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Designer Flemming Brylle and Preben Jacobsen Acrylic Desk Lamp

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Hepcats Haven

A large part of lighting from the Space Age/Mod era was acrylic lighting. This cool lamp was picked up last weekend while Mel and I were traveling around. There are some pieces that you know are designer without even knowing who designed it, and this was one of them.

This lamp is constructed of five (5) hard smokey grey acrylic support arches / legs that mushroom up from the bottom to the top. They form the basic skeleton of the lamp. They are connected to each other by varying sized pliable white plastic strips which together form the shade of the lamp.

They mask the light bulb which is housed inside.

Flemming Brylle & Preben Jacobsen

In 1965 the artist Flemming Brylle and industrial designer Preben Jacobsen invented the self assembly/ knock down system in modern lighting. They designed and produced a wide range of designs and spread them all over the world, millions per year. The last years Brylle/Jacobsen designs have been more popular than ever. The simple Scandinavian design make their designs a safe choice within contemporary lighting.

Mel and I came across another cool lamp but we have not been able to substantiate who is the designer. There are no makers marks or any identifying info on this lamp.

This is a cool table lamp and has styling similar to Canadian designer Douglas Ball.

We picked this lamp up the same time we picked up the Flemming Brylle and Preben Jacobsen Acrylic Desk Lamp.

If any of you readers out there know who this was designed by let me know, hopefully I don’t hear IKEA!

Source: https://deerstedt.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/flemming-brylle-preben-jacobsen-of-denmark/

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Fantastic Moss Lamp Trade

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Hepcats Haven

One day Mel and I were in the garage of our new home and a friendly face drove up and stopped right in front of our house. It was our friend Tom who Mel and I originally met at The Antique Company in Sacramento. Tom is such a socialite and he was soo eager to see the home we had just moved into. While we were showing him around he saw our oak leaf floor lamp.

Leaf Wire Lamp

When Tom saw this lamp he froze, turned to us and said, “I have the matching table lamps to that oak leaf floor lamp”. When he got home he texted over pics of the table lamps.

Tom suggested that we trade our floor lamp to complete his set for a Moss floor lamp he had. We were a little skeptical and also lamp heavy so we said we’d consider the trade after seeing his Moss lamp. Once he brought the Moss lamp over Mel and I were sold!

The lamp shade on this lamp is fantastic! The lamp has these cool Lucite rods that flank the brass center. The black bowl in the middle is a planter. This piece makes quite a statement in the room.

This shade has a great art deco pattern and is in amazing shape.

This lamp really goes well with the dancing Carlo of Hollywood pieces behind it.

This lamp will be a great companion to our pink butterfly frieze chair. We are so grateful to Tom for his trade and I think both parties are happy with the exchange.

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Moss Lamps Everywhere!!!!!!!!!

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Hepcats Haven

Mel and I fell in love with Moss lamps through a chance meeting with a gentleman we met off of a Craigslist pick. He showed us their true splendor and what an icon they are. We also have a Moss plaque and clock. Please enjoy the pictures I have attached. Most of the lamp shades have been restored.

Here is the history of the Moss empire off of the internet…

Moss Manufacturing Co. in San Francisco created the “lamps that spin” during the 1940s and 1950s. The lamps integrated motorized spinning platforms into their designs along with figurines from any number of ceramics firms during that era. These unique lamps had quite a visual impact. Most often the shades were “spun glass” and enormous in size.

Since metal was being rationed during World War II, Moss Mfg. decided to use plexiglass as the base material. Nevertheless, plexiglass turned out to be easy to work with and predominantly fitting for the fanciful Moss creations.

Thelma Moss, company co-owner, was the guiding force and motivation for the lamp designs. Duke Smith and John Disney were the designers who followed through by creating her vision.

Moss Mfg. quickly became known for other, sometimes, bizarre novelty items they created such as: aquarium lamps, fountain lamps, intercom lamps and more. There were even motorized “double shade” lamps with shades rotating in opposite directions independently. Some of the lamps were designed to double as clocks, music boxes, tables and room dividers.

The final Moss Lamps were produced in 1968. The rarity of the spun glass shades and use of plexiglass, along with the unconventional lamp designs, make these vintage lamps great collectibles today.

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