Drawings of an inverted white triangle wall mounted sconce with blue stripes with a metal tip and top. On the left shows it in side view as if mounted on the wall, while on the right is a frontal view.

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Object ID #890290267

This is a Drawing.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

It is dated 1931. Its medium is gouache on paper. It is a part of the Smithsonian Libraries department.

In addition to producing lighting fixtures in a range of historical styles, the major American lighting manufacturer Edward F. Caldwell & Company expanded their offerings in modern styles. This set of brackets or sconces follows the popular conical silhouette of the period.

It is credited Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library.

Floor Lamp (USA)
chrome-plated metal.
Gift of Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
2009-17-1

Table Lamp
turned aluminum, brass, molded bakelite.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2016-5-14

Table Lamp
glass and nickel-plated metal.
Private Midwest collection.
32.2016.1

Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

Object ID #890290261
gouache on paper.
Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library.
43.2016.6

Lamp
38.5 x 16.5 x 18.5 cm (15 3/16 x 6 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.).
Gift of Mrs. Paul Dahlstrom.
1978-7-3

Its dimensions are

L x W: 76.2 × 57.2 cm (30 in. × 22 1/2 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2mEYhc/
Accession Number 43.2016.9
Object ID 890290267