Table Lamp
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Caption
Unknown Designer. Table Lamp, mid 1930s. Plastic, metal, and paper, 13 x 11 x 5 1/2 in. (33 x 27.9 x 14 cm) Shade height: 4 in. (10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Fifty/50, 84.6. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Manufacturer
Designer
Title
Table Lamp
Date
mid 1930s
Geography
Place manufactured: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Medium
Plastic, metal, and paper
Classification
Dimensions
13 x 11 x 5 1/2 in. (33 x 27.9 x 14 cm) Shade height: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Signatures
no signat6ure
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
(a) Capital letter "P" molded onto round light switch on side of stem. Printed on underside of base: two overlapping circles (company trademark), "POLAROID STUDY LAMP / MODEL 100 / USE 100-WATT FROSTED BULB ONLY / PLACE LAMP SQUARELY IN FRONT OF YOU / ACROSS THE DESK--NOT AT ONE SIDE / POLAROID CORP., CAMBRIDGE, MASS / MFRD. UNDER U.S. PAT. 1,918,848, 1, 951,664, 1,956,867, 1,989,371, 2,011,553, 2,041,138 / 2,078,254, 2,087,795, 2,165,973, 2,168,220 / 2,178,996. OTHER PATS. PEND. PAT. IN / FOREIGN COUNTRIES DES. PAT. PEND. / T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / MADE IN U.S.A." (c) "POLAROID / STUDY LAMP / MODEL-100" plus patent information as above.
Credit Line
Gift of Fifty/50
Accession Number
84.6
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