Lot 190
JOHN REID (BRITISH 1925-1992) FOR GEORGE FORREST & SON, LONDON
FORREST MODERN FLOOR LAMP, c.1952-4
Auction: 30 October from 10:00 GMT
Description
model GD6110/D, with two stove-enamelled spun aluminium fittings, single bulb shade in black, and twin bulb Diablo shade in yellow, anodised aluminium stand and rods, and adjustable clamps with brass handles, and cast iron base
Dimensions
approximately 160cm high, 76cm wide (63in high, 30in wide)
Provenance
From a Private Collection of Post-War British Lighting.
Footnote
Exhibited:
Margaret Howell, London, John & Sylvia Reid: Pioneers of Modern Design, 12 October - 3 November 2019.
Literature:
Architectural Review, November 1952, cover, for similar examples;
Mills, D. Dewar, Light Fittings, in Architectural Review, November 1952;
Designers in Britain, Volume 4, Allan Wingate Publishers Limited, London, 1954, p.16, for similar example.
The Forrest Modern range was selected for inclusion in the Council of Industrial Design’s (CoID) Design Review and exhibited widely internationally, notably at the 10th Milan Triennale in 1954, where it was awarded a silver medal.
Retail stockists during the 1950s included Dunns of Bromley, Bowmans of Camden Town, Peter Jones of Sloane Square, Liberty of London, Harrods and Woollands of Knightsbridge.
‘Forrest Modern interchangeable fittings are assembled from a number of basic components to suit your particular requirements, and the only limitations are your imagination and the laws of statics. Shades are spun aluminium stove enamelled a colour and are guaranteed heat resisting. Each shade is a complete unit consisting of spinning, lamp holder, switch, flexible cable, supporting tube and clamp. Clamps, rods and tubes are of black anodised aluminium alloy. Bolts, lever handles, bushes and universal joints, etc. are of polished brass. Bases are cast iron covered with aluminium spinnings and stove enamelled white. Colour - white bases and black rods are contrasted against brightly coloured shades. The standard colour range consists of “House and Garden” Cherry, Lemon Peel, Middy Blue, Bitter Green, and Black and White.’ (Forrest Modern Catalogue, 1954).