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<p>[QUOTE="Sandra, post: 2845957, member: 3335"]I recall in the 1950s we called these Trilights. They functioned with just the candelabra, just the uplight, or all bulbs blazing, thus the term tri-light.</p><p>Without the candelabra fixture and just the uplight bowl, we called them torchieres. This can get confusing, as usually torchieres came with a bulb of 100, 200, and 300 watt functions. Making them in effect, also tri-lights.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sandra, post: 2845957, member: 3335"]I recall in the 1950s we called these Trilights. They functioned with just the candelabra, just the uplight, or all bulbs blazing, thus the term tri-light. Without the candelabra fixture and just the uplight bowl, we called them torchieres. This can get confusing, as usually torchieres came with a bulb of 100, 200, and 300 watt functions. Making them in effect, also tri-lights.[/QUOTE]
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