My hours of researching this piece has brought up only a few "Kind of" options as who made it, where, age, etc...
I purchased at a rummage sale in West Michigan, along the lake shore. I was unsuccessful in getting any info from previous owners, other than, he said, it was in his grandmother's basement for at least 30 or more, years. His grandmother is in her mid 80s.
By looking at it, I know this much.
- The only marks I see, are numbers located at each place there is welding. The #s are stamped into the metal, inside the frame. I think was to let the welder know where the metal frame needed to be welded together???
- The electrical hardware tells me it's aged to around the 1970s, possibly late 60s.
- The previous owners, painted over the original metal housing frame, which was white, and now is a burgundy. It was a sloppy paint job too. So, if there were any hallmarks, stickers, or signatures, they've been painted over or removed.
- The metal frame houses the electrical hardware, and 4 candelabra style bulbs. Inside, there's also, 6- stem/posts with holes for mounting the glass to the metal frame.
- There are 3- large rectangular pieces of glass w/ 2 holes drilled on each for mounting to the metal frame
- Deep ruby-red, cobalt blue, and the golden-yellow piece has a faint hue of purple around the edges of the glass that just fades into the yellow.
- All three pieces are slightly different sizes, thickness, and significantly different shapes. All curl, slightly inward, and have the same type of texture and iridescent sheen (front side only)
- There are 6- Solid brass button type screws that are used to mount the glass to the metal frame.
- Measurements-
- Metal Frame- total= 17 1/4" wide X 11 5/8" long, the back is flush mount and is: 14-1/2" w X 9-7/8" l. The mounting post, top two and bottom two, stand up at 3-3/8" and the middle set is 3-7/8"
- Brass Button Screws- 3/4" Diam. 1" long, they look like they were hand tooled specific for this piece.
- Glass pieces
- Red- 21.1/2" wide X 5.1/2" long
- Yellow- 22.1/2" wide X 5.6" long
- Blue- 22. 1/2" wide X 5. 1/4" long
- All have thickness of 1/4" to 1/2" thick
- Entire piece weighs about 15 pounds
The only damage I can see is that there are small chips around the holes of the glass pieces. Which you can only see when the pieces are not mounted, otherwise they are hidden behind the brass bolts. I Assuming the chipping was caused from the lamp being moved, jossled around, and the glass rubbing against the metal post and brass screws. I placed simple rubber washers to buffer any further damage.
I'm hoping to find out any info on this lamp. I intend on listing it for sale soon and it would be greatly appreciated if anyone knows about this lamp.
Thanks in advance.
