Orange Cobra Table Lamp
Materials: Orange and silver painted polyester round base & lampshade with a curved back. Made in the form of a cobra snake. Brass tube. Brass B22 socket.
Height: 32 cm / 12.59”
Width: 23 cm / 9.05”
Base: 14 x 16,5 cm / 5.51 x 6.49”
Electricity: 1 bulb B22, 1 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Not any type of light bulb can be used, the smaller the better.
Period: 2000s.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: DOM Christian Koban GmbH, Germany.
Other versions: This orange cobra table lamp comes in several colours.
DOM / Christian Koban
The name DOM (often linked to Christian Koban) is best known as a retail / lifestyle brand rather than a documented lighting manufacturer.
Archived and published sources connect DOM to shops and an online store selling a wide range of consumer goods (including jewellery and watches), instead of a specialised lamp factory with catalogues and technical archives.
This is important when interpreting labels such as “DOM Christian Koban GmbH” found on certain lamps:
a label like this does not automatically mean DOM manufactured the lamp.
It is far more plausible that DOM acted as a brand name, importer, or commercial distributor, sourcing objects from third-party producers and selling them under its own label.
In the case of the lamp nicknamed here the “Cobra” (a purely descriptive name based on its curved silhouette), the construction and finish suggest a product made in small runs rather than by an established lighting manufacturer.
The body appears to be hand-cast from a single piece of polyester (resin), with a rather modest overall build quality.
At present, the actual manufacturer remains unknown.
Until firm documentation surfaces, the Cobra lamp is best described as an anonymously produced object, commercially distributed under the DOM label.


















