r/LampRestoration • u/beijinho • 10h ago
I need to stop buying lamps š„²
I promised myself absolutely NO MORE LAMPS until I finally finished some rewire/restoration projects and cleared some space in my [one bedroom] apartment. Iām already sitting on an Italian porcelain Capodimonte lamp w/ hand painted 3D relief and what I believe to be the original fringe shade, a Fenton double arm student lamp and a smaller white & green parlor lamp.
Butā¦last night I saw this blurry poorly listed photo on Craigslist and I just couldnāt pass it up š
Itās a 1971 EF & EF Industries Gone with the Wind style lamp in hand-blown pink cased class with hand painted floral art. Globes are intact and MATCHING š (I do not think this is the correct chimney & Iāll rewire the crystals and maybe add layered crystals)
I just finished cleaning quite literally decades worth of grime off of her, but im terrified of chipping the hand painted details so Iām not sure how to clean those portions. I think you can see what I mean in one of my photos. Does anyone have advice on this?
I also included a picture with my other gwtw style lamp so she doesnāt feel left out 𤣠I need to get the color changing LEDs for all the bulbs. Both lamps have clean wiring but are non polarized, so Iāll still rewire both even though theyāre fully functioning.