"Cobra" Table Lamp, circa 1946
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Industrial designer Jean Otis Reinecke is not very well known today, but the products he designed certainly are. He designed numerous iconic products of the 20th century, including the 3M Scotch tape dispenser, McGraw Electric Company's Toastmaster model 19B, which became the model for all other toasters for decades to follow, as well as this "Cobra" Table Lamp for Faries Manufacturing Company.
Industrial designer Jean Otis Reinecke is not very well known today, but the products he designed certainly are. He designed numerous iconic products of the 20th century, including the 3M Scotch tape dispenser, McGraw Electric Company's Toastmaster model 19B, which became the model for all other toasters for decades to follow, as well as this "Cobra" Table Lamp for Faries Manufacturing Company.
Artifact
Table lamp
Date Made
circa 1946
Creators
Reinecke, Jean Otis, 1909-1987
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Decatur
Creator Notes
Designed circa 1946 by Jean Otis Reinecke. Made by Faries Manufacturing Co. of Decatur, Illinois.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2024.104.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of The Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, donated to the Stewart Collection by Dr. Michael Sze.
Material
Brass (Alloy)
Enamel (Fused coating)
Plastic
Felt (Textile)
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 in
Width: 11 in
Length: 9.75 in
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