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| Awesome Swedish Hour Glass Shape Pair of Marbro Lamps with custom hand made stainless steel bases....in Shop |
Whenever we are out shopping for our shop and we come across lamps marked Marbro, we know we have a real find. The Marbro company was founded after WWII by two brothers named Markoff. They had a three story building in Los Angeles CA where they sold antiques and porcelains and made custom lamps. They manufactured high quality lamps from pieces, parts from all over the world. They wholesaled only to interior designers, specialty stores and fine furniture stores. Their original wholesale prices ranged from several hundreds up to two or three thousands dollars apiece for their lamps. These orders could take up to three months to be delivered.
No wonder on the secondary market that their prices have sky rocketed on sites such as 1stdibs. They had a discerning eye when it came to design. The glass for their lamps was blown in Sweden and Italy, the porcelain from China and Japan as well as Italy, and their brass came from India. They also made custom pieces from items that people would bring into their shop. It was difficult for them to come up with matched pairs of particularly their hand thrown and blown pieces as the sizes varied somewhat on the individual pieces.
Unfortunately for us there is no longer a Marbro Lamp Company, but if if you look in the right places you just might find a lamp or even a pair if you are really lucky.
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