Fabulous c. 1940s-50s Folk Art Working Lamp with Flanking Pin Up Girls woman with large nose with these great painted wood

with these great painted wood nuts and bolts that can be arranged in different permutations and at different heights on the threaded wood center

making me think of the Mona Lisa as much as anything

6 1/2" x 6 1/2"

attracted in part I think because it's of the scale of an actual person--quite a presence in the room she feels like actual company

figure itself measures 3 7/8" tall

Fabulous c. 1940s-50s Folk Art Working Lamp with Flanking Pin Up Girls woman with large nose with these great painted woodSuch a fun one! Found in Maine, and the dealer I purchased it from had put a flickering flame shaped bulb in it as an added flourish, which I'll include if you like! And as fabulous as these two bathing suit clad ladies with matching shoes are, I have to say my favorite thing about it is their hand painted faces, especially that of the Betty Page esque woman at left perfectly awkward. It appears to me that they were carved and then augmented with some