TALL STIFFEL BRASS AND CERAMIC TABLE LAMP

A magnificent mid-century solid brass table lamp from the STIFFEL LAMP COMPANY, possibly by designer Edwin Cole. The silky crackle glaze that covers its clay body gradates between celadon and seafoam. The lamp's height to the top of the milk glass diffuser is 38 ½" and its diameter 8". Verticality is accentuated with the addition of a vintage drum shade, yielding an overall height of 50". This lamp has been outfitted with a three-way socket and a two-way in-line switch. The STIFFEL LAMP COMPANY was founded in 1932 by Ted Stiffel (1899–1971) in Chicago, Illinois. Stiffel's ambition was to manufacture portable light fixtures that were intelligently designed and accessibly priced. His dedication to excellence would soom establish the firm as the industry's quality leader. Raised in Memphis, Stiffel initially pursued a music career. After discharge from service in World War I, he worked for Western Electric in Chicago and then for the lighting firm, Nellie J. Kaplan Co. His own firm began