I bought two of these lamps at a flea market last year. Of course, they are the typical 1950's lamps with the wonderful glass bases and your mother's plastic frilly shades. Bleck! Here is one that I bought (actually bought two of the same):
As you can see, the base is two shades of blue and the plastic shade is beginning to deteriorate, as they all do. It's 50+ years old!
This is not the original shade form. I actually covered a small lampshade (thrift store find) with the skirt of a child's vintage petticoat. It wasn't quite long enough to reach to the bottom of the shade so I added a row of white ruffled cotton cutwork trim. At the top I added pink gathered trim and the original tiny rose from the petticoat.
I painted the blue parts of the base with two coats of light antique white. And this is the finished lamp ready to go into a special boudoir or child's room. One of a kind! The second lamp base may have a black base with another ruffled shade. ;-D
9 hours ago
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Too wonderful, Judy!
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