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<p>[QUOTE="User 67, post: 4718, member: 67"]I don't know that anyone made this form in the 1920s or the 1960s, however they did make it in the late 1940's and early 1950's. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen a wider or shallower, cone shaped, bass shade something like this, but it was on an obvious 1930's art deco base with deco decorations. I don't know what you should call the style. I would call it Modern. They also made knee hole desks with rounded corners at the same time that looked very Art Deco. Some people have called it 'post deco' or even 'deco revival', but I wouldn't go that far, as deco hadn't completely died, evidenced by these pieces. You know, there always seems to be a 'behind the times' or 'standard' style in office furniture catalogs. The deco style did have a way around office furnishings that would have still been understood by the early 1950's customer wanting that Louis B Mayer grand front office, even if they were a dinky insurance salesman or dentist.</p><p><br /></p><p>The actual genre name may not be as important as its appearance and use. B, is right in calling it a television lamp, because that bare bulb would be horrible staring up from a low end table, but on a t.v. it would be perfect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could see it on a shelf, too.</p><p>It would fit with both deco and modern furnishings, and because it looks like the office furniture of the 1950s, it also would go with industrial loft decor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="User 67, post: 4718, member: 67"]I don't know that anyone made this form in the 1920s or the 1960s, however they did make it in the late 1940's and early 1950's. I have seen a wider or shallower, cone shaped, bass shade something like this, but it was on an obvious 1930's art deco base with deco decorations. I don't know what you should call the style. I would call it Modern. They also made knee hole desks with rounded corners at the same time that looked very Art Deco. Some people have called it 'post deco' or even 'deco revival', but I wouldn't go that far, as deco hadn't completely died, evidenced by these pieces. You know, there always seems to be a 'behind the times' or 'standard' style in office furniture catalogs. The deco style did have a way around office furnishings that would have still been understood by the early 1950's customer wanting that Louis B Mayer grand front office, even if they were a dinky insurance salesman or dentist. The actual genre name may not be as important as its appearance and use. B, is right in calling it a television lamp, because that bare bulb would be horrible staring up from a low end table, but on a t.v. it would be perfect. I could see it on a shelf, too. It would fit with both deco and modern furnishings, and because it looks like the office furniture of the 1950s, it also would go with industrial loft decor.[/QUOTE]
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