old light fixtures and lamps

[Telecolor 3007]

Oh, this topic is good for Steven's heart.
I have some old German books. One from 1928 about Light and ilumination and other from 1943 (yes, 1943) about building electrical instalations for houses (they are mentioning phones too). From the 1943 I can see what Romanian copyed from Germans
In postwar Romania they used porcelain + ebonite to make scrwebases. Later they used only ebonite or plastic. But that ebonite was of good qualty, made to stand up for 100 light bulbs. After 1989 the imported a lot of crap.
At my maternal granparents there is the living room an multiple arm lamp (in Romanian they are called lustră (sg.) - lustre (pl.) ) dating from the '60's. The arms ome kind of Copper or painted iron ... those thing where made to last. I can see sometimes on windows old lustre, made before the '70's (or mid-'70's).
Here is an old ad. Banat is the region where the factory is (the old one was demolished, they built a new one):



Banat also means banned in Romanian.

At my paternal grandparents (from where I got the 'Telecolor') there was a kind of saucer-dish that is at my father now. Don't know if it or Romania origin or imported.
I have at the entrance hall/coridor a lamp that imitates a gas lamp. Bakelite or plastic fitting, but of good qualty.

[init4fun]

That poor lady needs a good cheeseburger, or few......

[willy3486]

My wife and I bought a portable building to set up for our hobbies, she does sewing and I do old electronics.Its a 12x40 building and we are decorating it with old items, I have lots of old TV and other shop advertising stuff. Anyway I found some of the old green porcelain lights you use to see everywhere. I also had a old hay lift from a barn I dismantled for the lumber.

We needed a light for the hallway between the two areas and I had seen lights made like this so I made it. I really like it as it goes along with the rest of the stuff we have to decorate the shop. I have got five of the green shades for what one usually goes for. I have a lot of old signs and display from old TV shops I have been buying for years to go into the building. We wanted to decorate it to remind a person of the old stores you use to see years ago.

[Alex KL-1]

Originally Posted by willy3486

My wife and I bought a portable building to set up for our hobbies, she does sewing and I do old electronics.Its a 12x40 building and we are decorating it with old items, I have lots of old TV and other shop advertising stuff. Anyway I found some of the old green porcelain lights you use to see everywhere. I also had a old hay lift from a barn I dismantled for the lumber.

We needed a light for the hallway between the two areas and I had seen lights made like this so I made it. I really like it as it goes along with the rest of the stuff we have to decorate the shop. I have got five of the green shades for what one usually goes for. I have a lot of old signs and display from old TV shops I have been buying for years to go into the building. We wanted to decorate it to remind a person of the old stores you use to see years ago.

Great! My wife and me also are planning to built a space for our hobbies, but we only have space here if we build other floor above...
My wife like old lamp fixtures (me too), but normally this things are expensive here when we finally find one on antiques shops...

[willy3486]

Originally Posted by Alex KL-1

Great! My wife and me also are planning to built a space for our hobbies, but we only have space here if we build other floor above...
My wife like old lamp fixtures (me too), but normally this things are expensive here when we finally find one on antiques shops...

I got lucky and got these really cheap. They popped up on Facebook marketplace and I contacted the lady. They had been used in a small downtown building used for a restaurant. The woman and her husband bought the building and gutted it to redo. I paid for five for about what one goes for. Deals are out there you just have to get lucky and find them. There is someone who sells new parts on Etsy at a decent price.

[mr_rye89]

I dig the lights in the opening post. Grandma's house vibes for sure.

At work I pulled a bunch of hot dipped galvanized chandeliers with glass shades out of an old Golden Corral back in 2012, probably 1990s vintage. I installed them in our current warehouse late in 2021. They hang above a wood dance floor surrounded by big ass doors from India. Looks pretty cool actually.....

[Dude111]

Nice pics everyone!!!!!

[mr_rye89]

Pics or it didn’t happen

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