Large Mid Century Brutalist Style Textured Ceramic Table Lamp c 1950/60's
By Aldo Londi, The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Mid Century, Brutalist ceramic table lamp having an architectural geometric body, with opposing conical form, surrounded by a flanged geometric zipper center of alternat...
Ceramic
1950s Large French Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage ceramic lamp from France, 1950s. Glazed ceramic base in blue, grey, and green tones with light brown speckled coloring. Newly rewired with new tapered linen shade. Takes one ...
Ceramic, Linen
Large Green Ceramic lamp with Leather Details, USA 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Large ceramic lamp on walnut base, decorated with ceramic loops linked together by a leather lace. 30x12 Base Only
Brass
Large Curved Ceramic Lamp in Metallic Glaze, France 1950’s
Located in New York, NY
Dynamic ceramic lamp with concentric rings emanating from an ex-centered hole acting as the focal point. Salt metallic glaze. Base only 12x7x3. Illegible signature to base.
Ceramic
Pair of Large 1950's Ceramic Lamps with a Beautiful Green Crackle Glaze
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful pair of 1950's ceramic lamps with a beautiful crackle glaze. The lamps sit on brass bases and they have been Newly rewired with adjustable polished brass double clusters a...
Brass
Large Mid-Century Red Ceramic Lamp, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Large mid-century red ceramic lamp - 1950s.
Ceramic
Guido Gambone Rare Large Tall Italian Colorful Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy 1950's
By Guido Gambone
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful watercolor-inspired large scale ceramic table lamp attributed to Guido Gambone. Lampshade not included.
Ceramic
$2,950 / set
Pair of 1950s Large Italian Ceramic Lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s large pair of ceramic lamps on wood bases.
Ceramic
Large Elchinger Two-Tone Yellow & Black Ceramic Table Lamp, France 1950's
By Elchinger
Located in New York, NY
Large two Tone Elchinger Biomorphic ceramic lamp in classic fifties form. 19x4x8 Base Only
Ceramic
$7,500 / set
Large Haeger Pottery Table Lamps, USA 1950's
By Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large dual-glazed brown & dark blue table lamps. Base size only 30x9.
Brass
Pair of Large 1950s Italian White Glazed Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
This large pair of Italian table lamps from the 1950s embodies elegance and timeless design.
Metal
Large 1950s Sculptural Ceramic Table Lamp by Marianna Von Allesch
By Marianna von Allesch
Located in Winnipeg, MB
A unique mid-century ceramic table lamp by Marianna von Allesch. This piece features a beautiful elongated form with earthy satin glaze and a hand-incised linear pattern. Made in the...
Ceramic
Ceramic Lamp Vintage 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Large ceramic lamp 1950s New lampshade and electrical system.
Ceramic
Gunnar Nylund, Hedgehog Large Chamotte Ceramic Table Lamp, Rörstrand, 1950s
By Rörstrand, Gunnar Nylund
Located in Bochum, NRW
Designed by Gunnar Nylund (1904–1997) for Rörstrand, this mid-century table lamp - colloquially known as “the hedgehog” - is a sculptural study in texture and form. It belongs to th...
Ceramic
Large mid-century ceramic lamp (97 cm) with floral decoration, 1950s
Located in Parma, IT
Large ceramic and brass lamp, mid-century Italian production, 1950s.
Brass
Vintage French Ceramic Lamp with Russian Motif by Jacques Blin c. 1950s, Large
By Jacques Blin
Located in London, GB
Vintage French ceramic lamp with Russian motif by Jacques Blin (circa 1950s).
Ceramic
Large Edgar Böckman table lamp, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Edgar Böckman table lamp, Sweden, 1950s. New wiring + new lamp shade.
Ceramic
Rare Large Danish Glazed Ceramic Lamp by Michael Andersen & Sons Danish, 1950s
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Richmond, Surrey
Rare Danish glazed ceramic lamp by Michael Andersen & Sons Danish, 1950s A stunning large white glazed ceramic Lamp by Michael Andersen & Sons.
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern Large Unique Table Lamp Carl Harry Stålhane Rörstrand, 1950s
By Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
One of a kind large glazed ceramic table lamp by designer Carl Harry Stålhane and made in Sweden for Rörstrand in the 1950s.
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Large Table Lamp Piume Multicolore Signed, Italy 1950s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage large scale pottery lamp features a sculptural ceramic body in baluster form, decorated with delicate hand painted gradient rainbow feather pattern on off-white background gl...
Ceramic, Pottery
Lee Rosen for Design Technics Large Green Glaze Pottery Table Lamp, 1950s
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large vintage table lamp features a sculptural urn or baluster shaped ceramic body in Mid Century Modern style with Brutalist influence, decorated with the complex textured glaze in ...
Ceramic, Pottery, Fabric, Milk Glass
Pair Sunset Cosco Large Burnt Orange Urn Table Lamps, 1940s-1950s
By Sunset Cosco Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Pair of vintage designer art pottery lamps feature oversized rounded, bulbous, urn shaped bodies, decorated in stunning monochromatic glossy glaze. The complex burnt orange color of ...
Ceramic, Pottery
$5,400 / set
Large White Porcelain lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large 1950's Chinese ceramic lamps with wooden bases.
Porcelain
1950s Large Rimini Blue Ceramic Lamp by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Sacramento, CA
1950s large ceramic lamp in Rimini blue, designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.
Pottery
Large 1950's Ceramic Lamp on Wood Base
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A 1950's large and beautifully decorated ceramic lamp on a teak base.
Large 1950s Artist Made Glazed Ceramic Lamp
Located in Hudson, NY
A very beautiful and unusual large 1950s artist made ceramic lamp, with incised depictions of a woman's face and flowers. the lamp with a charcoal gray glaze. really fantastic scale ...
Ceramic
A 1950's Extra Large Casa Pupo White Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A very large and impressively decorated white ceramic table lamp from Manises, Spain, dating to circa 1950. The lamp features a generously proportioned body adorned with intricate de...
Ceramic
Large Marcello Fantoni Green Ceramic Table Lamp, circa 1950s
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in New York, NY
Vintage green ceramic Marcello Fantoni lamp with spiral pattern and metal base. Shade not included.
Brass
1950s-1960s Large Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pottery Lamp
Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba
A large ceramic pottery lamp from the 1950s Mid-Century Modern era with original multi-toned fabric shade.
Brass
Large Midcentury White Manises Ceramic Table Lamp, 1950s
Located in Valencia, Valencia
Large midcentury white ceramic table lamp made in Manises, Spain, circa 1950s.
Brass
Large Pair of Italian Ceramic Table Lamps by Raymor, circa 1950s
By Raymor
Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba
A gorgeous pair of Italian ceramic earthenware table lamps designed by Raymor of Italy, circa 1950s.
Ceramic, Earthenware, Walnut
Unavailable
H 28.35 in Dm 11.03 in
Large Rare Italian Gold Ceramic Bitossi Table Lamp for Bergboms 1950s Sweden
By Bergboms, Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Large gold metallic glazed hand-incised ceramic table lamp by Aldo Londi, Bitossi for Bergboms Italy, Sweden around 1950s.
Ceramic
Unavailable
H 21.75 in W 8.5 in D 7.25 in
Vintage Large Scale Ceramic Kifwebe-Inspired Mask Lamp on Mahogany Base, 1950s
By Yasha Heifetz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Vintage Large Scale Ceramic Kifwebe-Inspired Mask Lamp on Mahogany Base, Circa 1950s.
Ceramic, Mahogany
Unavailable
H 17.92 in W 5.12 in D 5.12 in
Large Ceramic Table Lamp by Svend Aage Jensen for Søholm, 1950s
By Svend Åge Jensen, Søholm Stentøj
Located in Vordingborg, DK
Table lamp designed by Holm Sørensen and Svend Aage Jensen in 1955 for Søholm, Denmark. The series "Burgundia" was manufactured 1955-65. Excellent condition. Measures: Lamp height 4...
Ceramic
Large Scale Sculptural Ceramic Lamp - circa 1950's
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Scale Sculptural Ceramic Lamp, circa 1950's.
Spanish 1950's large white ceramic table lamp
Located in Buchanan, NY
Large white Spanish ceramic lamp.
Large Raymor Ceramic Lamp, 1950s
By Raymor
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A fantastic, large and impressive Raymor ceramic lamp. Measures approximately 34.5" H, 18" (ceramic), 14.5" D.
Large 1950s Striped Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A lively ceramic table lamp circa 1950 with a coastal color palette of cool blues and frosty purples, complemented by a sandy texture and a solid walnut base, neck and finial. Wiring...
Ceramic, Walnut
Large Conical Mosaic Ceramic Pottery Lamp, USA 1950's
Located in New York, NY
A large pottery table lamp with cut-out walls and dual finishes, part raw pottery, part white glazing, with a matching finial. Rewired Shade not included.
Pottery
Large Blue Ceramic Lamp
Located in Buchanan, NY
Spanish 1950's Large Blue Ceramic Lamp on Wooden Base
Ceramic
Large Turquoise Ceramic Table Lamp, Italian, Moorish Style, 1950s
Located in Stamford, CT
Large exotic turquoise crackle glaze ceramic Italian lamp. Moorish looking with a flower power tilt. Base is painted wood, 8 inch in diameter. Clear cord. Fine quality hardware. Two ...
Ceramic
Lee Rosen, Large Table Lamp, Ceramic, Brass, USA, 1950s
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in High Point, NC
A large light-grey glazed ceramic and brass table lamp designed by Lee Rosen and produced by Design-Technics, USA, 1950s.
Brass
A large Italian 1950s turquoise ceramic pineapple lamp
Located in London, GB
A large Italian 1950s turquoise ceramic pineapple lamp, with wonderful relief detail and top fronds.
Ceramic
Carl-Harry Stålhane Large Ceramic Lamp, circa 1950s
By Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Amarillo, TX
Large Carl-Harry Stålhane ceramic table lamp, unusual conical shape.
Brass
Large glazed ceramic lamp in baluster shape, 1950s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Large glazed ceramic lamp in baluster shape with stylized beige and black motifs on a white background.
Ceramic
Large 1950s Thai Earthy Green Glazed Ginger Jar Ceramic Lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1950s large chunky Thai ceramic glazed ginger jar lamps.
Ceramic
Vintage 1950s Large Ceramic Table Lamp by David Cressey
By David Cressey
Located in San Antonio, TX
This vintage ceramic lamp by David Cressey is in overall good condition. Light blue with brown speckling. See photos. circa 1950s. USA. Dimensions: 30.5" height x 13" diameter.
Brass
Pair of Artisan Italian Hand-Thrown Large Ceramic Lamps 1950s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of large hand-thrown ceramic table lamps, hand-painted and glazed in blue and green, on dark wood bases with bronze hardware, Italian 1950's.
Bronze
Jane & Gordon Martz Large Modernist Ceramic Lamp, 1950s
By Gordon Martz
Located in Miami, FL
A large ceramic lamp by the Martz. Retains original walnut finial. Measures: 33" tall to tip of finial. Re-wired.
Ceramic, Walnut
A Large Haeger Ceramic and Metal drip glaze 1950s lamp.
Located in Bellport, NY
Large ceramic and metal drip glaze lamp,in shades of blue/greens.With drip edging around the middle over metal base.
Metal
Sold
H 37.41 in Dm 19.69 in
Very Large 1950s Turquoise Ceramic Lamp by Ceramicas Bondia, Manises, Spain
By Cerámicas BONDIA, Casa Pupo
Located in London, GB
A very large 1950s Spanish ceramic lamp by Ceramicas Bondia of Manises, in rare turquoise colour, mounted on a gilt wooden base with brass fittings and detailing.
Brass
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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