ROBERT SONNEMAN TRIENNALE STYLE CHROME FLOOR LAMP

An iconic, 'Triennale' style floor lamp designed by Robert Sonneman in the 1970s. ROBERT SONNEMAN was born in 1943 in New York City and raised there by parents who manufactured what he calls "traditional lighting and normal lamps."  He displayed a keen interest in art early on and studied at the Rhodes Preparatory School on West 54th and the Art Students League on West 57th.  His career started in the '60s with work for lighting retailer and designer George Kovacs; the two later partnered to produce an original line of lamps when Sonneman was only 21. In 1967, at age 23, Sonneman launched his own lighting company, selling to NYC stores such as Bloomingdale's and Macy's.  It was during this time in the late '60s and the 1970s that he created his iconic, zeitgeist-capturing works:  lamps with names like 'Orbiter' and 'Odyssey,' that featured globelike heads and tubular arms and necks, and pendants and sconces made from glass disks that seemed to float like flying saucers.  Many of these