single-light hanging lamp with twelve-part body (mineral shape) made of cast brass and brass; a window with a hinged flap; replaced bevelled glasses; iron chain; signs of age and use, electrical fittings require professional servicing; diameter of the dodecahedron: 24 cm, height (incl. large ring for hanging) excl. iron chain: 34.2 cm. (MP)

Literature:
cf. inter alia Rukschcio, Schachel, Adolf Loos, p. 604ff., n. 753, 754; Ottillinger, Adolf Loos, p. 139, p. 149 (gentleman’s study in the apartment of Arthur and Leonie Friedmann, 1906–07), p. 161 (large ill. of the "Metall-Glas-Lampe” from the catalogue of F. O. Schmidt); Adolf Loos, Wohnungen, p. 55: Wilhelm and Martha Hirsch apartment, Pilsen, 1907–08 (photo, c. 1930), p. 50: Arthur and Leonie Friedmann apartment, Vienna I, 1906–07, (photo, c. 1930); Rukschcio, Adolf Loos: Apartment for Richard Hirsch, Pilsen, 1927, p. 63.77, 85, 88, 88; Rostás, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, p. 417, here with the following description: hanging lamp made of copper, facetted glass, mineral form, rounded corners, Oswald, Vienna, 100, 1902.03.24. and: facet lamp, mineral structure, made of brass, 12 discs on chain, FOS, Hee g, 1903, 156 fl. ill. of Kiscelli Múzeum, Schmidtarchivum, R2-A2 szekrény, 170.