Post by Jean Lemieux on Jun 29, 2011 23:43:55 GMT -5
Check out this awesome Italian website I came across. There is getting more and more sites and pictures on the web about ceiling fans produced around 1910-1940 on other continents like Europe and Aisa. Basically early 220 Volts ceiling fans!
www.fantique.com/
They are grouped by brand. There's much more than Marellis and GEC. I finally know what company made those Ball fans found in places like India, Malaysia and Hong Kong. They are made by Crompton Parkinsons! They are a little older than I expected. I expected late 1950s and they are actually from the 1940s.
You can also see USHA first fan!
Note that a lot of the finishes on those fans are not original, especially on the Indian fans. They have been all restored. A lot of the curved wood blades are not original to all those fans. Again mostly on the Indian models. Those would have usually had metal blades.
There's some really cool informations about all those fans. My favorite are of course the 4 bladed Marelli Maestralinos. I knew they made them with 4 blades.
To add to this...
There of course the Casablanca Via Del Gonfalone site that still exist that you all know. Also from Italy.
www.casablanca.it/
There's also Aria Ventilatori that makes the 120 Volts replicas of the Aliseo and Maestralino. I wish they made the Maestralino with 4 blades!
www.aria-ventilatori.com/index.html
Here's two new pictures I found on Flickr. An awesome Marelli 6-speed control in Cambodia.
www.flickr.com/photos/asiacamera/4867272877/
We can even see it says Fabriqué en Italie. ;D
Probably from the 1930s.
And this pictures taken in Vietnam of some late Marellis 56''. Those models dates from around 1958-1960. I don't think their color is original. The picture was apparently taken in 1964 so the fans were not very old at the time.
www.flickr.com/photos/lpfamily/3131816169/
www.fantique.com/
They are grouped by brand. There's much more than Marellis and GEC. I finally know what company made those Ball fans found in places like India, Malaysia and Hong Kong. They are made by Crompton Parkinsons! They are a little older than I expected. I expected late 1950s and they are actually from the 1940s.
You can also see USHA first fan!
Note that a lot of the finishes on those fans are not original, especially on the Indian fans. They have been all restored. A lot of the curved wood blades are not original to all those fans. Again mostly on the Indian models. Those would have usually had metal blades.
There's some really cool informations about all those fans. My favorite are of course the 4 bladed Marelli Maestralinos. I knew they made them with 4 blades.
To add to this...
There of course the Casablanca Via Del Gonfalone site that still exist that you all know. Also from Italy.
www.casablanca.it/
There's also Aria Ventilatori that makes the 120 Volts replicas of the Aliseo and Maestralino. I wish they made the Maestralino with 4 blades!
www.aria-ventilatori.com/index.html
Here's two new pictures I found on Flickr. An awesome Marelli 6-speed control in Cambodia.
www.flickr.com/photos/asiacamera/4867272877/
We can even see it says Fabriqué en Italie. ;D
Probably from the 1930s.
And this pictures taken in Vietnam of some late Marellis 56''. Those models dates from around 1958-1960. I don't think their color is original. The picture was apparently taken in 1964 so the fans were not very old at the time.
www.flickr.com/photos/lpfamily/3131816169/