Maria locked in on rebuilding the dirty old abandoned lamp in our basement. I loved it from the beginning. She replaced the wiring, plugs, and sockets. It took her about three hours and two runs to the hardware store.
I mostly sat and watched; there is no way I could have done what she did.
Three photos: Up top, the refurbished old, we think it’s more than 100 years old. In the second photo, the lamp before being rewired. Bottom, the lamp in its new home at work.
I love this lamp; it will bring light and warmth to my study and my work. Above, lamp just freed from the basement, dust and spiderwebs and frayed cords.
Below, first lighting, the lamp is home.
Beautiful!
This makes me smile, Jon! This lamp *screams* Florence Walrath all over it! Not a fan of the shade (LOL) but I trust the colors in it radiate a lovely an subdued light………..and I do love the cut glass base……. what fun to be able to retrieve and refurbish a relic from the past life of your beautiful house!
Susan M
I had a lampshade like that on the lamp in my bedroom when I was a child. It was called a ballerina shade. They were readily available at Woolworth’s, etc. I don’t know how long they had been in use by then. I was born in 1959.
Wow, the lamp has a new life – Love it.
Great lamp, but what really struck me is that we have the same metal crow in our kitchen window!
I own an antique shop. Your lamp was manufactured in the late 1940s/early 1950s. At most, it is around 70 years old.
Thanks Bridgette, that seems just right…the family said the 30’s but 40’s and 50’s is fine with us..
The lamp was made in 1947.