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A Chinese carved hardwood floor lamp. H-167cm.

A Jielde 'The Loft' zig zag floor lamp.

OKA FLOOR LAMP, 157cm H with a cream shade.

FLOOR LAMP, 1950's French style, 189cm at tallest.

A 1970s Swedish Fagerhults Flexi white floor lamp, with metal shade, stem and base (133cm: fully upright)

A Guzzini style floor lamp with lime green shade (h.138cm)

A rare 1940s Herbert Terry anglepoise floor lamp, missing shade, model 1209, stamped The 'Anglepoise' Pat in UK and abroad (h.189cm fully extended)

19th century heavy bronze floor standing lamp with traces of gilding, probably French, the urn shaped top on tapering reeded circular column, with central gadrooned dome to the base, supported on three bat-wing mounted paw feetDimensions: Height: 131.5cm excluding fittingcm 

An Antique heavy brass rise and fall floor lamp. [Extends to 190cm] [In a working condition]

A Brass and wood floor standing lamp. [working]

A Vintage chrome cone shaped floor lamp. [In a working condition]

An Arts and Crafts brass and copper telescopic floor standing oil lamp

GILTWOOD AND CRIMSON PAINTED FLOOR LAMP, the cylindrical column on a dished circular base with bun feet, with a pleated fabric shade, 176cm high Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BEDPOST FLOOR LAMP, the spiral moulded column, on a square stepped base, with green and gilt shade, 185cm high overall Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

MOULDED GILTWOOD AND CRIMSON DAMASK FLOOR LAMP, the circular base with moulded acanthus leaf border, on bun feet, and with a pleated fabric shade, 190cm high overall Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

GREEN PAINTED MOULDED WOOD FLOOR LAMP, with spiral and upright reeded column and circular dished base, on bun feet, with a pleated silk shade, 182cm high overall Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

GILTWOOD FLOOR LAMP, with a tapering fluted column, on a circular base, with fabric shade, 185cm high overall Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

Art Deco chrome and ebonized floor lamp and table with opaque glass uplifter shade H165cm approx

Industrial style floor lamp with blue shade.

TURING (ALAN)Autograph letter signed ('Yours Alan') to Alfred William Beuttell ('Dear Mr Beuttell'), returning his notes on the Monte-Carlo system '...with a few notes on what I imagine is the explanation of its success...', going on to say '...I remember your telling me a few months ago that a method for calculating the illumination level on the working plane in a room was rather badly needed. Of course one could not expect to get a simple & accurate formula for anything so complicated...', followed by detailed explanations illustrated by an equation ('...It is illuminated by a uniform point source of candle power I placed at the centre... I am sure there is no need for me to say how one would apply it in practice... I just thought this one might be of use to you...'), sending '...Regards to everyone, and please don't feel there is any need to answer these ravings of mine...'; together with the above-mentioned four-page analysis of the Monte-Carlo system headed 'Gambling System', concluding '...The general effect is when that for short runs one most probably wins or else once loses an unexpectedly large sum. As the length of the run is increased the chances of winning becomes more remote & is negligible for 100,000 spins...', 7 pages in all on King's College headed paper, light dust staining, creased at folds, rust stain from old paperclip, 8vo (178 x 134mm.), Cambridge, 2 February [19]33Footnotes:'PLEASE DON'T FEEL THERE IS ANY NEED TO ANSWER THESE RAVINGS OF MINE': ALAN TURING'S ANALYSIS OF THE MONTE-CARLO GAMBLING SYSTEM & WORK ON A NEW METHOD OF LIGHTING.Turing's analysis of the Monte-Carlo Gambling System is couched in the language of mathematics and equations but put simply, by working out the probability of winning at increasing increments of 150, 1,520, 4,560 and 30,400 spins he proved mathematically that the longer you play, the probability of losing money increases – '...for short runs one most probably wins or else one loses an unexpectedly large sum. As the length of run is increased the chances of winning becomes more remote...', he confirms.The recipient of our letter, Alfred William Beuttell (1880-1965) was the father of Turing's schoolfriend Victor Beuttell (see the following lot). After leaving Sherborne, the boys remained close and Turing spent much time with the Beuttell family. Alfred had made his fortune by inventing and patenting the Linolite electric strip reflector lamp (better known now as the striplight) in 1901, his first important contract being a system of continuous lighting for the Coronation of Edward VII, manufactured by the Edison and Swan Electric Company with whom he had a long association. Buoyed by his company's success pre-war he enjoyed the life of a wealthy bachelor – flying (he met Bleriot and watched the Wright brothers), motor racing and sailing. He spent several months at Monte Carlo operating with some success his own gambling system. Stories of having lived for a month on his winnings piqued the young Turing's interest whilst staying with the family over Christmas 1932 after the death of Victor's mother in November: '...He showed Alan his gambling system, which Alan took back to Cambridge and studied. On 2 February 1933 he wrote back with the result of his analysis, which was that the system yielded an expected gain of exactly zero, and that accordingly Mr Beuttell's winning had been entirely due to luck and not to skill...' (Hodges, A., Alan Turing: The Enigma, 2014, p.89). Our letter is hitherto unpublished, but his biographer Andrew Hodges mentions it with reference to a letter Turing wrote to his friend Norman Routledge in 1953 mentioning the odds of being arrested for homosexuality: '...Alan Turing used logarithms of betting odds as the key to the work he had done for the 'racket' of cryptography, and his sustained fascination with probability is illustrated by that reference [in Routledge's letter] to a one-in-ten chance of being caught. In his 1953 stoic humour there is a link with innocent Anti-War undergraduate days of twenty years earlier when he analysed Alfred Beuttell's Monte Carlo gambling system...' (Hodges, p.xxxi). Whilst his analysis here was a light-hearted exercise, Turing's work on probability had wider implications, and his research paper, The Applications of Probability to Cryptology, in which he applied vigorous probability analysis to a wide range of cryptoanalytic problems, was key to the decryption work undertaken at Bletchley Park.Turing also helped Beuttell in his pioneering work in the scientific measurement of illumination. In 1927 Beuttell had taken out patents on a new invention, the 'K-ray Lighting System', designed to allow uniform illumination of pictures of posters within a glass box and in Turing he found the perfect person to find the right formula for the curvature of the glass. Turing '...suddenly produced the formula, without being able to explain it, which agreed with Alfred Beuttell's calculation. But Alan went further, and pointed out the complication which arose through the thickness of the glass, which would cause a second reflection on the front surface. This made necessary a change in the curve of the K-ray System which was soon put into application for exterior hanging signs, the first contract being with J. Lyons and Co., Ltd, the catering chain... it always delighted Alan that a mathematical formula could actually work in the physical world. He had always liked practical demonstrations, even though he was not good at them...' (Hodges, p.73-4). By the early 1930's Beuttell's work as a specialist lighting consultant brought him large projects such as the illumination of the Freemason's new headquarters in London, which Turing also advised on. Our letter provides a formula for the illumination of the floor of a hemispheric room lit from its centre, a problem which they had previously discussed ('...I just thought this one might be of use to you...'). During the Second World War, the Linolite company became the main supplier of hose clips for the de-icing systems of bomber aircraft but reverted back their main activity in 1945. The company remained in Malmesbury until its closure in 1993.A photograph of Alfred Beuttell at the time this letter was written and a copy of his biography The Man Who Made Linolite is included in the lot.Provenance: Alfred Beuttell (1880-1965); Victor Beuttell (1915-1993); and thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A mid 20th Century Harvey Guzzini 'Faro' retro orange standing floor lamp c.1970the mushroom shaped plastic shade with two lamps hanging over a chrome standheight 164cm, shade approx 33cmCondition: Appears in good condition.

A NOVELTY FLOOR STANDING LAMP MADE FROM CHROME BATHROOM FITTINGS, H 107

A hardwood and chrome floor lamp, modelled in the form of a cinema lamp.

A French chrome and marble based floor standing arc lamp

A chrome anglepoise floor standing lamp

A Bernard Rooke 'Totem' floor lamp, 102cms high.Condition ReportGood condition but not marked.

A Bernard Rooke 'Totem' floor lamp, 102cms high.Condition ReportGood condition but not marked.

A 1970's West German pottery floor lamp with original shade, approx 130cms high.

Bernard Rooke - a large stoneware floor lamp, of sectional design, decorated with stylised insects and flowerheads, to circular slightly dome foot, signed to base, h.115cm (excluding fittings)

A Vaughan 'Ludlow' gilt-metal adjustable floor lamp with silk shade, approximately 132cm high overall

A group of three middle eastern style lamp shades and a floor lamp, two with glazed panels

Large late 20th Century floor standing anglepoise adjustable standard lamp in black painted finish

1960'S RETRO 4 LIGHT FLOOR LAMP WITH ORIGINAL SHADES

ANGO CHRYSALIS SKY FLOOR LAMP, 158cm H, by Angus Hutcheson.

FEATHER CLOUD FLOOR LAMP, Contemporary design, 170cm H.

COACH HOUSE FLOOR STANDING LAMP, 161cm H with a shade.

A TALL BLACK AND SILVER LACQUER FLOOR LAMP Of square tapering form 175cm high Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use, not tested

Craig Revel Horwood Collection - Art Deco style floor lamp with opaque white shade on curved chrome support and polished block base H183cm

Craig Revel Horwood Collection - 1960's floor lamp, tubular orange plastic shade on three teak Sputnik type supports H111cm

An Art Deco style brass and fruitwood floor standing lamp

A brass effect floor standing anglepoise lamp

A novelty 'Holder Harriden Pneumatic Sprayer' brass floor lamp, height including fitting 80cm.

A ceramic floor or table lamp made by Arne Bang and marked Jacob Bang Denmark. The second half of the 20th century. (46 x 30 cm)

1 x Brass Floor Lamp with White Gold Shade. 90 cms In Height.

A copper standard lamp on spreading foot and turned wooden base, 128cmH; together with a floor standing chrome reading lamp

Life size floor standing resin lamp with glass shade, art deco nude lady design, height 180cm

A large wicker floor lamp, height 170cm

An early 20th Century brass / bronze standard lamp / floor standing light having a central reeded column with circular disc let with flamed knops, with swag drops set to three scrolled legs. All raised on a Neoclassical circular base. Complete with silk shade. Measures approx; 159cm tall.

GILT METAL PALM TREE FLOOR LAMP - 150 CMS (H)

ITALIAN RETRO SWING ARM FLOOR LAMP WITH ORIGINAL SHADE - 1960'S

Art Deco chrome plated steel floor lamp, circa 1930, with a dancing girl and square mahogany base, 53 x 156cm

An 19th century heavy brass floor reading lamp with Tiffany style stain glass shade. Manufacturer Kaiser & Co Germany. [167cm in height]

An oak barley twist floor lamp. [167cm in height]

A chrome floor standing arc lamp

A brass Corinthian column style floor standing telescopic lamp.

A floor standing reading lamp.

A wrought iron floor standing lamp (fitted with 2 pin plug)

A modern floor lamp. (Collect only)

BAG TURGI, Switzerland, Cube floor lamp, 1960/70s', in orange, height 60cmGood condition, some marks consistent with age and light use.

TOM DIXON, 1994 design Jack floor lamp, height 54cm