Keaton had a day off school on Monday and was persistent with his suggestion that we go "thrift bombing" all day. He loves to look for old game systems or noise making electronic toys that he can dismantle or sample sounds from -- all this to make chip music. Anyway, we didn't spend all day, but we did hit a couple of places that I hadn't been to in 15-20 years where I found this very mid-century, very vintage lamp. How about those sputnik style atomic beads on the metal stems? It even looks like it's sitting on a rocket ship base. I think this lamp would go perfectly with the vintage radio from my November 7th post.
Check out those amoebic, spacey, pink shapes with the gold painted stars in the middle. They look like asteroids or galaxies. The American people were fascinated with the space race in the late 50s and early 60s and our furniture reflected it. The gold paint used in so much of the decor from that era was usually at least 22 karat gold.
Add a turquoise fiberglass lampshade and you have the quintessential late 50s living room lamp. George, Jane, Judy, Elroy and Astro would love it. Maybe they shop on Etsy...
As a followup, this lamp sold to an ecstatic Atomic era devotee within 12 hours of listing it in my Etsy shop.
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