Name: Nelson Bell Pendant Lamp
Brand: Herman Miller
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The Nelson Bell Bubble Pendant comes in one size, extra-large, along with a ceiling plate and a 9-foot cord. Fashioned from a sturdy, lightweight steel frame, its bell-shaped lampshade has a graceful presence as it illuminates the space around it. In 1952, George Nelson was impressed by a set of Swedish hanging lamps, but their prohibitive price prompted him to design his own. The result was a series of lamps with elemental, spherical shapes like a rounded apple, an elongated cigar, and a shapely pear, among others.

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George Nelson

George Nelson was born in Hartford in 1908. He studied architecture at Yale University. A fellowship enabled him to study at the American Academy in Rome from 1932 to 1934. In Europe, he became acquainted with the major architectural works and leading protagonists of modernism. As a design director at Herman Miller, He also opened his own design office in 1947, George Nelson Associates, Inc., worked together with such outstanding employees to create countless products and objects, some of which are now regarded as icons of mid-century modernism. George Nelson died in New York in 1986.

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