Laurel Mushroom Lamp  

click link below to Lost...
click link below to Lost City Arts -- an NYC store. they sell replacement globes for Laurel lamps; i'm sure they'll ship. can't vouch for quality (or fit), though.
and i've seen someone sell them on eBay (repros as well, i think) off and on, for less than that -- but, again, can't vouch for fit or quality
http://www.lostcityarts.com/lighting/showcase/laurelRG.htm

Laurel Mushroom Lamp
Thanks for your help. I will check out the site.

Laurel Shades:
The original shades were imports from Italy.You will find 10 or more bases for every shade.The design feature that bothers me about Laurel lamps the obtrusive turn switch.Much more in keeping with the lamps,a switch on the cord...

eBay Laurel Shade
See Item number: 6251026160, I've purchased one and these are good quality nearly indistinguishable from vintage shades.

Awkward switches
Azure, I see what you mean, but I find the klutzy switch endearing. Design so "Blake's Seven," cutting edge for its time, technology doing its best but lagging behind. I don't know if there even WAS a three-way cord-switch (today you'd have a sliding rheostat) being made in those days.

Laurel switch
I have a pair of black corset base laurel mushrooms on my bedside table. I can't image the hassle of having to fish around for a switch on the cord. The tiny, inobtruse switch on the base is sublimely convenient and isn't that what good modern design is all about?

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A very small button perhaps better...?

Laurel Mushroom Lamp
This lamp is perfect for my needs. That's one of the reasons I am so excited to have received it.
The switch is fine. I've only owned this lamp for a week, so I didn't even look at that until I read the post. The mushroom will be perfect in my bedroom. We have a classic 1965 Eichler-ish one story house. This lamp has been calling to come to my home for the last 3 years.
I like not have to fish around for a cord. That is what I am dealing with now and it is not good in the middle of the night when you are trying not to disturb someone else. Maybe that is what the designer had in mind. Maybe they were a light sleeper or a night owl like me.
As my husband says "Perfect is OK". Why try to improve on it?

The switch to me seems like...
The switch to me seems like an afterthought on that form, it is practical.What is not practical, the shade sits very lightly on the lamp.Ray Eames had the apple green one short stem version in her (home office).I do like them esp the slightly "squashed" ovate shades.

Laurel Mushroom Lamp???
I purchased what looks exactly like a Laurel floor lamp except from what I've seen it is shorter than most 44 inches tall with shade and shade opening is 4 inches. The sticker on base by socket says Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Portable Lamp and looks like it was produced in 1972. Anyone know what I have here.

VARIANTS
The lamps came in several heights and with at least two kinds of shades and several colors as well as in brass...often things esp lamps are produced in variants...

Laurel Mushroom Lamp???
If it looks like a laurel but has a 4" fitter opening then it's likely a Designline Stemlite. The Laurels, all shapes, sizes and styles, have a 3" fitter opening. Designline made a competing line with a tulip shape base in a variety of sizes and mod colors. Send me a photo of the top of the lamp with the shade off and I can tell you definitively which brand it is.

searching for shade solution
I admit it, I probably don't deserve to be the caretaker of such beautiful lamps. Now, I have broken the shade from the second Laurel floor lamp I own. Does anyone have a resource for replacements or even substitutes? I can't afford replacement lamps from eBay-$350 ave. The NY store no longer sells them. Please help a clumsy oaf out.

I just picked up a floor and table lamp from the Habitat Re-Store that I believe are the Laurel "mushroom" and "genie" lamps. They both have a similar brushed metal type finish and I was wondering whether anyone had any advice on cleaning them up. Both have a bit of a yellowish cast, as you can see in the photos, as well as some apparent light surface rust and bubbling, possibly from a protective finish. I am unsure of what the underlying metal is, but guessing bronze and steel (for the long support on the floor lamp) and that the brushed metal look is a finish. I might consider powdercoating or painting the two white, but would like to preserve the original finish if possible.
Additionally, the floor lamp did not come with a shade, so I would need to purchase one. Has anyone purchased one off one of the companies on EBay selling replacements? Further, how do the shades attach? I didn't see any hardwear on the lamp, so assume they simply rest on top.
Thanks!
MLF