Mid-century Modern Floor Lamp  

Nice lamp
might be a Sonneman

Would fit
right into a 'thirties modern setting, too. Some would call it Deco ?

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I like it!
I like lamps that don't illuminate the ceiling. Its allways nice to go into a room where there is only one soft light source.
I visit frineds and there are too many ugly lights on and I can't understand how it doesn't make them edgy.
Nice find!

HP....
it's funny. ordinarily I agree; lamps should illuminate downwards.
But I have a living room with windows, but no ceiling fixtures and after sundown, even with white walls and ceiling, it gets mighty dark. All of my lamps point down, and i need a tube or column lamp that illuminate all around without glare.
Not so much a torcherre, but something a bit more interesting.

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couple of thoughts:
A change of lighting is always refreshing.
Any thoughtful lighting scheme is better that random unplanned lighting.
Too many people buy fixtures rather than lighting.
Torchiere uplighting is a real blessing if you've never experienced it.
A friend had a broad metal cone fixture hanging about 15" above his coffee table -- and nothing else. It was dramatic -- but soon boring.

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Barry, I'm not spruiking but I'm selling these ights on ebay, I quite like them and don't really want to sell them but they just take up space.
But this sort of thing might solve your problem.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESEX:I...

Nice scones
but since my living is quite big, I'm going for floor lamps. When I bought this house, there was a hideous dining room stained glass chandellier, as well as an even uglier one in the breakfast nook area. Early on, I bid on and won two beautiful ceiling figures from a seller in Denmark. One of them was a PH5 in black with the white inside. The other is copper.
It cost me alot of money to get them switched, so sconces for my living room would be an expensive thing to have installed.
I'd rather spend that money on an Italian column-like lamp, if I can find one!
thanx anyhow.