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

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

MCM Gerald Thurston Lamp by Stiffel RARE Custom Designed Shade from Era
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. Note: This lamp is attributed to Gerald Thurston’s designs for Stiffel lamp co. 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. 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. 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. Tabletop to top of shade: 30-1/2. Star Base from tip to tip of star-armature: 13. I’m always happy to answer questions, so please feel free to ask them. Thank you for looking at the listing!
MCM Gerald Thurston Lamp by Stiffel RARE Custom Designed Shade from Era