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Perfect as bedside lamps, on white X-Base nightstands such as those from Williams Sonoma Home flanking a cream upholstered & tufted bed within a room wallpapered in a green trellis pattern.

I could see these working w/ glossy white hardback drum shades lined w/ gold foil or white pagoda-shaped silk shades - topped w/ little brass fleur-de-lis finials.

I think they're charming. They'll work if you make them work--depends on the lamp shade and the rest of the room.

I'm still trying to figure out how a pair of lamps can be "ironic."

Pretty! The floral print isn't nearly overblown or hideous enough to be considered 'ironic'. They're just classy.

Are you kidding? Totally gorgeous.

i could put together quite a room around those lamps, actually.

they'd look much better against a background that wasn't white, though.

Lamps can be ironic thusly: I'm the type of person who you'd think would totally, like, have this excellent taste because look, I'm 3 pounds and I have all these tattoos and I skateboard, but I totally have these frumpy lamps [and folks, they ARE frumpy], which you totally wouldn't expect from someone who, like, totally loves graphic novels.

Love 'em, want 'em. That is a gorgeous, classic floral print that could still be the star of a pulled together room.

I'd be thrilled to have them. I love layered homes that have really nice things from different eras. It's so much nicer than everything brand-new from a store.

@thebradseed: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm now trying to figure out if the multitudes of MCM freaks who hang out on this site either don't get the irony or have reasons other than irony for being MCM freaks.

Either way, whoa. I guess the very fact that Urban Outfitters exists proves the possibility that the sheep can consume the counter-consumer brand without even conceiving of why that's kinda funny.

Bummer, man.

Am I the only one who says it's totally grandma ? Come on, little flowers, freshly cut from the field ?

If you like that, I'm so having a sale of a thousand of those objects when my grandma dies (I hope you'll have to wait ten years or so, but still, I'm getting rid of her awful 60's trinkets).

It's like Arcopal coming back in fashion. Why is it that because it's vintage, it has to be cool ? I mean, age doesn't always improve a bad piece.

These are beautiful. To me, it's not grandma, because of the quality and delicacy of the patterns. I would think differently if the same lamp had an all-over pattern of cabbage roses with no whitespace between them, you know?

Loora, If you think these are "grandma," I have to assume your grandma was a society decorator. Because these are really high-end lamps -- they're Park Avenue, not Calico Corners.

Certainly hotter than the rocks with words presented in a previous post today, without even asking anyone if they were hot or not.

I think they are lovely. I would love to have these lamps.

I'm with you Loora. There's a whole lot of ugly out there that passes for "high end." You could show me some million dollar mission couch and I'm not going to like it.