Swank Lighting

10.23.07

The Edward P. Paul Company originally imported these lamps from Venetian glass houses and marketed them under the Balboa trade name. Later, Balboa lamps were offered at department stores such as Macy’s, Bloomingdales, and Marshall Fields. When Ed Sexton and Doug Taylor happened across a nearly forgotten treasure trove of vintage Murano glass lamps from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, they bought the entire inventory. They opened a showroom in Dallas and have a website at www.swanklighting.com.

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peggy on 10.24.2007 at 06:00 AM

I want those blue lamps! Love the organic shape of them.

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Jenn Ski on 10.24.2007 at 16:59 PM

I love those long blue lamps too! knowing me I would probably knock them over and break them… :(

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Win Win Win! : Design Milk on 11.14.2007 at 08:48 AM

[…] love when people give things away. I just talked about Swank Lighting and now to celebrate the grand opening of thir new store in Texas, they are giving away a pair of […]

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Murano Glass on 02.23.2011 at 18:27 PM

great pieces, the first looks to be Barbini or maybe Archimede Seguso?

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