Authentications
In an effort to preserve the legacy of the Laurel Lamp Company and educate the public, the Laurel Lamp Foundation offers authentication services for vintage Laurel pieces free of charge.
Our nonprofit foundation has meticulously cataloged hundreds of Laurel’s original designs with the support of the founders’ families, former Laurel designers, industry experts, and design historians.
To submit your piece for examination and authentication, please complete the form below.
Please include as much detailed information about your piece as possible, including whether it has any Laurel labels, manufacturing markings, UL stickers, or relevant dimensions.
We also ask that you upload several clear photographs of the piece from multiple angles, including:
The overall lamp or fixture
The base
The socket (if original)
Any labels, UL stickers, or other identifying marks — typically found on the original Laurel socket
Archive Request Form
Laurel Lamp Company Authentication
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Additional information
Our curator is only able to authenticate Laurel pieces that have either of the following:
An Underwriters Laboratories (UL) sticker labeled “Laurel Lamp Mfg. Company” (found on the original socket of the lamp)
A Laurel Lamp Company (LLCo) manufacturing mark (often found on the underside of the lamp base)
If your Laurel piece has an original Underwriters Laboratories (UL) sticker labeled “Laurel Lamp Mfg. Co. Inc.” (found on the original socket of the lamp) our curator may be able to provide you an estimated date range that your piece was likely manufactured.
If your lamp does not have a Laurel marking or UL sticker, our curator cannot authenticate the piece but will still gladly provide whatever relevant information our archive contains about the lamp in question.
Attribution to Laurel Designers
Our nonprofit foundation has worked diligently to ensure that all of Laurel’s unique designs are attributed to the correct designers. If possible, our curator will be able to provide you with the name of the designer who created your Laurel piece.
From Laurel’s founding in 1946 until 1979, all of Laurel’s design and manufacturing work was overseen by Laurel Lamp Company co-founder and president Harold J. Weiss.
Harold Weiss is credited as Laurel’s primary designer from1946-mid 1960s.
Beginning in the mid 1960s, artist Richard Barr worked alongside Harold Weiss in the Laurel design studio and they are both credited as Laurel’s primary designers spanning until 1979.
To date our non profit foundation has verified documentation showing that the following designers created pieces for the Laurel Lamp Company: Harold J. Weiss, Max Weiss, Murray Weiss, Fred Kaufman, Gulbransen, Marion Weber, John Gartman, J. Gordon Perlmutter & Associates, Richard Barr, Martin “Marty” Leiman, Frank Smith, Bijan J. Bijan, Pierre Cardin (collaboration), & the House of Salviati.
Unfortunately, many of Laurel’s designs have been commonly misattributed to designers with no documented connection to the Laurel Lamp Company.