Gilbert Rohde and Mutual-Sunset Lamp Manufacturing Co.
Desk Lamp
1927
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Physical Qualities
Chrome, steel, brass, 7 x 14 x 2 3/4 in. (17.8 x 35.6 x 7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore
Object Number
2001.414
Painted brass cylindrical lamp with chrome-plated steel base.
Desk lamp, chrome-plated steel and brass. C-shaped base composed of three continguous chrome-plated steel rods; the center rod curves and rises in C-shape to carry a straight, cylindrical brass shade painted (paralell to base). Bottom of hollow shade is flat with bulb fitting within.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore, MD by 2001
Ross, Phyllis, Gilbert Rohde: Modern Design for Modern Living, Yale University Press, 2009, Fig. 58.
Inscribed: Unmarked
Manufacturer
Mutual-Sunset Lamp Manufacturing Co.
American, active 1910 - 1993
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On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 04/Stairwell Case 1
