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Desk lamp
Designed by: Gilbert Rohde (American, 1894–1944)
Probably manufactured by: Mutual-Sunset Lamp Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Probably manufactured by: Mutual-Sunset Lamp Manufacturing Company, Inc.
designed about 1933
Object Place: Brooklyn, New York
Medium/Technique
Chrome-plated metal; brass
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 x 33 x 5.1 cm (6 1/2 x 13 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1437
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionThree adjoined, parallel, cylindrical tubes of chromed metal form the base. The left and right tubes end as rods with flat ends, while the center tube alone extends, rising up in an arch to support the lighting fixture. The element is cased in a hollow, cylindrical, chromed metal tube, which extends directly above the base, but is about two inches shorter in length than the base. At the juncture of the neck and the fixture, the end of the element casing is a full circle, with the cylindrical neck joining to the center of the end of the casing. As the casing extends outwards, the underside of the cylinder is cut away to expose the lighting element above, so that the casing's edge when it ends on this side is shaped as a circle with the bottom cut away. An electrical cord extends from the underside of the base of the neck.
Provenance2014, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)