This is an amazing Japanese desk lamp that dates to the 1960s or early 1970s.
It has a very modernist, space-age design - and the shade has a long tube light for illuminating your desktop items or crafting work.
These lamps with exceptionally long shades are now hard to find - and this one is in excellent condition and working. The lamp takes a long Phillips tube-light under the shade section, as photographed.
The lamp is made of rigid black and white two-tone plastic. The base is black plastic with a white square on / off button. The shade is also a two-tone black and white combination - and it can be angled by moving the chrome gooseneck upstand. There is no discolouration to the white plastic - which remains a nice ice white colour.
It was Made in Japan - and is marked on the base: PAT / JAPAN, It does not say which Japanese company made this quirky lamp - but I know that these were made in the 1960s by Hitachi, National, Matsushita, etc
Dimensions: the shade is a stonking 18 1/4 inches long - and with a depth of 3 1/2 inches. The height from the base to the top of the shade is 14 inches. The base measures 5 1/2 inches square.
It has been a little difficult to capture the strange long shape of this lamp, so have taken oodles of photographs to capture all the aspects of it.
It is in excellent condition with no damages. Indeed, it comes from my own collection and has been packed up in my loft for the last 20 years - before I have started a bit of a lockdown clearance up there.
Unpacked the lamp is 1.5 kg - so it would have to be sent to UK addresses only. This will be with Parcelforce48 tracked service. This will cost £10.