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Polaroid Desk Lamp 114

Designer Walter Dorwin Teague American
Designer Frank Del Giudice American
1939
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  • Title: Polaroid Desk Lamp 114
  • Designer: Walter Dorwin Teague (American, Decatur, Indiana 1883–1960 Flemington, New Jersey)
  • Designer: Frank Del Giudice (American, New York 1917–1993 Seattle, Washington)
  • Manufacturer: Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA
  • Date: 1939
  • Medium: phenol-formaldehyde (Bakelite) with asbestos, aluminum, cellulose acetate
  • Dimensions: 12 3/4 × 11 5/8 × 10 in., 4 lb. (32.4 × 29.5 × 25.4 cm, 1.8 kg)
  • Classification: Lighting
  • Credit Line: John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, 2001
  • Object Number: 2001.722.2
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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