- Product:
- Holiday House table lamp
- Manufacturer:
- Wright
- Architonic ID:
- 4101947
- Launched:
- 1950
- Country:
- United States
- Category:
- Lighting
- Address
- Telephone
- Website
Key facts
Product description
Enameled aluminum and steel
261⁄2dia x 241⁄2h
In 1950, George Nelson approached Holiday magazine to sponsor an “experiment in living” that would serve to illustrate the new style of living. Completed in 1951, The “Holiday House”answered to push-button controls and “leisure qualities. . . [were] built in.” Intercoms connected each space with the next, and the lighting was dimmed by remote control. The house was published in several books and magazines of the period, including Holiday, Interiors, and Nelson’s own Living Spaces. Original drawings for the house illustrate this lamp on a coffee table in the living room, and each publication pictures the lamp design in that room. Part of a series of lighting prototypes developed specifically for the house, this lamp was never commercially produced. The lamp features a large parasol deflector raised on three rod legs. The legs suspend a cylinder which contains the bulb and the original dimmer dial sits underneath. A truly rare example of mid-century lighting.
261⁄2dia x 241⁄2h
In 1950, George Nelson approached Holiday magazine to sponsor an “experiment in living” that would serve to illustrate the new style of living. Completed in 1951, The “Holiday House”answered to push-button controls and “leisure qualities. . . [were] built in.” Intercoms connected each space with the next, and the lighting was dimmed by remote control. The house was published in several books and magazines of the period, including Holiday, Interiors, and Nelson’s own Living Spaces. Original drawings for the house illustrate this lamp on a coffee table in the living room, and each publication pictures the lamp design in that room. Part of a series of lighting prototypes developed specifically for the house, this lamp was never commercially produced. The lamp features a large parasol deflector raised on three rod legs. The legs suspend a cylinder which contains the bulb and the original dimmer dial sits underneath. A truly rare example of mid-century lighting.