TV Lamps

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Pole lamps, with shades that could be pointed in various directions, reflected the new technology.
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"The golden era of the lampshade was the 1950s," claims author and expert Dana Cain.
Some of the greatest lighting designs ever created were introduced in the 1950s. But perhaps the most unusual sat on the black and white TV: a TV lamp. Designed to reduce eyestrain on television viewers, these figural lamps became extinct as the decade waned.