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Celebrating The Swinging Seventies With These Swinging Pendants

#1970S | #spanishD’light | #pendants #tbtPrimelite: Let’s take a trip, if we may, back again to the fabulous 1970s, where we’ll, again, find these fabulous Mediterranean style pendants. Our “Spanish D’Light” collection featured a definite Spanish influence, with lots of wrought iron and jewel-toned glass and globes. Scan: Original catalog page scan.    

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#tbtPrimelite. Some of the Most Beautiful Lighting of the Seventies

#1970S | #spanishD’light | #pendants #tbtPrimelite: Let’s take a trip, if we may, back to the fabulous 1970s, where we’d find these fabulous Mediterranean style pendants. Our “Spanish D’Light” collection featured a definite Spanish influence, with lots of wrought iron and jewel-toned glass and globes.   Scan: Original catalog page.      

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#tbtPrimelite: Fashionable Bathroom Fixtures Right Out of the 1960s

#pendants | #1960 | #pendants #tbtPrimelite: Looking back through past Primelite catalogs, we’ve found a page featuring these bathroom lighting fixtures from the 1960s. Representative of the styles of the time, these fixtures were available with crackled glass, white or fluted glass globes and finished in Polished Brass and the ever popular “Satin Flemish Finish. Scan: […]

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#tbtPrimelite 1970s Pendants As Bright And Colorful As The Decade

#pendants | #1970 | #pendants #tbtPrimelite: This week we’re looking back at the bright and colorful pendants from one of Primelite’s 1970s catalogs.  Scan of original catalog page.  

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Our Exclusive “Juvenile Gems” Were the Life of the Party

#tbt | #juvenileGems | #kiddies #tbtPrimelite: Here’s another blast from Primelite’s past. We’re highlighting exclusive fixtures from our 1970s children’s series called “Juvenile Gems”. Our 1970s catalogs introduced a series of handcrafted childrens light fixtures which included characters such as the Tin Man, Raggedy Ann & Andy, and Clowns. Primelite worked with a local artist who hand […]

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These Globes Were / Are The Definition Of Cool!

#tbt / #1970s / #GlobesGlobesGlobes   #tbtPrimelite: This week’s #ThrowbackThursday features our “Glamour Globes” from the 1970’s. For use in both interior and exterior applications, our fashion forward globes were heavily influenced by the disco era and were constructed of polycarbonate and embedded with crackle chips creating their metallic finish. Available in the fashionable colors of […]

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Hitting It Out Of The Park With “Juvenile Gems”

#tbt | #juvenileGems | #kiddies #tbtPrimelite: Here’s another blast from Primelite’s past! We’re again highlighting lights from our children’s series called “Juvenile Gems”. The 1970 catalogs introduced a series of girls & boys light fixtures, painted in traditional colors and themes. While a bit stereotypical, and definitely a reflection of the times, this baseball inspired desk […]

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#tbtPrimelite’s Outstanding Chrome Jewelry for the Home

#tbt | #chrome | #jewelry #tbtPrimelite: An important design element of the 1980s home was the metallic finishes of chrome and brass. Always looking fashion forward, Primelite introduced their collection of metallic bath fixtures. Finished in chrome, brass or a combination of both. Many fixtures included colored inserts available in a multitude of stylish colors: Black, […]

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#tbtPrimelite The Truth About our Fascinating and Modern Color Collection

  #tbt / #1980s / #ColorbyPrimelite #tbtPrimelite: Chrome was a major interior design feature during the 1980’s. Taking notice Primelite Mfg introduced their “Modern – By Primelite” chrome lighting series. Incorporating chrome fixtures and white globe lights, “Modern” was indeed Primelite’s most “modern” lighting series. While the clean, stark and modern look was very popular, […]

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#tbtPrimelite: Who Said Globes Have To Be Round?

#Globes! #Globes? #Globes!   This week’s #tbt is another trip through our 1970s catalogs, highlighting our selection of exterior globes. Designed for placement atop our collection of exterior posts, Primelite’s globes weren’t, and still aren’t, all round! Primelite offered glass and polycarbonate globes in clear, smoked, white and Orange!! (Actually amber, but it sure looks orange!) […]