Mad Men Monday – Salute to lamps!
This week’s mad Men Monday is late – basically because I had WAY too much fun doing the research for this and am complaining of a chest cold. Next week I’ll start on Friday night!
So, without further ado – here’s our salute to Mad Men Lamps!
The first lamp is on Don’s Desk at the beginning of the first season. About midway through that season it mysteriously disappears, but it was actually the easiest to find online:

Fabulous lamp, the one I found on AtomicWarehouse.com is slightly different, but gives the same effect.
Don’s desk lamp for the rest of the season is fabulous:

I thought this one would be fairly simple to track down, but no – apparently Jenn – over at the Department of the Interior has already tried this search and gotten the following results:

Check over on her blog for the results. I think the middle top is the only one that’s really close.
This next one I thought would be dead easy to find a perfect match for – but no going – I can’t believe how hard it is to track this down. The one I finally picked at the antique lamp shop.com at least had the same feel, but I’m open to other resources for this great lamp:

Well I’m running out of time and energy, so here are the other lamps I grabbed out of screenshots that caught my interest.

I particularly love the one in the middle – and the one in the top right is a lamp my Mother still has somewhere. I love all of these because not all of them scream 50’s, but they also look like what would end up in any home or office of the period.
What’s your favorite lamp? Do you have any more great resources?
Again, I’m planning on doing a series of these posts – to give me a reason to go back and watch past episodes and something for me to do on Sunday evening. I’ve already had suggestions of throw pillows and office couches. Any other suggestions?


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December 1st, 2009
I was also admiring Don’s desk lamps from afar. Another of my faves on the show is the lamp that was on Don’s secretary’s desk (Don had a rotating cast of secretaries that year) during Season 1. I don’t recall whether it was still there in Season 2, and I haven’t seen Season 3 (we don’t have cable and are waiting with well-disguised impatience for it to come out on DVD). Anyway, I recall the lamp being a curvy deco-looking thing with a fluorescent tube. We found one much like it at a garage sale a couple of months ago and it still works, hallelujah
December 1st, 2009
Can’t believe you overlooked the most spectacular lamp in the show: the teak tri-pod floor lamp in Pete Campbell’s office! He’s had it through all three seasons.
Check it at the 1:07 point in this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB5PtXVeQ5c
December 1st, 2009
ooooo! Fabulous! And I need to get a shot of Don’s secretary’s lamp too – ok, so watch for a follow up next week!
Yay!
I love doing this – such fabulous things to hunt for in each episode!
December 12th, 2009
If you’re doing lighting, don’t forget all the great wall sconces and ceiling fixtures in the homes and offices.