Model 114 Desk Lamp

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1937

Designer

Walter Dorwin Teague, American, 1883 - 1960

Frank J. Del Giudice, American, 1917 - 1993

Description

Sloping trapezoidal Bakelite shade mounted on angled inverted cone-shaped aluminum shaft on domed black Bakelite base with cylindrical metal switch at front; underside of shade covered with cellulose film panel.

Credit Line

Gift of George R. Kravis II

Date

1939

Accession Number

2015-5-11

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

lighting

Decorative Arts

Object Name

lamp

Type

lamp

Medium

aluminum, Bakelite (TM), metal, lamp cord

Dimensions

H x W x D: 33.3 × 25.4 × 23.2 cm (13 1/8 in. × 10 in. × 9 1/8 in.)

manufactured in

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4786a7d69-3af1-4bb4-952f-76e6461f3d15

Record ID

chndm_2015-5-11