Cigar "Bubble" Hanging Lamp

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Cigar "Bubble" Hanging Lamp

Designed 1947-1950

Designed by George Nelson Associates, New York (1947–present) Made from 1952 to present by Howard Miller Clock Company, Zeeland, Michigan (1926–present)

George Nelson Associates was one of a number of American design firms that during and following World War II experimented with technologies that had been developed for wartime purposes. In the design of the lamps in the Bubble series, the firm used a spray-on plastic known as Cocoon that had been used as a protective coating for battleships and other types of military equipment in storage.

Special Exhibition Galleries, second floor (Dorrance Galleries)

Object Details

Titles:

Cigar "Bubble" Hanging Lamp

Date:

Designed 1947-1950

Artists:

Designed by George Nelson Associates, New York (1947–present) Made from 1952 to present by Howard Miller Clock Company, Zeeland, Michigan (1926–present)

Medium:

Translucent plastic, metal

Dimensions:

33 x 13 inches (83.8 x 33 cm)

Classification:

Lighting

Credit Line:

Gift of Howard Miller Clock Company, 1983

Accession Number:

1983-128-1

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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