling the molten glass in ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Decò Barovier e Toso table lamp brass Murano glass, Italy 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Rare lamp of the famous Venetian master Ercole Barovier.
A masterpiece of Art Deco made in Murano, circa 1940.
Category
1940s Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Cantagalli Majolica Urn Table Lamp with Warrior Portrait, Italy 1930-1950
By Cantagalli
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The striking hand-painted majolica lamp features the portrait of a warrior surrounded by traditional Italian urns and fruits designs; the other side features an abstract design in t...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Artisan Handmade Glass Table Lamp by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt Italy 1970
s
By Toni Zuccheri, VeArt
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
1970's Table lamp by Toni Zuccheri for VeArt Italy
Artisan made Venetian Murano glass in transparent and white on a chrome plated base
The lamp has a spherical glass body with twe...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Murano Iridiscent Pink Table Lamp
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of brass and rare iridescent pink glass abat-jours typical of Venetian production.
Connection two e14 lamp holders.
Category
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Pair Heavy Cut Glass Italian Art Deco Style Table Lamps
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Pair of late 20th century heavy Venetian cut-glass table lamps. Each lamp features very deep, hand cut crystal in an architectural squared column shape measuring 4 1/2 inches across...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Murano table lamp by Vistosi, Italy 1980s
By Vistosi
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage beige Murano glass table lamp by Vistosi made in Italy in the 1980s. Founded by Guglielmo Vistosi in 1945, Vistosi Lighting brings you the finest example of traditional Venet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Rare Table Lamp by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940s
Located in Argelato, BO
Rare and monumental table lamp created by the famous designer Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1940s.
It is one of the most iconic lamps of 1940s Italian design, elegant and p...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Aluminum, Brass
Pair of Contemporary Murano Glass Lamps with a Brass Structure, made in Italy
By L.A. Studio
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of contemporary lamps designed by LA Studio. Structure made of brass with hand-carved antique Murano glass pieces. Handcrafted white lampshades.
Pair of contemporary lamps excl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Donghia Piroetta Tavolo Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage handblown Venetian glass lamp. In Italian, Piroetta means "pirouette." To pirouette is to twirl or turn and this describes the glass of the Piroetta lamps. Elegant, twisted g...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
$4,892 / item
Midcentury Murano Revival Glass Lamped Vase
Located in London, GB
A twin handled murano glass vase in Roman blue, speckled with Venetian green and iridescent finish to surface, now mounted as a lamp.
Italian, Mid Twentieth Century
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Category
1950s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
60s Murano Glass Table Lamp with Ice Crystal Effect - Iconic Design Lighting
By Mazzega
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Elegant and rare Glass Base Table Lamp in Murano glass, an exquisite piece Mazzega style. This sophisticated table lamp is a statement of refine...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Flavio Poli Italian Glass table lamp, 1960s
Located in Delft, NL
Flavio Poli Italian Glass table lamp, Italy 1960s
A hand-blown lamp on a round glass base, designed by Flavio Poli for Seguso, 1960s. The lamp has a yellow colored glass edge on the outer edges. It gives a nice effect.
The lamp is 41 cm high with the socket and the base is 17 cm diagonally.
The weight is 2485 grams.
Flavio Poli was an Italian glass designer known for his vases and lamps. Born 1900 in Chioggia, Italy (died 1984). Flavio Poli received his education at the Istituto d'Arte di Venezia. In the late 1930s he became director and chief designer of Barovier, Seguso and Ferro, a Venetian glass-blowing company, which later became Seguso Vetri d'Arte. Poli's immersed glass pieces, made by layering transparent colors and textures, were later awarded Italy's Compasso d'Oro (Golden Compass...
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20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Pair of Postmodern Nightstand Table Lamps made in Murano Glass by De Majo
Located in Roma, IT
Set of 2 postmodern bedside lamps designed by Luigi Ghisetti and produced between the 80s and 90s by the Murano company "De Majo".
This model of tab...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
$844 Sale Price / set
20% Off
"Wabi-Sabi" Murano Lamp for Donghia
By Donghia
Located in Pasadena, CA
Hollow, hand blown Venetian glass lamp.
"In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is so...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Pair of Murano Hand-Blown Glass Table Lamps, Clear Glass w/Gold Flecks
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian pair of hand-blown Murano glass table lamps these classic designed Italian table lamps, created by expert glass masters in the Venetian island of Murano, Italy, each lamp ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Arenzano Tre Fiamme da Tavolo by Iganzio Gardella for Tato
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lamp born as a natural evolution of its sister with a single diffuser. Its body is made of wisely woven pipes, curved and grafted together to form a brass jewel. A rational marble ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Brass
Italian Pair of Murano Hand-Blown Glass Table Lamps, White Glass
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian pair of hand-blown murano glass table lamps These classic designed Italian table lamps, created by expert glass masters in the Venetian island of Murano, Italy, each lamp ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Mid-Century Gold Aventurine Bullicante on White Murano Table Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of white and aventurine Mid-century Murano table lamps were made in the style of Barovier & Toso, a renowned Murano glasshouse. The lamps were crafted from white Venetian g...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Donghia Alto Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Murano handblown glass lamp with brass hardware from Donghia. Hand applied ripples on the Venetian glass body of the Alto lamp benefit from restrained gold dust inclusions. 7...
Category
1980s Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
$4,542 / item
Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso
Attributed
Lamp Murano "Reticello" Filigree
By Dino Martens
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Elega...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1960s Italian Murano Camer Glass Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960s Venetian “latticino” glass lamp with applied clear glass decorative handles by Camer Glass, Italy . This elegant lamp has been newly wired, ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Murano Glass Table Lamps Coral and Gold Leaf Color, 1980s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Pair of gorgeous Venetian table lamps in blown Murano glass, coral color with 24-karat sunken gold.
These lamps have been entirely handcrafted in Murano, the Venetian island, in the...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Gold, Brass
MId-Century Murano Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MId-century Venetian lamp with many controlled bubbles throughout. With applied aqua glass swirls. Custom parchment shade. New acrylic base. Shade dimension is 7" high x 13" in diame...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass, Acrylic
$2,450
Established
Sons Glass Lighthouse Table Light for Established
Sons
Located in London, GB
An elegant equation of modern and traditional craftsmanship, the Lighthouse balances a Venetian mouth blown glass shade on an industrially engineered aluminum arm, weighted by a marb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Donghia Piroetta Tavolo Vintage Murano Glass Lamp
By Donghia
Located in Woodbury, NY
Vintage Venetian glass lamp with brass hardware from Donghia, hollow and handblown. In Italian, Piroetta means "pirouette." To pirouette is to twirl or turn and this describes the gl...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
$4,892 / item
Italian Table Lamp in blown Murano Glass White Gold 24-K
Brass 1970s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Fantastic, Italian Venetian, Table Lamp, blown Murano Glass, White Gold 24-K & Brass ,1970s.
The masterpiec is made up of a main stem with two Murano Glass cylinders white and having...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Milk Glass, Murano Glass
Antique Murano Glass Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single circa 1920's Venetian blown ribbon glass table lamp.
Measurements:
Height of body: 13"
Height to shade rest: 22.5"
Diameter at widest: 5.5".
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
20th Century Italian Murano Scavo Glass Table Lamp Aquamarine Color and Black
Located in Milano, MI
A Scavo technique aquamarine-green color glass vase mounted as circular table lamp, made in Murano, near Venice, Italy, circa 1980s.
The Scavo finished glass, hand blown in a beautiful aquamarine green tone and black details, offers an elegant Amphora shape and shows an extraordinary craftsmanship with the use of the so-called Scavo or corroso technique. Scavo literally means excavation glass, for the particular finish alike to the antique Roman glass brought to light from excavation.
Listed sizes and price are relative to lamp base only, lampshade is for imaging only.
The height of green scavo glass vase only is cm 48, whereas the light socket lamp cap height is 57 cm and base diameter is 18 cm.
The characteristic feature of this type of glass, is an overall surface rough mat finish, predominantly green aquamarine color...
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Late 20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Single Green Blown Glass Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single circa 1930's Venetian blown glass table lamp with ebonized base.
Measurements:
Height of body: 15"
Height to shade rest: ...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Table Lamp in Blown Murano Glass Amber
24-Karat Gold 1980s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Elegant and unique Italian Venetian, Table Lamp, Blown Murano Glass, Amber & 24-Karat Gold, 1980s.
This portrait is composed by a basement and a main body in amber glass with 24-kar...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Italian Table Lamps pair in Blown Murano Glass White milk and Gold color 1980s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Italian Venetian, pair of table lamps, in blown murrain glass, white and gold, 1980s.
This is a unique set, of handcrafted blown Murano glass table lamps, in a shape of a vase, whit...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Milk Glass, Murano Glass
Large Murano Glass Pyramid Table Lamp by Lino Tagliapietra, Italy
Located in Echt, NL
Impressive pyramid table lamp in excellent condition.
Designed by Lino Tagliapietra in the 1970s
Manufactured by Vetro Milano, Italy
This distinctive Murano lamp is shaped in a s...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Fratelli Toso Art Glass Table Lamp with Green and Blue Murrhines, 1959
Located in New York, NY
Stunning hand blown glass table lamp with green and blue murrhines by Ermanno Toso for Fratelli Toso, Murano Italy, 1959. New polished brass base and 3 socket assembly customized by ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pop Sculptural Murano Glass Floor / Table Lamp, Carlo Nason for Mazzega, Opaline
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in Milano, IT
Born in 1935 into a family of celebrated glassmakers from the venetian island of Murano, Carlo Nason is no doubt one of the most influential glass designers of the twentieth century....
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,642 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Murano Glass Yellow and Light Violet Colored Wisteria, Circa 1950
Located in CABA, AR
This remarkable table lamp, crafted from Murano glass in the mid-20th century, circa 1950, is a rare gem that beautifully encapsulates the rich tradition and artistry of Murano glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Amethyst Murano Glass Lamps with Silver Plated Bases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1960's ribbon amethyst and white Venetian glass table lamps with brass bases.
Measurements:
Height of body: 23"
Height to shade rest: 31.5"
Diameter: 7.5".
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Italian Murano Mongolfiera Balloon Glass Table Lamp
By Vistosi
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Post-War Design Venetian Murano 1960/70s "Mongolfiera" balloon shaped clear glass table lamp with white drip design. (by VISTOSI)
the tapered base is appx 4.5"
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Moooi Kaipo TOO Table Lamp in Pewter Blown Glass with Metal Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Kaipo TOO, designed by Edward van Vliet, radiates unity throughout its hand formed Venetian glass. It is the successor of the first Kaipo design, dating back to 2001. The lightin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Substantial Italian Gilt Foliate Tole
Marble Base Table Lamp, circa 1960
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Tall Italian Mid-Century Modern Venetian Tole Gilt Wire & Marble Table Lamp.
Featuring a handcrafted open wire form with three dimensional gilded Ivy leaf like decoration throughout,...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble
Moooi Kaipo TOO Table Lamp in Sepia Blown Glass with Metal Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Kaipo TOO, designed by Edward van Vliet, radiates unity throughout its hand formed Venetian glass. It is the successor of the first Kaipo design, dating back to 2001. The lightin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Cantagalli for Ardalt Hand Painted Daliso-Lustro Majolica Table Lamp Italy
By Cantagalli
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare majolica table lamp was handmade in Italy by Cantagalli for Ardalt Importing. It was hand painted and finished with Cantagalli's renown Daliso Lustr...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Antique Italian Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A beautiful vintage Italian ceramic table lamp, very much in the Venetian style. This was made in Italy, it dates from around the 1...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Handblown Glass Table or Floor Lamp, 1970s
By Vistosi
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Unique lamp made of handblown Murano glass by -most probably- Vistosi, one of the most acclaimed Venetian lighting manufacturers.
Due to the thick g...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Large Barovier
Toso Primavera Murano Glass Table Lamps, 1970s, Italy
Located in Cork, IE
This exclusive pair of urn shaped table lamps was hand crafted by Barovier & Toso, one of the oldest family businesses in the world. Founded in 1295 and based in Murano, Italy, the c...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Blown Glass Table Lamp in the Style of Carlo Nason for Mazzega
By Mazzega
Located in Roma, IT
A Splendid giant Italian table lamp made in Murano blown glass and chromed metal.
Datable to around the 1970s, the lamp recalls for design and materials the productions of the histo...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Heavy Cut Glass Italian Art Deco Style Pair Table Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 20th century heavy cut glass Venetian hand cut and brass decorated details pair table lamps. Each lamp features a very deep hand cut crystal in an architectural squared column s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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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