Hustadt-Leuchten Chrome Table Lamps

Materials: Round chrome tubular base made of iron. Chrome globe on top. Some chrome parts. Round plasticised lampshades with 3 aluminium rings. Bakelite sockets.

Total height: 65 cm / 25.59”

Width: ∅ 38 cm / 14.96”

Base: ∅ 11 cm / 4.33”

Electricity: 1 x E27 bulb, 1 x 75 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: Walter Hustadt GmbH & Co. KG Leuchten, Am Schindellehm 7-9, 59755 Arnsberg, Germany. 

Other versions: These Hustadt-Leuchten chrome table lamps exists in many in different sizes and variations. Also made with several different lampshades.

These talbe lamps are made in the style of the lamps made by Maison Barbier from Paris, France and designed by Philippe Barbier. They are often confused.

Hustadt-Leuchten

Hustadt-Leuchten was founded in September 1962 as Walter Hustadt GmbH & Co. KG Leuchten. Not much is know about it. The company officially ended business in may 2014. It went bankrupt some 5 years before.

Hustadt-Leuchten always produced high quality lights. You can find a few lamps on this website. The company received several design awards. One of the most well known designers for Hustadt-Leuchten was Klaus Hempel, who also designed lamps for the famous Gebr. Kaiser & Co. Leuchten, company, also from Germany.

Hustadt is also a small German town that was build in the late 1960s as a model neighborhood according to the general urban standards, to fulfill the requirements for approximately 6000 inhabitants. Hustadt is build on the edge of the city of Bochum. It’s surrounded by woods and fields on the one side, and offshoots of the enormous campus of the Ruhr University, as well as other housing areas on the other side.