Stilux Bulb Table Lamp
Materials: Round aluminium bottom. Round white opal hand blown concave style glass base. Aluminium bulb holder ring. Metal rod and parts. White opal glass globe lampshade, blown in a light bulb style. 3 Bakelite sockets.
Height: 45 cm / 17.71”
Width: ∅ 25 cm / 9.84”
Base: ∅ 16 cm / 6.29”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 2 bulbs E14, 2 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred. For this setup clear bulbs were used.
Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: Stilux, Milan, Italy.
Other versions: This Stilux bulb table lamp was probably made in several sizes and colours. Several variations were designed with this type of glass base.
This table lamp has 3 light bulbs. Two E14 bulbs in the base, one E27 in the globe. They can switched on separately, as you can see.
These and other similar lamps from Stilux are often wrongly attributed to AV Mazzega. But sometimes you find this lamp with a Stilux label.
Stilux lamps all had names, which were on a cardboard card that was attached to the lamp. Most of them have disappeared, of course. Sometimes you see one, for example with a NOS lamp: a lamp from an old stock of a store.
For example, a lamp with the same base as this one has the name “Africa“. Unfortunately, I do not know the name of this lamp (yet). Do you know? Please let us know.
Stilux
Little info can be found about the Stilux lighting company, unfortunately. The Stilux company no longer exists. It was active from the 50s until at least the 70s.
A Stilux company in Milan exists, but it’s got nothing to do with lighting: “Stilux is a company that deals with professional printing and paper converting solutions for communication”.
There was also a Sti-lux company that made lamps in the 1990s, but that firm also no longer exists.
Do you have more info about the Stilux company? Please let us know through the contact form and help improve the websites exactitude.
VLM Components
Almost all the electric parts were made by VLM Components in the 1970s. The company was founded in 1945 in Buccinasco, a small village near Milan, Italy. The company became famous for the switches they produce since 1968, designed by Achille Castiglioni. You can find them over here. VLM is part of the Relco Group, founded in 1967. Today they are the owners of the brands Relco, Leuci, Relco Lighting, VLM and Segno.
BTicino
The plug of this lamp was made by BTicino, another electric components company from Italy founded in 1954. The company is part of the Legrand Group since 1989.
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