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writing lamp history timeline
typology - (curved) arm with back-and forth movement, shade pivots up and down -


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1920s



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1920s



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by e.k. cole, england,1920s



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by peter behrens for AEG, germany



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by karl trabert for BAG turgi, switzerland,
designed in the bauhaus school, germany, 1920s



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usa, 1950



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'victoria', italy, 1930s



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bauhaus lamp, germany, 1930s



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french, 1930s



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by edouard-wilfrid buquet, 1927



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swiss lamp, 1940s



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hala lamp, austria, 1940.



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ST 2/400 SR by jean-luis domecq for jielde industrial, 1951




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modernist french design from the post war era



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english task lamp, 1950s




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dutch task lamp, 1960s



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arredoluce, italy, 1970's



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‘topo’ by joe colombo for stilnuovo, italy, 1970



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‘daphne’ ...



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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF WRITING LAMPS
a fascinating study showing hundreds of examples
© designboom
compiled by birgit lohmann
this history timeline is provided for educational purposes only,
no reproduction, re-use or transcription for any commercial purpose or use of the content or images is permitted.
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