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Vintage large Lucite spiral helix stair lamp from the 1970\'s. It\'s in almost perfect condition. No chips or cracks. Rare square base. All original and works!. You can position the pieces into other designs. This piece is signed by Marlee on the bottom of the base. This is an expensive lamp that will only gain in value. Mid century modern. Not an automax. But Marlee in the manner of Karl Springer. Only One Owner as well. She is beautiful!
More about Lucite.Lucite is just one name for the thermoplastic, whose chemical name ispoly methyl methacrylate.(Its typical name isacrylic glass—Lucite was trademarked by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.) Developed in 1928, its inception spanned multiple laboratories and even multiple chemists—among them Walter Bauer, William Chalmers, and Otto Röhm, who introduced it to the market five years later through the Rohm and Haas Company. Its use as an alternative to glass is best distilled into one anecdote: during World War II, it made for excellent aircraft windshields and gun turrets; pilots with poly methyl methacrylate injuries could retain their eyesight far better than those hurt by glass.
Recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, furniture designer Charles Hollis Jones created enough furniture utilizing acrylic, Lucite, and metal forThe Los Angeles Timesto deem him “a pioneer in acrylic design” in a 2001 article entitled “The Incredible Lightness of Being Plastic.” Born in 1945 in Bloomington, Indiana, Jones relocated to Los Angeles at sixteen and began designing furniture for a slew of companies. It was back in Bloomington, however, where Jones developed his signature acrylic-and-metal furniture, while working as the head designer for Hudson-Rissman. He eventually went on to found CHJ Designs, opening his own studio in the early 1970s and designing pieces purchased by numerous celebrities—among them Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, Dean Martin, Johnny Carson, and Tennessee Williams, of whom Jones was a dear friend. (“If you want people to know that you know me,” he told Jones, “refer to my plays by one ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU LIKE
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