Cosack Floor Lamp 8267

Cosack floor lamp 8267 round flat metal base clear arcrylic stem chrome hinge adjustable tubular lampshade pill style 1960s design Germany

Cosack floor lamp 8267 pivoting chromed metal hinge red adjustable tubular lampshade pill style white inside 1960s design Germany

Cosack floor lamp 8267 pivoting chromed metal hinge red adjustable tubular lampshade pill style paper company label 1960s design Germany

Cosack floor lamp 8267 pivoting chromed metal hinge red adjustable tubular lampshade pill style 1960s design Germany

Cosack floor lamp 8267 round flat red painted metal base clear arcrylic stem white Bakelite foot switch on wire 1960s design Germany

Cosack Floor Lamp 8267 – 1968 Catalogue Picture

Catalogue photo from 1968, the first and only catalogue in which this standing lamp appears. Here the turquoise and red version. The red table lamp model 7927, is the table lamp version of this floor lamp. Other lamps on this page are models: turquoise table lamp 7926. Floor lamp model 8268 in black and red. Black globe table lamp model 7929. All available in several colours.

BJB

The E27 lamp socket of this floor 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

All the other electric parts were 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 because of the switches they produce that were designed by Achille Castiglioni.

Many thanks to Max from AfterMidnight for all the pictures.

Materials: Round flat red painted metal base. Clear acrylic stem. Chrome hinge. Adjustable red painted tubular lampshade, white painted inside. Metal E27 lamp socket.

Height: 108 cm / 42.51”

Lampshade: ∅ 12,5 cm / 4.92”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: To be appraised.

Manufacturer: Gebrüder Cosack, Neheim-Hüsten, Germany.

Other versions: This Cosack floor lamp 8267 comes in several colours: anthracite, turquoise, red, orange. Also made as a table lamp, it is model 7927.

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.