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Scissor wall lamp
Modern · c. 1935
$378 price realized incl. premium
≈ £300≈ €341
Hammer $300 · with buyer’s premium $378
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- Medium
- Other · Paintings all other results →As published: “enameled aluminum, chrome-plated steel and aluminum”
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 11 h x 5¾ w x 24½ d in (28 x 15 x 62 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Essential Design (auctions/2023/05/essential-design)
- Date
- May 4, 2023
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 318
- Estimate
- $700 – — (≈ £556) (≈ €632)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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