Greta Grossman Cobra Lamp

Grossman s delicate design language beautifully comes to live with the lamp s simple soft edged form light and iconic in expression whilst equally aesthetic and useful.

Greta grossman cobra lamp.

Designed by greta grossman the gubi lighting cobra floor lamp offers a more organic form of european modernism with clear functionality and zoomorphic inspiration. The tubular steel tripod stand is tilted backward and the elongated aluminium conical shade is ball jointed onto the arm. The distinctive cobra wall lamp is designed by greta m. Gubi have combined impeccable craftsmanship with world class design to give us this award winning piece from 1947.

Grossman in the 1950 s taking its name from the oval shade playfully resembling the snake s hood. Designed for ralph o. The iconic gräshoppa lamp was first produced in 1947. The cobra table lamp was designed by greta m.

Greta magnusson grossman usa circa 1950 table lamp in enameled aluminum on a chrome plated steel base with one cone shade and one cobra shade. Image courtesy of r20th century. The distinctive cobra floor lamp designed by greta m. Grossman in the 1950s is inspired by the shape of a cobra s neck which is not surprisingly also the motivation for its name.

The most iconic products greta grossman designed in the 40 s and 50 s were the gršshoppa floor lamp and the cobra floor and table lamps. Grossman was highly influenced by european modernism which had been imported to the us by influential architects such as walter gropius founder of the bauhaus and ludwig mies van der rohe.