Cosack Floor Lamp 8268

Cosack floor lamp 8268 blue round flat base clear acrylic stem chrome hinge adjustable half round globe lampshade 1960s design Germany

Cosack floor lamp 8268 acrylic rod chrome hinge adjustable blue half round aluminium globe lampshade 1960s design Germany

Cosack floor lamp 8268 blue round flat base clear acrylic Perspex rod white electric cord 1960s design Germany

Cosack floor lamp 8268 blue round flat base clear acrylic rod chrome hinge adjustable half round globe lampshade 1960s design Germany

Cosack floor lamp 8268 1960s paper company label chrome hinge Germany

Cosack Floor Lamp 8268 – 1968 Catalogue Picture

Catalogue photo from 1968, the first catalogue in which this standing lamp appears. Here the black and red version. Other lamps on this page are models: 7926, the table lamp version of the floor lamp. Floor lamp model 8267 in turquoise and red. Black globe table lamp model 7929. Red table lamp 7927, the table lamp version of model 8267. All available in several colours.

BJB

The E27 lamp socket of this floor 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

All the other electric parts were 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.

Cosack Floor Lamp 8268 – 1970 Catalogue Picture

1970 catalogue picture, red floor lamp 8268. Other models: black table lamp model of this floor lamp, it is model 7926. And globe floor lamp 8263 & 8282.

Many thanks to Max from AfterMidnight for all the pictures.

Materials: Round blue turquoise painted metal base. Cast iron counterweight inside. Thick clear acrylic stem. Chrome hinge. Adjustable half round turquoise painted globe lampshade. Metal E27 lamp socket.

Height: 105 cm / 41.33”

Width: 22 cm / 8.66”

Lampshade: ∅ 22 cm / 8.66”

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, 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: To be appraised.

Manufacturer: Gebrüder Cosack, Neheim-Hüsten, Germany.

Other versions: This Cosack floor lamp 8268 comes in several colours: anthracite, turquoise, red, orange. Also made as a table lamp.

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.