Estiluz Tube Table Lamp
Materials: White painted round & flat wood disc base. Blue-green felt on the bottom of the base. Chromed metal (iron) tubular lampshade with an oval gap. Painted white inside. Bakelite E27 socket.
Height: 34 cm / 10.23”
Base: ∅ 10 cm / 3.93”
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: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: Estiluz S.A., Carretera d’Ogassa, 1, 17860 Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Girona, Spain.
Other versions: This Estiluz tube table lamp exists in all probability in several sizes and versions.
Estiluz
The Estiluz company was founded in 1969 by Gerard Masdeu Jordà, a young entrepreneur with great vision and taste for design. He drew on his father’s mechanical experience and the help of his brother to found the firm.
Today Estiluz has regional sales offices in Paris, New York and Frankfurt. All lighting is produced in the factory in Spain, some 116 km / 72 mi from Barcelona.
In 2012 they received the ADI-FAD Silver Delta Prize for the original design of its Balloon flush mount and wall lamp. This is one of Spain’s most prestigious design awards. It was designed by Francesc Crous and Alessandro Calogero from the CrousCalogero Design Studio. The ADI-FAD is the Association of Industrial Design (Associació de Disseny Industrial).
The best known designers, Perry King and Santiago Miranda (King & Miranda Design), famous for the lighting they designed for Arteluce/Flos, designed the E-Llum lamp range in 2006. These lamps are no longer in production.
Other designers that work for Estiluz are: estudi{H}ac, OIKo Design Office, Josep Lluís Xuclà, Jordi Blasi, Nahtrang Studio, Joan Cinca / Laproduqtora, Goula / Figuera, Roger Vancells, Gabriel Teixidó, Francesc Rife, Serge and Robert Cornelissen, JM Massana, JM Tremoleda, M Ferrer, Estudi Ribaudí, Leonardo Marelli, LaGranja, Oriol Guimerà, Ramón Valls, Guimerà i Cinca, Estudio Alfred García Gotós, Ximo Roca diseño, Serra & Delarocha, Jordi Vayreda project team.
Links (external links open in a new window)
Balloon lamp on the Estiluz website
CrousCalogero Design Studio website
Vintageinfo
Many thanks to Lluís from Eclectique Vintage for the photos and the enthusiasm.