#chrome! #sparkle! #chrome!
This week’s #tbt trip is through our 1980s catalogs, highlighting our selection of metallic ceiling lights. Along with the turquoise, dusty pinks and seafoam greens of the day, metallics were the perfect accents to the decades modern decor. Our lights were available in a selection of metallic finishes, including gold, copper, brass and silver/chrome. When mixed with clear bulbs, these fixtures brought a sparkle and shine to any room.
#Globes! #Globes? #Globes!
This week’s #tbt is another trip through our 1970s catalogs, highlighting our selection of exterior globes. Designed for placement atop our collection of exterior posts, Primelite’s globes weren’t, and still aren’t, all round! Primelite offered glass and polycarbonate globes in clear, smoked, white and Orange!! (Actually amber, but it sure looks orange!) And aside from the round globes, we also offered globes in unique and molded glass shapes. In fact, Primelite still offers a wide selection of exterior, and interior globes, many of which are still not round!
Original scan of 1970 Primelite catalog page
#tbtPrimelite | #victoriangaslamps | #1970
This week we’re #tbt-ing additional lighting from our Victorian “Gaslamp by Primelite” series. Featured in a Primelite’s 1970s catalog, these fixtures reflected the last century’s fascination with Victorian styling. Our Gaslamps captured the spirit, and feeling, of the old-time lighting. Updated with modern materials and finishes, the series was available in Old English Brass, Antique Gold, Antique White, as well in special antique finishes. The Gaslamp series featured old-skool glass globes and shades in updated colors. You can be sure these Gaslamps brightened many homes, restaurants, offices, dens and basement playrooms.
Scan of original “Gaslamp by Primelite” catalog page.
#tbtPrimelite | #victoriangaslamps | #1970
This week we’re #tbt-ing our Victorian “Gaslamp by Primelite” series from the 1970s. Reflecting the last century’s fascination with Victorian styling, our Gaslamps captured the spirit, and feeling, of the old-time lighting. Updated with modern materials and finishes, the series was available in Old English Brass, Antique Gold, Antique White, as well in special antique finishes. The Gaslamp series featured old-skool glass globes and shades in updated colors. You can be sure these Gaslamps stylishly illuminated many homes, restaurants, offices, dens and basement playrooms.
Primelite Mfg’s #throwbackthursday moment this week is revisiting our guest starring role in the reality TV series Long Island Medium. While we did not commune with relatives and friends long gone, we were able to bring a beautiful glow to the face, and bouffant, of the Medium herself, Theresa Caputo.
In fact our vanity light fixtures, #4036 and #4044, take a starring role in the Medium’s newly designed dressing room, surrounding her vanity with flattering illumination.
You can see our fixtures prominently featured in the video and screenshots below.
Primelite #4036 & 4044 strip lights surround the mirror of Long Island Medium’s new vanity Primelite fixtures #4036 & #4044 featured in screenshot from Long Island Medium episode introducing her new dressing room Primelite #4036 technical drawing
Featured Fixture: Primelite Vanity Lights #4036 & #4044 (page 4)\
Technical Drawing: Primelite Vanity light #4036
#tbtPrimelite | #1970 | #flemish
This week we’re #tbt-ing some of our hanging pendants from a 1970s catalog. Reflecting the styles of the time, these “OPTILITES” earned their name from their Satin White “Optic” Glass Globes. Available in Polished Brass or Satin Flemish finishes, these fixtures featured glass globes in diameters of 6, 8 and 10 inches.You can be sure these globes brightened many homes, restaurants and offices throughout the decade.
Here is a scan of the original catalog page featuring the Optilite series.
#tbtPrimelite | #1970 | #groovy
This week we’re #tbt-ing this cool light from a 1970s catalog. Reflecting the fabulous styles of the time, with it’s dark stained wood and colored glass cutouts, this light brought its groovy goodness to dens, game rooms and wood paneled basements everywhere.
#tbt / #1970s / #juvenileGems
#tbtPrimelite: Another blast from Primelite’s past! Today we’re again highlighting our “Juvenile Gems” selection of 1970s children’s globes. An earlier #tbt of children’s lights featured “Raggedy Ann” and clowns. This later 1970’s catalog introduced additional characters including the “Tin Man,” inspired by “The Wizard of Oz.” Our children’s lights were also now available as ceiling/hanging and desk lamps.
Primelite continued working with a local artist who hand painted each face/globe. The fixtures were then hand constructed and assembled in our warehouse. These fixtures were primarily used in children’s bedrooms and were popular throughout the ’70s decade.
#tbtPrimelite | 1960s | #photo
#tbtPrimelite: While researching our collection of antique Primelite catalogs we came across original black and white photographs featuring some of our early lighting fixtures. The photos are stunning and over the upcoming weeks we will be sharing these photos in our weekly #tbtPrimelite series.
This week we’re highlighting fixture #7312, a 12 candelabra chandelier. As you can see this is old school photography. It does appear that the light reflections on the glass shades were “enhanced.” But rather than the digital magic of today, these light reflections & glow appear to have been actually painted on the photo! As was common in the days before Photoshop. Old school photo touchups and special effects were done by hand and on the actual photo! By artists! Something that is now long gone.
Anyway, chandelier #7312 came with 12 6 x 60 watt candelabras, glass shades and was available in different finishes; Polished Brass, Old English, and Pewter.
#details #details #details: Its said that perfection is all in the details! Upon closer reflection you can see traces of the actual photographic shoot. Look closely at the brass globe at the bottom of the chandelier and you can see the reflection of the photo studio where the photo was shot. Now look closely at a candelabra. You can see the painted highlights on the glass shade and candelabra bulb. Another artistic touch from a very talented retoucher.
#tbtPrimelite: While combing through the Primelite archives, we came across a series of original pages from past catalogs. Among the memories were these wood and brass ceiling fixtures. Part of the Baronet Series, this fixture had a walnut body with “Satin Flemish” accessories and “Satin White”, ribbed or crackled glass (shown) globes.
#tbtPhoto: Enjoy the scan of the original photograph.
