Edition #2: Grape Lamps
MCM meets Restaurant Depot in 1995.
Vintage Lucite Grapes Lamp on Etsy: "No missing grapes" is a great selling point, tbh. This table lamp is pretty remarkable for its age and price. I want to put it on top of a pile of cookbooks on a countertop or bookshelf.
1960s Vintage Grape Cluster Hanging Light Swag Lamp Blue & Green Lucite Retro on Etsy: Yellow was a more uncommon color I saw while researching, with amber and the blue/green combo being the most prevalent.
Vintage Mid Century Lucite Glass Grape Cluster Swag Light Tv Lamp Green on eBay: This is my favorite of the bunch, pun intended my friends. I want to bite it. This was one of only a few table lamp styles (the hanging grapes are much more popular, because of realism I can only assume).
Lucite Grapes Hanging Chain Lamp MCM Yellow Orange UL Listed Vintage Light on Etsy: I'm not sure what style I like more, the table or the hanging ones like this. This isn't '90s Tuscany aesthetic, that's for sure, but something much more mid-century and kooky.
French Vintage Glass Ceiling Light on Etsy: This French glass version is a much more stylized and modern take on grapes.
Antic Little Lamp of Glass Grapes in Wonderful Blue on Etsy: Not many grape table lamps get this more stylized treatment, but I love that this one looks kind of like a blue raspberry plopped onto a lamp base.
Vtg Beautiful Pair of Cognac Grape Hanging Lighting on Etsy: What's better than one bunch of lucite grapes that light up? Two bunches of lucite grapes that light up.
An Antique C1910 Italian Ceiling Light Shaped as a Bunch of Grapes on Etsy: One of the more full bunches featured, this bright amber/orange hanging lamp will definitely make a statement. Not sure what kind of statement, but a statement for sure.
1970's Mid Century Deep Green and Blue Lucite and Driftwood Grapes on Etsy: Once again the blue and green, even if they don't look natural, create the best lamp experience in my opinion.
Vintage MCM Blue Lucite Acrylic Grape Cluster Swag Chain Hanging Lamp Light on eBay: This blue is...maybe not the best. It's sort of giving more Orbeez than grape. Please for the love of god replace the cord if you buy this.
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