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Stilux Bulb Table Lamp – Africa Version
Many thanks to Guido Radoccia for all the help.
Stilux Bulb Table Lamp
Materials: Round aluminium bottom. Round white opal hand blown concave style glass base. Aluminium bulb holder ring. Metal rod and parts. White opal glass globe lampshade, blown in a light bulb style. 3 Bakelite sockets.
Height: 45 cm / 17.71”
Width: ∅ 25 cm / 9.84”
Base: ∅ 16 cm / 6.29”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 2 bulbs E14, 2 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Anytypeof light bulb canbeused, not a specific one preferred. For this setup clear bulbs were used.
Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: Stilux, Milan, Italy.
Other versions: This Stilux bulb table lamp was probably made in several sizes and colours. Several variations were designed with this type of glass base. A large floor lamp also exists, although it looks a bit strange, as it has a large glass tube placed underneath it.
This table lamp has 3 light bulbs. Two E14 bulbs in the base, one E27 in the globe. They can switched on separately, as you can see.
These and other similar lamps from Stilux are often wrongly attributed to AV Mazzega. But sometimes you find this lamp with a Stilux label.
Stilux lamps all had names, which were on a cardboard card that was attached to the lamp. Most of them have disappeared, of course. Sometimes you see one, for example with a NOS lamp: a lamp from an old stock of a store.
For example, a lamp with a similar base as this one uses the name “Africa “. Another one is named “Anatolia “. Unfortunately, I do not know the name of this lamp (yet). Do you know? Please let us know.
Stilux
Unfortunately, very little information is available about the Stilux lighting company. The company no longer exists. According to Ennio Fedele, a former Arredoluce dealer in Trieste, Stilux was founded shortly after the Second World War by Bruno Gatta (1904–1976) from Verona, who developed lamps for both domestic and industrial use. This is written in the book Arredoluce 1943–1987: Catalogue Raisonné. Bruno Gatta later founded Stilnovo in 1946 in Lainate, an industrial suburb of Milan. What happened next with Stilux and Stilnovo, and Gatta’s further role, remains a mystery for now. Fortunately, there is much more information about Stilnovo.
A company called Stilux also exists in Milan, but it has nothing to do with lighting: “Stilux is a company that deals with professional printing and paper converting solutions for communication.”
There was also a company named Sti-lux that produced lamps in the 1990s, but that firm no longer exists either.
There is also a company called Stil-lux Lampadari based in Florence. Founded in 1972 by Marco and Lucia Innocenti, this company is still active. It is responsible, among other things, for the glass-tube “chain” lamps designed by Marco Innocenti, which are almost always attributed to AV Mazzega from Murano and supposedly designed by Aldo Nason. Today, the company operates under the name Stillux and still produces these “Lighting Lab” lamps.
If you have more information about the original Stilux company, please let us know via the contact form and help improve this website’s accuracy.
VLM Components
Almost all the electric parts were made by VLM Components in the 1970s. The company was founded in 1945 in Buccinasco, a small village near Milan, Italy. The company became famous for the switches they produce since 1968, designed by Achille Castiglioni. You can find them over here. VLM is part of the Relco Group, founded in 1967. Today they are the owners of the brands Relco, Leuci, Relco Lighting, VLM and Segno.
BTicino
The plug of this lamp was made by BTicino, another electric components company from Italy founded in 1954. The company is part of the Legrand Group since 1989.
