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Susan and her Granada Hills Greg-inspired Moe light — I see us all heading straight into the heart of the 60s!

Pam Kueber - September 18, 2008, Updated: June 8, 2021

Retro Renovation stopped publishing in 2021; these stories remain for historical information, as potential continued resources, and for archival purposes.

Hi Pam,
Thanks to Greg and his Moe catalogs, I now know that this is a Moe Venetian featured in their 1965 catalog.  I picked this up at our local Re-Store for $10!  It’s in great shape!  I thought I’d share, since it ties in with this topic…
– Susan
Thanks, Susan – very cool! … And look at the purple (plum? lavendar? aubergine? dag, I have to research this) walls in that ’65 photo. Have you seen how all the magazines and catalogs are starting to show purple. We’re heading into the ’60s now! Image: Vintage Moe.

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  1. Kitschy Kimberly says

    September 18, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    I love it too. I think it’s quite fabulous actually.

  2. anita says

    September 18, 2008 at 5:44 pm

    I’m not fond of the 70s Mediterranian look, but I think this light fixture is way cool. The photo of it with the purple walls and other ‘mod’ decor in the background did not bring images of Mediterranian uck to mind for me, love the cracked glass effect!

  3. 50sPam says

    September 18, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    Oh, Maggie! Viva la torquemada! I think that Susan may actually have been tying into the laminate topic – about Spanish colonial. It gives a bit more detail on where the case de torquemada look comes from!

  4. magnarama says

    September 18, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    I try to subscribe to the “if you can’t say something nice…” school, but this one, I fear, has eroded my manners. This lamp, IMHO, belongs firmly in the hideous Casa-de-Torquemada school of decorating that came into being with the unlamented dark and dreary “Mediterranean” style of the ’70s. Wrought iron curlecues? Ugh.

    I don’t think that’s what Stephan had in mind with his article on the Roman motifs of the ’60s.

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