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Just a cool lamp I picked up in a retirerment community yard sale. It's in great shape and has a great molten finish. I took It apart but could not find a maker's name.

wildgather

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Deco Lamp

Deco lamp
Deco Lamp

I found this on a recent trip to Minneapolis. The cord plug is interesting, also. It is off-center and bakelite. I'll add a photo of the plug later.

Starburst Lamp

Starburst Swag Lamp
Starburst Swag Lamp

I found this at a local antique mall a few weeks ago. It's plastic and about a foot and a half wide and the only marking on it says "David A Feyrer".

Abingdon

Abingdon Twist Lamp
Twist Lamp

The early Abingdon bottom mark indicates that this lamp was made in the 1930s. 

George Kovacs lamp

black cube floor lamp George Kovacs  designed by Robert Sonneman
George Kovacs lamp

Metal floor lamp with cube shade. Said to have been designed by Robert Sonneman.


Patent number on swivel neck mid 1960s.

Fantoni Lamp

Fantoni Lamp

Hand wrought copper lamp, hand signed "Fantoni" with white paint(?). No stamp and not a Firenze workshop piece...original shade and final.

Our Private Collection

I got this at a thrift store for a steal.
Sascha Brastoff Signed Lamp "Sascha B"

This is one of my best finds so far!

A sample of my lamp fetish

We had the siameese Tv lamp when I was a kid in the 60's, I could't believe it when I found them at a garage sale last year!