Can't identify this tall mid-century floor lamp  

I can't help with the designer but, I remember seeing either
that exact lamp or very similar ones in a MidMod home that was built in 1964 in Riverside,CA.

thanks, Jeff
that's a start, and the time seems about right.

Never seen
this -- pretty dramatic ! Are the colored inserts glass ? Is the translucent material plastic ? Fabric ? I assume the pattern of "sticks" is the same (reversed up an down) on all sides.
Faintly reminiscent of Wright. Obvious reference to Japan, and to Mondrian. The all-purpose modern lamp ! I would have said this was a custom design, possibly a one-off by an architect. But who knows. . .

You're probably right
about the origin of this lamp - no doubt one-of-a-kind for a particular house. The sides are stapled heavy vellum or parchment on the inside, covered with raw silk on the longer panels and a lighter (seemingly) silk on the colored panels. Yes, the allover pattern is exactly as you imagine it. The wood has an oak grain (could be teak, but most probably oak). I've been to the Kaufmann House ('Falling Water') by Wright, where something like this would really fit in.

I remember picking up on a Mondrian vibe on the ones that
I saw in that house in Riverside. I have some pics of that house at home that I'll try to remember to check to see if any include that lamp.

thanks, Jeff
I would love to see the photos!

I found a pic with the lamp and it appears to be an
exact match as I had thought. I'll have to wait for my son to get home so that he can host the pic as I don't have an account with photo bucket etc... I'm now going to go thru my correspondence with the owner of that house because I seem to remember talking to them about those 2 lamps and their Danish rosewood furniture. Also, I'll post another pic from the same house that shows some sliding doors that appear to match the lamps.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find the correspondence mentioned above. I'll get the pics up as soon as I can.

Interesting !
It will be interesting to see if multiple examples of this lamp show up. Could it have been a limited edition -- or a catalog piece that ran for only one year, etc etc ?
Thanks for the description. Your example is in remarkably good condition. That's a solid wood block for the base ?

Here they are:
Here they are:

Huge thanks Jeff for the photos
I am amazed! Yes, it seems to be the same lamp as in your memory and photo. Have you any information on the architect, etc? The bottom wood piece is a 7" x 2 1/2" square set askew to the upper lamp and set on an octagonal 1/2" piece. There are some condition issues, such as water stains, little tears - mostly on the side with the yellow panel that you see in the photograph - but all in all not too bad. The wood is in excellent condition. The doors in the house are remarkable, giving the lamp much more meaning. Thanks, again, Jeff.

The Architect was a local Riverside Architect who built this
house for himself upon graduating from the USC School of Architecture. When I spoke to him about this house, he seemed almost embarrassed to have built it under the influence of the USC School of Architecture. Upon seeing the house, you immediately think of the firm Buff, Straub / Smith and Hensman. I believe that Don Hensman was the Dean at the school and his firm developed what became known as the USC / Pasadena style.

Interesting, Jeff, and again, thanks!
The house looks early 60s or perhaps late 50s. When I get a chance, I'll try to do more research on this architectural firm. Somewhere I have a 60s book on California houses, which might include this one.

If the house
in owned and occupied today by its architect, it's clear that his tastes no longer reflect the spirit of the architecture -- if they ever did. While many people come to be more conservative as they age, and it's not unknown for an architect to renounce or leave behind the youthful idealism that expresses itself in an avant-garde mode of expression, it may also be that the true feelings of a student are repressed by an overwhelming zeitgeist -- and at USC when this architect was a student it may be said that modernism was a force not to be ignored.
What is not clear, yet, is whether the lamp and the matching screen in this house were also the work of the young architect, and/or why they are present there today, in the midst of much more conventional furnishings and effects.

At the time that those pictures were taken, the house
was owned by the 3rd but, very long term owners. They sold it 4 years ago. SDR, I understand your comments in regard to the living room furniture but, I don't understand them in regard to the danish rosewood furniture in the dining room.