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Cerulean Lamp

Pair of Fine Cerulean Blue Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Elegant Pair of Cerulean Blue Chinese Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps, circa 1900 or earlier
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Other Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Cerulean Blue crackle Glazed Ceramic Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of ceramic lamps with a Cerulean blue crackle glazed finish by Paul Hanson. The lamps
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Large Cerulean Blue Crackle Glazed Lamps by Frederick Cooper Lamp Co
By Frederick Cooper
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful pair of large ceramic lamps with a Beautiful Cerulean blue crackle glaze. The lamps are
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of French 1950s Cerulean Blue Opaline Concical-form Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
each of conical form in a deep cerulean blue opaline glass; with brass caps and bases; good vintage
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Vintage 1950s French Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Opaline Glass

Pair of Frederick Cooper Cerulean Blue Crackle-Glaze Table Lamps
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Frederick Cooper ceramic vase form table lamps beautifully glazed in a blue crackle finish
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Frederick Cooper Cerulean Blue Crackle-Glaze Table Lamps
Pair of Frederick Cooper Cerulean Blue Crackle-Glaze Table Lamps
$2,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 42.5 in Dm 7 in
Pair of Cerulean Murano Glass Table Lamps by David Duncan Studio
By David Duncan
Located in New York, NY
A pair of table lamps made from vintage Murano Glass having gilt wood bases and brass finials with
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Cerulean Murano Glass Table Lamps by David Duncan Studio
Pair of Cerulean Murano Glass Table Lamps by David Duncan Studio
$4,640 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 32 in Dm 7 in
Fine Pair of French Cerulean Blue Opaline Lamps with Polychromed Decoration
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each large tapering vessel finely decorated with naturalistic paintings in enamel of parrots on flower laden branches with gilt accents.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Table Lamps

Materials

Opaline Glass

Hollywood Regency Bulbous Cerulean Blue Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp c 1940/1960's
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
, mounted on a stylized custom wood plinth base. The lamp was executed in a high gloss cerulean blue crackle
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

A Pair of Mid-20th Century Cerulean Blue Lamps with Custom Velvet Pleated Shades
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Porcelain Baluster-form table lamps beautifully glazed in a cerulean blue crackle finish
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Rembrandt Teal and Gold Hourglass Shaped Midcentury Table Lamp
By TYE of California, Rembrandt Lamp Company, Marc Bellaire
Located in Chattanooga, TN
lamp. The fabric shade has a slight cerulean tint that matches the lamp’s teal enamel. Look beneath the
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Huge Pair 1960s Japanese Kutani Porcelain Table Lamps with Chinese style Peacock
By Mottahedeh, Frederick Cooper, Kutani Studio, The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of monumental Japanese "Kutani Ware"" hand painted porcelain table lamps with Cerulean blue
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Chinese Export Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

"Satyrs and Pan, " Large and Important Italian Lamp Base, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
masterfully glazed in tones of ivory, charcoal, turquoise, teal and cerulean, this magnificent lamp base was
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Otto Brauer for Holmegaard Turquoise Blue Cased Glass Table Lamp, Circa 1960
By Otto Brauer, Holmegaard
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Scandinavian Modern Otto Brauer for Holmegaard Cerulean Blue Glass Table Lamp. Featuring a slender
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Ring 120 Contemporary Pendant Lamp, Cerulean Blue Art Glass Silvered
By Sabrina Landini
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
pendant lamp, Sabrina Landini’s Ring embodies a symbol of eternity while retaining all its modernity
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Recent Sales

1960s Italian Cerulean Blue and Black Ceramic Glaze Pottery Lamp by, Bitossi
By Raymor, Bitossi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1960s Bitossi for Raymor Coveted Italian handcrafted, two-tone cerulean blue and black hand painted
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Ebullient Art Deco Table Lamp in Vivid Indigo, Cerulean and Violet by Primavera
By Atelier Primavera au Printemps
Located in New York, NY
Ebullient Art Deco table lamp by Primavera (private brand of Le Printemps department store
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Stoneware

Pair Rembrandt Cerulean Blue Pottery & Brass Table Lamps
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Statuesque pair of beautifully glazed baluster-form ceramic table lamps with impressed and gilt
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Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Cerulean Blue Ceramic Table Lamps by Marbro
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in New York, NY
Pair of vintage ceramic table lamps by Marbro. USA, circa 1960. Features a "Cerulean" blue
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Danish Modern Holmegaard Cerulean Blue Lamps
By Holmgaard
Located in New York, NY
Pair of deep cerulean blue hand blown glass lamps on satin brass bases by Holmegaard. Rewired for
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20th Century European Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Bitossi Cerulean Blue Glazed Ceramic Lamps
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Italian midcentury pottery lamps in a stunning turquoise/cerulean blue glazed terracotta with hand
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Cerulean Murano Glass Globe Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning pair of cerulean blue Murano glass table lamps with 23-karat "polvera d'Oro" gold flecks
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass

Extraordinary Pair of Cerulean Blue Murano Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Wonderful pair of Murano cerulean blue glass lamps with "polvera d'oro," or 23 carat gold flecks
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20th Century Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass

Pair Rembrandt Cerulean Blue & Brass Table Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Statuesque pair of beautifully glazed baluster-form ceramic table lamps with impressed and gilt
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Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of 1940s's Hollywood Regency Cerulean Blue Ceramic lamps
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of Cerulean blue ceramic lamps with nickel and black enameled accents
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Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps

Materials

Nickel, Iron

Pair of Large Crackle Glazed Cerulean Blue Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of grand scale Cerulean Blue porcelain ceramic lamps with a crackle glaze finish on brass and
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20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair Of Amazing Cerulean Blue Mid Century Scandanavian Lamps
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic Shape And Color. These Lamps Are Mesmerizing, Very Tall, Statuesque And Flawless. Any
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Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Pair Frederick Cooper Cerulean Blue Crackle Glaze Table Lamps
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Frederick Cooper ceramic vase form table lamps beautifully glazed in a blue crackle finish
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Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

Pair Frederick Cooper Cerulean Blue Crackle Glazed Table Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Frederick Cooper ceramic vase form table lamps beautifully glazed in a blue crackle finish
Category

Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps

Pair of Large Ceramic Table Lamps with a Gorgeous Cerulean Glaze
By Frederick Cooper
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous pair of large ceramic table lamps by Frederick Cooper. The lamps have a beautiful
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Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Large 1960's Bitossi Pottery Cerulean-Glazed Lamp with Gilt Decoration
By Bitossi
Located in San Francisco, CA
The urn-form lamp of impressive scale with gilt teardrop decoration on a deep cerulean ground
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Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Fabulous Pair of Mid-Century Lamps with a Cerulean Blue Glazed Finish
By Frederick Cooper
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous pair of midcentury lamps by Frederick Cooper. The lamps have a stunning cerulean blue
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Cerulean blue crackle glaze ceramic lamp base by Alvino Bagni, Italy 1960s
By Alvino Bagni
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Beautiful vintage cerulean blue crackle glaze ceramic lamp by Alvino Bagni, Italy circa 1960. The
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Art Deco Cerulean Blue Frosted Glass Uplight's w/ Stylized Cubist Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful pair of Art Deco Cerulean Blue Frosted Glass Uplights W/Stylized Cubist Detailing
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Bitossi Bone White/Lapis Band Ceramic Lamps
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Italian midcentury textured bone white glazed cylinder lamps with a cerulean blue band. Made by
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20th Century Italian Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of "Polvera d'Oro" Blue Murano Glass Lamps
Located in Austin, TX
Wonderful pair of Murano cerulean blue glass lamps with "polvera d'oro," or gold flecks, throughout.
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Late 20th Century Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Gold

Pair of Rembrandt Cerulean Blue Pottery and Brass Table Lamps
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Statuesque pair of beautifully glazed baluster-form ceramic table lamps with impressed and gilt
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Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Metal

Paul Hanson Cerulean Blue Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite pair of porcelain lamps with a crackled blue glaze by Paul Hanson, NY. Lamps have been
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Cerulean Blue Glazed Lamps offered by PRIME Gallery
By Frederick Cooper
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of large ceramic lamps with a beautiful Cerulean crackle glazed finish by Frederick
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Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Design Technics 1960s Cerulean Blue Ceramic Table Lamps a Pair by Lee Rosen
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Incredibly beautiful ceramic lamps in a very rare blue green glaze by master ceramicist Lee Rosen
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Bitossi Bone White Ceramic Lamps
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Italian midcentury textured bone white glazed cylinder lamps with a cerulean blue band. Made by
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20th Century Italian Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Bitossi Bone White, Azure Ceramic Lamps
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Italian midcentury textured bone white glazed cylinder lamps with a cerulean blue band. Made by
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20th Century Italian Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Italian Bitossi Bone White Ceramic Lamps
By Bitossi
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of Bitossi textured bone white glazed cylinder lamps with a cerulean blue band. 100W max
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pagoda Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Pagoda shaped ceramic lamps in a Stunning Cerulean Blue glaze. The lamps have been newly
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Vintage ceramic table lamp
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Glossy and gorgeous cerulean lamp! With a white linen drum shade, this table lamp measures a full
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20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Cerulean Blue Crackle Ceramic Lamp
Located in Washington, DC
Pair of cerulean blue crackle ceramic lamp on wood bass.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Single Soft Cerulean Blue Opaline Murano Lamp
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Little Rock, AR
and the result is glass that simply glows. This lamp is made of three pieces in a wonderful CERULEAN
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Murano Glass, Wood

Pair Glazed Danish Lamps
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair cerulean blue glazed ceramic lamps with teak details.
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Vintage 1970s Danish Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Pair Glazed Danish Lamps
Pair Glazed Danish Lamps
H 27.5 in Dm 9.5 in
Pair Murano Glass Lamps
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair cerulean blue Murano glass lamps with teak wood base and brass hardware, with adjustable harps
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of French Opaline Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an extraordinary pair of Cerulean blue French Opaline lamps that dates to c. 1950. The
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Vintage 1950s French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Pair of Danish Cased Glass Lamps
By Holmegaard
Located in Southampton, NY
Georgeous Holmegaard style cerulean blue cased glass lamps with teak bases. Height is to the
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Glass, Wood

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Elegant Big Vintage Murano Glass Tiered Chandeliers, 78 Alabaster White Glasses
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandeliers in Murano glass and nickel plated metal structures on 4 levels. The armor polished nickel supports 78 large albaster white glass tubes in a star shape. Pe...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Alabaster

Pair Scandinavian Art Deco Theater Pendants Brass Hand-blown Opaline, 1920-1930
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A pair of wonderful and rare ball pendants from the transition period from Art Nouveau to Art Deco, Scandinavia, 1920-1930. Hand-blown opaline glas sphere globes with beautifuly elab...
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Brass, Chrome

1940's Scandinavian Long Hair Sheepskin Lounge Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940's Scandinavian Curley Long Hair Sheepskin Lounge Chair. NOTE: CHAIRS ARE PRICED SEPARATELY. ONLY ONE CHAIR AVAILABLE.
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Vintage 1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs

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1940's Scandinavian Long Hair Sheepskin Lounge Chair
1940's Scandinavian Long Hair Sheepskin Lounge Chair
$2,500 Sale Price
28% Off
H 33 in W 25 in D 31 in
Mid-Century Fish Pendant Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Wicker, Plastic

Mid-Century Fish Pendant Lamp, 1960s
Mid-Century Fish Pendant Lamp, 1960s
$2,071 Sale Price
25% Off
H 12.99 in W 18.11 in D 7.48 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
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Murano Large Vase with baloton bubbles in gold leaf and Cobalt Blue beads
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Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass

Bronze Art Deco Vase by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s
By Just Andersen, GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sune Bäckström
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful bronze vase with amazing patina. Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s. Great condition, with only some light scratches. Stamped 'BRONS' and makers mark.
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases

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Four-Panel Screen with Koi and Lotus Design, Brass Feet, Elegant Room Divider
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Located in Jesteburg, DE
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Custom Made Belgian Linen Armchair
$5,047 / item
H 38.98 in W 33.86 in D 37.41 in
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$8,977
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Octagonal Venetian Modern Mirror in Pink Golden Hues & Brass Details
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Georgian-Inspired Marble-Top Console Table
$5,800
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Pair of velvet armchairs in the style of Gio Ponti, Italy 1940s
Pair of velvet armchairs in the style of Gio Ponti, Italy 1940s
$6,008 / set
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Cerulean Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the cerulean lamp you’re looking for. Frequently made of ceramic, metal and brass, every cerulean lamp was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the cerulean lamp you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A cerulean lamp is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern and Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made cerulean lamp over the years, but those crafted by Frederick Cooper, Bitossi and Blenko are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Cerulean Lamp?

Prices for a cerulean lamp can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $645 and can go as high as $5,900, while the average can fetch as much as $3,450.

Finding the Right Table-lamps for You

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.