Joe Colombo
Spider Table Lamp

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Spider Table Lamp
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DesignerItalian, 1930–1971
Manufacturerestablished 1945
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Spider Table Lamp
Datedesigned 1965, made 1969
MediumMetal, chrome-plated metal, enamel, melamine, and 75-watt Cornalux incandescent bulb
DimensionsOverall: 50 1/4 × 28 × 3 3/4 in. (127.6 × 71.1 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of Anna Walker
Object number2021.428
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Milan, 1999; Private collection, Chicago, 2020; [Casati Gallery, Chicago]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition History"Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 16, 2021; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, July 2–September 21, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Old label visible on chrome base, but no text remains.

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