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Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Brass and Metal Table Lamp with Crescent Base
Gerald Thurston for Lightolier table/desk lamp with oversized, fully adjustable/hinged shade, brass stem and crescent base (ca. 1950s, USA). A plexi diffuser has been added (not original to the piece and not required for use). Retains the original dual-porcelain socket and brass finial.
White enamel has been conservatively touched up. There are some scuffs to the paint and unevenness to the brass finish.
Newly rewired.
H: 16″ x L: 15.75″ x D: 14.75 (shade diameter)
Base Diameter: 9.5″
Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Brass Table Lamp with Original Shade
1950s brass table lamp designed by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier. Polished brass stem and base with three way / three-socket fixture. Includes added lower diffuser mount for even distribution of light and original top perforated diffuser and shade. Only light wear to the top diffuser and shade; otherwise, excellent, vintage condition.
H: 30″ x Diameter: 17.5″
Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Walnut and Brass Table Lamp
Sculpted walnut and brass table / desk lamp designed by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier. Includes the original plastic shade and perforated, acrylic diffuser.
Very good, vintage condition with some light scuffing / tarnish to the brass base / elements and a split to the plastic shade’s interior component (not visible and does not affect usability).
8″ Diameter of the Base
17.75″ Shade Diameter
23.5″ Height with Shade
Branded “Lightolier” on the top of the brass socket.
Midcentury Lightolier Walnut Floor Lamp with Ebonized Base
Lightolier floor lamp in walnut with a flared, ebonized-metal base that mirrors the finish of the socket, circa 1950s. Base uniquely features a linear decorative detail.
Includes the original glass diffuser and an added, vintage shade (Stiffel), similar to the original.
Switch is branded “Lightolier.”
Measures: Height to top of glass diffuser 52.25″
Height to top of shade 52.75″
Shade height 7.5″, diameter 20″
Diffuser diameter 7.75″
Base diameter 11.5″.
Pair of Decorative Ceramic and Brass Fluted Lamps by Gerald Thurston
Elegant table lamps designed by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier as part of the “Studio Porcelains” line first introduced in 1958 (USA).
Composed of fluted / ribbed matte white ceramic bases with brass accents. Features Thurston’s signature white porcelain triple socket, serving as an ample light source. Very good, vintage condition with original pull strings and finials, all in solid brass. There is patina / wear present to the metal stems and porcelain sockets (most notably and quite typical paint loss and general wear to the sockets which would be concealed by a shade), along with a few minor scuffs to the brass bases, as shown.
Does not include shades.
Measures: Height to top of ceramic base (discounting the brass stem / socket): 17.5″
Height to top of socket: 23.75″
Height to top of finial: 35.25″
Diameter: 8.75″.
Pair of Decorative Ceramic and Brass Lamps by Gerald Thurston
$3,200.00Elegant, sculptural table lamps by Gerald Thurston — cream and light taupe ceramic form with patinated brass base and accents. Each lamp features a triple socket, serving as an ample light source. Excellent, vintage condition with original pull strings and finials, all in solid brass. There is minor wear / loss to the white paint of the underside of the sockets along with a couple of small scuffs to the brass bases (brass has been polished; minor wear remains). Discoloration to parts of the ceramic are original (the taupe glaze runs into the cream in a few places).
Includes new acrylic diffusers.
Measures: Height to top of ceramic base (discounting the brass stem / socket): 20.25″
Height to top of brass stem under white socket: 25″
Height to top of white socket: 26.25″
Height to top of finial: 39.25″
Diameter without diffuser: 7.5″
Diameter of diffuser: 11.5″
(Measurements provided reflect the diffuser.)
Newly rewired.
Pair of Gerald Thurston for Lightolier Brass and Metal Table Lamps
$3,200.00Pair of tables lamps designed by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier composed of oversized, fully-adjustable, black-metal shades and corresponding round bases with brass stems (ca. 1950s, USA).
Black paint has been conservatively touched up and brass is in original, vintage condition with spots of finish loss present, as shown.
Overall dimensions (with shade even – parallel to the base, as in image 2) – H: 19″ x L: 17.25″ x D: 14.63″
Lowest height (stem height): 17″
Highest (shade tilted upward): 27.5″
Shade alone – H: 4.5″ x Diameter: 14.63″
Base diameter: 8″
Pair of Lightolier Floor Lamps in Polished Brass and Painted Metal
Pair of extraordinary and rare circa early 1950s Lightolier floor lamps in brass with red painted metal (paint is original) and rubber insulated brass details. There is a brass coil finished with a brass ball finial adorning the top of the stem supported by a circular weighted and painted brass base. Finished with a dense glass diffuser, intended to support a shade. Can function without a shade, as the clear glass diffuses the light without one.
Restored condition: brass has been polished, and metal has been cleaned. Minor wear / smattering of paint loss to the base remains.
Includes the original Lightolier tag, as shown.
Shade not included.
Measures: Height 52.75″ x base diameter 10.25″ x glass shade diameter 6.5″.
Scandinavian Modern Opal Glass Pendant
1960s opal glass fixture with ceiling cap marked 'Lightolier.' (The canopy was likely a later addition to conceal the wire; this fixture was not manufactured by Lightolier.) The translucent, opal glass allows for uniform distribution of the light, and the opening at the bottom of the pendant adds the bonus of downward, direct light. 13″ H (fixture alone) 38″ H ( from fixture to top of canopy – as displayed, but adjustable) 6.75″ diameter of canopy.
Diameter: 17.75″ x H: 13″
Space Age Lightolier “Interplay II” Desk Lamp
1970s Japanese “Interplay 2” desk lamp manufactured by Lightolier. Composed of a black plastic ‘space helmet’ with dual opaque diffusers which can adjust the light intensity / output. Very good, vintage condition with a few scuffs / wear consistent with age / use.
Marked “Lightolier / Catalog No. 8960 Series”.
H: 8″ x Diameter: 7.5″
Triennale Style Floor Lamp by Lightolier
Vintage Enameled Metal and Brass Table Lamp by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier
$1,400.00Gerald Thurston for Lightolier table/desk lamp with oversized, fully adjustable shade (ca. 1950s, USA). Black enameled metal and plexi hood with brass stem/accents and original, plastic diffuser.
Excellent, restored condition (enamel has been touched up, and wiring is new). Light scuffs to the plexiglass hood, discoloration to the diffuser, and light patina to the brass remain.
Overall dimensions reflecting the lowest height: H: 18.75″ x L: 15.25″ (inclusive of stem) x D: 14.63″
Lowest height (reflecting stem alone): 18.75″
Highest (with shade tilted up): 31″
Shade itself H: 5″ x Diameter: 14.63″.