Hot or Not? Chicago Vintage Postcard Image Lampshades

Chicago postcard image lampshades from Found Images

Hand-crafted lampshades available at Fly-Bird in Oak Park, IL for $60.

Larger Found Images lampshades available for $90 (1940s Cowgirls, Coney Island, London, and Birds).

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While I sort of like them, my non-designer mind is struggling to figure out a setting that would best showcase them. Does anybody have any ideas? Using them on a random lamp in a normal room doesn't seem like the best plan.

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posted by t8 on May 8th 2008 at 5:19am
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I picture things like this in a lake cabin or something along those lines.

posted by swanygirl74 on May 8th 2008 at 5:30am
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I TOTALLY COVET THOSE. Now I am thinking of how I could make them.

posted by robotropolis on May 8th 2008 at 5:46am
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Yuk. These are so "dorm room". Maaaaybe they can stretch to "post-college-first-apartment" but I don't want them anywhere near my decor!

posted by trishb on May 8th 2008 at 6:02am
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They'd be fun in a retro home office...

posted by bepsf on May 8th 2008 at 7:29am
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These would add a bit of color and personality to a MCM styled pad - although best locate out of the main living areas; perhaps in a den or bedroom.

posted by phaedrus on May 8th 2008 at 7:49am
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Oh, I like them.
I wonder if they could make them with your favorite building?

I want one with Grant's Tomb on it.
Or the Travel and Transport building from the '33 World's Fair.

posted by Mr. Dangerous on May 8th 2008 at 11:04am
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Hot minus the cowboy lacing on top.

posted by themonkrat on May 8th 2008 at 7:05pm
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