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Table Lamp

• Designer: Kurt Versen, American?, born Sweden, 1901
• Manufacturer: Kurt Versen Inc.
• Medium: Chromed and copper-plated metal, aluminum, fabric
• Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1930
• Dimensions: Overall: 14 x 11 x 10 in. (35.6 x 27.9 x 25.4 cm) Diameter of base: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
• Markings: no marks
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 84.125
• Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by The Walter Foundation
• Image: Overall, 84.125_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Kurt Versen (American?, born Sweden, 1901). Table Lamp, ca. 1930. Chromed and copper-plated metal, aluminum, fabric, Overall: 14 x 11 x 10 in. (35.6 x 27.9 x 25.4 cm) Diameter of base: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The Walter Foundation, 84.125 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.125_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Electric table lamp consisting of flat, round base, from one side of which rises a thin, rectangular, copper-plated, L-shaped bar. Suspended from this bar is the short, cylindrical shade with aluminum top and rigid fabric sides. CONDITION: Fair. Base pitted and very worn; chrome or nickel plating wearing off, especially on top. Copper-plated arm with wear to edges and at area where lamp pull rubs. Only slight wear to top of shade. Fabric somewhat dirty, and punched in at left and right of arm. Lower ring of shade (paper or fabric over wire) considerably worn.