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<p>[QUOTE="BettyRubble, post: 10051535, member: 85146"]Absolutely fantastic glaze! To die for-literally, bc the only way I know of to get red glaze is with lead. Two cents: this lamp was hacked to be taller with an extension pipe. And many here find it visually confusing. </p><p>Lamps that go on tables or furniture are usually designed so that the bottom of the shade just covers the join between the base and the pipe that supports the bulb. Seeing this, we understand where the lamp belongs, how to use it. Floor lamps exhibit the pipe, use it as a a design element, a way to signal exactly what it is, where it belongs. This isn’t some law, but a matter of marketing. If you try to sell home decor item and it’s not clear what it is, or how to use it, people tend to not buy it, no matter how intriguing it is.</p><p>Which is just a theory of what exactly is going on with this lamp. It is SO cool, do you plan to sell it? Bc I will have that baby rewired and reproportioned in about an hour.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BettyRubble, post: 10051535, member: 85146"]Absolutely fantastic glaze! To die for-literally, bc the only way I know of to get red glaze is with lead. Two cents: this lamp was hacked to be taller with an extension pipe. And many here find it visually confusing. Lamps that go on tables or furniture are usually designed so that the bottom of the shade just covers the join between the base and the pipe that supports the bulb. Seeing this, we understand where the lamp belongs, how to use it. Floor lamps exhibit the pipe, use it as a a design element, a way to signal exactly what it is, where it belongs. This isn’t some law, but a matter of marketing. If you try to sell home decor item and it’s not clear what it is, or how to use it, people tend to not buy it, no matter how intriguing it is. Which is just a theory of what exactly is going on with this lamp. It is SO cool, do you plan to sell it? Bc I will have that baby rewired and reproportioned in about an hour.[/QUOTE]
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