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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9435041, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">Good afternoon! Happy Sunday.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">My mother purchased this lovely lamp as a project, and she's considering painting it but wanted to make sure its not anything interesting/old before doing so.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Its a very pretty thing, the glass is in perfect condition with etched/cut (?) edges. The cord is astronomically long. Its roughly 8-10 inches in diameter. I assume French as that's where we got it/live. The plug seems to be older than the usual 70s/80s ones we get around here, am I correct on this or does this date to about the same time? Could it even be as old as AD? It kind of feels that way but I have zero clue about lamps! Many thanks all <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]436887[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]436888[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]436890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436892[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9435041, member: 15376"][CENTER]Good afternoon! Happy Sunday. My mother purchased this lovely lamp as a project, and she's considering painting it but wanted to make sure its not anything interesting/old before doing so. Its a very pretty thing, the glass is in perfect condition with etched/cut (?) edges. The cord is astronomically long. Its roughly 8-10 inches in diameter. I assume French as that's where we got it/live. The plug seems to be older than the usual 70s/80s ones we get around here, am I correct on this or does this date to about the same time? Could it even be as old as AD? It kind of feels that way but I have zero clue about lamps! Many thanks all :D [ATTACH=full]436887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]436892[/ATTACH] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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