Table Lamp
Decorative Arts and Design
DESIGNER
Gilbert A. Watrous, 1918â1991
PRODUCER
Heifetz Manufacturing Company
MEDIUM
Aluminum, plastic, enameled and chrome-plated metal, rubber
DATES
Designed ca. 1955
DIMENSIONS
Lamp: 4 3/4 x 26 3/16 in. (12 x 66.5 cm)
Stand: 7 7/8 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (20 x 12.6 x 12.6 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2010.55.3
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Roy Poretsky through The Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Table lamp with magnetized steel ball pivot mechanism. White aluminum lamp shade with attached long stem and at center a magnetized steel ball, end of stem with black plastic covering for electric cable and plug; base: enameled and chrome metal with at top black plastic holder for magnetized steel ball.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Gilbert A. Watrous (1918â1991). Table Lamp, Designed ca. 1955. Aluminum, plastic, enameled and chrome-plated metal, rubber, Lamp: 4 3/4 x 26 3/16 in. (12 x 66.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Roy Poretsky through The Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design, 2010.55.3. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2010.55.3.jpg)
IMAGE
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