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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

50s Retro, I love Lucy Props, Peerage Brass Co, Wall Plates

Brass plate at auction

This week on eBay I see a 9.5″ brass plate with a Desilu Studios label for  auction at http://www.ebay.com/itm/321854560509  with the title “Extremely Rare I LOVE LUCY Tavern Scene Brass Plate TV Show Prop w/Desilu Label”.   It is different from the plate we identified from the mantel of the I Love Lucy Connecticut house ( the tavern scene is similar but the border does not match). However there was a pair of smaller plates seen by a doorway that we had not identified. Thanks to Rick here are some screen captures of the smaller plates which have smooth borders so those are not a match either.brass chargers

The listing on ebay this week forbids use of their images but I found another listing on eBay  HERE that lists an identical plate – the plate on the left is of the same design as the one listed as a Desilu prop – here  are the pictures :england-elpeo-brass-plate2

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These plates were made by the ELPEC Company of England which was registered in 1919 by C E Pascal & P Lloyd. They made reproduction copper and brassware initially based on Belgian designs. The plates at auction may well be Desilu props but so far I have not found a match for them on the I Love Lucy show .

Previously we looked at a Peerage Brass Plate identical to one seen on the mantelpiece on the show as pictured below.  We also noticed that the brass plates used on the set were all mounted on a  circular wooden backing, likely to prevent the brass from rattling on the set.  Click HERE to see the previous post
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