Hugging Lamp
Lamp
2002 (designed), 2002 (manufactured)
2002 (designed), 2002 (manufactured)
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Gitta Gschwendtner's Hugging lamp is a play on the form of a traditional lamp shade. Pleated silk over a metal frame is a conventional way to make such an object, but the designer has subverted the form of the lamp. From one side it looks more or less conventional, but the other side has a deep indent from top to bottom. The indent means the lamp can be wrapped around the leg of a piece of furniture, giving rise to its name. It is one of a series of lamps based on subverted forms of lampshades that the designer initially developed for an exhibition called 'The Uncanny Room'.
Object details
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| Title | Hugging Lamp (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pleated silk, steel frame, electric light fittings |
| Brief description | 'Hugging Lamp', off-white pleated silk on steel frame with deep indent on one side, designed by Gitta Gschwendtner and manufactured by Innermost, London, 2002 |
| Physical description | Lamp shade made of pleated off-white silk, roughly semi-circular in plan and tapering towards the top, with a deep indent on one side to enable it to be wrapped around the leg of a piece of furniture. |
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| Credit line | Given by Innermost |
| Summary | Gitta Gschwendtner's Hugging lamp is a play on the form of a traditional lamp shade. Pleated silk over a metal frame is a conventional way to make such an object, but the designer has subverted the form of the lamp. From one side it looks more or less conventional, but the other side has a deep indent from top to bottom. The indent means the lamp can be wrapped around the leg of a piece of furniture, giving rise to its name. It is one of a series of lamps based on subverted forms of lampshades that the designer initially developed for an exhibition called 'The Uncanny Room'. |
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| Accession number | W.9-2005 |
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| Record created | July 21, 2005 |
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