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"Serpente" table lamp

(Italian, 1921–2004)
(founded in 1950)
designed 1965
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniquePlastic shade (white opal methacrylate), metal base (steel?), white paint/ lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 47 x 43.8 x 45.1 cm (18 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Bloomingdale's
Accession numberAPP.1974.29.2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Provenance1974, gift of Bloomingdale's to the MFA (Accession date: February 13, 1974); December 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA.
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