Double Vision Lamp
Lamp
2002 (designed), 2002 (manufactured)
2002 (designed), 2002 (manufactured)
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Gitta Gschwendtner's Double Vision 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 by giving it the shape of a figure-of-eight. It is almost as if two circular lamp-shades had been grafted together, or one lampshade, like a single-cell creature, was in the process of dividing. This impression is increased because there is a light source in either end of the shade.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Double Vision Lamp (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pleated silk, steel frame, electric light fittings |
| Brief description | 'Double Vision Lamp', figure-of-eight shape plan with off-white pleated silk on steel frame, designed by Gitta Gschwendtner and manufactured by Innermost, London, 2002 |
| Physical description | Lamp shade made of pleated off-white silk, with a figure-of-eight plan, tapering towards the top, containing two electrical light fittings, with short metal legs to raise the shade above the table surface. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Innermost |
| Summary | Gitta Gschwendtner's Double Vision 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 by giving it the shape of a figure-of-eight. It is almost as if two circular lamp-shades had been grafted together, or one lampshade, like a single-cell creature, was in the process of dividing. This impression is increased because there is a light source in either end of the shade. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.8-2005 |
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| Record created | July 21, 2005 |
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