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Art, I love Lucy Props, Margo Alexander, The Andy Griffith Show

Another I Love Lucy framed picture shows up on Andy Griffith


Here is a framed  Margo Alexander Studio print we looked at  in a previous post , seen above in  the Ricardo’s apartment on I Love Lucy . This another Desilu studio prop that shows up  several years later on the Andy Griffith Show, below it is seem over a fireplace in two different episodes


Andy Griffith, Season 6, scene showing the Margo Alexander print in color  over 10 years later in 1964.
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And the same picture on Andy Griffith, Season 5, Episide 7. Man In The Middle

Margo Alexander Studio Print

Here it is seen in another I Love lucy location over the fireplace.
Thanks again to johndalessio for the contribution.

50s Retro, Bedroom Furniture, Bonanza, I love Lucy Props, Mid Century Lamps, Morgan Jones Bedspread, Other Productions, The Andy Griffith Show

What was I Love Lucy’s Bedspread Color?

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My photoshop rendering with known colors of the Desilu prop bedspreads .

Above is my impression of a couple of contenders for the color of the hobnail chenile bedspreads on I Love Lucy. Previously we identified the make as Morgan Jones “Minuet”. Ads from the 1950’s era give us an idea of the color range but now thanks to an instagram comment from johndalessio we have more clues. Desiu props were re-used over the years and some identical bedspreads have turned up in Bonanza and on The Andy Griffith Show in color. There is a brown color that we saw on Andy Griffith that corresponds to “Sandalwood” in a contemporary ad. And a light green color version of the same bedspread as seen on the screen capture from Bonanza, S2 E33 “Elizabeth, My Love”,  near the end of the episode.  Either of the bedspreads could have originated in the I Love Lucy series.  Those series were made on Desilu sets and used Desilu props. The green version would have been a good choice to set off Lucy’s red hair, dont you think?

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The Green version of the same bedspread on Bonanza

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The brown color version on Andy Griffith


Many thanks to johndalessio for providing the research through my my Instagram page

Framed Prints, I love Lucy Props, Margo Alexander, The Andy Griffith Show

Desilu Andy Griffith Show: Margo Alexander Print

Margo Alexander Print on Andy Griffith Show
Margo Alexander Print on Andy Griffith Show

Thanks to comments by johndalessio on my Instagram who recognized re-use of Desilu props on The Andy Griffith Show, filmed at Desilu Studios, we have sightings of probable I Love Lucy items on some color episodes. Above from Season 6 is a Margo Alexander print we looked at on I Love Lucy in an earlier post.
Margo Alexander Studio Print

Also seen on I Love Lucy
Also seen on I Love Lucy

And a vintage print of the same picture on eBay HERE