Post #640061 by Fred327 on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 8:25 AM

Hi Everyone,

I'm new here and need some lighting help. I've been giving outdoor tiki parties on our deck for a few years now and the decorations and lighting keep getting a little more elaborate each time.

For my next one, I'm trying to source a table lantern that was quite popular in mid-century Polynesian (and other) restaurants of that time. My mom and dad lighted many a cigarette off these things as I was growing up. It was a colored wavy or rippled glass candle lantern that was also sometimes covered in a thin white plastic webbing. An exhaustive web search has yielded no results, probably because I'm unaware of what these lanterns were actually called to enter as key words. Attached is the closest thing I could find, which is a modern citronella approximation with larger ripples and no webbing. It's not nearly as cool looking as the mid-century ones, but it may be the closest I'm going to find in this lifetime.

Any advice on what the original lanterns were actually called and where one might find them would be greatly appreciated.

Also, does anyone have a good source for classic metal tiki torches?

Much thanks in advance,

Fred