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Table Lamp
Accession # 1999.141.9
Designer Donald Deskey
Manufacturer Deskey-Vollmer, Inc.
Title Table Lamp
Date 1927-1931
Medium Chrome-plated metal, painted wood
Dimensions 14 7/8 x 8 3/4 x 11 in. (37.8 x 22.2 x 27.9 cm) Diameter of shade: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Paul F. Walter
Location Visible Storage: Case 17, Shelf H (Contemporary Design)
Description Electric table lamp with painted-black wooden base and chrome metal spine and lampshade. Base is solid rectangular block that rises to about 1 inch at front, then swoops upward in a concave curve to almost 4 inches at back; electric cord protrudes from center of back of base. Supported by and attached to base is two-inch wide rectangular strip of chrome metal bent into a C-shape which forms the spine. Suspended from underside of top of spine is a light socket and metal hemispherical lampshade, joined to spine by a short barrel and ball-and-socket joint (which allows the shade to be swiveled). Along back of spine, just above base is on/off switch. (condition notes in condition section)