1970s Cosack Arc Floor Lamp

1970s Cosack arc floor lamp half round chrome base & rod adjustable globe lampshade Germany E27 socket

1970s Cosack arc floor lamp clear acrylic ornamental adjustment screw Germany

1970s Cosack arc floor lamp chrome adjustable globe lampshade Germany E27 socket

1970s Cosack arc floor lamp half round chrome base & rod Germany

1970s Cosack arc floor lamp chrome base cord connector Germany

1970s Cosack Arc Floor Lamp – 1972 Catalogue Picture

Model 8285: arc floor lamp, model 8271: double globe floor lamp, model 8269, single globe floor lamp, model 7608: desk lamp.

1970s Cosack Arc Floor Lamp – 1970 Catalogue Picture

The 1970 catalogue shows the predecessor to these lamps. They have a white translucent top, but otherwise they are the same, as you can see.

1970s Cosack Arc Floor Lamp – 1972 Catalogue Picture

On this page of the 1972 catalogue, models: 8285 arc floor lamp, 7982 arc table lamp, 9836 arc wall lamp and 4271 wall lamp.

Lamps In The Movies

Robbe De Hert (2014)

A white 1970s Cosack arc floor lamp appears in a 2014 documentary about the Belgian film director Robbe De Hert (1942 – 2020). Here in an interview in the house of Michael Pas, a good friend and actor in several movies made by De Hert. The arc lamp appears several times, you can watch the film below. This floor lamp has a white base and lampshade.

Sœur Sourire (2009)

A 1970s Cosack globe desk lamp was used as a prop in the 2009 Belgian-French biographical drama film Sœur Sourire (Sister Smile). Starring Cécile de France, Sandrine Blancke and Jan Decleir. The blue ceramics table is a German Roth Keramik lamp. The company became famous for its Banjo vases.

La Odisea de los Giles (2019)

A 1970s Cosack globe table lamp was used as a prop in the 2019 Argentinian heist comedy-drama film La Odisea de los Giles (Heroic Losers). Starring Ricardo Darín, Luis Brandoni and Chino Darín. It is a table lamp version with the wire running along the top.

Materials: Chrome half round globe base, cast iron counterweight inside. Chrome rod and parts. Clear acrylic ornamental adjustment screw. Chrome globe lampshade, white painted inside. Galvanised metal E27 socket.

Height: 181 cm / 71.25”

Width: 120 cm / 47.24”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 70 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Gottfried or Ursula Stürzenhofecker in 1972.

Manufacturer: Gebrüder Cosack, Neheim-Hüsten, Germany.

Other versions: This 1970s Cosack arc floor lamp exists in several colours: yellow, ochre, white, and so on. Made with a chrome or clear acrylic ornamental adjustment screw, as you can see below.

Also produced as a floor lamp with 2 globes opposite to each other. Desk lamps were also produced, the lampshades are smaller than this one. They exists with one or two lampshades. An orange desk lamp can be found here.

Cosack Leuchten

The Gebrüder Cosack(Gecos) company was founded in 1848 as a metal processing plant in Neheim-Hüsten, Germany by Egon, Friedrich and Theodor Cosack together with Gottliebe Tappe. It was named Metallwarenfabrik Tapp + Cosack. In the beginning they made liturgical items, crosses and upholstery nails made of brass and they also produced kerosene lamps. Later the company came to the production of electric lamps.

After the Second World War Cosack pursued a modern direction. A best seller were copper lighting for restaurants. It is said that the company was declared bankrupt in 1984, but the last catalogue I have (1989 -1990) was published in 1989.

Best known designers: Gottfried Stürzenhofecker, K. H. Kinsky, Hans Wilfried Hegger, Hans-Joachim Groth, Burkhard Panteleit, Joachim O. Becker, Prof. Friedrich Becker, Waldemar Rothe and Jan Armgardt.

Gebrüder Cosack (Gecos) received 15 iF Design Awards.

Acrylic: often named by its commercial name: Perspex, Plexiglas, Crylux, Acrylite, Lucite, is a thermoplastic.

BJB

The socket of this desk lamp was made by BJB. BJB is Brökelmann, Jäger and Busse, BJB GmbH & Co. KG. The BJB company was founded in 1867 and started with petroleum lighting. The company still exists. Today they produce LED lamps, terminal blocks and connectors, lamp holders for conventional lighting and switches. They are active in the whole world. BJB GmbH & Co. KG is located on Werler Strasse 1, 59755, Arnsberg, Germany.

VLM Components

The D-661 switch, a design by Achille Castiglioni from 1968, was made by the VLM Components company from Buccinasco, near Milan in Italy. Today VLM Components is owned By Relco. It is one of the biggest suppliers of switches, cords and plugs in Europe. VLM Components became famous because of the switches they produce that were designed by Achille Castiglioni.