Brand: Casablanca
Model: Esquire II
This is a very rare 52" Casablanca Esquire II ceiling fan in the Snow White finish, shown with a set of Washed Birch blades and a NOS KG102-11 light kit. This fan uses a W-32 Inteli-Touch control system which features 6 speeds forward/reverse, full range dimming and several programs such as the "Demo Mode" featured in the video. The model number for this fan is 59U11CT and the serial number reads FG270111 which dates this fan to have been manufactured on June 27th, 1997 with this being the 111th fan made that day.
The Esquire II is a classic case of Casablanca using up factory parts to make a new model. Essentially this fan is a combination of a Casablanca Artisan and a Homestead Shadow. In the early 90's when Casablanca absorbed Homestead, several models were just simply relabeled as their "Airflow" series. Its assumed that Casablanca just used a bunch of left over motor housings from the Homestead Shadow, Artisan/Genesis brackets and a basic Inteli-Touch motor to create this exclusive model. There's been a few showrooms named that the Esquire was sold through such as Villa Lighting, however this fan model seems like it was almost exclusively sold around the St. Louis, MO area since thats where these (such as this one) are spotted for sale. Aside from some newspaper ads, no catalogs have surfaced yet with this fan model, it's assumed this model was on the market from 1997-2002/03? Several finishes have been spotted including Brushed Nickel, Washed Bronze and Champagne, however without any literature I'm not sure what other finishes were offered. Another interesting point is the "U" in the model number which denotes that this fan was originally sold as a unipack fan; I removed the original Hi-Gloss Snow White blades due to some warping/wobble. Overall this is a very rare fan but performs about average for a Casablanca from that era.
To see this fan in the 4 blade configuration, check out the link below:
• Casablanca “Esquire II...
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12 сен 2024
