George Nelson (1908-1986) was, together with Charles & Ray Eames, one of the founding fathers of American modernism.

George Nelson was born in Hartford Connecticut in 1908.
He died in New York City in 1986.

George Nelson created the "Bubble Lamp" range for Howard Miller in 1947. Howard Miller continued to sell the line until 1979 after which they were discontinued. George Nelson never named the different lamp designs and they were simply given numbers by Howard Miller. A large Saucer lamp was simply sold under "Bubble Lamp H-727", a large Ball lamp was sold under "Bubble Lamp H-725". .

Howard Miller did not sell the lamps directly, rather outsourced the sales to "Richards Morgenthau, Inc" who handled their national sales. In the 1990's Modernica reissued the "Bubble Lamp" line and "named" each individual Bubble Lamp design, for example Saucer, Ball, Cigar, etc. The image on the top right was created by George Nelson Associates and was printed on most sales brochures of the Bubble lamps.
Modernica has reissued the Nelson Bubble Lamps to the original specifications using the original Howard Miller tooling.

The Bubble Lamp is featured in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Materials:plastic polymer /steel frame.

Geoffrey Harris is pleased to add these iconic symbols of 1950's America to his range of pendant lights.