Aro Leuchte Plastic Discs Chandelier - 1970s, Germany
Aro Leuchte Plastic Discs Chandelier
Materials: 36 acrylic plastic translucent and frosted carved oval discs decorated with circles. Chromed metal (iron) wire frame. Chrome rod & canopy. 6 silver painted Bakelite E14 sockets, 1 E27 socket.
Total Height: 70 cm / 27.55”
Height: 52 cm / 20.47”
Width: ∅ 45 cm / 17.71”
Electricity: 6 bulbs E14, 6 x 40 watt maximum, 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: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: Aro-Leuchte(n) GmbH, Arnold Licht GmbH, Gelsenkirchener Strasse 5, 46325 Borken, Germany.
Other versions: This Aro Leuchte plastic discs chandelier was made in many variations. More or less discs, bigger or smaller frames. Made in many colours and many designs. All made of acrylic. This design exists in round and oval discs.
Inspired, to say the least, by the famous crystal glass discs chandeliers that were produced on the Venetian island Murano in Italy in the 50s, 60s and 70s by several companies, but the most were made by AV Mazzega, after a design by Carlo Nason.
In Germany you sometimes find these lamps with a sticker inside the canopy of Bartmann, Berlin. It is not a label, only a shop who sold lighting made by Aro Leuchte. The Bartmann company still exists.
Aro-Leuchten GmbH
Aro-Leuchten GmbH was founded in 1969 as a family business. It ended business in 2006. Not much to be found about the company. Today, the website is offline. The url was www.aro-leuchten.de. Mister Matthias Arnold was the last managing director.
The company was specialised in lamps made of acrylic in stead of glass. Many lamps were designed by other companies in the 1950s and 1960s. Aro-Leuchte produced the plastic versions. You can find several examples on the Vintageinfo website. The company used both Aro-Leuchte as Aro-Leuchten on their labels. The website was also with the N.
Another German company named Marbach Leuchten sold several lamps made by Aro Leuchte. They are labelled with their ME logo.
Acrylic: often named by its commercial name: Perspex, Plexiglas, Crylux, Acrylite, Lucite, is a thermoplastic.
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Aro Leuchte lamps with Google Images
Vintageinfo
Aro Leuchte lamps
Similar, but round acrylic discs chandelier