Table Lamps
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Sayar & Garibeh, Lebanon, 2020
Unique sculptural table lamp in foam and ceramic. Designed and made by Sayar & Garibeh, Lebanon, 2020.
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Olga Lee
Ralph O. Smith, the small midcentury lighting manufactory located in Burbank, California, is best known for producing the acclaimed low-cost lamps designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman. In addition to this collaboration, the company also made this table lamp using the same industrial metals for Olga Lee, who at the time was designing lights, textiles, furniture, and interiors in a Los Angeles studio she shared with husband Milo Baughman. Retailing for $29.50 at the time, the model ended up becoming one of the most exhibited table lamps of the Good Design movement and was featured in Good Design, MoMA, in 1952, in the Everyday Art Gallery at the Walker Art Center in 1953, and California Design at the Pasadena Art Museum in 1954.
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The lamp is in the permanent collection of LACMA, and another example is on long term loan to the MFA Boston for their Women Take the Floor exhibition. Although famous, this table lamp is quite rare, and less than twenty examples in various colors are known to exist today.
Table Lamp in spun aluminum, tubular steel, cast iron. Designed by Olga Lee, USA, 1952-54.
Produced by Ralph O. Smith, Burbank, CA.
21" L x 13" W x 24" H
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Greta Von Nessen
Pop quiz: Who is the only woman to have her work of industrial design featured on a US Postage Stamp? The answer is Greta Von Nessen and her popular Anywhere lamp. The Swedish-born designer’s early career was overshadowed by her German-born husband, Walter Von Nessen. When he died suddenly in 1943, however, she took the reins of their American company Nessen Studios and began producing her own designs as well as revising some of his prewar classics. The Anywhere lamp is a marvel of postwar low-cost design. It can be positioned anywhere, from table to wall or ceiling, and was manufactured in the classic industrial materials of aluminum and sheet steel, as seen in other lamps in this exhibition. Priced at $29.50 (the same as Olga Lee’s lamp), the Anywhere lamp was exhibited in the inaugural Good Design exhibition at MoMA from November 21, 1950, to January 28, 1951. Today the lamp can be found in numerous museum collections.
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"Anywhere" lamp in blue enameled aluminum and steel
Designed by Greta Von Nessen for Nessen Studio, USA, circa 1951.
13" L x 13" W x 15" H
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Stilnovo
The origins of the name Stilnovo (“new style” in Italian) go as far back as the thirteenth century, as a poetic movement developed in Florence between 1280 and 1310 that had among its leaders Dante Alighieri. Seven centuries later, industrialist Bruno Gatta founded Stilnovo in Milan, sharing with its poetic predecessor the desire for a genuinely Italian elegance. The company soon became an essential player in postwar Italian design by partnering with the biggest names in the field, like Achille Castiglioni and Joe Colombo (whose Stilnovo collaboration is also part of this exhibition). This 1968 lamp reflects Stilnovo’s design principles by combining an aluminum base with over-imposed glass domes—a bold geometry that questions the relationship between form and function.
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Round table lamp with enameled aluminum base and colored glass shades.
Produced by Stilnovo, Italy, 1968.
15.75" H x 11.81" D
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Archizoom Associati
Arguably the most influential group of Italian Radical design, Archizoom was founded in Florence around 1964 by Andrea Branzi, Massimo Morozzi, Gilberto Corretti, and Paolo Deganello (in 1968 Dario and Lucia Bartolini also became involved). In 1968, Poltronova founder Sergio Cammilli suggested to the group the use of industrial aluminum cans, destined to be food containers, as a design material. Thus “Tizio, Caio, Sempronio” came about (these names are standard placeholders in Italy for unidentified people, like “Tom, Dick, and Harry”). The lamp, ashtray, and vase were decorated to imitate precious stones, which served as a critical commentary on modernism—which rejected surface decoration and altered materials, and consumerism—which promoted the uncontrolled desire for luxury.
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Table lamp in steel and anodized aluminum with abstract patterning, from the "Tizio, Caio, Sempronio" series. The lamp is part of a matching set with a flower vase and an ashtray.
Designed by Archizoom Associati, produced by Poltronova, Italy, 1968.
14" H x 6.5" D
SM7076
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Superstudio, Italy, 1972
Prototype "Lampada Alabastro" table lamp in alabaster and metal. Designed by Superstudio and produced in San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy, 1972.
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Architecture and design collective Superstudio was founded in Florence in 1966, and soon became one of the most influential exponents of the Radical Movement: their "anti-architecture" at once rejected design and made it all-encompassing. Alessandro Poli joined the group in 1970 and was responsible for the design of this table lamp. In this piece, the architect combined the ancient material alabaster with the minimal geometry that the group is known for in all scales of their work. -
Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
"E.T." Table Lamp. 2019. Handmade ceramic and handblown glass.
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Jeff Zimmerman, USA, 2015
Unique "Crystal Cave" illuminated sculpture in hand-blown black soda glass.
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Superstudio for Poltronova, Italy, 1967.
Superstudio. "Gherpe" table lamp in acrylic, chrome-plated steel, and plastic. Produced by Poltronova, Italy, 1967. Signed with decal manufacturer's label: [Design Centre Made in Italy].
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Joe Colombo for Kartell, Italy, 1965.
Table lamp in orange and white plastic. Designed by Joe Colombo, produced by Kartell, Italy, 1965.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman for Ralph O. Smith, USA, circa 1950.
Table lamp in putty-colored enameled aluminum on a chrome-plated steel base with one cone shade and one "Cobra" shade. Designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman for Ralph O. Smith, California, circa 1950. Good condition; paint has been touched up and the lamp has been rewired.
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Giotto Stoppino for Tronconi, Italy, 1972
"Isos" table lamp in enameled aluminum. Designed by Giotto Stoppino for Tronconi, Italy, 1972.
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Livio Castiglioni and Gianfranco Frattini for Artemide, Italy, 1970.
Triple "Boalum" lamp in tubular gray plastic. Designed by Livio Castiglioni and Gianfranco Frattini, produced by Artemide, Italy, 1970.
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The Haas Brothers, USA, 2014.
Unique "Deadrock Rasta" medium Stein Shine lamp hand-carved in Pele de Tigre marble with glass shade. Edition of 3 plus 2 APs. #1.
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Rogan Gregory, USA, 2017
Sculptural desk lamp in cast and patinated bronze.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
"Delight" Table Lamp. Handmade ceramic, handblown glass.
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Lapo Binazzi, Italy, 1985
"Scarica Elettrica" table lamp in enameled steel and brass with a neon tube.
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Originally designed by Lapo Binazzi for Global Tools in 1973.
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Sebastian ErraZuriz, USA, 2018
Sebastian ErraZuriz. "Chicken Lamp." Taxidermy chicken and electrical components. USA, 2018. Number 1 from the Edition of 12.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
Available for custom commission. Unique "E.T." Table Lamp. Handmade ceramic, handblown glass.
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Joe Colombo, Italy, 1965
Designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce
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Rogan Gregory, USA, 2019
Unique "Fertility Form" table lamp in hand-carved stone with brass hardware.
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The Haas Brother, USA, 2019
Unique "Stone Cusak" Stein Shine lamp hand-carved in Pele de Tigre marble with glass shade. Designed and made by The Haas Brothers, USA, 2014. Edition of 3 plus 2 APs. #1.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
Unique "E.T." Table Lamp by Pierre Yovanovitch, Paris, 2019. Handmade ceramic. Handblown glass.
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The Haas Brothers, USA, 2015
Available for custom commission. Zoidberg lamps in polished cast bronze with blown glass shades.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2019
"Delight" Table Lamp, 2019. Handmade ceramic, Handblown glass.
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$7,500 -
Rogan Gregory, USA, 2019
Unique "Fertility Form" table lamp in hand-carved stone.
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Katie Stout, USA, 2017
Unique "Boy Lamp" in pink glazed ceramic with penis switch and pulled clay textured shade.
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"They are a pair. I made the female right side up and the male upside down, because that seemed about right. :)" says Katie Stout -
Jeff Zimmerman, USA, 2019
Unique Crystal Cluster table lamp in translucent white and dark blue hand-blown glass.
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Lapo Binazzi
Appropriating the famed Hollywood logo of MGM Studios as the framework for this table lamp, Lapo Binazzi and the UFO collective removed “Leo the Lion” and replaced him with two bulbs and an umbrella. The ribbons of sheet steel used here are strictly decorative, in keeping with the Italian radical design movement’s emphasis on symbolism over function. The present example in sky blue is from the very first production of the model at the time of the Salone del Mobile, Milan, in 1971. Formerly in the collection of the late Jim Walrod, this lamp was signed by the artist on the occasion of R & Company’s 2016 exhibition on Binazzi and UFO.
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, became the first American institution to acquire this lamp model as part of its recent acquisition of the Dennis Freedman Collection.
Lapo Binazzi. "MGM" table lamp in blue enameled steel.
Designed by Lapo Binazzi, Italy, 1969.
Produced by UFO, Italy.
39" L x 9" W x 21.5" H
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Jeff Zimmerman, USA, 2015
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Joe Colombo, Italy, 1970
Designed by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo
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Joe Colombo
Cesare “Joe” Colombo was one of the most disruptive designers of mid-century Italy. After studying art and architecture in the early 1950s, Colombo took over the family’s electric appliance business in 1959 and began designing objects, interiors, and architecture to great acclaim. Among his many collaborations with the avant-garde lighting company Stilnovo, the Topo series showcases Colombo’s more modernist traits, with a twist. A slender metal tube structures both horizontal and vertical parts of the lamp base and carries the electrical cord to the top. The metallic shade, under certain angles, reveals the “topo” figure (mouse, in Italian). Colombo used this little rodent form in other models of table and floor lamps, but the Mini is undoubtedly its most successful application.
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MoMA and other important institutions have acquired the Topo for their permanent collections.
"Mini Topo" ("Mini Mouse") Lamp in chromed tubular and lacquered sheet steel.
Designed by Joe Colombo for Stilnovo, Italy, 1970. 8" W x 16" H x 10" D
TL309
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George Nelson, USA, 1960s
Metal frames and woven shades.
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Rogan Gregory, USA, 2019
Unique "Fertility Form" table lamp.
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Unknown, Italy, 1950s
Table lamp in polished brass and lacquered aluminum. Retains the original manufacturer's label. Produced by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1950
This lamp, marketed initially as Lamp style No. 903-T and sold as a partnership between Ralph O. Smith Modern Lamps and Fixtures and Magnusson Grossman Design, utilizes the Cobra and the bullet-shaped shades, as well as innovative flexible arms. The collection was available in ten colors, including the pistachio green of this model that was ever-present in that period as a modern and fashionable hue.
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Table lamp in enameled aluminum on a chrome-plated steel base with one cone shade and one "Cobra" shade. -
Lapo Binazzi for UFO, Italy, 2018
"Dollaro" table lamp in marble, wood and gilt metal.
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Unknown, Italy, 1950s
Table lamp in brass with cast iron base and opal-colored glass shade. Italy, 1950s.
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Katie Stout, USA, 2017
Unique "Girl Lamp" in hand-built and painted ceramic with hand-embroidered basketball shade.
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Sebastian ErraZuriz, USA, 2018
Chicken Lamp. Taxidermy chicken and electrical components.
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Rogan Gregory, USA, 2016
Table lamp in solid cherry burl.
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James Harvey Crate
If one could crown a winner of “the most famous design exhibited at MoMA by an otherwise completely obscure designer,” it might very well be James Harvey Crate. His T-C-3 lamp received Third Prize in MoMA’s Low-Cost Lighting Competition of 1951 and was shown in the New Lamps exhibition at the museum between March and June of that year. Crate was a 25-year-old designer at General Motors when he beat out hundreds of other entries for one of the prizes—the only significant recognition he would receive in his career. Crate’s one-hit wonder is a design icon of the Atomic Age. As MoMA’s curators wrote at the time, “the main feature of this lamp is the hyperbolic funnel” in aluminum, which projects the light outward towards the reflector disc, and can be adjusted using the three steel legs with cork ball feet. The resulting shadows that project against any white wall capture MoMA’s stated aim of bringing modern art into one’s life.
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The T-C-3 lamp was produced in extremely limited quantities by the Heifetz Company in New York. Examples are in the collection of Brooklyn Museum and Cooper Hewitt.
Table Lamp, model T-C-3, in spun aluminum, enameled metal, steel, cork.
Designed by James Harvey Crate, USA, 1950. Manufactured by Heifetz Manufacturing Co., New York.
13" L x 13.5" W x 24" H
TL531
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Rogan Gregory, USA, 2017
Unique sculptural table lamp in patinated cast bronze.
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Unknown, Italy, 1970s
Chromed steel and black lacquered table lamp with a cast iron weight. Made by Lumenform, Scorzè, 1970s.
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Rogan Gregory, USA, 2018
Available for custom commission unique Fertility Form table lamp in hand-carved honey calcite stone.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1949
"Cobra" lamp in aluminum and steel, original paint in excellent condition. Designed for Ralph O. Smith, Burbank, CA.
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Unknown, Sweden, 1950s
Desk lamp with bronze base and black painted aluminum shade.
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Katie Stout, USA, 2017
Unique Girl Lamp in ceramic with purple single-girl base and aqua textured shade
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1948
The Cobra table lamp was notably included in the inaugural Good Design exhibition at MoMA in 1950. In addition, the Cobra was selected for MoMA’s Design for Use European roadshow in 1951, showcased at the American Pavilion of the 1951 Milan Triennale, and listed as one of the “Popular Sellers from Good Design 1950-1954” in the Good Design 5th anniversary publication. The Cobra was one of Grossman’s first collaborations with lighting company Ralph O. Smith, a small father-and-son machine shop in Burbank, California, which would make most of her lighting fixtures, as well as of other modern designers like Olga Lee.
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"Cobra" table lamp in enameled aluminum on a chrome-plated steel base. Manufactured by Ralph O. Smith, California, 1948. Signed with decal label to shade: [Patent Pending]. -
Adalberto Dal Lago for Bilumen, Italy, circa 1970
Table lamp in chromed metal.
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G. Raimondi for Studioluce, Italy, circa 1970
"The Snail" table lamp in yellow lacquered metal.
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Filippo Panseca, produced by Kartell, Italy, 1968
"Lamp 4043" in chrome, perspex, and mirrored glass.
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Michele De Lucchi for Memphis, Italy, 1981
"Oceanic" lamp.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2017
"Little Zou!" Table Lamp. Hand-cast blown glass, handcrafted iron base. Made to order.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, circa 1950
Table lamp in black enameled aluminum on a chrome-plated steel base with one cone shade and one "Cobra" shade. Designed for Ralph O. Smith Co., Burbank, California.
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Rogan Gregory, USA, 2017
Fertility Form table lamp in hand-carved honey brown calcite.
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Jeff Zimmerman, USA, 2015
Unique "Crystal Cave" illuminated sculpture in hand-blown black soda glass.
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Rogan Gregory, USA, 2016
Table lamp in polished bronze.
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Lapo Binazzi, Italy, 1975
"Knife" table lamp in walnut and colored plexiglas. Originally designed by Lapo Binazzi, Florence, Italy, 1975. This example is from the edition of twelve, 2011.
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Unknown, Italy, 1950s
Table lamp in blue lacquered metal with brass base. Produced by Lumen, Italy, 1950s.
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Unknown, Italy, 1968
Round table lamp with enameled aluminum base and colored glass shades. Produced by Stilnovo.
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Katie Stout, USA, 2019
Unique "Girl Lamp" in hand-built and painted ceramic
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"I can't really take responsibility for these; I just usher them into existence. They are just two people enjoying a smooch." says Katie Stout
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Lapo Binazzi, Italy
"MGM Lamp" in pink painted metal.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1948
Task lamp in aluminum and brass; original black paint in excellent condition for Ralph O. Smith, Burbank, California.
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Pierre Yovanovitch, France, 2017
"E.T." Table Lamp. Handmade ceramic and hand-blown glass.
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Lapo Binazzi, Italy
"Knife" table lamp in walnut and colored plexiglas.
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Originally designed in 1975.
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Sebastian ErraZuriz, USA, 2018
Sebastian ErraZuriz. "Chicken Lamp." Taxidermy chicken and electrical components. USA, 2018. Number 1 from the Edition of 12.
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Greta Magnusson Grossman, USA, 1948
In the late 1940s, Grossman designed a groundbreaking and successful line of lamps for Barker Brothers, produced by Ralph O. Smith in Burbank, California. This lamp was later sold directly by its makers, announced as a partnership between Magnusson Grossman Design and Ralph O. Smith MFG Co. Originally called the Style No. 732, this lamp used components that Grossman would rearrange for use on various models. Despite the success of these works, however, the Smiths’ limited production facilities meant that all elements were produced in a rather small quantity.
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Task lamp in aluminum and brass with original dark green paint. Designed for Ralph O. Smith, Burbank, California. -
Jeff Zimmerman, USA, 2015
Unique "Crystal Cave" illuminated sculpture in hand-blown black soda glass
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Rogan Gregory, USA, 2018
Unique Fertility Form table lamp in hand-carved stone.
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