Tensor Model 650 Eyeball Desk Lamp (1960s-70s)

Tensor

Boston/China

Model 650 Eyeball Desk Lamp (1960s-70s)

Chrome/steel telescoping neck, plastic base

6 in. x 16 in. x 6 in. (Depth)

One of Tensor’s trademarked brand of small high-intensity low-voltage desk lamps, black “eyeball” shade and telescoping neck. First prototyped in 1959, it was  first used by doctors and dentists before its wide popularity in the 1960s-70s.