$1,440 / item
Adjustable Desk Lamp SF 27 by Tecnolumen
By Tecnolumen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In the 1920s, there was a series of similar desk lamps that could all be moved or rotated at various function points.
Metal
1930s Large Art Deco Table or Desk Lamp, Brass and Ivory Lacquer - Italy
Located in Girona, Girona
Large Art Deco table or desk lamp, polished brass and ivory lacquer inside the lampshade.
Brass
$606Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Desk Lamp by Max Schumacher, Nickel Base, Red Shade, 1935
By Max Schumacher
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Art Deco Desk lamp. Nickel base, comes with a original Red shade .
Metal
Unusual Art Deco Bankers Desk Lamp, in Copper and Brass
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Unusual Art Deco Bankers Desk Lamp, in Copper and Brass A very good looking and decorative piece, the lamp has a heavy round base made in both copper and brass, it has a traditional...
Brass
$3,900Sale Price|20% Off
French Modern Neoclassical Leather & Parchment Table or Desk Lamp, Hermès, 1940
By Hermès
Located in New York, NY
An Elegant and Timeless French Mid-century leather table lamp or desk lamp attributed to Hermes in the post Art Deco / Modern Neoclassical spirit.
Leather, Parchment Paper
$1,819Sale Price|30% Off
French Art Deco Chrome and Glass 'Leaping Hound' Table Lamp Desk Lamp C.1930
Located in London, GB
French Art Deco chrome and glass 'leaping hound' table lamp /desk lamp C.1930 Very good condition, minor wear commensurate of age.
Chrome
Modernist, Machine Age Stainless Steel / Metal Industrial Desk Lamp, Art Deco
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual modernist, machine age stainless steel / metal industrial desk lamp, circa 1930s, reminiscent of glorious designs of Gilbert Rhode, KEM Weber.
Metal, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Attributed to Charlotte PERRIAND (1903 - 1999), desk lamp, circa 1950
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Paris, FR
Desk lamp. Model 600 in chromed steel. Edited by Jumo.
Steel, Chrome
Antique American Amronlite Sheaffer Fountain Pen Desk Lamp Deluxe
By Amronlite
Located in Forney, TX
A fine antique American Art Deco Amronlite Sheaffer Fountain Pen banker's style desk lamp deluxe, circa late 1920s, featuring beautifully patinated original brass shade, rising on fi...
Marble, Metal, Brass
Art Deco Brass Desk Lamp With Quezal Favrile Art Glass Shade
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous vintage Art Deco or Art Nouveau desk lamp or table lamp In the manner of Tiffany Studios USA, 20th Century Brass base, with beautiful Favrile art glass shade signed Qu...
Brass
An Art Deco Adjustable Chrome Bankers Desk Lamp, on a circular base 1920's
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Art Deco Adjustable Chrome Bankers Desk Lamp On A Circular Base. Manufactured In 1920's.
Chrome
Bronze & Acid Etched Glass Table / Desk Lamp, Rams Head Motif attr Oscar Bach
By Heintz Art Metal Shop, Tiffany & Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual bronze & acid etched glass table / desk lamp, amazing stylized rams head motif. Retains its original patina.
Bronze
Important Art Deco Desk Lamp, Chrome, Aluminum and Marble, Modernist Design 1930
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Art Deco Desk Lamp, Chrome, Aluminum and Marble, Modernist Design, France, Circa 1930 Bring a touch of elegance to your interior with this exceptional Art Deco desk lamp, ...
Marble, Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
Art Deco White Opaline Glass Nickel Plated Table Desk Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Art Deco Bauhaus Style Table or Desk Lamp with white opaline glass Diameter glass 25 cm / 9.8 inches Diameter base 15 cm / 5.9 inches Available with UK / US plug Weight: 2.70 kg ...
Nickel
1930's Rare Parcel-Silvered Art Deco Bauhaus Mushroom Style Desk Lamp
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
1930's RARE PARCEL-SILVERED ART DECO BAUHAUS MUSHROOM STYLE DESK LAMP Probably American Visually satisfying high quality table lamp evoking Machine Age Era design patinated copper...
Copper
Art Deco Bronze Desk Lamp with Limestone Base, Circa 1925-1935
Located in Lincoln, GB
Circa 1925–1935 Art Deco desk lamps were often conceived as integrated desk objects rather than standalone lights.
Bronze
Antique Brass Art Deco GEC / Holophane Glass Table Desk Lamp, c.1920
By Holophane, General Electric Company (GEC) 1
Located in London, GB
An incredible quality and highly desirable double armed brass table lamp made by GEC. c.1920 High quality and heavy duty cast brass construction, twin-armed desk lamp with elegant p...
Brass
Art Deco Desk Lamp by Jacques Adnet, Black Metal & Wood, 1925
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Art Deco desk lamp by “Jacques Adnet” The Art Deco desk lamp designed by the renowned French designer Jacques Adnet epitomizes the elegance and innovation of the 1920s.
Metal, Nickel
Antique Art Deco Copper and Enamel Double Bankers Desk Lamp, c.1930
Located in London, GB
An elegantly formed double headed bankers lamp. c.1930 High quality copper construction, twin-headed desk lamp with dark green vitreous enamelled shades.
Brass, Enamel
Important Art Deco Desk Lamp, Chrome, Aluminum and Marble, Modernist Design 1930
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Art Deco Desk Lamp, Chrome, Aluminum, and Marble, Modernist Design, France, Circa 1930 Elevate your interior with this exceptional Art Deco desk lamp of remarkable eleganc...
Marble, Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Chrome
An Early 20th Century English Art Deco Striped Bakelite Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1930 An early twentieth century English Art Deco desk lamp in light blue and cream bakelite panels, the tapered stem supported by a hexagonal base.
Bakelite
General Electric Company Stylish Art Deco Desk Lamp 20th Century
By General Electric Company (GEC) 1
Located in London, GB
This stylish Art Deco desk lamp is from the late 1920's to mid 30's. It has the original Articulated Brass shade and can be adjusted to suit the angle of light.
Brass, Iron
Art Deco White Opaline Cone Glass Nickel Plated Table Desk Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Art Deco Bauhaus Style Table or Desk Lamp with white opaline glass Diameter glass 25 cm / 9.8 inches Diameter base 15 cm / 5.9 inches Available with UK / US plug Weight: 2.75 kg ...
Nickel
Elegant Articulating Fratelli Martini Art Deco Streamline Desk Lamp, 1930s
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant articulating Art Deco / Streamline desk lamp made in Europe in the 1930s. Beautiful ivory body with brass detailing, well-constructed, heavy and of extremely high quality.
Metal, Brass
Art Deco Articulated Desk Lamp by Pirouett, France, 1930s
By Pirouette, Jean Chavanis
Located in BARCELONA, ES
French Art Deco lighting of the 1930s carried the geometry of the 1920s into objects made for more practical, intimate use. In a desk lamp, that language becomes quieter: polished me...
Aluminum
Fairies Mfg. Co. All Brass Desk Lamp WIth Cantilever Shade, 1920's
By Fairies
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Art Deco Fairies Manufacturing Company brass desk lamp, table lamp circa 1920s. Featuring an overall yellow brass finish, wide cylinder stem with flared top, pivoting cantilever vent...
Brass
Art Deco Gooseneck Desk Lamp w/Dome Shade and Shell Base
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco desk lamp featuring a large hemispherical shade mounted on a flexible gooseneck arm above a decorative shell-form base.
Metal
Art Deco Articulated Desk Lamp by Pirouett, France, 1930s
By Jean Chavanis
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Built around movement and adjustment, this articulated desk lamp combines a chromed metal structure with a pivoting arm and a glass-panel diffuser.
Chrome
A 1930s French Art Deco Desk Lamp in Brass, Marble and Green Enamel
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1930 A fine Art Deco French desk lamp, with adjustable green enamel shade, and rectangular marble plinth base, the brass with stepped decoration to the top and the base.
Marble, Brass, Enamel
Art Deco Vintage Black Chrome Table Lamp Desk Lamp Max Schumacher, 1934, Germany
By Max Schumacher
Located in Vienna, AT
An Art Deco vintage black chrome table lamp or desk lamp designed by Max Schumacher 1934 Germany and executed by Werner Schröder, Lobenstein, Germany.
Metal
Matched pair of Art Deco desk lamp by Aluminor, 1970 France
Located in London, GB
Matched pair of Art Deco desk lamp by Aluminor, 1970 France A stylish matched pair of metal 1970s Art Deco desk lamps by Aluminor.
Metal
Art Deco Slim Alabaster Table and or Desk Lamp 1930s European
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Art Deco alabaster table- and desk lamp. Alabaster is a light and relatively soft material that can be turned into all sorts of shapes.
Alabaster, Metal
Antique Art Deco Two-Light Owl Sculpture Table or Desk Lamp Germany, ca. 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
Antique Art Deco Two-Light Owl Sculpture Table or Desk Lamp Germany, ca. 1920 This antique Art Deco period table lamp or desk lamp base is a stunning piece made of hand-carved oakwoo...
Brass
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Articulating Desk Lamp. 1939 NYWF Rare Simulated Metal Leather
By Donald Deskey
Located in Peoria, AZ
Art Deco Metal & Brass Articulating Desk Lamp With Faux Leather Enamel Circa 1939 At the time of the New York World's Fair of 1939, designers architects and engineers were all insp...
Metal
$1,900
Cobra Art Deco Desk Lamp
By Faries
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Streamline art deco cobra lamp by Faries. In original condition with brass lampshade and polished nickel base.
Chrome
Danish Vintage Bindesbøll Style High Desk Lamp of Bronze with New Shade 1940s
By Just Andersen, Thorvald Bindesbøll
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Vintage Bindesbøll style high desk lamp made of an alloy of copper and other metals like bronze and brass (ore).
Metal
Herbert Terry Anglepoise Model 1227 Black Two Step Articulated Desk Lamp 1930's
By Herbert Terry
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Herbert Terry Anglepoise Model 1227 Black Two Step Articulated Desk Lamp 1930's Model 1227 (1938 - 1968) - Has a two tier base, with a steel cover. - The forks were mainly cast as ...
Aluminum
Vintage Mid Century Modern Art Deco Metal Bronze Finish Bankers Table Desk Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Art Deco Metal Bronze Finish Bankers Table Desk Lamp. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 16" H x 19.5" W x 7" D. {3-Way (No)}, (Location: Section 2) S...
Metal
$420Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco Desk Lamp Notary Lamp Erpe Model 52 Wrought Iron Green Enamel Shade
By Erpé
Located in Poperinge, BE
Art deco desk lamp, also called notary lamp or banker's lamp, made by the Belgian company Erpé, model no. 52, industrial design from the 1920s-30s.
Enamel, Iron, Wrought Iron
Amsterdam School copper and fringe desk lamp by Conrad Fehn, 1920s
By Conrad Fehn
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
An extremely rare version of the Conrad Fehn Amsterdamse School fringed copper desk lamp. A one off with a different design than the more common ones like depicted in the ''Living in...
Copper
Eloctra Desk Lamp by Georges Halais
Located in BAUD, FR
Art Deco Ocean Liner Lamp "Eloctra" by Georges Halais Lacquered steel and chrome-plated brass. Good original condition. Minor signs of use. Diameter: 30 cm / Base: 17.3 cm Height: ap...
Steel, Brass, Metal
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco French Table - Desk lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French table lamp have adjustable height and lamp neck is adjustable .The shade is hand made glass and all is from the Art Deco period . USA continental standard parcel shipping wi...
Brass
Very large Deco style Polished Brass Dome Top Desk Lamp with dolly switch
Located in London, GB
Designed and manufactured by Andrew Kornat Designs this stunning table/ desk lamp is 100% handmade from scratch in Brass using hand tooled components by skill craftsmen to the highes...
Brass
Desk Lamp Art Deco, 1920, Material, Chromed Bronze , German
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Desk lamp Art deco. Materia: chromed bronze Style: Art Deco Country: German To take care of your property and the lives of our customers, the new wiring has been done.
Bronze, Chrome
Silver Art Deco Banker Table Desk Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Silver metal Art Deco desk light / banker’s lamp 2,5 meter black cotton flex, plug and switch in base Base size 112×112 mm / 4.41 × 4.41 inches B22 bulb holder Available with US/U...
Iron, Nickel
Big Art Deco Desk Lamp, 1920, Material: Bronze, German
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
If you want to live in the golden years, this is the Desk lamp that your project needs. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.
Bronze
Desk Lamp in Cream Shagreen and Bronze Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
By R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
All furniture is handcrafted by skilled artisans, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines. The desk lamp in cream shagreen and bronze ...
Brass
Desk Lamp in Cream Shagreen and Bronze Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
By R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
All furniture is handcrafted by skilled artisans, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines. The desk lamp in cream Shagreen and bronze ...
Brass
$1,440 / item
Adjustable Desk Lamp SF 28 by Tecnolumen
By Tecnolumen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This lamp design was developed by a group of architects from the Swedish functionalist movement, which emerged at the same time as the Bauhaus era. A similar lamp was produced by Gis...
Metal
$2,850 / item
French Art Deco Desk Lamp by Schneider
By Verreries Schneider
Located in Long Island City, NY
French Art Deco adjustable table lamp by Schneider in great vintage condition. The shade is in clear frosted glass with polished details. Mounted on a Nickeled bronze base enhanced ...
Bronze
Art Deco Large Desk Lamp, 1930's
Located in Devon, England
Original 1930's Art Deco large Angle poise table light in great period working condition in chrome. This light just screams Art Deco with its stepped base and pink marble effect glas...
Chrome
Eileen Gray Art Deco Desk Lamp, Brass & Metal, Vintage Design, 1940
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Desk Lamp by Eileen Gray Designer, artist and architect Eileen Gray was one of the most fascinating creative figures of the 20th century.
Metal, Brass
Dutch Art Deco Amsterdam School fringed copper desk lamp by Conrad Fehn, 1920s
By Conrad Fehn
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
An exceptionally rare, signed Conrad Fehn Amsterdam School desk lamp - identical to the example featured in the famous reference work 'Living in the Amsterdam School' (see in the vid...
Copper
1947 Antique Gold Cobra Desk Lamp by Jean Otis Reinecke Faries
By Faries Lamp Co.
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a 1947 Antiqued Gold Cobra Lamp by Jean Otis Reinecke for Faries MFG. Robert Fairies MFG- Jean Ottis. Reinecke 1947 Art Deco era Norman Bel Geddes Era Greta ...
Metal, Brass, Copper
Big Art Deco Desk Lamp, 1920, Material, Chromed Bronze , German
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
If you want to live in the golden years, this is the Desk lamp that your project needs. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.
Bronze
Walter Von Nessen Enameled Brass & Glass Desk Lamp, Circa 1935
By Walter Von Nessen, Miller Lamp Company
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Walter von Nessen Enameled Brass, Steel & Glass Table Lamp for Miller Lamp Company, Circa 1935. Featuring a Pagoda style form, with step up Art Deco styled column with patina to...
Brass, Steel
$1,749 / item
Airship by Sam Rush. Desk lamp 1920s style.
By Sam Rush
Located in Bristol, GB
There is little more inspiring than that glorious dawn of airship travel. This hand made lamp by Sam Rush captures the essence of that age, and instantly gives any desk a rare distin...
Brass, Stainless Steel, Nickel
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Bespoke lighting is a hallmark of upscale interiors, and contemporary makers are increasingly ambitious in their materials and forms.