Anthropologie Chandelier for Obama Daughters Man Shops Globe

Anthropologie Chandelier for Obama Daughters
Man Shops Globe

In the TV show Man Shops Globe, Anthropologie buyer Keith Johnson travels the world shopping for the store - dream job, anyone? In this week's episode he commissions a chandelier, which is later bought by President Obama for his daughters' (Sasha and Malia) White House bedroom. Can you guess its materials and country of origin? Note: the image shown here is from the same designer but not the commissioned Obama piece.

The Obama chandelier is made of plastic bottle tops and Barbie legs. We're guessing that will be a first for White House light fixtures. The chandelier was made at the Magpie art collective in South Africa and cost $4,800. Good thing the Obamas - and not taxpapers - are paying for their own White House decor. Have you seen Man Shops Globe?

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(Images: Magpie chandelier from Anthropologie; Man Shops Globe website)

Comments (13)

Interesting. This is the first time I've heard of Magpie, and I'm curious to know more. They call themselves "a socially conscious art collective", which is intriguing. Love the idea of social entrepreneurship! But it's been en vogue for a while now yet still doesn't seem incredibly well-defined.

posted by unabridged on October 16th 2009 at 2:00pm
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I was almost right - my guess was that it came from Hussein's native Kenya!

posted by ladymantle on October 16th 2009 at 2:49pm
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yes i'm watching...i find it frustrating though...he's just not a very dynamic TV personality and the show is already so predictable after only 2 episodes.

posted by Bridget212323 on October 16th 2009 at 3:27pm
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Sasha and Malia share a bedroom?

posted by editrix26 on October 16th 2009 at 3:29pm
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the owners of magpie and their home were featured in a recent issue of LivingEtc (i think sometime during the summer)

posted by ptowntara on October 16th 2009 at 5:07pm
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Have I seen Man Shops Globe??? It's turned Wednesday evenings into 'must see tv' night!

posted by saeras on October 16th 2009 at 5:51pm
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Oh ladymantle, then it would be from HAWAII, where he WAS BORN. You were almost right...

But...bottle tops and barbie legs? A few years from now the Obama girls will need that public option to pay for their psychiatrist.

posted by somedudeinvicenza on October 17th 2009 at 4:31pm
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barbie legs? that's just creepy and I LOVE Anthropologie

posted by LittleQuirkyShoppe on October 18th 2009 at 1:11pm
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somedudeinvicenza, nobody has ever seen any credible proof of that.

posted by ladymantle on October 18th 2009 at 1:43pm
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Reminds me of this chandelier in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection (just saw it in the gallery last week):

http://americanart.si.edu/education/insights/zoom/osorio/

posted by eneriyma on October 18th 2009 at 9:13pm
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$4,800? For a child's light fixture?

Well, at least this disproves the right-wing smear that Obama is a socialist.

posted by Blandwagon on October 18th 2009 at 11:01pm
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I think ladymantle is at the wrong blog. This is a place for design, not politics, thankyou.

posted by ammanda on October 19th 2009 at 12:24am
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I recently discovered the show OnDemand through my cable provider. I watched all three episodes back to back. I love it.
When does it air?

posted by STYLeyes on October 19th 2009 at 12:14pm
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