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Midcentury modern pendant lamps from Progress, 1961

pam kueber - Updated: November 10, 2020

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

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DIG THESE 1961 MIDCENTURY PENDANT LIGHTS from Progress.  Which one do you like the best? Quiz is from left to right — #1 is at top left, then zig down to #2 the Danish Modern, then zig up to #3 the flowery dude, etc…

Thanks! And if you have another minute – tell us why you voted the way you did.

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  1. YarmouthCindy says

    June 24, 2009 at 12:32 am

    I’m most attracted to #2 myself but for a 1960s house I voted for #4 – groovy!

  2. JAVA says

    June 23, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    it was between 1, 4 and 8 for me. I ultimately picked 4. I love perforations and the salmon interior was really cool.

  3. MARK says

    June 23, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    I picked number three because I have not seen that style out there. One and two are really cool but more of a mass produced look. I acutally have number six and have it over my wrought iron porch table and chairs.

  4. David Conwill says

    June 23, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    Jeweled sphere, perforated bottom diffuser, P4404 – Why? Because my grandparents had lamps just like that in their old ranch.

    -Dave

  5. ThePetersen says

    June 23, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    So most of them look like something the three wise men would have taken to Jesus, but I dig the Danish one.

  6. Heidi Swank says

    June 23, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    #1 for me. I’m such a sucker for the middle class flair: lines that are clean but not too clean.

  7. Tikimama says

    June 23, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    Forget simplicity! I’d go for the jeweled, perforated brass sphere – it’s groovy and colorful, and our house is much more like that than the clean, spare minimalism!

  8. Gretchen S says

    June 23, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    I almost went for the spotted sphere — love the color and perforated circles in ascending size. But the danish pendant got me because I love the shape and simplicity.

  9. Elvis (aka) Jane says

    June 23, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    I like the Danish pendant for its clean simple shape: we’re all about simple and sleek in the Elvis household. For an accent, though, I really like the red dotted sphere. Simple, symmetrical and fun!

  10. Jeanne says

    June 23, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    I voted the Danish modern style, as I like the clean, simple lines, But it was a tough choice. I also like the hour glass (#1) as it’s symetrical but has texture and is interesting and I like the last one, as it’s sort of space-age looking (jetsons!),

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