Cosack White Acrylic Desk Lamp

Cosack white acrylic desk lamp round chrome base & rod adjustable opal plastic lampshade 1960s Germany

Cosack white acrylic desk lamp round flat chrome base & rod clear acrylic ring 1960s Germany

Cosack white acrylic desk lamp round metal E27 socket inside view plastic lampshade 1960s Germany

Cosack White Acrylic Desk Lamp – 1960s Catalogue Picture

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Materials: Round chrome base & rod. Black painted folded metal slats en screws. Adjustable round & flat white acrylic lampshade. Metal E27 socket.

Height: 47 cm / 18.50”

Width: 30,5 cm / 12.00”

Base: ∅ 16 cm / 6.29”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Anytypeof light bulb canbeused, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: To be appraised.

Manufacturer:Gebrüder Cosack, Neheim-Hüsten, Germany.

Other versions: This Cosack white acrylic desk lamp was only made in one version.

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 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.