As far as Chicago's Thanksgiving Day, brings more than just Turkey and good wishes. The annual holiday also brings local businesses to a standstill as most take the day off. Same goes for city and federal offices. But just because the stores and offices are closed doesn't mean there's nothing to do.Which Began at 8:30 a.m. Chicago's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The holiday season arrived officially in the Chicago area as the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade stepped off on State Street. For thousands, the holiday would not be complete without a trip to the Loop for the city's annual parade.
It has long been a common practice to match slag all about Lampshade's company, Tiffany type shades and others to various lamp bases that were not the original. Another common practice has been to place an unsigned shade on a signed Handel lamp base and pass the entire lamp off as a "Handel". Many if not most lamps and shades are referred to as Handel lamps simply because the style is similar to that of an original Handel lamp. Experts today suggest that about 90% of all lamps called Handel were not actually made by Handel. There are many lamps that are signed but that are not authentic. Identification of Handel leaded lamps is a subjective process that few people are qualified to do.
modern purple lamp shade fixtures such as the American fluorescent Aria 3 light linear style is very modern in appearance. The multi pendants hang in a line and the shades are elongated cone shapes. Many of the modern designed lights that incorporate the pendant hanging style also use energy efficient bulbs in their design.
2) Reflector waffle pattern opal white torchiere glass is a cone shape glass shade available in two (2) common sizes: 2.75" fitter that is 10" wide and the other is a 2.25" fitter that is 8" wide. This torchiere glass usually has a waffle type pattern pressed into the surface of the glass although there are some with no pattern in the glass. These torchiere glass shades were very popular in the 1920's and 1930's and were found on many 6 way floor lamps that had 3 arm lights plus a center light. They are also available on some modern lamps as well as some floor lamps without arms.
