Table Lamp

Donald Deskey|Deskey-Vollmer, Inc.

1927 · Chrome-plated metal, glass · Modern and Contemporary Art

Donald Deskey was a pioneer in the professionalization and growth of industrial design in the United States during the 1930s. From his first designs for department store window displays to his sumptuous furnishings for the interiors of Radio City Music Hall, Deskey designed many of the icons that define an American modern style. With its sharp zig-zag profile and its mirror polished chrome, this lamp distills into a compact and punchy object the essence of Deskey’s talent for design. The lamp is the very embodiment of the sleek, machined aesthetics of industrial design’s rise during the fast-paced, style-driven interwar period.

Artist

Donald Deskey|Deskey-Vollmer, Inc.

Date

1927

Medium

Chrome-plated metal, glass

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, 2014