For your consideration, a wild acrylic (or Lucite, for you brand-name fetishists) Moss Lamp from the 1950s, featuring a replacement XL Atomic 3-tier fiberglass laminate lampshade, hand-dyed and hand-made by us (i.e., Meteor Lights, for you brand-name fetishists), a short walk from where the lamp was made back in the 1950s. While this isn’t the over-the-top fiberglass shade the lamp came with (photos coming soon), we think our customer designed a very reasonable period-appropriate alternative.
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3 responses to “Moss Lamp with shade”
Hey thanks a lot for the info, I will do as you suggested. I’m looking at putting one of your cool shades on this lamp or another that I’m putting together so you havn’t seen the last of me. Thanks again, mel
Hi , Im not sure what this site is but I have an earlier version of this lamp that was broken in shipment and am trying to establish a value for UPS or find some one to fix it. My version is black and white base / w a tan fiberglass shade FLOOR LAMP I really like this piece and dont want to give it to UPS for inspection because I’ll probably never see it again. Are you selling this item or ??/ The shade is awesome. Thanks Mel
Hi Mel- This is a “Moss lamp” that was made by the now-defunct Moss Lighting Co. near the corner of 6th and Mission (about a mile from our workshop in the Mission District) in downtown San Francisco in the 1950s. A comprehensive book on Moss Lamps that was published in the late 1990s which had a price guide. I can’t find our copy right now, and the prices would certainly be different anyways. I don’t know if the book is still in print, but it shouldn’t be too hard to find. As a rough estimate, I would say $400-$600 for the floor version of the lamp, but I could be way off in either direction.
The lamp is a customer’s lamp for which we made a replacement shade. The original shades were these weird things made of loose mat fiberglass. The design of the original shades didn’t provide much ventilation, and the fiberglass was bound with starch, instead of resin. As a result, it’s very hard to find the original shades in decent condition.
As you can see in the photo, our shades are very compatible with the Moss lamps.
Instead of turning the lamp over to UPS, you could make a claim for a repair amount. Depending on the damage, an acrylic fabricator might be able to repair it. The acrylic (aka Plexiglas, Lucite, etc.) in the lamp base is still available.
Best Wishes
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