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Object Timeline

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1925

  • Work on this object began.

1935

  • Work on this object ended.

1968

  • We acquired this object.

2012

2025

  • You found it!

Hanging Lamp

This is a Hanging lamp. It is dated ca. 1930 and we acquired it in 1968. Its medium is glass, metal. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase through the gift of Mary A. Hearn, William Hindley, R.H. Hunt, James Hazen Hyde, Mrs. Richard Irvin, and Mrs. Talbot J. Taylor.

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Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 68.6 x 68.6 cm (27 x 27 in.)

Cite this object as

Hanging Lamp; glass, metal; H x diam.: 68.6 x 68.6 cm (27 x 27 in.); Museum purchase through the gift of Mary A. Hearn, William Hindley, R.H. Hunt, James Hazen Hyde, Mrs. Richard Irvin, and Mrs. Talbot J. Taylor; 1968-94-1

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