Brass & Acrylic Tripod Desk Lamp – Red Version
Lamps In The Movies
A red version of this brass & white acrylic tripod desk lamp was used as a prop in the 2013 Dutch psychological thriller drama film Borgman. Starring Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis and Jeroen Perceval.
BJB
The lamp socket of this desk 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
The switch was 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 for the switches they produce that were designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1968.
Brass & Acrylic Tripod Desk Lamp
Materials: 3 conical ball-ending brass rods base. Brass knee joint. Adjustable white acrylic shell-shaped elongated lampshade. Small brass plate with two screws on top. White half round acrylic socket decoration. Brass E14 socket.
Height: 22 cm / 8.66”
Lampshade: 20 x 12 cm / 7.87 x 4.72”
Base: 15 x 12 cm / 5.90 x 4.72”
Electricity: 1 bulb E14, 1 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used. A candelabra light bulb is preferred, the bulb is part of the design.
Period: 1950s, 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: Gebrüder Cosack, Neheim-Hüsten, Germany – attributed.
Other versions: This brass & white acrylic tripod desk lamp was at least also made with a mother-of-pearl shine on the white acrylic. Made in black, red and beige/vanilla coloured acrylic. The lampshade was also used for a single and double wall and desk lamp with a round base and two rods, often in red and white.
This tripod desk lamp was also made with a different base. It has two flat black painted rods and a curved rod to the identical lampshade.
Often attributed to Italian companies such as Stilnovo and also to the German company WKR Leuchten (Werkstätten für kunsthandwerkliche Raumleuchten, Bronzewarenfabrik (Workshops for artisan room lights, bronze goods factory).
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.
Links (external links open in a new window)
iF-Design Awards – Gebrüder Cosack
Brökelmann, Jäger und Busse – Wikipedia
Switches in the Relco webstore
Borgman (2013) film – Wikipedia