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Desk lamp

designed 1926, manufactured 1979
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Desk lamp
  • Artist: Sybold Van Ravesteyn (Dutch, Rotterdam 1889–1983 Laren)
  • Date: designed 1926, manufactured 1979
  • Medium: Chrome-plated steel, Polyphenylene oxide (PPO), Gum, NItrile rubber
  • Dimensions: 12 3/8 × 5 7/8 × 17 3/16 in., 1.3 lb., (31.4 × 15 cm, 17 3/16 in., 0.6 kg)
  • Classification: Lighting
  • Credit Line: Gift of the designer, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.237
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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