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Champion Lighting Fixture Co., The Fourteenth Salesbook: Presenting Modern Ideas in Residential Lighting Equipment (1930). Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University Libraries; digitized by Internet Archive for the Building Technology Heritage Library.
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Verify the catalog record at Internet Archive ↗Residential lighting at the Deco turn · 1930
Champion Lighting Fixture Co.
The Fourteenth Salesbook
The Fourteenth Salesbook presents a broad residential line at a genuine stylistic hinge. Crystal chandeliers, candle fixtures, and historical revival ornament fill the early plates; later pages introduce increasingly low ceiling bodies, exposed-bulb clusters, and geometric glass that read as distinctly interwar.
Champion's specifications page is unusually useful evidence. It defines fixture measurements, ordering practice, and a named finish palette that includes Colonial Brass, Antique Gold, Silver and Black, Goldlume, and several polychrome treatments. Those commercial names explain why surviving fixtures often carry complex toned or highlighted surfaces rather than a single plain metal finish.
The catalog identifies Champion's factory at 418 Cherry Street in Philadelphia and describes fixtures as wired complete, with shades as shown but without Mazda lamps. The complete Avery Library scan contains 52 images, including 46 salesbook pages, an index, and a telegram code page.
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