Floor lamp model G-33 'Grasshopper'

By Greta Magnusson Grossman for Bergboms

Sweden, 1950s

The Grasshopper lamp gets its name from its insect-like posture: a dynamic, tripod base with a long, angled tubular stem that leans back slightly, supporting an elongated conical shade.

Greta Magnusson Grossman (1906–1999) was a pioneering designer and architect whose work bridged the clean modernism of Scandinavia with a more relaxed California where she moved in the 1940s. There, she became one of the few women to gain recognition within the male-dominated fields of architecture and industrial design during the mid-20th century.