Aro Leuchte Bedside Table Lamps

Materials: Round cream-beige coloured plastic base. Round orange plastic conical lampshades with some fabric glued on it. Metal (iron) clip. Bakelite E14 socket.

Height: 26 cm / 10.23”

Width: ∅ 12,5 cm / 4.92”

Base: ∅ 8,5 cm / 3.34”

Electricity: 1 bulb E14, 1 x 40 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: To be appraised.

Manufacturer: Aro-Leuchte(n) GmbH, Arnold Licht GmbH, Gelsenkirchener Strasse 5, 46325 Borken, Germany.

Other versions: The base of these Aro Leuchte bedside table lamps was used for many other lamps. Some lamps have the same base, but made of chromed plastic.

Aro-Leuchte 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.