Exclusif GEVE Pendant Lamp

Exclusif Geve pendant lamp white acrylic lampshade aluminium metal ring rise & fall mechanism 1970s Belgium

Exclusif Geve pendant lamp white acrylic lampshade aluminium metal ring switch on top 1970s Belgium

Exclusif Geve pendant lamp white acrylic lampshade aluminium metal ring inside view 1970s Belgium

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.

Many thanks to Geert Verdat and Guido Radoccia for all the help.

Materials: White acrylic mushroom lampshade. Aluminium ring. Chromed metal (iron) handle. Aluminium lid. Switch on top. Some metal parts. Metal rise & fall mechanism. Aluminium canopy. Bakelite E27 socket.

Cord Length: 100 cm / 39.37” – adjustable

Height: 25 cm / 9.84”

Width: ∅ 32 cm /12.59”

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: GEVE NV, Wilrijk, Belgium.

Other versions: This Exclusif GEVE pendant lamp was presumably made in several colours and sizes.

GEVE

The GEVE company is a family business founded in 1969. GEVE is based on the name Geert Verdat, born in 1966. His father Alfons Verdat was at that time the manager of Lustrerie Boulanger making Sciolari lamps and more. When he was sick for some time, his wife Maria took over his job since the young couple needed the money.

After Alfons went back to the factory, Maria created her own collection under the GEVE name. The acrylic lamps of GEVE became very popular.

Afterwards, they were the founders of a capiz Tiffany style lamps factory. They even had a factory at that time in the Philippines, where the capiz shells are found. Later the Verdat family branded Linea Verdace.

Geve sold a lot of lamps under their own name, all similar to the Harvey Guzzini or Stilux lamps, made of acrylic. Who produced or designed them is unknown for the moment. But it is quite possible that they were made by these companies, given the similar, or even the same parts used for these lamps. This Stilux lamp has the same handle, the same thin acrylic was used for the lampshade, a similar aluminium ring, switch on top… In all probability, this lamp was made by Stilux.

Today GEVE only sell lamps made by the most well known design companies from Europe such as Oluce, FontanaArte, Louis Poulsen, Fabbian, Martinelli Luce, iGuzzini, Artemide, Philips, Linea Verdace and so on.

Acrylic: often named by its commercial name: Perspex, Plexiglas, Crylux, Acrylite, Lucite, is a thermoplastic.