Product Description
"The style you want--at the price you want to pay!" From 1930 to 1942, such advertising slogans drew cash-strapped Depression consumers to the Chase Brass & Copper Co.'s attractive array of lamps and lighting fixtures. Heralded as "brilliant in style and authentic in design," the Chase line presented a new concept in brightening the American home, as designed by modern industrial pioneers, including Lurelle Guild, Walter Von Nessen, the Gerths, and Harry Laylon. Chromium, brass, and copper fixtures appear in hundreds of current, catalog, and historic photographs (many in color), vintage advertising, a complete cross-reference listing, price guide, and index. Admirers of twentieth-century decorative arts will enjoy this in-depth look at "lights that give lasting satisfaction."
From the Author
"1930s LIGHTING" is the third in our series of books on decorative items produced by the Chase Brass & Copper Co. during the heyday of American Art Deco. Our earlier book, "CHASE COMPLETE" focused on the Chase Specialty line of chrome, brass and copper giftware. "1930s LIGHTING' highlights the company's equally appealing output of metal lamps and lighting fixtures, created by such leading industrial designers of the period as Lurelle Guild and Walter Von Nessen. The entire Chase Lighting inventory is chronicled in over 600 color and vintage photos, company history, designer profiles, and a cross-reference and price guide. We hope collectors will find the book an informative and entertaining one, and the items shown as irresistible today as they were when first introduced to 1930s consumers.
