VLM Components
The wiring and socket are Italian and are made by VLM Components from Buccinasco near Milan in the sixties. The company became famous for the switches they produce since 1968, designed by Achille Castiglioni. You can find them over here.
VLM is part of the Relco Group, founded in 1967. Today they are the owners of the brands Relco, Leuci, Relco Lighting, VLM Components and Segno.
1960s German Ceramics Table Lamp
Materials: Round red glazed pottery base with a black ring. Elongated conical fabric lampshade. Bakelite E27 socket.
Height: 40 cm / 15.74”
Lampshade: ∅ 20 x 29 cm / 7.87 x 11.41”
Base: ∅ 10 cm / 3.93”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: Hustadt-Leuchten, Neheim-Hüsten (Arnsberg), Germany – attributed.
Other versions: This 1960s German ceramics table lamp exists in all probability in several colours and sizes.
Hustadt-Leuchten
Hustadt-Leuchten was founded in September 1962 as Walter Hustadt GmbH & Co. KG Leuchten. Not much is know about it. The company officially ended business in may 2014. It went bankrupt some 5 years before.
Hustadt-Leuchten always produced high quality lamps. You can find a few lamps on this website. Hustadt-Leuchten received several design awards, all for lamps designed by Klaus Hempel.
One of the most well known designers for Hustadt-Leuchten was Klaus Hempel, who also designed lamps for the famous Gebr. Kaiser & Co. Leuchten company, also from Germany.
Hustadt
Hustadt is also a small German town that was build in the late 1960s as a model neighbourhood according to the general urban standards, to fulfil the requirements for approximately 6000 inhabitants. The town is build on the edge of the city of Bochum. It’s surrounded by woods and fields on the one side, and offshoots of the enormous campus of the Ruhr University, as well as other housing areas on the other side.
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Many thanks to Ger for the beautiful pictures and enthusiasm.