Important Design Session 1 
9 December 2007
Important Design Session 1 
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James Harvey Crate

T-C-3 table lamp

Heifetz Manufacturing Co.
USA, 1951
spun aluminum, enameled aluminum, cork 25 h × 12 w × 15 d in (63 × 30 × 38 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $13,200
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Crate worked as an Industrial Stylist at General Motors. The three legs of this innovative lamp slide in their mount to adjust the angle of the light reflector. The lamp received third prize at the Museum of Modern Art Low Cost lighting competition in 1951.
literature: Arts & Architecture, May 1951, unpaginated

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