"Bubble" Cigar Lamp Designer: George Nelson (American, 1908–1986)
Designer: William Crosby Renwick (American, 1914–1992)
Manufacturer: Howard Miller Clock Company (American, founded 1926)

Designed 1947; introduced 1952

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Steel skeleton, vinyl webbing, plastic and metal electrical cord

Dimensions

16 3/4 × 10in. (42.545 × 25.4 cm)
other (Shade): 13 1/2 × 10in.(34.29 × 25.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Nancy Stiner

Accession Number

2004.110.16

Geography

Manufactured in Zeeland, Michigan, Designed in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Lighting Devices

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Provenance
Nancy Stiner, Hamden, Conn., by 2004
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 367, no. 257
  • "Acquisitions 2004," in "African Art at Yale," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2005), 202–3, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

lamps (lighting devices)

Marks

“[stylized x in circle] / BUBBLE / LIGHTING FIXTURES [sans serif] / PATENT APPLIED FOR [sans serif, smaller] / howard miller clock company [script] / ZEELAND MICHIGAN [sans serif, small font],” on gold label with black type and black border, affixed to underside of metal ring on base of lampshade; “YALE CO-OP,” in blue letters on torn price label affixed to side of electrical plug

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