DIMENSIONS: Approximately 17" Tall Base: 8" Shade Diameter: 11. Here is the large, iconic, mid century award winning desk lamp penned by Clay Michie for Knoll!
This lamp is an archetype of modernist mid century style with its long articulating. Chrome arm and saucer shade! This award winning lamp was used in books and magazines to illustrate what good "modern" lighting. Should look like and this lamp defined modern desk lamp design in the fifties!
Rare, metal diffuser it cuts a classic profile! This lamp is so well made it provides a striking contrast to new products of today! Years above the quality of current lamps being made today. Made to be worthless and scrap in a handful of years and their poor, imitative designs.Don't mask a soulless product. The chrome on this lamp is near mint! The metal shows very little wear for its 70 year journey. And is a testament to the quality of the metal, the finishing process and the design itself!
Today, people from all walks of life are waking up to a new dawn and realizing product quality is dropping. Vehicles, clothing, furnishings and homes are not made with the effort or. Care as in the past and to live well requires a new skill set - optimizing one's life with the. Best of products from the past. Many wonderful objects from this period will never be produced again and their quality will never be matched.
As the supply is limited and the population is ever growing, this lamp will only become even more. Valuable and miraculous with the passing of time. A generation from now such quality of construction. And materials will be almost perceived of as magic - the way our ancestors first reacted to light.Bulbs, photography, flight and the telephone. Light wear to the enamel.
Arm adjusts into countless positions providing enormous light! This iconic Clay Michie lamp will be a treasured object to enjoy in your. Palm Springs atomic ranch, NY penthouse or West Palm Beach estate!
This item is in the category "Collectibles\Vintage, Retro, Mid-Century\1950s". The seller is "gallery20th" and is located in this country: US.
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