1960s Lighting Outfits

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MIROSTAR PRODUCTS


The Mirostar Company of Paterson, New Jersey offered the American public some rather unique decorative items for their Yuletide decorating needs. The company's motto was "Artistry in Lights". Below we present a selection of items typical of this company's products.

Here is the company's 8 light table top tree, resplendent with golden colored aluminum curls and mesh. Despite its colorful contents, the box is a rather plain affair. The tree is wired for candelabra base C-7 lamps. Although originally equipped with the C-7 lamps shown here, many owners opted to increase the "glitz factor" even more by substituting bubble lights.
The miniature base C-6 lamp version of the table top tree. this one is silver in color, and uses 9 of the C-6 lamps.
A whopping two feet tall, this wooden base three candle arrangement uses the intermediate base C-9 lamps, more often seen in use in outdoor lighting. The golden bow at the base is tied from the same mesh material used to wrap almost all of the company's candles.
Intended for use as a table top centerpiece, this light spray is often used by collectors to show off their Matchless Star lights, as shown here. The spray originally came with eight C-6 miniature base cone shaped lamps and star shaped mirrored backings to add as much visual impact as possible.
Here is a different version of the Mirostar "spray" type centerpiece, this time with two candles in the center. Kindly shared with us from the collection of Dennis Michael. This particular version of the centerpiece is very hard to find.
Sold in pairs, here is the left half of a mantle candolier set, utilizing eight miniature base C-6 lamps.

 

 

The 1960s saw the popularity of the "Pixie" style of Christmas decoration become wildly popular. Along with various forms of tree toppers, clip-on elves and the like, lighted Pixie heads were good sellers. This outfit, imported from Japan in the mid-60s, is a typical example. There was a lighted set of whole-bodied Pixies available as well.

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