I am thrilled to have you mention Moe Bridges. Though our Illinois home was built in the 1890′s it probably didn’t have electricity till the 20′s. It came with the oddest chandelier in the dining room which I admit back in 1985 when our home was purchased, did nothing for me. However, over the last several years it has grown on me. Well, we took it down for some ceiling work and found it was signed “Moe Bridges-Milwaukee. Thanks to the internet, I now know what we have and I am grateful for it and would like to collect more “Moe”. Thanks for listening! Jennifer from Illinois
Jennifer, I love your story – a great example of how not changing everything you don’t like right away after moving into a house can result in rich experiences and new appreciations later. Moe-Bridges fixtures have a great reputation for desirability among antique lighting dealers. If you’d like to send me a picture at bo@arcalus.com I’d be happy to try to identify your fixture – we may even have an old catalog here with an original image of it. Thanks for sharing.
I found a Moe Bridges floor lamp under our 1950′s brick house. It’s not in bad shape for bring in the dirt for ever! Can’t find one like it anywhere. I’ve emailed you pics of it and am very interested on info on this lamp. Would love to get it restored…Hope you can help,
I am thrilled to have you mention Moe Bridges. Though our Illinois home was built in the 1890′s it probably didn’t have electricity till the 20′s. It came with the oddest chandelier in the dining room which I admit back in 1985 when our home was purchased, did nothing for me. However, over the last several years it has grown on me. Well, we took it down for some ceiling work and found it was signed “Moe Bridges-Milwaukee. Thanks to the internet, I now know what we have and I am grateful for it and would like to collect more “Moe”. Thanks for listening! Jennifer from Illinois
Jennifer, I love your story – a great example of how not changing everything you don’t like right away after moving into a house can result in rich experiences and new appreciations later. Moe-Bridges fixtures have a great reputation for desirability among antique lighting dealers. If you’d like to send me a picture at bo@arcalus.com I’d be happy to try to identify your fixture – we may even have an old catalog here with an original image of it. Thanks for sharing.
I found a Moe Bridges floor lamp under our 1950′s brick house. It’s not in bad shape for bring in the dirt for ever! Can’t find one like it anywhere. I’ve emailed you pics of it and am very interested on info on this lamp. Would love to get it restored…Hope you can help,
Linda from California
What is Moe Bridges technique ? Blown glass? Pate de verre? Pressed glass? Thank you. Renata