Let’s see those table lamps - vintage or modern

[3kitty]

This is at my office at work. 50's vintage. The translucent underside is spun fiberglass the rest is green enameled metal. Not the best shot. I picked this up at an antique show a few years back.

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Really sweet!!

 

[L-82]

This is at my office at work. 50's vintage. The translucent underside is spun fiberglass the rest is green enameled metal. Not the best shot. I picked this up at an antique show a few years back.

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Very cool

 

[L-82]

No real cool history or anything, just a Modernica made George Nelson Half Nelson lamp. This is the last run of these, so you may have to find vintage from now on (very hard to find, and expensive). I always thought this was an awesome lamp and finally ordered one. I'll try it in a few places and see where it works best. Maybe the music room because it looks like a cymbal.

I have a couple others that are somewhat interesting I'll try to post later.

Very nice, where can I get one?

 

[bart1]

Very nice, where can I get one?

Modernica.net if they still have any.

 

[bart1]

Here's a couple others

This one is from MOMA.



This was just a random eBay find:



Don't know the maker of either.

Here is a Fostoria I have on my tool cart.

 

[Johnno_Oz]

Built this for my sons mancave. Need to get pics of it there .

Nice use of an old tank level sensor!

 

[butch4695]

Good eye there Johnno

 

[spartanmanor]

This one is in my listening room. It is hard to see but it has an "Edison bulb" under the milk glass shade.

 

[spartanmanor]

I have a matched pair of these on the table that my setup is sitting on.

 

[spartanmanor]

This one sits on top of a speaker

 

[spartanmanor]

This little vintage theater spot is used to light up this 1950's oil painting. I need to find a nice vintage tripod for it to sit on.

 

[spartanmanor]

Here is a 1915 vintage drop light that I use on my work bench.

 

[SPL db]

Found a pair of these at a yardsale a few years back -
in spun aluminum - a rocket-age design!
They make perfect bedside table lamps

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Digging the rotary phone... can't quite tell, is that a push button replica or is it the real deal?

 

[hjames]

Digging the rotary phone... can't quite tell, is that a push button replica or is it the real deal?

Its a cheapo replica my wife got somewhere - I used to have an authentic Western Electric O phone in the room,
but it wasn't very loud and the old cord was messy from bed.



The coolest phone is a real wood custom princess phone I bought off ebay ages ago ...
It came from California - I'll presume the signature is the woodworker who crafted it.



Its under a neat craftsman-clone type mica table lamp ...



and on the far left, a floor lamp I built from an old Kenmore vacuum cleaner -
I found that on the side of the road in our neighborhood awaiting the trash truck
and we loved the look of it so much I turned it into a lamp!

(yeah, the place is a mess - life happens here and its been a busy 2 months!)

 

[macgolf]

Even though it could be a holiday lamp it stays out all year. It was a cool gift from our oldest daughter a few years ago. When the kittens came along last August, the leg portion being lit was perfect in our walk-in closet until their eyes were able to take in more light.

 

[adj69]

I recently picked up this lamp at an estate sale last month.

 

[virak]

My favourite table lamp is on the floor. It's an Italian glass lamp from the 60s we picked up on a trip to Barcelona a year ago.

 

[L-82]

check these beauties they are Laurel Lamps from the sixties (newark, NJ)

 

[L-82]

getting this my bedroom

 

[tuffstuff1]

I like Industrial lamps. It's a cool look. I sandblasted and painted the Fostoria desk lamp and put light under some old insulators on my old workbench.