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1993

  • Work on this object began.

2000

  • We acquired this object.

2012

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2025

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Drawing, Five Table Lamp Designs, for Plycraft

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Karim Rashid and made for Plycraft. It is dated 1993 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is rollerball pen in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Karim Rashid. It is credited Gift of Karim Rashid.

Its dimensions are

43.0 x 35.6 cm (16 15/16 x 14 in. )

It is inscribed

Inscribed in rollerball pen in black, upper edge: Jan. 93; upper left: Plycraft./ [arrow pointing down] Plywood./[arrow pointing left and up] stainless steel-/[arrow pointing left] Turned wood.; in lower half of sheet, left: lamps; right: [arrow pointing left] Light inside

Cite this object as

Drawing, Five Table Lamp Designs, for Plycraft; Designed by Karim Rashid (Canadian, b. Egypt, 1960); Made for Plycraft; rollerball pen in black ink on paper; 43.0 x 35.6 cm (16 15/16 x 14 in. ); Gift of Karim Rashid; 2000-50-8

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