Featured Thrift Store Find - Any info on 2 nude art deco(?) Roman(?) figural lamps?

Discussion in 'Furniture' started by journeymagazine, Nov 15, 2022.

  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I found these at a local thrift store yesterday - and got them for only $25 each ($50 total)! I've had a similar lamp before, but these have glass globes, are pretty heavy & feel solid (unlike my last one which had a plastic globe & didn't feel solid like these)

    There's no maker's mark that I can find except a CH Lighting sticker on the bottom - but looking them up I couldn't find anything that looked like these.
    Who made these? What are they made of? Are the figures anyone in particular or just generic beautiful people(!)?
    How old are these? (I know they can't be that old because of the clip that you squeeze to put lamp globes on & then it spreads apart inside globe holding it in place; older lamps would have screws to tighten to hold globes, right?)

    Do these go together? (I know it may be a dumb question, but they are in different poses and the bases are different (1 square, 1 round)

    Thank you for any help!

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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Modern decor items, not Art Deco or Roman-inspired. The faces, hairdo, and the way the figures are portrayed are modern.
     
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  3. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Thanks - but they are worth the $25 each right?
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I don't know much about modern stuff, but I'm sure they are worth more.:)
     
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  5. laura9797

    laura9797 Well-Known Member

  6. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    That one looks like a fixed price listing, not auction... but they do take offers. :)

    Meanwhile, I agree these are modern. With the similar poses, maybe they were made to go together? It's hard to say.
     
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  7. Fern77

    Fern77 Well-Known Member

    Could be as old as the 1980s. Could strike the right cord within a certain décor scheme. Some will see camp, or cartoonish, but some will see tongue-in-cheek
     
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  8. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    :hilarious::hilarious::hungover:
     
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  9. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I'd say more Art Nervous than Art Nouveau. :D:D She looks .. cold. I can see these in some guy's man cave, but high art they ain't.
     
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  10. TallCakes

    TallCakes Well-Known Member

  11. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

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  12. dude

    dude Well-Known Member

    "Dirty Dancing," with Jennifer Grey as "Frances 'Baby' Houseman" and Patrick Swayze as "Johnny Castle," came to my mind when I saw the dance lifts and the woman's shirt tied like that on the one lamp. Perhaps the lamps were inspired by the '87 film?



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    Last edited: Nov 16, 2022
  13. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    1990’s for sure. That’s when I purchased mine. Still have it somewhere in the house. I faux finished mine and changed the globe to a tulip shaped thingy. I love it! I think I paid $70 - $80 for mine. I love the nude stuff.

    good luck!
     
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