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greencycledesignLA
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11/12/2012 6:01 pm  

I have 3 lamps that I was told were designed by Adrian Pearsall(2 floor, 1 table), but I cannot find any information on lamp designs in the Pearsall catalogue. Anyone have any insight on this?


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Buck Rogers
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25/12/2012 6:15 pm  

I am bumping this thread too
I am also interested in knowing this. On ebay there is a floor lamp that states it is Adrian's work and I saw the same lamp in a shop stating the same.
I find it hard to believe as I do not see the elegance there in this lamp I would hope to see.
If he did design lamps I would love to know which ones.


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dstravinski
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28/03/2016 2:10 am  

This may be a little late, given the post is from 2012, but I asked Jim Pearsall, Adrian's son, whether Adrian had ever designed lamps and his answer was "He did not". Jim was active in Craft Associates, so hopefully this information is sound. I asked the question because I saw many Modeline Lamps attributed to Pearsall as well as other designs. He was pretty unequivocal in his answer.


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cdsilva
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28/03/2016 3:34 am  

I beleive Modeline made many of the floor and table lamps attributed to Pearsall. I have seen this design with a Modeline label,
An unreferenced Pearsall attribution to anything nowadays is pretty much worthless, as he is almost automatically included in any unlabeled carved wood framed piece of furniture. This is a perfect example of caveat emptor, and why it is important to do your own research.


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therye
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29/03/2016 5:57 pm  

Modeline lamps were featured in Craft catalogues, but we're not designed by AP. This is were the confusion stems.


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heavymetalsculpture
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31/03/2016 5:58 pm  

I was told this lamp of mine was by Pearsall.




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therye
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31/03/2016 7:00 pm  

According to his family which seems to have extensive records, he did not design lamps. So it seems you were told wrong.


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cdsilva
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31/03/2016 7:18 pm  

It also falls under the "any walnut or walnut-stained carved wood framing gets labeled as Pearsall" category.
In this case, the wood form geometry does not match any documented Pearsall design forms. The top and bottom parts of the wood base are much thinner than his signature forms, which some might say are chunky compared with the Kagan forms that inspired Pearsall. . . note exhibits 1 and 2



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