It's cool, but almost looks TOO cool, you know? I mean, have you ever seen a boomerang print lamp shade from the 50's or early 60's? I haven't.
It reminds me of this lamp click HERE which was correctly identified as an 80's redo, 50's style.
Seen these come up for auction occasionally, this one identified as "1960's", but the seller may not know themselves.
What do YOU say, my savvy mid century shoppers?
"REAL" 1960's, or a 1980's-ish reissued 50's STYLE lamp?
(I'm not implying the seller is intentionally trying to misrepresent, nor am I implying a "reissued" lamp is "less than", I'm simply curious what my blogger friends think!).
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I'd say it's a repro, we don't have these kinds of lamps here so I'm no expert...best way to know for sure is by looking at the cord and plug.
ReplyDeleteThe cord looks "yellowish", but even in the 80's plug styles were sometimes the "older" non-polorized one's, I think.
ReplyDelete'non-polorised'?? You lost me there. Of course your plugs are quite different to ours so age-related differences might not be so obvious, but here you can tell by the cords as well, the oldest are cloth-covered, then it went to a sort of 'dual cord', which looks like 2 cords joined together side by side, this is what most of the 50s ones have...having said that, i've just gone and checked the 3 American lamps I have close by, and the cords ALL look like that. So I probably haven't been any help!
ReplyDeleteSorry Ranchie, Sue is me, Kitty, too many bloody logins, LOL!
ReplyDeletei cant tell! it's super cute, and 80s in vintage in my book as well because that was over 20 years ago, so on a technicality i would still say its collectible?
ReplyDeletelol no problem Kitty. By 'polorized' I mean, one of the metal prongs is a little wider than the other.
ReplyDeleteI think my brand new light duty extension cords are that double-joined together wire too.
I suppose 80's is considered "retro"? I dunno, I still think of stuff from the late 60's-70's as retro rather than vintage lol...
It has a reproduction feel, but not sure why. The boomerangs seem too obvious, and the orange is more of another era, maybe? It's still super cool.
ReplyDeleteYeah I do like it, but it just has a "repro" feel to it.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to guess, I'd say repro...but that's just gut instinct and not based on anything factual. It just has that "feel" of something thats trying too hard to be mid-century. Know what I mean?
ReplyDeleteimo it is to clean to be vintage
ReplyDeleteYes I do Dana... Yeah, I'm getting that feeling too.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't considering getting this lamp, it's got that repro feeling to it, (which I personally don't like). I was curious what my fellow mid-century friends thought about it's authenticity or not, and if my gut feeling was the same as everyone else...
I think its repro, but regardless its cool!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have a clue but i love it ;-)) dee x
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I actually would go with original on this one.
ReplyDeleteI'm basing my theory mostly on the base of the lamp, which looks authentic to me because of the color gradation detail at the bottom.
ReplyDeleteI think what everyones "feeling"is:
ReplyDelete- It doesn't have the simplicity and flow/proportion as the 50's.
- It's "too much". The shade should be on a simpler base and the base needs a simpler shade.
- Both pieces are nice but compete with each other.
My basic take on the 50's was that even though there were advances on styling the proportion was still elegant and it "flowed" right.
The crowd says repro and I'm inclined to think so too. It's something that mis-remembers what the 50s were like. Also, the plastic ball in the middle looks to be of too high a quality plastic for the time period it's trying to replicate.
ReplyDeleteYeah that area of black overspray is like the style vintage chalkware has, but this looks to be ceramic and ceramics didn't have that sort of cheap factory overspray style... That I'm aware of.
ReplyDeleteThe red ball is like an atomic particle, but lamps didn't incorporate "atomic" like we do today.
I'm with everyone here; something about it is saying 80's repro.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the little red ball goes..I have had a few atomic lamps with a similar ball and they have always been made of wood and had some issues with the paint flaking off due to the wood shrinking over time.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Antiques Roadshow would take a look at this for you. I imagine if the shade was from the 60s, that print would be at least a bit faded. Maybe it's younger than the base of the lamp?
ReplyDeleteOh I don't own it, it's an auction on eBay right now lol.
ReplyDeleteBack in the early 80's, as is true just about every decade, 50's stuff makes a resurgence, and companies try to profit off the nostalgia by making 50's repros. Heck they are doing it now, I bought a Herman Miller style clock at Wal Mart lol.
I agree with Dana. It looks like it was designed by a company that was purposefully trying to make items that looked like they belonged in the 50's. It's still pretty neat though!
ReplyDeleteBut I'm 99% sure it's not from the 60's but the 80's. :)
ReplyDeleteomg i LOVE THIS VINTAGE BLOOOOOOOOOG!!!!
ReplyDeletereally nice!!!
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I think it's cute. I'd buy it. But as you know I'm the Queen of No Self-Control and keep getting stuff that turns out to be not what it was supposed to be. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteHey! This lamp has tremendous style! Maybe it looks too 50s to be 50’s and is an 80s copy of a 50s or 60s idea? But its style is eye catching and glorious! xx
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