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Object Timeline

1920

  • Work on this object began.

1935

  • Work on this object ended.

1982

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Floor Lamp (Germany)

This is a floor lamp. It is dated ca. 1930 and we acquired it in 1982. Its medium is bronze, parchment(?). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Ruth Vollmer. It is credited Bequest of Ruth Vollmer.

  • Ascent Lamp
  • lathed, anodized and painted aluminum sheet, technopolymer, polyurethane rubber.
  • Courtesy of Luceplan.
  • s-e-1811

Its dimensions are

H x diam. (base): 174 x 54.5 cm (5 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 21 7/16 in.) H x diam. ((shade)): 28 x 92.5 cm (11 in. x 36 7/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Floor Lamp (Germany); bronze, parchment(?); H x diam. (base): 174 x 54.5 cm (5 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 21 7/16 in.) H x diam. ((shade)): 28 x 92.5 cm (11 in. x 36 7/16 in.); Bequest of Ruth Vollmer; 1982-26-6-a,b

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