Vintage Gourd Lamps With A Touch of Brass

I have fidgeted with the lamps on my living room desk/sofa table before. Well, more so the lamp shades. I knew I wanted white gourd lamps, the original vintage type. Not the replicas for $200 I see in catalogues. While I waited patiently for the right lamps I did place replicas in its place. They were milk white gourd lamps with a burlap shades. 

Cute, they did the job, but they were replicas. 

I always had my eye out for the real deal, the pieces that inspired todays trend of gourd lamps. AND, finally I found them, on a Facebook Virtual Garage Sale Site no less. 

Here they are at the sellers home. 

I LOVE IT! It is a crackle ceramic design with brass details and a 2 inch brass base. These are also the original vintage mid 1960 shades. I thought these shades were perfect until I brought it home.

The original vintage shades are MASSIVE. Over 22 inches in height and to have two on the same space was TOO MUCH! 

The burlap shades were the right size and color but the wrong texture. They were too casual for the lamp. Also, I love to see a lamps finial if they are vintage. Why hide it. After a few lamp shade shops and then some online searching, I finally found what my vintage lamps needed. 

I am a stickler for small details and I love how the shades are the same color of the window treatments in the back family room. From this angle you can see both and everything ties together. 

 YEAH, I can now see the brass finials with these shades. 

oh, and yes, I got a new love seat, the post about that endless search in a few days.