MCM Gerald Thurston Lamp by Stiffel - RARE - Custom Designed Shade from Era!

Description: An elegant Gerald Thurston design-styled lamp made by Stiffel Lamp/Lighting co, which I'm selling for a client. He let me know that his father lived in Cleveland OH, but went to New York City and Chicago to find furnishings and lamps for his home in the 1950's. That is when he purchased this and other authentic Gerald Thurston lamps which I've already sold for him. Note: This lamp is attributed to Gerald Thurston's designs for Stiffel lamp co. I did a search on the web, and found the exact same lamp being sold in galleries in New York City for $1200 each. Specific to this lamp is the custom shade that the original owner had commissioned for this lamp. From what I've been told by the original owner's son, his father didn't like the original shade offered and wanted a more "natural" look to the shade, so he had this one made. It features images of wheat, butterflies and scattered dried grass fronds. This lamp has a very unique switch to turn on the 3 light bulbs that the lamp takes. It was designed so that all 3 light-bulbs can be a 3-way bulb with varying degrees of brightness. So, on the first click turning the lamp on (round "on" switch is located located at the base of the 3 light bulbs & you can see this in the pics.) one bulb goes on on at 50 watts, then on the 2nd turn of the switch, it goes to 100 watts, then on the 3rd click the bulb is 150 watts. Then, when you click again, 2 light bulbs are lit up, and you can then decide if you want those 2 bulbs at 50/100/150 watts. Then, you can click again to turn all 3 bulbs and again, control their brightness. It's a very unique switch designed to really customize the brightness to the user! In full disclosure this lamp is not completely in it's original condition. The owner let me know that he decided to spray-paint the original brass base with black spray-paint in the 1990's to make it look new again. He didn't realize that this would affect the vintage value. However, the paint. is removable & it could be restored for those who are purists when it comes to these lamps. Note too, that on the black spray paint on the lamp, there are a few chips, exposing the original bright brass underneath. There's also a few chips of the paint on the star-base along the edges of the base armature. Typically, this lamp in its orig. condition would have been their natural brass color on the base with a white shade and the metal grid cover at the top would also be white. You can see in the pictures that the base is now black and the grid is black on the top facing the ceiling. However, the original white paint is still on the underside of the grid, so if you're going to have it restored, you have the original color there that you can use as a guide. I've started the bidding at a reasonable price b/c of the issues with the lamp. Measurements: Tabletop to top of shade: 30-1/2"Star Base from tip to tip of star-armature: 13"Shade width: 21" I'm always happy to answer questions, so please feel free to ask them. Note: There's an additional $25 shipping charge as the lamp will be mailed in 2 separate special packages due to the shade needing to be mailed separately to avoid damage. Thank you for looking at the listing!

Price: 189 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

End Time: 2024-11-22T09:08:52.000Z

Shipping Cost: 25 USD