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Helo Leuchten Desk Lamp

Materials: Completely made of brass. Vanilla cream painted brass. Round base with a built-in switch. Iron counterweight inside the base. Curved brass rod. Some metal parts. Mushroom lampshade. Brass E27 socket.

Height: 26 cm / 10.23”

Lampshade: ∅ 26 cm / 10.23”

Base: ∅ 16 cm / 6.29”

Electricity: 1 bulb E14, 1 x 75 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1950s, 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: To be appraised.

Manufacturer: Helo Leuchten, Am Schwalbanger 48, 86633 Neuburg an der Donau, Germany.

Other versions: Many similar lamps such as this Helo Leuchten desk lamp were produced. They also exists in several colours. An older version of this one can be found here on Vintageinfo.

Helo Leuchten

Helo was founded in the 1930s by Henry Gerhard Senior as Elektrogeschäfts Helo in the city of Breslau, at that time a German city. Today a Polish city named Wroclaw.

He fled to Neuburg with his family in 1945 with only a flashlight and some pictures. The three shops were destroyed in a night of bombing. The Helo Leuchten company was registered after World War 2 in 1946 in Neuburg (Neuburg an der Donau). Helo is derived from Henry and his son Lothar. 

From old war material such as brass and aluminum from the airfield, he begins with the production of work lamps, today we say industrial lighting.

The company grows fast and moves twice in a couple of years to the address of today.

The company Gebr. Kaiser & Co. Leuchten KG, Lichttechnische Spezialfabrik from Neheim-Hüsten acquires the rights to use the Helo brand and individual models, such as the “commissaire” lamp, the 6631 Luxus. Today (2018) produced by Lightyears/Fritz Hansen.

Lothar Gerhard, who took over the company after Henry Gerhard’s death in 1964, sees himself forced to gradually abandon the factory and transform the company into the trading company it is today. Helo is now owned by Henry Gerhard Junior, his son and since 1980 a member of the Expert group.

Helo Leuchten brass desk lamp curved rod round mushroom lampshade & base cream vanilla paint 1950s 1960s

Helo Leuchten brass desk lamp curved rod round mushroom lampshade & base cream vanilla paint 1950s 1960s