Hello. I am an antique dealer who found this strange floor lamp in Akron, Ohio, near the Goodyear airdock, where they made airships and Corsairs during WWII.
Note - When you look at the photos, ignore the red Dietz globes and their uno fittings. I added those. Just focus on the main aluminum parts.
When I acquired the lamp it had an early tattered cloth-braided cord with a bakelite end, and I feel confident the cord was original and from the 1940's.
Once I looked closely at it I realized the top wing "m" part is asymmetrical (8 3/4" to center on one side, and 9 1/2" to center on the other side) and cast aluminum. The center poles are cast aluminum too, and they are unthreaded, like thick sleeves.
I'm wondering if that top section and the poles are aircraft parts? I also wonder if those holes were weight-reduction holes that someone later stuck those "gemstones" into?
Perhaps it was put together from pieces parts and used in a Masonic lodge or an Orthodox church or something?
Thoughts? Thanks a bunch.
Note - When you look at the photos, ignore the red Dietz globes and their uno fittings. I added those. Just focus on the main aluminum parts.
When I acquired the lamp it had an early tattered cloth-braided cord with a bakelite end, and I feel confident the cord was original and from the 1940's.
Once I looked closely at it I realized the top wing "m" part is asymmetrical (8 3/4" to center on one side, and 9 1/2" to center on the other side) and cast aluminum. The center poles are cast aluminum too, and they are unthreaded, like thick sleeves.
I'm wondering if that top section and the poles are aircraft parts? I also wonder if those holes were weight-reduction holes that someone later stuck those "gemstones" into?
Perhaps it was put together from pieces parts and used in a Masonic lodge or an Orthodox church or something?
Thoughts? Thanks a bunch.
