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Honsel Leuchten Spiral Table Lamp
Materials: Chrome spring rod base. Opal oval glass globe lampshade. E14 socket.
Height: 31.5 cm / 12.40”
Width: ∅ 16 cm / 6.29”
Base: ∅ 12 cm / 4.72”
Electricity: 1 bulb E14, 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: Honsel Leuchten, Fischer & Honsel GmbH, Graf-Gottfried-Straße 111, D-59755 Arnsberg, Germany.
Other versions: For the moment it is unknown if this Honsel Leuchten spiral table lamp exists in several versions. This one is model 583.
Honsel Leuchten
Honsel Leuchten was founded in 1833 as Gebrüder Wolff, today Fischer & Honsel GmbH. Fischer & Honsel GmbH bought Gebruder Wolff in 1959. This makes Honsel the oldest lighting company in the lighting city Neheim-Hüsten.
Honsel develops, produces and distributes decorative lighting until today. Honsel has an operational site of 32,000 m² (7.9 acres). The company employs about 100 people. The company merged with Fischer Leuchten from Sundern to form Fischer & Honsel GmbH.
Neheim-Hüsten
Neheim-Hüsten (Arnsberg) is the light capital of Germany. Arnsberg is located in the north-east of the Sauerland in the Ruhr river valley.
Light companies that are/were active in the city are: Hillebrand-Leuchten, Cosack Leuchten (Gebruder Cosack), Kaiser Leuchten (Kaiser Idell). Albert & Bause GmbH, Bankamp Leuchten. Baum Leuchten, Cöppicus-Schulte & Bongard, Dame & Co., Escolux. Hermann Lamberty, Gebrüder Leclaire & Schäfer. Martin Müller & Co. GmbH, Heinz Neuhaus. Schröder & Co., Trilux Lenze GmbH and several others.
Acrylic: often named by its commercial name: Perspex, Plexiglas, Crylux, Acrylite, Lucite, is a thermoplastic.
Lamps in the movies
A Honsel Leuchten spiral table lamp, or a very similar one, but not an Ingo Maurer lamp, was used as a prop in the 2017 French drama TV series Juste Un Regard. Created by Harlan Coben. Based on his American novel of the same title Just One Look from 2004. Here in season 1, episode 5. Starring Virginie Ledoyen, Thierry Neuvic and Thierry Frémont.
A spiral table lamp, brand unknown, was used as a prop in the 2024 French comical film Nice Girls, by Noémie Saglio. Starring Alice Taglioni, Stéfi Celma and Baptiste Lecaplain.