Would you describe the shape of a funnel hat for me?
One day he sat staring at the advertisements and declared he hated what America looked like now. Sofas and chairs with little pointy legs. Like a woman in high heels, he said, walking around smiling with a bad backache. And those metal funnel-hat lamps on poles, they look like they want to electrocute you. He missed beauty.

Would you describe the shape of a funnel hat for me?
What kind of hat is a funnel hat?
Thanks. And this excerpt is taken from The Lacuna by Kingsolver.

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Would you describe the shape of a funnel hat for me?
One day he sat staring at the advertisements and declared he hated what America looked like now. Sofas and chairs with little pointy legs. Like a woman in high heels, he said, walking around smiling with a bad backache. And those metal funnel-hat lamps on poles, they look like they want to electrocute you. He missed beauty.

Would you describe the shape of a funnel hat for me?
What kind of hat is a funnel hat?
Thanks. And this excerpt is taken from The Lacuna by Kingsolver.

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And here's a standard lamp/floor lamp for you to see:

http://www.modernroom.co.uk/lighting/maclamp-ga-scott-double-floor-lamp.html

I love the descriptions in this paragraph. They evoke the 1950s design style really well - you can just imagine how it would have looked to people at that time.

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Here's a picture of the type of lamp being described:

http://www.modernroom.co.uk/lighting/maclamp-ga-scott-table-lamps.html

This one is a desk lamp, rather than a standard lamp as in the passage, but it gives you an idea of the style.

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A funnel is used when you pour liquid into a bottle to stop it spilling.   The only funnel hat I can ever remember seeing is the one the tin-man wears in the Wizard of Oz:
http://www.amazon.com/Funnel-Hat-For-Costume/dp/B00U9AKGA0

So I don't know what a funnel hat lamp is. I've never heard of one.

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