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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Goldberg, post: 302707, member: 6121&quot;]Attached are photos of a floor lamp I acquired recently from an antique/consignment shop.&nbsp; I have some knowledge regarding furniture history and styles, but you have so, so much more, so perhaps you can give me at least an idea as to what range of years this lamp appears to be from?&nbsp; I have found no markings of any kind.&nbsp; Can you associate any style with this lamp?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; As you&#039;re not seeing the lamp in person, I can say a little more than what the photos would reveal. I&#039;ts mostly metal (finial appears to be wood), but metal of several kinds.&nbsp; The square base had a few very thin scratches that showed a silverly undercoat, so the brown/bronze color is a finish or coating of some type.&nbsp; Frankly, I touched these up these tiny blemishes with a I enjoy your column in the Sun Press each week and you have thoughtfully responded to an inquiry in the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>Attached are photos of a floor lamp I acquired recently from an antique/consignment shop.&nbsp; I have some knowledge regarding furniture history and styles, but you have so, so much more, so perhaps you can give me at least an idea as to what range of years this lamp appears to be from?&nbsp; I have found no markings of any kind.&nbsp; Can you associate any style with this lamp?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; As you&#039;re not seeing the lamp in person, I can say a little more than what the photos would reveal. I&#039;ts mostly metal (finial appears to be wood), but metal of several kinds.&nbsp; The square base had a few very thin scratches that showed a silverly undercoat, so the brown/bronze color is a finish or coating of some type.&nbsp; Frankly, I touched these up these tiny blemishes with a paint that can be used over metals, which I had purchased at an art supply store, and I think it all looks fine now. Other parts of the lamp seem to be a more solid metal, though there is sort of a mottled effect in most sections - e. subtle variations between a dark bronze and a black.&nbsp; The shade, too, is mottled on the outside (see photos).&nbsp; It feels like paper but I cannot say; the interior is a shimmering, solid gold color (see photo).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]99019[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99020[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]99023[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99024[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99025[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99026[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99027[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99028[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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