Paul Hanson Hollywood Regency Opaline Glass Table Lamp w/ New Pink Velvet Shade Circa 1950's

Measurements: 20"T x 5"W x 5"D (50.8cm x 12.7cm x 12.7cm) Shade is 8"R at widest point (20.32cm)

Markings: Original Paul Hanson Sticker on bottom

Weight: 2.13 Lbs.

Beautiful 1950's Paul Hanson Opaline glass lamp. I have replaced the white plastic slip cover over the stem and socket, polished up the brass and given it a new light pink velvet lamp shade. I have also put new green felt over the original felt and transferred the sticker. The original felt was falling apart. Lamp is in perfect working order and glass is in pristine condition with no chips, cracks or crazing. Bulb included.

The Paul Hanson Lighting Company began in the 1920's and as a collectible today as then. Their appeal lies in the quality of the materials- porcelains, high quality wood, marble, bronze and brasses. They were created using molds as well as cast metal in a lost wax process. This process is based on carving a form from wax and burying the wax form in sand. Then the bronze, or other metal, is then poured into the sand and the wax is burnt away with the metal filling the void left, thus making the casting. It is an expensive process reserved for art pieces.
The most collectible of  Paul Hanson lamps are from the Hollywood Regency style and the Chinoiserie styles from the 1940's through 1960's. The style hallmarks include detailed pierced work, Mid-century modern geometric lines,
and more traditional styles of retro-fitted porcelain vessel shapes with Asian inspired painting and classical lines in glass or brass.