Lot 69
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A 'POLAROID No.114' BAKELITE PLASTIC AND ALUMINIUM DESK LAMP, designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, circa 1939, the black hooded shade supported by a slanted, conical aluminum stem on a bakelite raised round base, with cooling vents in the hood and the stem--13 in. (33 cm.) high

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A 'POLAROID No.114' BAKELITE PLASTIC AND ALUMINIUM DESK LAMP, designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, circa 1939, the black hooded shade supported by a slanted, conical aluminum stem on a bakelite raised round base, with cooling vents in the hood and the stem--13 in. (33 cm.) high

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cf. Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986, p.71; Martin Eidelberg, Design 1935-1965, What Modern Was, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991, p. 80; Richard Guy Wilson, et al., The Machine Age in America, 1918-1941, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 334, for illustrations of similar models

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