Pair of Gilbert Rohde American Art Deco Table Lamps with Glass Bases

This pair of American art deco table lamps was designed by Gilbert RohdeGilbert Rohde
American [1894 - 1944] 

Gilbert Rohde was one of the pioneers of American Modern design. Starting in the late 1920's, Rohde designed furniture for clients and his own furniture retailed by others. In 1930 he designed a line of furniture for Heywood Wakefield and beginning in 1930 until 1944 he designed for Herman Miller Company, using a variety of new materials and techniques. While Rohde designed for several other furniture manufacturers his work for Herman Miller remains his best work and some of the best work of the period. Rohde's designs for clocks for the Herman Miller Company and lamps for the Mutual Sunset Lamp Company are classics of the Art Deco era. ***We are actively buying Gilbert Rohde furniture as well as other top designers and art deco furniture from the period. Please contact us if you are wishing to sell.*** Contact Us: (305) 442-8743 [email protected]
Click to Read More (1894 - 1944) for the Mutual Sunset Lamp Company, Brooklyn, New York in the 1930’s. A four inch square base holds a vertical shaft and circle, all in brushed nickel. The base is horizontally divided in three parts...the 1930’s speed motif. On each side of the central shaft clear one inch diameter solid clear glass tubes catch the light from the original milk glass diffuser. The beige linen type shades are new and the lamps have been rewired. The lamps are 23 ½ “ tall and are in excellent original condition. Each lamp is marked “MSLC” (Mutual Sunset lamp company) and “4600” (the model number)

Reference# TL037

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