 Moss LampA Moss lamp is hard to forget. These plexiglas lamps from the 1940s and ‘50s were made to be bizzare and original. Produced by San Francisco’s Moss Manufacturing Company, the lamps were made as a responce to metal rationing during world war II. Company owner Gerry Moss turned to staff designer Duke Smith who turned to a new material--plexiglas. Developed in 1934, plexi had a number of points in its favor: it was inexpensive, it was novel, and perhaps, most importantly, it wasn’t rationed. This retro lamp is the epitome of 50`s verve and fun. The scribbling pattern on the paper sides of this lamp is reminiscent of the art of Cy Twombly and the whole effect of this piece is one of art and fifties whimsy. The top light works and the lamp base has a florescent light inside it that needs to be replaced (Sylvania f8t5/cw U.S.A.). This is a set of TWO lamps. |
