"Cobra" Table Lamp, circa 1946
THF802467 / "Cobra" Table Lamp, circa 1946 / view
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Table lamp
Date Made
circa 1946
Place of Creation
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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