Centrepiece of the Death Star conference room: what floor heater is it?

[Space In Vader]

Roger Christian (set decorator of Star Wars) says in "Cinema Alchemist" (page 128 following pictures): 'The floor heater I sprayed black as the centrepiece for the Death Star conference room'.
Who can say which model this floor heater is? I would love to put this thing on my table...

 

[zsherman]

So I totally thought that was the interrogation droid. Without the arm and pinstriping.

 

[Psicorp7]

That is some great 1970's retro/modern design of a floor heater. Plus, if he sprayed the black, it must have been a mighty smooth surface to start with as a base. Now I'm off to Google some images!

 

[PrinceZip]

I'm also curious if those chairs are custom made or vintage models

 

[darthpaul]

Could this be it?

 

[kurtyboy]

Whaaaaaaaatttt!!!!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

It's really a floor heater? I thought it was just something they made out of R2 domes.

 

[zsherman]

It's really a floor heater? I thought it was just something they made out of R2 domes.

...or another Death Star prototype.

 

[darthpaul]

Google Richard Wolthekker for more info.

 

[Trooper_trent]

those vent rings look a lot like an old Pifco space heater my mom used to have.

 

[Space In Vader]

Could this be it?
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What a nice find. Pretty close. Thank you so much for sharing this.


And it reminds me of this...

 

[Panaflex]

What a nice find. Pretty close. Thank you so much for sharing this.


And it reminds me of this...
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This guy is a friend of mine. True story.

 

[Mulbin]

those vent rings look a lot like an old Pifco space heater my mom used to have.

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I’ve been looking into this too. Im fairly sure it’s the saucer shaped pifco as trooper Trent says, with two domes added.

I know he said he just painted a heater but I’ve found a lot of his anecdotes to be wildly mis-remembered or inaccurate.... 40 years of telling the same stories will do that

 

[Dann]

I’ve been looking into this too. Im fairly sure it’s the saucer shaped pifco as trooper Trent says, with two domes added.

I know he said he just painted a heater but I’ve found a lot of his anecdotes to be wildly mis-remembered or inaccurate.... 40 years of telling the same stories will do that

Yep, classic Roger Christian.

 

[Space In Vader]

The Pifco Warmasphere looks pretty close. to me.

But when I look very closely at the movie, the three metal rings seem to be more like a flat ring and not like a wire.
Similar to this:

 

[PropReplicator2]

I'm definitely seeing rings instead of wires. I'll start looking around today! Glad you posted this thread!

 

[chazzychaz]

The Pifco Warmasphere looks pretty close. to me.

But when I look very closely at the movie, the three metal rings seem to be more like a flat ring and not like a wire.
Similar to this:

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lego lightsaber much

 

[lonepigeon]

And the answer is.....
It wasn't a floor heater at all!

 

[Dagobah Don]

Actually I think it was the heater grill. Married to the lamp, cut in half?

 

[lonepigeon]

Actually I think it was the heater grill. Married to the lamp, cut in half?

The heater is too small and the center of it has wire rings, not flat discs like the prop.

The lamp comes apart without cutting.

Maybe the look of the heater was an inspiration?