Tuesday, July 26, 2011

A Different Kind of Lamp Work


If you've followed me for awhile, you know that I have a "thing" for lighting.  I'm not sure why, but perhaps growing up and wearing big glasses, (thank you science for Lasik!) and needing plenty of light t see.

Well, I saw these two lamps on an antique newsletter that I receive and wanted to chat design for a minute.  I want to know whether you agree that they need a different lampshade, and if so, what would you do differently?


I think I'm kind of partial to the dark gray one in the lower right corner of this photo.  And I think I like the one below a bit better too.  


What do you think?  What would you do to make it look more modern?  I know there are a lot of artists out there who could do wonderful things to complement this style.

3 comments:

  1. Definitely the dark gray square shades! My eyes went immediately to that one before I read the rest of your post!

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  2. I agree- AND, the fleur-de-lis finial!

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  3. Think you are definitely right in selecting a boxy shade and something a little bigger than the original shades. But I think the bases are interesting enough to take a bit of colour - all depends on your home decor - but if they were sitting in my house they would have a lime green or crimson red shade :-)

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