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No, I am doing a write-up on Moneypenny's anteroom and M's office.
Interesting! Are there any other interior details you need?
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/9859/ms-office
I'll have a read through that thread, @PropertyOfALady! :-)
Having a quick look for more information, this lamp appears to have been made between 1970 and 1981, by iGuzzini (later iGuzzini illuminazione). More details can be found here.
More info can be found on jamesbondlifestyle.com
Thanks, @Thunderfinger! I hope to find out more about various interior pieces we see in the films, and post the findings here. :-)
An Aldo Nason 1970s Torpedo lamp can be seen in the background of Mr.Big/Kananga's NY digs:
A Sciolari Cubic chandelier lamp can be seen in Kananga's lair:
Also designed by Michele de Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina, the Artemide Tolomeo Micro table lamp can be seen in the offices as well.
The Anglepoise Type 1228 Desk Lamp can be seen in the underground offices. Designed by Sir Kenneth Grange in 2004.
As if that's not enough office lamps, the Anglepoise model 75 lamp also features. Designed by Sir Kenneth Grange.
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Anglepoise are also Bond's lamps of choice. The Anglepoise model 1227 can be seen in Bond's SP apartment. Designed by George Carwardine.
It's incredible what you can find out with a bit of Google searching!
(I'll be copying the relevant info to the M's Office thread.)
Thanks, @Resurrection! Some of these were easy to find though!
I blame Bond for my interest in interiors (particularly 60's-70's interior). With this thread I have an excuse for finding out more about the interiors we see in the films!
Fleming would probably have glanced at the Anglepoise 75 and thought “no, that’s not good enough for my novels, it should be the 1228”
Oh, I don't know about that, @IGotABrudder – it's hardly journalistic research efforts I've been doing here, haha! There are fortunately some great online sites with valuable information, like jamesbondlifestyle.com. The rest can easily be collected from other sources. Anglepoise in particular, have plenty of information on their own website.
I don't doubt Fleming would have been that particular about which lamps he'd like or not, though!
Now, what model of lamp is that?
The bedroom by the way is from Fleming's London apartment at 16 Victoria Square.
Never seen a lamp like that before, though the detail at the top of the lamp reminds me of the detail we see on the lamp in M's (current) office:
That explains it! I imagine it would be clever for Ian too, if he was out late drinking at a gentlemen's club, to just crash on that bed without waking his wife.
I'm trying to identify the books on his desk. One of them looks to be Dangerous Marine Animals: That Bite, Sting, Shock, or Are Non-Edible, by Bruce W. Halstead, but what about some of the others?
There’s a Graham Greene there too but I cannot read the title.
Dangerous Marine Animals looks fantastic!
https://historical.ha.com/itm/books/fiction/paul-gallico-too-many-ghosts-doubleday-1959-first-edition-first-printing-minor-rubbing-and-toning-very-good/a/201235-92094.s
And you're right, @IGotABrudder – it would be great if we could find Birds of the West Indies among those books. It looks like the book closest to the camera has a title including a word ending with "…thern" (northern, southern, or something like that?), and the line below, a word ending with "…nd" (could it be island?). There's also a book in pile number three on the right side of the table, starting with the word "Guns".
I think you might be right, @IGotABrudder! Looking at the release date of this book (1959) and A Burnt-Out Case (1960), this photo must have been taken in the early 60s.
Birds of the West Indies was more likely to be found at Goldeneye, for use in birdwatching, than in Fleming's London home.
Here are the remaining photos from Victoria Square.
Fleming's "oddments":
Mementos of his heroes:
And his bookshelf:
I imagine Fleming was gifted quite a few books back then! It would have been interesting to see his bookshelves up close, and get a better picture of what his reading habits were like. Some of his books are named in that article though; the one closest to the camera in that first photo you posted @Revelator, must be Northern Underground: Episodes of Russian Revolutionary Transport and Communications through Scandinavia and Finland, 1863-1917, by Michael Futrell (1963).
I also see that same September issue has Jean Shrimpton on the cover. She could have made an interesting Bond girl back in the 60's.
And good point about Birds of the West Indies more likely being found at Goldeneye.