By Maria Kipp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury ceramic lamp and intact original shade by Maria Kipp. The shade itself is 17 in. diameter at top x 18 in. diameter at bottom x 16.5 in. tall.
Maria Kipp (1900–1988) was a textile designer and engineer active in the United States from the 1920s till her death.
Born in Germany, Kipp was the first woman to study at the Staatliche Fachschule für Texitilindustrie (State Academy for the Textile Industry), from where she graduated in 1923 as a textile engineer.
She moved to Los Angeles in 1924 and operated a successful firm, Maria Kipp Handweaves, specializing in handwoven furnishing fabrics for 60 years. Modernist architects such as Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra sought out her designs for their interiors. Neutra used Kipp's designs in his own home, as did other prominent Southern California architects such as Welton Becket, who commissioned her to create interiors for the Bullock's chain of department stores, and Paul Revere Williams, who partnered with her to create interiors for celebrity homes and the Beverly Hills Polo Lounge...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Maria Kipp Table Lamps
MaterialsCeramic, Bamboo, Yarn, Walnut