Cosack White Acrylic Desk Lamp – 1960s Catalogue Picture
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Cosack White Acrylic Desk Lamp
Materials: Round chrome base & rod. Black painted folded metal slats en screws. Adjustable round & flat white acrylic lampshade. Metal E27 socket.
Height: 47 cm / 18.50”
Width: 30,5 cm / 12.00”
Base: ∅ 16 cm / 6.29”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer:Gebrüder Cosack, Neheim-Hüsten, Germany.
Other versions: This Cosack white acrylic desk lamp was only made in one version.
Cosack Leuchten
The Gebrüder Cosack (Gecos) company was founded in 1833 as a metal processing plant in Neheim-Hüsten, Germany by Egon, Friedrich and Theodor Cosack together with Gottliebe Tappe. It was named Metallwarenfabrik Tapp + Cosack. In the beginning they made liturgical items, crosses and upholstery nails made of brass and they also produced kerosene lamps. Later the company came to the production of electric lamps.
In 1921 a cardboard factory was started, originally for packaging the Cosack Group‘s own products, including lights, nails, rivets and kitchen appliances.
After the Second World War Cosack pursued a modern direction. A best seller were copper lighting for restaurants. The company was declared bankrupt in 1984.
The cardboard factory still exists. The sixth generation is now running the business at the Cosack plant.
Best known designers: Gottfried Stürzenhofecker, K. H. Kinsky, Hans Wilfried Hegger, Hans-Joachim Groth, Burkhard Panteleit, Joachim O. Becker, Prof. Friedrich Becker, Waldemar Rothe and Jan Armgardt.
Gebrüder Cosack (Gecos) received 15 iF Design Awards.
Acrylic: often named by its commercial name: Perspex, Plexiglas, Crylux, Acrylite, Lucite, is a thermoplastic.
BJB
The socket of this desk lamp was made by BJB. BJB is Brökelmann, Jäger and Busse, BJB GmbH & Co. KG. The BJB company was founded in 1867 and started with petroleum lighting. The company still exists. Today they produce LED lamps, terminal blocks and connectors, lamp holders for conventional lighting and switches. They are active in the whole world. BJB GmbH & Co. KG is located on Werler Strasse 1, 59755, Arnsberg, Germany.
Links (external links open in a new window)
If Design Awards for Gebrüder Cosack
Cosack printing + packaging website
Brökelmann, Jäger und Busse – Wikipedia
Vintageinfo
Wrinkle paint bedside table lamp
Cosack Leuchten Leaflet 125, 1960s – with this desk lamp