1043 - Mushroom lamp, table lamp with hemispherical brass shade and wooden shaft, Art Deco, probably 1930s

Mushroom lamp, table lamp with hemispherical brass shade and wooden shaft, Art Deco, probably 1930s Brass and wood, mushroom-shaped table lamp with domed hemispherical brass shade, round disc of milky glass set into the top in a profiled ring with ball finial, fluted wooden shaft between brass collars, round stepped brass foot with toggle switch and cable, beneath the shade a milky glass disc with three radially arranged E27 sockets, function tested, probably 1930s, H. 49 cm, shade D. 43 cm A mushroom lamp or mushroom table lamp is the term for a Bauhaus and Art Deco table lamp of the 1930s with a hemispherical metal shade. Brass lamps of this type were made by manufacturers such as Hillebrand, Kaiser Idell and Helo. The type is also listed as Art Deco table lamp, Bauhaus lamp, desk lamp or brass lamp.