1970s Cosack Globe Desk Lamp –

1970s Cosack globe desk table lamp orange chrome acrylic adjustment screw Gecos MCM

Lamps in the movies

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.

The arc floor lamp of this 1970s Cosack globe desk 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.

Many thanks to Jean-Pierre from K11design for the photos and the enthusiasm. You can find his shop over here on Ebay.

1970s Cosack Globe Desk Lamp

Materials: Round orange flat aluminium base, cast iron counterweight inside. Chrome rod and parts. Clear acrylic ornamental adjustment screw. Orange aluminium globe lampshade, white painted inside. Galvanised metal E27 socket.

Height: 52 cm / 20.47”

Lampshade: ∅ 22 cm / 8.66”

Base: ∅ 18 cm / 67.08”

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: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Gottfried or Ursula Stürzenhofecker in 1972.

Manufacturer: Gebrüder Cosack, Neheim-Hüsten, Germany.

Other versions: This 1970s Cosack globe desk lamp exists in several colours: yellow, ochre, white, and so on. Lamps were made with a slightly different base. Also produced with 2 globes opposite to each other. Also a floor lamp was produced, the lampshades are bigger than this one. The floor lamp was also produced with 2 globes. An arc floor lamp also exists, you can find it over here. It has an half round base. This lamp is model 7964.

Cosack Leuchten

The Gebrüder Cosack (Gecos) company was founded in 1833 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.

In 1921 a cardboard factory was started, originally for packaging the Cosack Group‘s own products, including lights, nails, rivets and kitchen appliances.

After the Second World War Cosack pursued a modern direction. A best seller were copper lighting for restaurants. The company was declared bankrupt in 1984.

The cardboard factory still exists. The sixth generation is now running the business at the Cosack plant.

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 switch 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 in 1968.