Artificial plant lamp from Muse Bar, the home bar of Isaiah Muse
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Isaiah Muse, American, 1919 - 2012
notes: label: Description
content: A decorative floor lamp contructed to resemble a potted plant. The lighting fixture is a can lamp embedded within the faux gravel base of a large, artificial plant. The plastic plant is tall with wide variegated leaves, a thick trunk-style stem, and calla lily-style yellow flowers at the top. The artificial plant and light are in a large pot constructed of chrome sheet metal wrapped into a circle and finished with metal trim along the top edge, bottom edge, and seam. There are five (5) rubber feet on the bottom of the pot. The electrical cord runs out of the base of the potted plant, near the pot seam.
place: label: Place used
content: South Shore, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra Fay Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.101.12
objectType: label: Type
content: cocktail lounges
label: Type
content: floor lamps
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic, metal and rubber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 65 x 10 in. (165.1 x 25.4 cm)