{"product_id":"stewart-ross-james-table-lamps-for-hansen-lighting","title":"STEWART ROSS JAMES TABLE LAMPS FOR HANSEN LIGHTING","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"custom-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-text\"\u003eA stunning pair of bronze, hourglass candlestick\/buffet lamps with a beautiful, patinated verdigris finish by Stewart Ross James for HANSEN LIGHTING, circa 1960.  This particular model of James's famous design is quite rare and difficult to source compared with squared versions.  Both lamps still retain their original three-way collar switches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"designer-text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEWART ROSS JAMES\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1912 in Toronto and moved to the US in his early teens; he attended high-school in Birmingham, Alabama.  He wrote in his yearbook that his life's ambition was \"to be a success in the field of Interior Decoration.\"  By 1940, he was living in New York City and working as an interior designer on Park Avenue.  He later moved to Winchester, New Hampshire, where he continued design work, collaborating with the New York architectural firm of O'Connor \u0026amp; Kilham on projects for Kenyon College in Ohio, the Phoenix Insurance Company in Hartford, Connecticut, and for Princeton University's Firestone Library.  He designed interiors for the Cunard Line's Boston offices in 1952 and lamps for HANSEN LIGHTING of New York in 1957.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"maker-text\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHANSEN LIGHTING\u003c\/b\u003e was set up at 1st Ave. and 53rd St. in New York City following WWII by George Hansen in order to introduce his classic, wall-mounted swing arm lamp.  He had conceived of the idea while stationed as an Army staff sergeant in a lonely weather station in Goose Bay, Labrador, in Newfoundland.  While spending a dark winter there, Hansen built a simple lamp that would allow him to read in bed.  It consisted of a bent length of copper tubing, wired and bolted to the wall, with a bulb at one end and a tin can for a shield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"maker-text\"\u003eThe first Hansen lamps were built by a Queens metalworker.  Early on, Hansen entered into association with METALARTE of Barcelona, a premier lighting manufacturer.  The lamps attracted the attention of architects (Edward Durell Stone; Phillip Johnson; Skidmore, Owings \u0026amp; Merrill) and interior designers (Billy Baldwin, Edward Wormly, Eleanor Brown, Sister Parrish, Albert Hadley) as well as his future collaborator, world-renowned designer, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"maker-text\"\u003eHansen retired from designing in 1988, and HANSEN LAMPS was acquired in 1991 by HINSON LIGHTING of Manhattan.  Hansen died in 2001 at the age of 92.  His swing arm lamp remains ubiquitous.  A significant portion of the current Hinson Lighting collection is produced by METALARTE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-details\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesign Period – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e1955-1964\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry of Origin – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eUSA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigner – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEWART ROSS JAMES (1912-1997)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaker – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eHANSEN LIGHTING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAttribution – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eWELL-KNOWN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"multi\"\u003eMaterials – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRONZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"multi\"\u003eCondition – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (no defects; may show slight traces of use)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlug – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eN. AMERICAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeight (in.) – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e40.5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiameter (in.) – \u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e16.0\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"GIANCARLO ESPOSITO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14439988428842,"sku":"PAIR OF STEWART ROSS JAMES TABLE LAMPS FOR HANSEN - VERDIGRIS FINISH","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2159\/9561\/products\/snapseed-296_59a472d9-6029-4af1-be8a-70434d2a78a7.jpeg?v=1557351088","url":"https:\/\/modernredux.myshopify.com\/products\/stewart-ross-james-table-lamps-for-hansen-lighting","provider":"MODERN REDUX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}