HER NAME WAS LOLA

I forgot to share my find from the April Nashville Flea.  Meet "Lola", she is a circa 1975 Chrome Chandelier with crackle glass globes.  Is she sexy or what?

Rejuvenation has an identical model currently in their vintage collection.  Now the big question (like always), do I keep her and put her in the laundry room in place of the granny chic crystal chandelier (see pictures here) or do I place her in inventory....oh decisions, decisions.

In the meantime, check out this great wealth of lighting history I stumbled across on Rejuvenation's blog.

Late Mid-Century, Mod & Contemporary Lighting, 1965-1980

"Once upon a time, there was a lighting style called Mid-Century Modern.

Like all period lighting styles, its shining knights swept it to fame and glory. But Mid-Century Modern did not

 live happily ever after.  This is the story of what came next. Three stories, actually…

Born of 1950s Modernist idealism, Mid-Century Modern

was eventually a victim of its own success…

Just as the nation itself experienced a youth-fueled revolution in

 the second half of the 1960s, so did the world of lighting…

While tired Mid-Century Modern was being infused with new emotion

and color through Mod, another style was also taking shape…