SOLD – Radio-Guy https://radio-guy.com Antique Objects & Furniture Sun, 24 May 2009 09:59:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 1930’s Bugatti Headlamps… out of the garage and into the living room. https://radio-guy.com/1930s-rolls-royce-headlamps-for-the-living-room/ https://radio-guy.com/1930s-rolls-royce-headlamps-for-the-living-room/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 09:59:31 +0000 http://earlyelectrics.wordpress.com/?p=99 Continue reading "1930’s Bugatti Headlamps… out of the garage and into the living room."]]> buggati
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You’ll always find something different at earlyelectrics.com. Now you can bring a bit of automobile history into your home. Here is a matching pair of early 11″ diameter Marchel headlamps. The only other place you might find these are on a 1930’s Rolls Royce, Bugatti or high end French custom bodied car of the period. The kind of classic car now only viewed rolling down the red carpet at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. They are unaltered and light up with a 12V converter. We’ve also fit the pair to matching chrome/cast iron antique stands. This brings them to a total of 5 foot tall. The small plug in converters come with the lamp…. SOLD

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This has to be the best Industrial chandelier I have seen to date. The skeletal nature of this lamp suggests that it once was the long-hidden workings of a more decorative fixture. Liberated from it’s original housing it’s ready to make a statement all its own. The chandelier was manufactured by the National X-Ray Reflector Company, an important early 20th Century maker known for its unique mercury glass mirrored shades. Early X-Ray advertising for their reflectors promised to "Tire Eyes Less!" by reducing electric glare. Because of the fragile nature of this glass, shades have become quite rare. This impressive lamp holds a collection of 5 original shades. Each shade is has it’<p>s original green paint and is signed by the maker with a gold and black decal. This is also the first fixture I have found signed by X-Ray. Of special note are the decorative custom cast iron 5 hook chain hangers. These are unique to the fixture and evidence of its quality.

 

This has to be the best Industrial chandelier I have seen to date. The skeletal nature of this lamp suggests that it once was the long-hidden workings of a more decorative fixture.  Liberated from it’s original housing it’s ready to make a statement all its own. The chandelier was manufactured by the National X-Ray Reflector Company, an important early 20th Century maker known for its unique mercury glass mirrored shades. Early X-Ray advertising for their reflectors promised to “Tire Eyes Less!” by reducing electric glare. Because of the fragile nature of this glass, shades have become quite rare. This impressive lamp holds a collection of 5 original shades. Each shade has it’s original green paint and is signed by the maker with a gold and black decal. This is also the first fixture I have found signed by X-Ray. Of special note are the decorative custom cast iron 5 hook chain hangers. These are unique to the fixture and evidence of its quality. This chandelier will definitely make a dramatic statement…. SOLD

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Here’s an early 1916 advertisement for X-Ray Lamps. If you were wondering just what type of lighting fixture the “Skeletal Chandelier” is from…. This ad will give you a hint.


 

 

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