Memphis Style Table Lamp with Cobalt Blue Orb and Brass Accents
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fun Ettore Sottsass inspired table lamp with a large cobalt blue lacquered wood ball body supported by brass tripod legs and a middle eastern style black enameled metal shade.
Metal, Brass
Luxurious Pair of Late 19th Century Cobalt Urns Now as Lamps
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Fine English porcelain by Royal Crown Derby This pair or urns are late 19th Century cobalt porcelain with lavish hand decorated raised gilding.
Porcelain
Blue Cobalt Porcelain Table Lamp with Gilt Bronze. 19th-20th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Table lamp (without lampshade) with three lights made in porcelain and gilt bronze adapted for electric current.
Bronze
19th Century, Meissen Neoclassical Cobalt Blue & Gold Snake Handle Urn Lamp
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen (German, founded 1710), circa mid 19th century. This stunning antique Meissen urn has been converted to a table lamp. It features a Neoclassical baluster form with gilt and ...
Porcelain
Vintage Pair of Cobalt Blue Warren Kessler Porcelain Table Lamps, Brass, Labeled
By Warren Kessler
Located in Stamford, CT
Vintage Pair of Cobalt Blue Warren Kessler Porcelain Table Lamps, Brass, Labeled Each having a fine rich cobalt blu color having an oil lantern form with bronze table base and mounts.
Brass
Pair of Antique French Cobalt Blue Porcelain Bronze Dior Lamps, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of antique French cobalt blue porcelain bronze Dior lamps, circa 1890.
Bronze
Pair of Antique French Cobalt Blue Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Lamps
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of antique French cobalt blue Sèvres Porcelain and ormolu-mounted lamps.
Porcelain
Cobalt Blue Porcelain Table Lamps French 1970s Robert Kostka Vintage - a Pair
By Robert Kostka
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Cobalt Blue Porcelain Table Lamps French 1970s Robert Kostka Vintage - a Pair Impressive en enchanting tall French table lamps Hand crafted cobalt blue porcelain Design by Robert ...
Porcelain
Vintage Mid Century Chinoiserie Cobalt Blue Ceramic Table Lamps Italy 1970s - a
By Maison Le Dauphin, Artistica Le Porcellane, Banci Firenze, Maison Jansen
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Vintage Mid Century Chinoiserie Cobalt Blue and Gold Ceramic Table Lamps Italy 1970s - a Pair Impressive en enchanting blue and gold table lamps.
Ceramic, Silk
Sold|$3,900 / set
Pair of 1960's Italian Ceramic Lamps With A Cobalt Blue Glaze.
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of 1960's Italian ceramic lamps. The cylindrical lamp body has a ribbed design pattern and a wonderful cobalt blue glaze finish.
Brass
Bostlund Lotte Cobalt Blue Lamp with original string shade mid century modern
By Lotte and Gunnar Bostlund
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
This lamp in ultramarine blue which shows as a deep cobalt blue in a high gloss finish.
Brass
Napoleon III Ormolu-Mounted Cobalt-Blue Porcelain Urn Lamp, Probably by Sèvres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French Napoleon III ormolu-mounted cobalt-blue urn lamp, probably by Sèvres (Now electrified).
Bronze
Antique French Empire Converted Cobalt Blue Glass Brass Oil Lamp Urn 29"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Empire Sevres style oil lamp converted to electric - deep cobalt blue glass vase / trophy / mantel urn shaped with brass base, pierced top, and handles decorated with ...
Brass
20th Century Pair of Cobalt Blue Porcelain Table Lamps Attributed to Sèvres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
The lamps are rich cobalt blue with gilt-painted decorations of dragonflies and waterlilies adorning the glazed surface of the porcelain.
Brass
French Sèvres Porcelain Watteau Scene Ormolu Cobalt Blue Table Lamp 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French Sèvres soft paste porcelain and ormolu twin handle electric table lamp of traditional Urn form, and of good size proportions, raised on a square stepped base with fou...
Ormolu
Sèvres Porcelain Watteau Scene Ormolu Cobalt Blue Table Lamps 19th Century, Pair
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning pair French Sèvres soft paste porcelain and ormolu twin handle electric table lamps of traditional urn form, and of good size proportions, raised on swirling dome shaped cir...
Ormolu
Antique Pair Chinese Japanese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Cobalt Blue Red
Located in Dublin, Ireland
The ormolu mounts have been re-gold plated. These Lamps are re-wired for electricity. Back and front views are similar.
Ormolu
French Sèvres Porcelain Watteau Scene Ormolu Cobalt Blue Table Lamp Bronze Satyr
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French Sevres Soft Paste Signed Porcelain and Ormolu with Twin Handles modelled as a Satyre, Electric Table Lamp of traditional bulbous form and of outstanding quality, and ...
Ormolu
Table Lamp with Cobalt Blue Glass Shade designed by Doria 1970s, Germany
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-Century Modern 1970s table lamp designed by Doria, Germany. Bulb shade in blue glass with tubular chrome base with a metal lacquering shade inside and lit with one bulb that beau...
Chrome
Contemporary Italian Pair of Brass and Cobalt Blue Murano Glass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A tall modern pair of blown beehive Murano glass lamps, high quality of craftsmanship, organic design with blown royal blue bodies, preciously decorated with a diamond cut pattern an...
Brass
Contemporary Italian Pair of Brass and Cobalt Blue Murano Glass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A tall modern pair of blown beehive Murano glass lamps, high quality of craftsmanship, organic design with blown royal blue bodies, preciously decorated with a diamond cut pattern an...
Brass
Contemporary Italian Modern Pair of Cobalt Blue Murano Glass Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A tall modern pair of blown beehive Murano glass lamps, high quality of craftsmanship, organic design with blown royal blue bodies, preciously decorated with a diamond cut pattern an...
Brass
Contemporary Italian Modern Pair of Cobalt Blue Murano Glass Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A tall modern pair of blown beehive Murano glass lamps, high quality of craftsmanship, organic design with blown royal blue bodies, preciously decorated with a diamond cut pattern an...
Brass
Antique French Sèvres Gilt Bronze Porcelain Vase Ormolu Cobalt Blue Table Lamp
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Fine Stylish and Imposing French Sevres Porcelain Mounted Ormolu Candelabra of outstanding quality, now converted to an Electric Table Lamp. Early to Mid-Nineteenth Century. The ...
Ormolu
Pair of Vintage Cobalt Blue Ace Decor De Paris Porcelain Vase Table Lamps
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Pair of French cobalt blue porcelain and brass vase table lamps with hand-painted flowers and gilded decor, tall cut crystal lamp shades, circa 1950 1960.
Brass
Unique Pair of Italian Cobalt Blue and Clear Murano Glass Block Lamps, Signed
By Alberto Donà
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian cobalt blue and clear Murano glass block lamps with solid glass base.
Murano Glass
1950s Belgium Val St Lambert Cobalt Blue Glass Crystal Table Lamp Inc Shade
By Val Saint Lambert
Located in London, England
1950s Val Saint Lambert cobalt blue crystal table lamp base encased in clear glass.
Brass
Pair of 19th Century French Painted Cobalt Blue Glass & Brass Table Oil Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
These elegant antique oil lamps were crafted in France, circa 1870. The "Lampes a Petrole", converted into table lamps, sit on ornate round brass bases, and feature the original flam...
Brass
Chrome Art Deco Style DC-3 Airplane Table Lamp with Cobalt Glass Shade
By Sarsaparilla
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco style airplane table lamp in blue glass and chrome. This rare highly collectible accent lamp by NY company Sarsaparilla was made in the 1970s modeled after Dakota DC-3. ...
Chrome
Bristol Cobalt Blue Cut Glass Lamp with Glass Shade This is a Stunning piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Bristol Cobalt Blue Cut Glass Lamp with Glass Shade This is a Stunning piece and larger than most, the base of the lamp has a vase shape and it is set off with a large mushroom shap...
Cut Glass
Charming Early 19th Century Delft Cobalt Blue and White Vase as a Table Lamp
Located in London, by appointment only
Charming early 19th century Delft cobalt blue and white vase decorated with four repeated hand-painted scenes of parrots perched above whimsical buildings and bridges over waterways ...
Pottery
Pair of Classy Mid-Century Modern Cobalt Blue and Gilt Glass Lamps, Lucite Bases
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
A tasteful pair of blue glass table lamps with circular gilt decor on square thick Lucite bases. The lamps look great even during day when the daylight shines through the blue glass....
Glass, Lucite
Sold|$1,600
Italian Cobalt Blue Glass Desk Light
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Blue glass, laquered brass and accent details make this light truly a unique addition.
Pair of Modernist Hand-Blown Smoked Cobalt Murano Glass & Brass Torchieres
Located in New York, NY
This grand and lovely pair of Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Torchiers originates from Italy during the 21st Century. Rendered in breathtaking opalescent Smoked Cobalt glass secti...
Brass
Art Deco Cobalt Blue Glass & Satin Nickel Torchiere w/ Milk Glass Shade
Located in New York, NY
This lamp blends Art Deco design and American craftsmanship in a balanced and usable scale.
Nickel
Metal, Cobalt Blue Desk Light from a Ship's Stateroom, 1960's, Pr. Available
Located in Nantucket, MA
A cobalt blue metal desk light from a ship's stateroom. Russian, 1960's. Chrome stem. Rewired for American use. Takes a regular base light bulb. Base is 7" diameter. As of this writi...
Metal
Sold|$2,400
Cobalt Blue Humphrey Gas Lamp, Electrified
By Humphrey Lamp Company
Located in Peekskill, NY
From the start we were drawn to the simple elegance found in utilitarian objects. In addition there needs to be a unique and different feel to every object we pick. That's what draws...
Sold|$3,900
Antique French Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Cobalt and Ormulu Bronze Lamp
Sold|$3,600
Monumental Kastrup Glass Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very large cobalt glass table lamp on black lacquered wood base with new custom silk shade.
Glass, Wood, Silk
Sold|$1,450
Streamline Airplane Table Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Streamline Chrome table lamp with cobalt glass and hand painted lines. This piece was originally sold at the 1939 Worlds Fair and has been recently rewired.
Chrome, Steel
Sold|$4,800
Pair of Blue Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1940s French porcelain cobalt blue lamps with wooden bases. Measurements: Height of body: 15.25?
Sold|$1,200
Large Chinese Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
Large antique blue & white porcelain Chinese temple jar lamp with cobalt blue Fu Dogs on celadon background and teak base.
Porcelain, Wood
Sold|$12,850
Tiffany Studios Favrile Candlestick Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Orleans, LA
Candlestick Lamp Tiffany Studios Circa 1900 This shimmering cobalt blue Candlestick lamp is an extraordinary example of Tiffany’s iconic iridescent Favrile glass.
Art Glass
Vintage French Ceramic Lamps Blue Gold Chinoiserie Jars Vase Table Lamps a Pair
By François Châtain 1, Louis Drimmer, Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy, Robert Kostka, Henredon
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Vintage midcentury chinoiserie Cobalt Blue Ceramic Table Lamps French 1970s - a Pair Impressive en enchanting blue gold trimmed table lamps.
Ceramic
Rare Antique Railroad Lantern & CT Ham Mfg Rochester, NY Cobalt Blue Glass c1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique and Rare Railroad Lantern with Cobalt Glass Signed CT Ham Manufacturing Rochester, NY C1900. Measures - 16.5"h x 5"diam
Metal
Sold|$1,200
Single Small Porcelain and Bronze Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Small traditional table lamp. The body of the lamp is cobalt blue and white porcelain on metal.
Metal, Bronze
Sold|$1,147
Pair of Murano Blue Glass Lamps
Located in Kent, Dover
A pair of Italian Murano glass lamps in cobalt blue with tole bases.
Sold|$1,200
Streamline DC-3 Airplane Table Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The airplane features a cobalt glass body. The lamp was originally sold at the 1939 World's Fair and has been recently rewired.
Chrome, Steel
Sold|$2,600
Murano Glass "Veronese Blue" Table Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful cobalt blue Murano glass table lamp with 23 carat gold fleck accents and ring detail.
Murano Glass
Sold|$7,500
Pair of 19th Century Sevres Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of fabulous lobular-form lamps, of cobalt porcelain with elaborate dore bronze ormolu mounts, handles formed as delicate swan neck, raised on square base with gadrooning.
Bronze
Sold|$495
Regal Chinese Wise Man Table Lamp
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A regal porcelain Chinese wise old man with long braid is the body of this elegant lamp having cobalt blue gown and gold stand, with custom silk shade.
Porcelain
Sold|$1,200
Pair of 1960s Italian Blue Glass Lamps
Located in Kent, Dover
A pair of Italian table lamps in cobalt blue glass. Hand blown.
Sold|$1,975 / set
20th Century Porcelain Lamp Pair by Mottahedeh
By Mottahedeh
Located in Savannah, GA
This handsome pair of Mottahedeh cobalt and white porcelain urn lamps feature central floral medallions surrounded by raised bellflower swags, hand-painted and parcel gilt, and are m...
Brass
Val St Lambert hand-blown glass table lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Cobalt and clear glass table lamp newly wired in the US.
Blown Glass, Glass
Ceramic Table Lamp by Jacques Blin, circa 1950s
By Jacques Blin
Located in London, GB
An alluring cobalt-blue ceramic table lamp, circa 1950s by Jacques Blin (1920-1995), who gave up a career in engineering for his love of the visual arts.
Ceramic
Sold|$3,779 / set
Pair of Sèvres Style Porcelain Lamps, circa 1900
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair French late 19th century Sèvres style porcelain vases / lamps. Having cobalt blue ground with gilded highlighted decoration to the scrolling swag and ring drop po...
Porcelain
Sold|$1,850 / set
Vintage Regency Bunny Williams Glazed Table Lamps, a Pair
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning pair of vintage Bunny Williams table lamps. Brilliant bright cobalt blue glazed finish.
Silver Leaf
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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