How tall are these table lamps?

Of the 85 listings with a height, they run from 10.5 cm (4.1 in) to 75 cm (29.5 in), so compare the height with your table and the shade with your eye level.

Do the table lamps come with a bulb?

Six list a bulb included and 16 use an integrated LED. Most others name a socket, and 42 take an E26/E27 bulb.

Are there cordless table lamps?

Yes. Thirty list cordless, rechargeable or battery operation, and there is a separate page for cordless and rechargeable lamps.

Which table lamps use natural stone?

Eight list marble, five travertine and three alabaster. Six of these listings note that the stone varies from piece to piece.

Table Lamps

A table lamp puts light exactly where you sit, read or wind down, on a bedside table, desk, console or shelf. Our Table Lamps page brings together 128 lamps, from plug-in classics in stone and glass to rechargeable lamps you can carry between rooms.

Stone, glass, ceramic and paper

Thirty-six name glass among their materials, from the hand-blown glass of the Torchis Table Lamp to opal and frosted shades. Eight list marble, five travertine and three alabaster, such as the Luminous Veil Alabaster Bronze Table Lamp, a solid alabaster shade on a bronze base. Ten list ceramic, three of them alongside resin, as on the Mira Speckled Ceramic Nordic Table Lamp with its linen shade. Three have rice or washi paper shades, two list natural or woven rattan, and four are incense burner lamps that combine ceramic with wood, resin or iron. If you are weighing fabric against paper or glass, read how to choose a lampshade.

Cordless, USB or plug-in

Thirty list cordless, rechargeable or battery operation, including the 10 filed as wireless table lamps, and battery lamps also have their own page, cordless and rechargeable lamps. Listed run times reach up to 20 hours; read each as the listing's own claim, not a tested result. Eight run from USB power, three charge by solar, and 36 list plug-in power. Where a socket is named, 42 take an E26/E27 bulb, six an E14, five a G9, two a GU10 and one a G4, while 16 list an integrated LED. Six list a bulb included.

Dimming and light colour

Thirty-five list dimming or adjustable brightness, some only with a dimmable bulb or the dimmer-switch option, and nine state they are not dimmable. Fourteen list a choice of two or more colour temperatures in the lamp itself, such as the Cognac Disc Table Lamp with warm, neutral and cool white settings. Before pairing a bulb with a dimmer, see our dimmable lighting guide.