posted on September 30, 2004 11:34:35 AM
I have a pair of these. They are some kind of metal and bakelite maybe? But I haven't a clue as to the era or how to describe them. Anybody ever seen anything like this?
posted on September 30, 2004 07:18:21 PM
I am getting a bauhaus vibe.
Oh, maybe that's the music I am listening to...oops
I dunno...it's so whatever, but it's got a little old yank chain thing, so it's older.
Maybe it's a 40' or 50's pomo meets tiki hut.
I am so unhelpful that some irate poster will come and correct the heck out of me. At least it's back at the top of the heap.
posted on September 30, 2004 07:26:30 PM
Those are really neat lamps, Glassgrl. I like the undershade and the switch on the base. How big are they?
They're making me think Egyptian influence. I guess it's the gold on black.
Are there any markings on the socket? Reason I ask is I have that old carved Italian pottery lamp on eBay. The socket is marked Meteor which, from my research and thanks to Sparkz, dates it to the '20s-'30s.
posted on September 30, 2004 07:37:39 PM
Thanks Mslucy. They are regular table sized lamps. I'll look again in the am when my eyes aren't so crossed for markings, I did look earlier but didn't inspect the socket. They do have green felt on the bottom.
I've googled and ebayed till my fingers wore off and haven't seen anything similar except Russel White.
ltray originally say heywood but I don't think that's it.
posted on October 1, 2004 12:29:25 AM
ltray said, ltray said....
You misunderstood me. The Badcock (the local new/lowend furniture chain) reference was to help you understand what happens to home furnishings 50 years later.
When its new, its contemporary, but when its 50 years old, someone coins a cutesy name for it.
The style of your lamps was very popular in the 50's, early 60's. At the time it was contemporary because they were just an "in" style. Probably did not have a specific category then. but now... some one would tag it with Eames (though it has nothing to do with Mr. Eames designs), Mid-Century (no one believed we'd even see 2000 back in 1950), or late 'machine age influence'.
But I still maintain they are WAY over engineered with 2 switches, an up-globe AND a harp. Someone probably paid way too much for these new. Now all you have to do is find someone to pay way too much for them used, lol.
I like them, don't have a place for them and probably can't afford them. They would look too cute with a 1940's rattan sofa, but I bet originally they ended up gracing a pair of Wakefield tables.
[ edited by ltray on Oct 1, 2004 12:44 AM ]
