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gerspee

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Fifties standing lamp made by ?
« on: May 08, 2015, 02:21:21 pm »
Brass with aluminium and fibreglass hood . Foot very heavy metal and brass connection at the to is marked DGM .  Would like to know country off origin and maybe designer ?  So who's knows more and something similar maybe ?

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Re: Fifties standing lamp made by ?
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2015, 06:29:47 pm »
Doesn`t remind me of any known designers of mid century modern but let Frogpatch look at it !! He may know !!

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Re: Fifties standing lamp made by ?
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2015, 09:56:54 pm »
I can't tell you much, but I used to think that DGM stood for something like "Deutsches Gebrauchsmuster"(sp?) or "German Utility Model". Basically protected by a utility patent under German law. I'm probably wrong.

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Re: Fifties standing lamp made by ?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2015, 08:30:36 pm »
I spent a half hour trying to find anything without success. What I can say is that is an excellent example of a mid century floor lamp. I would expect a return of around 200.00 to 300.00, or more, selling it on line in NY, LA, Miami or several other metro areas. The cone shaped socket holders and the fiberglass shade are classic. I checked several companies but as Rauville said, I feel it is European due to the heavy cast aluminum base. I like it a lot.

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Re: Fifties standing lamp made by ?
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2015, 06:01:02 am »
Here's a better picture off the lamp and shows the way the bow is . The foot is made off steel very thick and heavy to keep the weight off the lamp itself .

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Re: Fifties standing lamp made by ?
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2015, 07:45:07 am »
Very graceful. Yeah, steel would make a lot more sense.

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Re: Fifties standing lamp made by ?
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2015, 12:47:28 am »
It is a very nice lamp and only found this link in connection DGM and a lamp . http://catalog.quittenbaum.de/object_detail_Arbeitsleuchte_1950er_Jahre_Finnland__69693__list_objects__M_110A__0__eng

So maybe same factory ?