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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 210536, member: 44"]... from my youth bothers me also. Certainly needs another something under that socket. A lamp using a shade needing that harp would stick straight out and not be able to bend upwards. The first lamp Brad posted, green tole look, might do but still another something needs to be between the socket and its attachment to the lamp stem/stand allowing the socket to stand straight up. THe one Debora posted in reply #9 could never have a shade that used a harp like on the OP's. Really no bendable/fexible/articulate lamp using a harp can have the socket sticking straight out to the side. The socket would always need to stick straight up.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>It might have had a brass banker's type lighting fixture originally similar to the following, which isn't much different from the 2nd example Brad posted except it doesn't have adjustment/locking levers at the joints. It has screw type adjustments at the joints like the OP's (Original Poster):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-brass-piano-desk-lamp-office-lamp-/132072085235" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-brass-piano-desk-lamp-office-lamp-/132072085235" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-brass-piano-desk-lamp-office-lamp-/132072085235</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xBcAAOSwMtxXumfN/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/O9MAAOSwaB5Xumep/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 210536, member: 44"]... from my youth bothers me also. Certainly needs another something under that socket. A lamp using a shade needing that harp would stick straight out and not be able to bend upwards. The first lamp Brad posted, green tole look, might do but still another something needs to be between the socket and its attachment to the lamp stem/stand allowing the socket to stand straight up. THe one Debora posted in reply #9 could never have a shade that used a harp like on the OP's. Really no bendable/fexible/articulate lamp using a harp can have the socket sticking straight out to the side. The socket would always need to stick straight up. --- Susan It might have had a brass banker's type lighting fixture originally similar to the following, which isn't much different from the 2nd example Brad posted except it doesn't have adjustment/locking levers at the joints. It has screw type adjustments at the joints like the OP's (Original Poster): [URL]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-brass-piano-desk-lamp-office-lamp-/132072085235[/URL] [IMG]http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xBcAAOSwMtxXumfN/s-l1600.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/O9MAAOSwaB5Xumep/s-l1600.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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