Solid Brass
To be honest, we have no idea if this is solid brass, but that is what the general consensus is so far. According to the patent numbers on this, it was made in or around 1924. A friend of my mother-in-law gave us this. It is from her 1920’s house up around Fayetteville, AR. I have no idea why she got rid of it, but her loss is my gain.
When I first saw it, I wasn’t too impressed. I hate to admit that I had trouble seeing past the filth and the second rate rewiring job someone had done on it.
Then, a couple of weeks ago my wife walked down to the creek and wiped it down with a wet rag. Here is what it looks like now.
It needs a little work, but nothing too major. We’re going to rewire it (something less eye catching than white), and the sockets may need to be replaced. And it needs glass shades, but that should be easy enough to find (I hope the stuff at Lowe’s will fit).
This will be hung in the master bathroom. I can hardly wait.
When I first saw it, I wasn’t too impressed. I hate to admit that I had trouble seeing past the filth and the second rate rewiring job someone had done on it.
Then, a couple of weeks ago my wife walked down to the creek and wiped it down with a wet rag. Here is what it looks like now.
It needs a little work, but nothing too major. We’re going to rewire it (something less eye catching than white), and the sockets may need to be replaced. And it needs glass shades, but that should be easy enough to find (I hope the stuff at Lowe’s will fit).This will be hung in the master bathroom. I can hardly wait.
posted by John | 3:59 AM
3 Comments:
Sundial Wire makes vintage style cloth-covered wire that would be a good match for the original lamp wiring. They even make replacement wire for knob and tube house wiring. Knowing this I'm a little ashamed of my shiny new Romex wiring now, but at least my rewired chandaliers look cool.
www.sundialwire.com
David,
Cool site. Thanks for the link. I don't know why, but it never occured to me that they'd make reproductions of this stuff.
Wow! That DID clean up nicely!! Congrats =] Nice stuff is good, but free nice stuff is hard to beat!
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