Physical Qualities
Wood, metal, 7 x 6 x 2 3/4 in. (17.8 x 15.2 x 7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore
Object Number
2001.415
BEDROOM OR OFFICE
At the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, Gilbert Rohde displayed this chrome-plated desk lamp model in a full-scale display home decorated with mass-produced objects for middle-class consumers. Called Design for Living, the house showed how Depression-era designers incorporated the latest
technology—like alarm clocks and night lights—into simple designs produced in cost-effective materials. The family grandfather clock or candle of 50 years before was now a stylish electric accessory, only an arm’s reach away on a personal desk or bedside table.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore, MD by 2001
"Modern Clocks, designed by Gilbert Rohde" promotional brochure
Ross, Phyllis, "Gilbert Rohde: Modern Design for Modern Living" Yale University Press, 2009. Fig. 53, p. 90.
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