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Digital Media Bank ID: 29479
Original Filename: da300130_d01_540h450w.jpg
Description: A circular dome base. The light switch formed of a heart shaped design. The shade is a modern replacement.

The form of the Shade is related to other Voysey designs for lamps, as illustrated on the cover of Artifex, 4 (1970). Typical of Voysey is the use of the heart motifs as a decorative feature.
Categories: Timeline/ 1890s, Collections/ Decorative Art  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: CC BY-SA
Object or Artwork info
Type (of Object or Artwork): Lampstand
Title (of Artwork / Object): Lampstand
Creator (of Artwork / Object): Charles Francis Annesley Voysey
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): c1898
Description (Object or Artwork): This brass lamp with swivel shade and heart-shaped switch was designed by C. F. A. Voysey around 1898. It is used to illustrate the history of modern design.
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Other Keywords: lamp, Voysey
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Media: Image
Size: 28.23 KB; 247 x 540 pixels; 21 x 46 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Portrait
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Linked Accession no.: DA300130