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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 133936, member: 37"]Here are some more pics of the table lamp I posted in the finds thread. I have found several similar example attributed to Modeline. It was a CA company making lamps in the 50s and 60s. I have not been able to verify this attribution and can find nothing else about the company. A designer named Adrian Pearsall made very similar lamps but this does not appear to be one of his. There are some differences with my lamp that make me wonder if someone else was making these or if there were just manufacturing variations over time. The biggest difference with mine are the shades. </p><p><br /></p><p>The outer shade on mine has a different pattern to the fabric than any others I have seen. It has hole in the center to optionally mount to a harp which made me think it might not be original to the lamp. It does fit exactly otherwise and the size is exact to some of the others. Most of the others I found did not have detailed enough pictures to see how the shades mounted or if their shades also has the optional hole configuration. Some of the shades I found were of different size and mounted completely differently. I also know that this lamp resided with one family since new and the granddaughter I got it from believed the shade to be original. </p><p><br /></p><p>The inner shade on mine is of a heavier fiberglass with a rough bubbly texture different than any others I saw. On some the inner shade seemed to be paper. In others, they may have been fiberglass but much thinner and less structural. I also found that most, if not all, seemed to have the inner shade attached to the three upright at the top of the shade. Mine does not attach, nor does it look like any ever did. </p><p><br /></p><p>I really can not explain why my shades are different than any others found. Some I found seemed to have some replacement shades but they could have been just other variations. The most similar to mine are the ones found on First Dibs. There are three identical there so I have to think they are original. There are others pretty much identical elsewhere. Here is a link to one with good pictures ....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/lighting/table-lamps/mid-century-table-lamp-modeline/id-f_1790942/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/lighting/table-lamps/mid-century-table-lamp-modeline/id-f_1790942/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/lighting/table-lamps/mid-century-table-lamp-modeline/id-f_1790942/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my pics .....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34680[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34681[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34682[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 133936, member: 37"]Here are some more pics of the table lamp I posted in the finds thread. I have found several similar example attributed to Modeline. It was a CA company making lamps in the 50s and 60s. I have not been able to verify this attribution and can find nothing else about the company. A designer named Adrian Pearsall made very similar lamps but this does not appear to be one of his. There are some differences with my lamp that make me wonder if someone else was making these or if there were just manufacturing variations over time. The biggest difference with mine are the shades. The outer shade on mine has a different pattern to the fabric than any others I have seen. It has hole in the center to optionally mount to a harp which made me think it might not be original to the lamp. It does fit exactly otherwise and the size is exact to some of the others. Most of the others I found did not have detailed enough pictures to see how the shades mounted or if their shades also has the optional hole configuration. Some of the shades I found were of different size and mounted completely differently. I also know that this lamp resided with one family since new and the granddaughter I got it from believed the shade to be original. The inner shade on mine is of a heavier fiberglass with a rough bubbly texture different than any others I saw. On some the inner shade seemed to be paper. In others, they may have been fiberglass but much thinner and less structural. I also found that most, if not all, seemed to have the inner shade attached to the three upright at the top of the shade. Mine does not attach, nor does it look like any ever did. I really can not explain why my shades are different than any others found. Some I found seemed to have some replacement shades but they could have been just other variations. The most similar to mine are the ones found on First Dibs. There are three identical there so I have to think they are original. There are others pretty much identical elsewhere. Here is a link to one with good pictures .... [URL]https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/lighting/table-lamps/mid-century-table-lamp-modeline/id-f_1790942/[/URL] Here are my pics ..... [ATTACH=full]34679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34680[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34681[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34682[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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