 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 little number sports a fine red shade that sits a bit on the dangerous side. There aren`t many things that say retro like a Moss lamp. They have become popular recently among Hollywood actors, musicians, and celebrities. |
