Kona Kai, Philadelphia, PA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

T Tattoo Tiki Socialite Los Angeles Joined: Sep 24, 2005 Posts: 321	T Tattoo Posted posted on Sat, May 10, 2014 5:35 PM On 2011-03-05 23:46, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote: An interior photo of the Philadelphia Kona Kai from 1974: Looking at that picture, I realize that the lamp is the Kon Tiki lamp... but with a rope shade... I have an original Oceanic Arts rope shade from a ceramic tiki lamp. The retrofit works quite nicely and fits snugly on top of the glass shade. Oceanic arts handmade these rope shades and I believe the lamp is from Orchids of Hawaii. Looks like some sort of mashup. Maybe they replaced their original lamps with newer Orchids of Hawaii lamps but kept the original shades. At least, for me, it dates these metal lamps to the mid-70s.

On 2011-03-05 23:46, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:
An interior photo of the Philadelphia Kona Kai from 1974:

Looking at that picture, I realize that the lamp is the Kon Tiki lamp...

but with a rope shade...

I have an original Oceanic Arts rope shade from a ceramic tiki lamp. The retrofit works quite nicely and fits snugly on top of the glass shade. Oceanic arts handmade these rope shades and I believe the lamp is from Orchids of Hawaii. Looks like some sort of mashup. Maybe they replaced their original lamps with newer Orchids of Hawaii lamps but kept the original shades. At least, for me, it dates these metal lamps to the mid-70s.

Post #716604 by Tattoo on Sat, May 10, 2014 5:35 PM