Brass Dome Rise & Fall Pendant Lamp

Materials: Brass half-round globe lampshade, painted white inside. Rise & fall mechanism. Some plastic parts. Metal E27 socket (galvanised iron).

Cord: This one has an adjustable rise & fall mechanism (40 – 140 cm / 15.74 – 55.11”). It can be easily adjusted in height by grabbing the lamp with both hands, and pulling it gently. In all probability they were also made with a standard cord attached.

Height: 24 cm / 9.44”

Width: ∅ 41,4 cm / 16.29”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: To be appraised.

Manufacturer: To be appraised.

This brass dome rise & fall pendant lamp has a mechanism that is not made by the Italian company Rolly as usual, but made by HHK. It is named “Lift 2000“. No information to be found. The company must be long gone and forgotten.

HHK International exists, but it is a car race parts company from Luxembourg. Lift 2000 is an elevator firm from Italy.

Lift 2000 is a typical name for the 70’s. Many companies used the 2000; it was fashionable. In the 80’s it was turbo. Not only on cars but also sunglasses, chewing gum… Today (2019) 3D is a popular addendum, even for toothpaste.

These type of pendant lamps were usually used in the kitchen above the kitchen table.

Brass is a metallic alloy that is made of copper and zinc.

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Similar lamps were made by the German company Florian Schulz GmbH. They are named Duos.