iconic streamlined modernist JUMO lamp. France 1940.

Jumo lamp

Circa 1940. Bakelite, copper, chromium plated metal. Excellent condition. No cracks. No repairs.
Works fine. 7.25"w x 10.75"d x 20".
THIS LAMP IS THE ORIGINAL ONE. NOT A REPRO.

For the first half of the 20th century, the French created the most avant-garde lights available, partly owing to the efforts of the Jumo firm.
This streamlined desk lamp is a great example of the Machine Age and includes a pivoting shade that folds into the bakelite base.
The shade can be angled in several directions and also can fold down into the base.

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
Anne Bonny, Les années 40, Paris, Editions du Regard, 1985, modèle reproduit p. 522 ;
Catalogue de l'exposition Lumières, je pense à vous, galerie du CCI, 3 juin au 5 août 1985, Editions du Centre Pompidou et éditions Hermé, modèle référencé sous le n° 355 et reproduit p. 168
Alastair Duncan, Modernism: Modernist Design 1880-1940, The Norwest Collection, Minneapolis, 1998, p. 199
Andrea DiNoto, Art Plastic. Designed for living, New York, 1984, pp. 208-209;
André Koch, Struck by Lighting, Rotterdam, 1994, pp. 59-60, no. 66;
Florian Hufnagel (ed.), Einblicke - Ausblicke: für ein Museum von morgen, Neue Sammlung München, exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart, 1996, p. 121.