#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. Another Day, Another Chance to Sparkle
#chrome! #sparkle! #chrome! This week’s #tbt trip is through our 1980s catalogs, highlighting our selection of metallic ceiling lights. Along with the turquoise, dusty pinks and seafoam greens of the day, metallics were the perfect accents to the decades modern decor. Our lights were available in a selection of metallic finishes, including gold, copper, brass and […]
#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!) […]
These Victorian Gaslamps Were Popular Back in the Day
#tbtPrimelite | #victoriangaslamps | #1970 This week we’re #tbt-ing additional lighting from our Victorian “Gaslamp by Primelite” series. Featured in a Primelite’s 1970s catalog, these fixtures reflected the last century’s fascination with Victorian styling. Our Gaslamps captured the spirit, and feeling, of the old-time lighting. Updated with modern materials and finishes, the series was available in Old English […]
These Fantastic Victorian Gaslamps delighted the 1970s
#tbtPrimelite | #victoriangaslamps | #1970 This week we’re #tbt-ing our Victorian “Gaslamp by Primelite” series from the 1970s. Reflecting the last century’s fascination with Victorian styling, our Gaslamps captured the spirit, and feeling, of the old-time lighting. Updated with modern materials and finishes, the series was available in Old English Brass, Antique Gold, Antique White, as well in […]
#tbtPrimelite Long Island Medium (Vanity Lights)
#tbt “That Time We Were Featured on the Long Island Medium!” Primelite Mfg’s #throwbackthursday moment this week is revisiting our guest starring role in the reality TV series Long Island Medium. While we did not commune with relatives and friends long gone, we were able to bring a beautiful glow to the face, and bouffant, […]
#tbtPrimelite #optilites #flemish
#tbtPrimelite | #1970 | #flemish This week we’re #tbt-ing some of our hanging pendants from a 1970s catalog. Reflecting the styles of the time, these “OPTILITES” earned their name from their Satin White “Optic” Glass Globes. Available in Polished Brass or Satin Flemish finishes, these fixtures featured glass globes in diameters of 6, 8 […]
#tbtPrimelite #groovyGoodness
#tbtPrimelite | #1970 | #groovy This week we’re #tbt-ing this cool light from a 1970s catalog. Reflecting the fabulous styles of the time, with it’s dark stained wood and colored glass cutouts, this light brought its groovy goodness to dens, game rooms and wood paneled basements everywhere.
Repost: #tbtPrimelite #1960s #Scintillating
#tbtPrimelite | 1960s | #Scintillating #tbtPrimelite: While researching our collection of antique Primelite catalogs we’ve come across original black and white photographs featuring some of our early lighting fixtures. The photos are stunning and we’ll be sharing these photos in our weekly #tbtPrimelite series. This week we are highlighting a hanging fixture from our […]
Repost: #tbtPrimelite 1970s Character Globe Lights #2
#tbt / #1970s / #juvenileGems #tbtPrimelite: Another blast from Primelite’s past! Today we’re again highlighting our “Juvenile Gems” selection of 1970s children’s globes. An earlier #tbt of children’s lights featured “Raggedy Ann” and clowns. This later 1970’s catalog introduced additional characters including the “Tin Man,” inspired by “The Wizard of Oz.” Our children’s lights were […]