Leola Brass Flush Mount

Materials: 5 brass tubes. Curved brass rods. Round brass mount. Some metal parts. 5 E14 sockets. 

Height: 17,5 cm / 6.88”

Width: 35 x 35 cm / 13.77 x 13.77”

Electricity: 5bulbs E14, 5 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Anytypeof light bulb canbeused. Not a specific one preferred. But the original ones used are these bulbs. 

Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Gaetano Sciolari – attributed.

Manufacturer: Leola-Leuchte GmbH, Leyherstraße 14, Fuerth, Germany.

Other versions: This Leola brass flush mount exists in several variations and sizes. Also chrome versions exists. Sometimes you see these lamps used as a wall lamp.

LEOLA

The German company LEOLA was originally based in the Leyherstraße 14 in Fürth. The exact year of its founding is unknown for the moment, but a catalogue from 1973 confirms that the company was active at least by then.

In 2009, LEOLA relocated to Schweppermannstraße 77 in 90409 Nuremberg, and in 2012 it moved again to Ostendstraße 241. The company’s last managing director was Michael Pietsch.

While LEOLA distributed a wide range of lamps from other manufacturers, it also produced its own designs. Notably, designers such as Cari Zalloni and Gaetano Sciolari created pieces for the company.

LEOLA was officially liquidated in 2017, though its website remained online until 2020. An archived version of the site can still be accessed through the link below.

Light bulbs

The light bulbs used for these flush mounts are Centaurus light bulbs made by Neolamp. Also silver tipped or gold tipped light bulbs were used. Leuci produced them under the name Astrolux 2000 Hours, also Neolamp made them. Several other companies produced these bulbs, such as the Lindner Eldea bulbs and Paulmann. You find them sometimes for sale on website such as Ebay.

Angelo Gaetano Sciolari

Angelo Sciolari graduated with a degree in architecture but wanted to be a filmmaker. This course came to an abrupt end when in 1949 his father suddenly died and he took over the Sciolari Lighting company at the age of 22.

His first designs in the 1950s were Sputnik inspired pendants; of course it was the space age.

In the 1960s he created refined, futuristic and sharp classical style chandeliers. Lines were clean and sculptural and materials such as crystal and ice glass sparkled with a voluptuously luxurious coolness and he started combining brass with chrome.

He led the family business with a passionate vision and within years, he expanded the business and started working with other light companies worldwide.

Gaetano Sciolari created lights for Stilnovo and Stilkronen (Italy), Lightolier and Progress Lighting (USA), S.A. Boulanger (Belgium), Helestra and Leola (Germany), Lyfa (Denmark) and some other companies and of course for his own Italian family business; the Sciolari company in Rome and Milan; where all the lighting business at that time was present.

Sciolari was the founder and the first president of the trade association of Italian manufacturers of lighting fixtures, the AIDI. The Associazione Italiana di Illuminazione was founded in 1958 and still exists today.