Modern Design 
31 March 2011
Modern Design 
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Walter Dorwin Teague

Polaroid desk lamp, model 114

Mitchell Manufacturing Co., Chicago
USA, 1939
Bakelite, aluminum 12¾ h × 11½ w × 9¾ d in (32 × 29 × 25 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
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Signed with applied paper manufacturer's label to underside: [Mitchell Polaroid Desk Lamp P-114 Mitchell Manufacturing Co. Chicago, Illinois T.M. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Made in U.S.A. Fm. No. 149 Printed in U.S.A.].
literature: What Modern Was: Design 1935-1965, Eidelberg, pg. 80

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