Aluminor UFO Desk Lamp

Materials: Orange painted round flat iron base & folded rod. Adjustable orange and white painted UFO style lampshade made of two aluminium parts. Some iron parts. Brass E14 socket with a porcelain ring.

Height: 26 cm / 10.23”

Lampshade: ∅ 22 cm / 8.66”

Base: ∅ 12 cm / 4.72”

Electricity: 1 bulb E14, 1 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1950s, 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: To be appraised.

Manufacturer: Aluminor, Nice, France.

Other versions: This Aluminor UFO desk lamp exists in several colours and variations. The design of the lampshade is reminiscent to a design by the Italian designer Oscar Torlasco for Lumi, his model 567 desk lamp from 1958. French company JUMO has produced a similar lamp, it is model 1300 M, a catalogue picture can be found on this page.

Aluminor

André Lavigne established Aluminor in Nice at the Côte d’Azur – the French Riviera in 1950 to manufacture camera shutters. A year later the company grows and develops into manufacturing lighting appliances, first as a subcontractor, then with its own products. In 1974 they moved to the Contes and they started to export their lighting to the United States. Over the years the company expanded and built a number of new workshops. The company still exists and they still produce lighting.

VLM Components

All the electric parts were made in the 1950s/1960s by VLM Components. VLM Components was founded in 1945 in Buccinasco, a small village near Milan, Italy. VLM Components is part of the Relco Group, founded in 1967. Today they are the owners of the brands Relco, Leuci, Relco Lighting, VLM Components and Segno. VLM Components became famous for the switches they produce which were designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1968.