Tizio Table Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Enameled aluminum, other metals, ABS plastic, Durethan plastic, glass bulb
DATES
Designed 1972
DIMENSIONS
44 3/4 x 29 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (113.7 x 74.9 x 11.4 cm)
MARKINGS
molded into underside of base: "S.P.A. ARTEMIDE MILANO / MODELLO TIZIO / DESIGN RICHARD SAPPER / MADE IN ITALY / PAPENT PENDING." Paper label in five languages: "To replace fuse remove bottom plate".
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
83.149
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Artemide Inc.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Table lamp, "Tizio", ABS plastic base, aluminum arms, metal alloy weights, Durethan reflector, halogen glass bulb. Adjustable table lamp in matte black finish, consisting of three parts: a swiveling cylindrical base from the sides of which extend two parallel, straight, flat arms. Attached to and pivoting from the lower arms, a pair of identical but longer arms, weighted by a slightly rounded, rectangular piece. Attached to and pivoting from this middle arm, another pair of identical arms, still longer, with a smaller rectangular weight at one end, and a reflector housing the halogen bulb at the other.
CONDITION - Lamp was showroom model and therefore has wear, showing as tiny chips revealing white surface beneath black. Chips to all surfaces, especially counter weights.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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