{"product_id":"blue-cremer-paris-1950s-spotlight-on-original-tripod-floorlamp","title":"A.E. Cremer Paris Blue Fresnel Theatre Spotlight Floor Lamp | 1950s Studio Light on ori Steel Tripod","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"20:1-20:281;604-884\"\u003eA rare blue A.E. Cremer Paris theatre spotlight from the 1950s, complete with its original barndoors and ventilation tray, mounted on a matching A.E. Cremer steel tripod. An eye-catching, fully adjustable statement lamp for a loft, restaurant, retail space, or living room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"22:1-22:16;886-901\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6\" data-sourcepos=\"24:1-39:64;903-1908\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eA.E. Cremer, Paris, France\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduced\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e1950s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOriginal blue hammered paint, with visible signs of wear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarndoors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOriginal, included, easily removable\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVentilation tray\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOriginal, still present, a rare surviving detail\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLens\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eFresnel lens, adjustable fitting: spot-to-flood via original knobs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWiring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eRewired, original E27 fitting retained, approx. 3m cable, inline switch, EU plug\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBulb\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCompatible with any standard LED or incandescent bulb; bulb shown in photos included\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdjustability\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eHousing adjustable in every direction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTripod\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOriginal A.E. Cremer Paris steel tripod, fully restored, original signed bolts retained\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpotlight dimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e38 x 30 x 26 cm (15\" x 11.8\" x 10.2\")\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTotal height (adjustable)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e165–240 cm (65\"–94.5\")\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of one, once sold this exact piece will not return\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImport duty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003ePayable by the buyer in their own country\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"41:1-41:14;1910-1923\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"41:1-41:14;1910-1923\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"43:1-43:624;1925-2548\"\u003eA.E. Cremer was founded in Paris around 1920 by André Cremer, and later passed to his son William, who carried the business through its strongest years. Through the 1950s, Cremer spotlights lit the great Parisian revues, along with film and television productions, at a time when Paris stood at the centre of European stage and screen lighting. The company held on until 1977, unable to keep pace once quartz-halogen \"torch\" projectors began to replace the older Fresnel-lens designs across the industry, but the fixtures it left behind are still sought after by collectors, set designers, and lighting professionals today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"45:1-45:652;2550-3201\"\u003eThis particular spotlight stands out for its colour. Where most surviving Cremer units turn up in black, this one carries its original blue hammered paint finish, a variation that makes it a genuinely uncommon find within an already sought-after range. Stamped into the housing is the mark Bté SGDG, short for \"Breveté Sans Garantie du Gouvernement,\" a French legal patent marking used by manufacturers from 1844 until it was officially discontinued in 1968. It is not a model name but a mark of authentic period manufacture, a small detail that confirms exactly when and how this fixture was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"47:1-47:632;3203-3834\"\u003eThe Fresnel lens in combination with th adjustable fitting at the heart of the fixture works by sliding the bulb closer to or further from the lens, letting a single spotlight throw either a tight, focused beam or a soft, wide flood, adjustable using the original knobs. The original barndoors, the hinged metal flaps once used to shape and control the spread of light on stage, are present and can be left in place for the full theatrical look or removed for a cleaner silhouette. The original ventilation tray, designed to let heat escape safely during long hours under stage lighting, has also survived, a detail that rarely makes it through seventy years of use intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"49:1-49:370;3836-4205\"\u003eWe mounted this spotlight on its matching A.E. Cremer steel tripod, fully restored and still carrying its original signed bolts, a rare case of spotlight and stand surviving together from the same maker. The tripod's telescoping steel legs allow the whole piece to be adjusted from just over head height to well over two metres, giving it real presence as a floor lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"51:1-51:264;4207-4470\"\u003eThe spotlight has been rewired for safe home or studio use while keeping its original E27 fitting, with a new inline switch, EU plug, and roughly 3 metres of cable, so it accepts any standard LED or incandescent bulb. The one shown in the photographs is included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" data-sourcepos=\"53:1-53:314;4472-4785\"\u003eSuited to collectors of theatrical and cinema lighting history, interior designers and set decorators looking for a genuine, working piece of French stage history with a distinctive colour, and anyone furnishing a loft, studio, or living space who wants a large-scale lamp with real presence and a story to match.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BlitzcraftVintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53274105053520,"sku":null,"price":669.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0847\/7029\/2048\/files\/BlitzcraftVintage_Antiques_specialLightinganddecorJuly16_162van341.jpg?v=1784196196","url":"https:\/\/blitzcraftvintage.com\/products\/blue-cremer-paris-1950s-spotlight-on-original-tripod-floorlamp","provider":"Blitzcraft Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}