Glashütte Limburg 6249 table lamp – 1979 – 1980 catalogue picture
6249
Table lamp in satin matt opal glass
Supply cable 1.80 m long – with intermediate switch
For 1 lamp E27 Maximum 100 Watt
∅ 320 mm – height 300 mm
Table lamps formed entirely of glass
Lights for the table. the wall,
the bedside table.
Very useful, where in a small area
good light for reading, writing,
handwork is necessary, or only as
Piece of jewellery.
We manufacture them in different types of glass,
which can be assigned to the most varied facilities
Glashütte Limburg 6249 Table Lamp
Materials: Round base and mushroom lampshade made of clear frosted glass with a white layer inside. Some metal parts. Bakelite E27 socket.
Height: 31 cm / 12.20”
Width: ∅ 33 cm / 12.99”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, but a frosted or white light bulb is preferred.
Period: 1970s, 1980s.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: Glashütte Limburg, Glashüttenweg 1, 65549 Limburg an der Lahn, Germany.
Other versions: This Glashütte Limburg 6249 table lamp exists in several sizes. The company made several other lamps in this type of glass.
Glasshütte Limburg
Initially, the company was named Glasshüttenwerke Limburg GmbH and employed 80 people. The production range covered drinking vessels, mugs and many other types of catering glasses.
Production capacities were increased and Glashütte Limburg became Europe’s largest lighting glass specialist within just a few years, employing almost 1000 people.
The rapid expansion reached its limits at the end of the 50’s. The chairman of the glass-works Supervisory Council, Dr. Gottfried Boley, suggested in 1962 that the shares in the company held by the state of Hessen should be privatised.
In the same year, the company succeeded in winning BEGA Gantenbrink-Leuchten OHG, founded in 1945 – which was at that time already one of the largest companies in the German lighting industry – as its ideal partner.
Catalogues
The very first lighting catalogue of Glashütte Limburg appears in 1963.
Six luminaires from the range, presented for the first time in 1964 at the Hanover industrial trade fair, receive awards for excellent design from the Industry Forum and are included in the special exhibition “gute Industrieform” (good industrial design).
40 years after the first catalogue appeared, the range of lamps from Glashütte Limburg has increased to 1800 different products.
Designers
Many lamps of the company were designed by the Designabteilung Glashütte Limburg (design department) or Atelier Glashütte Limburg. Herbert Proft and Heinz-Josef Ohm designed many awarded lamps.
One of the best known designers was Helena Tynell who created several lamps for the company. Her most famous are the bubble glass lamps series. Helena Tynell (1918 – 2016) was married to the famous designer Paavo Tynell (1890-1973).
Awards
The Glashütte Limburg company received the state prize for “Gute Form 1982” (good design 1982) and the “Corporate Design Award 1985“.
Glashütte Limburg received 160 iF Design Awards.
Links (external links open in a new window)
Glashütte Limburg manufactures exclusive interior luminaires with natural gas
Vintageinfo
Opal glass mushroom table lamp
1970s square brass & glass wall lamp
Helena Tynell bubble glass wall lamp
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