Cosack Globes Floor Lamp 8272

Cosack globes floor lamp 8272 round metal base chrome stem 2 adjustable sphere lampshades 1970 Stürzenhofecker design Germany

Cosack globes floor lamp 8272 round aluminium adjustable sphere lampshades acrylic diffuser on top chrome rod 1970 design: Stürzenhofecker Germany

Cosack globes floor lamp 8272 round tubular chrome lampshades holder big clear acrulic adjustement knob 1970 Stürzenhofecker design Germany

Cosack globes floor lamp 8272 round yellow painted metal base cast iron counterweight inside chrome stem 1970 Stürzenhofecker design Germany

Cosack globes floor lamp 8272 inside view round aluminium adjustable sphere lampshades white inside metal E27 socket chrome rod

Cosack Globes Floor Lamp 8272 – 1970 Catalogue Picture

Models on this page of the catalogue: 4262 wall lamp, 8270 single globe floor lamp, 7063 pendant lamp and this floor lamp, model 8272.

Cosack Globes Floor Lamp 8272 – 1972 Catalogue Picture

These are the other lamps, without de acrylic reflector/diffuser on top of the lampshade. On this page of the 1972 catalogue, models: 8269, 8271 floor lamps & 7964 table lamp.

Many thanks to Max from AfterMidnight for all the pictures.

Materials: Yellow painted flat round & rounded base, cast iron counterweight inside. Chrome stem and parts. Clear acrylic ornamental adjustment screw. White painted globe lampshades, white painted inside. White acrylic diffusers on top. 2 galvanised metal E27 sockets.

Height: 150 cm / 59.05”

Width: 62 cm / 24.40”

Lampshade: ∅ 21 cm / 8.26”

Electricity: 2 bulbs E27, 2 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Gottfried and/or Ursula Stürzenhofecker.

Manufacturer: Gebrüder Cosack, Neheim-Hüsten, Germany.

Other versions: This Cosack globes floor lamp 8272 comes in several colours: red, orange yellow and black.

This lamp series is only listed in the 1970 catalogue. The other lamp, model 8271, without the acrylic reflector, was made a few years longer. You can find it here.

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.

BJB

The E27 lamp sockets of these lamps were 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.