In the 50s it was believed that watching TV in a room with a low light source could make you go blind. These lamps were developed to alleviate people’s fears.
This lamp was manufactured by Lane.
Siamese Cats TV Lamp
Submitted by karenvc
September 16th, 2009
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Allee Willis
I love these Siamese Kitty lamps. There were so many different models made as TV lights. I never understood why some of the cats were so tall as the tall one here because they usually had see-through eyes that glowed from the backlighting but the tall cats were too high to achieve the effect.
What’s attached to the electrical cord with a chain on it dangling behind the cats?
karenvc
I do have another TV lamp where the light shines “eye holes”. The chain is connected to a wonderful pair of vintage hanging ceramic lamps we bought at a yard sale for a few bucks. I will friend you on Facebook, and you can look at my photo album called “Things I Collect”. There is a small sampling of some of my collections.