Wood "Laurel Mushroom" with double shades + image  

Sam Maloof
made seating pieces. I've never heard of his "style" applied to lighting. What am I missing ?

What I was thinking was more...
What I was thinking was more like a really good woodworker/carver who admired Maloof made it. It's very symmetrical and formal, which his work was not.
This one is done especially well - the wood is lightweight and very smooth, the joinery is nice and the whole thing is super clean.
If you can imagine a laurel mushroom lamp with a wooden base, a smoked glass shade covering a smaller angular frosted glass bulb cover...
That would be it - I just don't know what this group of stuff was called, or where you might have bought it etc. It was definitely a fashion for a while there.

Speaking of California and...
Speaking of California and woodwork, consider Modeline lamp company. They were out of California and made lamps that are similar to your discription.
Of course, I might be way off on this.

Coulda worked, but
didn't find anything. yet.
Thanks for trying, though.
L

I could just imagine it. You ...
I could just imagine it. You have great ideas.
(edited by DA - no advertising please)

Every time I see a laurel mus...
Every time I see a laurel mushroom lamp I am reminded of the time I passed up a pair a few years ago for $30.00. The owner told me she purchased them new a year earlier when I asked how long she had them.
I had never seen a laurel mushroom lamp before this and it wasn't love at first sight but I should have went with my gut instinct and taken them. Now I get a true stomach ache every time I see one!

Took a picture
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and here's what it looks like.
What I thought was a shade in interior is an angular light bulb.
So, anyone know what this was called or generally referred to?
I'm not sure I want it for myself, but if I try to sell it, I need to know what the H it is called.

Tapio Wirkkala used bulbs...
Tapio Wirkkala used bulbs like these is his hanging pendants (see link) and some table lamps.... but I've never seen a lamp like this attributed to him
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5340237

super cool lamp! Thanks so much!
That is exactly the bulb used.
I was wondering if they were even available today.
Anyhoo, I'd love to rescue it, and it's a superclean little lamp, but without the ID I'm not buying.
And I don't think it is him, because there is a seam joining the base to the stem.
Thanks, again!

Where to buy?
I have a chandler from Tapio Wirkkala with these light bulbs. Does anybody know where to buy these?
Thanks!

I would have been
perfectly happy with a simple spherical lamp ("bulb") in the OP's lovely fixture. Are we sure that it had the one shown, when new ? Or is that a European novelty lamp not much seen on my side of the Atlantic . . . ?

Looks like a stemlite glass...
Looks like a stemlite glass shade