I completely restored this a couple of years ago. It had been in my wife's family (maternal grandparents) since it was new.
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Here's one my wife's grandfather made out of brass sheet and "slag" glass probably in the late 30's. We added the beaded fringe to replace the original brown glass bead fringe that had all but disappeared by the time it came to us in 1986 upon the death of her grandmother. It illuminates my c.1902 Zon-O-Phone "Parlor" and c.1902 Victor "Pre-Dog" Type E.
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My paternal great grandfather was the last blacksmith in Batavia, NY and keeping with more contemporary tastes in the 30s and 40s, he was quite active in ornamental smithing. He hand forged a pair of these floor lamps, one of which has sadly been lost to the family. Fortunately my cousin was able to acquire this one and
very graciously gifted it to me for preservation along with a few other invaluable Pratt family heirlooms that I had inherited from my father. I restored it to it's former glory. Incidentally, he was commissioned by the City of Buffalo to hand forge several pieces of hardware for the construction of the Buffalo City Hall building to include hinges and door handles - among other more-or-less ornamental pieces. An Elm leaf (located at the base of the partial loop) was his signature "logo".
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Another lamp that came to us from my wife's maternal grandmother, which only required rewiring 30+ years ago. Unfortunately the shade didn't survive our very young children, and this was at the time the best alternative we could afford. I really need to find a more accurate period correct shade at some point. The glass is actually a pinkish-orange color unlike the greenish hue in my poor photo. Don't pay attention to our "barn" floor, which needs to be repainted again.
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A chandelier original to our home, once located in the very small "dining room" that I finally restored a couple of years ago, retaining the original porcelain socket switches still in perfect condition, after being in storage for about 35 years - since the beginning of my deconstruction and subsequent renovation of the house. It hangs in my "audio room" and is powered using the "knob and tube" style (fed from a junction box in another room with appropriate modern wire).
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EDIT: A few more I forgot to include in my original post a few minutes ago. 🙄
An early 20th century "convertible" table/wall lamp I acquired a couple of years ago. Shown here illuminating my c.1904 Victor "tapering tonearm" Type E and c.1913 Victrola XVI with one of our Aladdin kerosene lamps.
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A non-descript table lamp probably from the 1930s-40s.
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And, finally, an iconic mid-century swag lamp that was my wife's mother's.
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