Vest Leuchten Dynamic Pendant Lamp

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Vest Leuchten Dynamic pendant lamp white enameled metal 12 rings slats acrylic frosted round diffuser 1960s 1970s

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Vest Leuchten Dynamic pendant lamp white enameled metal 12 rings slats acrylic frosted round diffuser 1960s label

Vest Leuchten Dynamic Pendant Lamp – Publicity Photo

Many thanks to Lluís fromEclectique Vintage for the photos.
Many thanks to Peter from BG Galleries for the George Kovacs catalogue picture. You can find his shop over here.

Materials: 12 white enamelled metal (iron) rings, slats round lampshade. Some metal parts and screws. Round white frosted acrylic diffuser. White painted Bakelite E27 socket.

Cord Length: 60 cm / 23.62”

Height: 25 cm / 9.84”

Width: ∅ 46 cm / 18.11”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
No specific type of light bulb is required; different types can be used.

Period: 1960s, 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Wilhelm Vest.

Manufacturers: Vest Leuchten, Vest GmbH Nfg. KG, Piaristengasse 21, A-1080 Vienna, Austria.

Other versions: This Vest Leuchten Dynamic pendant lamp was made in several colours, sizes and variations.

Vest Leuchten

The Vest Leuchten company was founded in 1953 in Vienna, Austria. They produce luminaires and lighting systems in small batches. Vest is also a retailer with a showroom in Vienna.

Vest sells lighting produced by FLOS, Luce Plan, Antares, Artemide, Jielde, ERCO, Lumina and many others.

Some designers that worked for the company: Christain Ploderer, Christian Steiner, Wilhelm Vest, Milanda Havlová.

In Germany pendant lamps made by Vest were sold by Sompex GmbH & Co. The company is well known for the lamps they produced that were designed by Paul Secon. They also sold Rotaflex lamps. Ateljé Lyktan sold them in Sweden. You can find the Vest Rhythmik pendant lamp in the catalogue here on Vintageinfo. In France they were sold by Perrin, as you can see in the 1972 publicity, together with several other nice lamps. In the USA these lamps were sold by George Kovacs and were named Rhythmic.

Wilhelm Vest designed several lamps for Vest. The umbrella pendant lamp 1699 Spring received an iF Design Award in 1976. His Dynamic pendant lamp received an iF Design Award in 1969.