WKR Leuchten Stephane Davidts Table Lamp
Materials: Sculptural, geometric light in polished and brushed brass square rods or tubes. Paper and gold coloured aluminium lampshade, parchment design. Bakelite E27 socket.
Total Height: 81,5 cm / 32.08”
Height: 55 cm / 21.65”
Base: 12 x 12 cm / 4.72 x 4.72”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 150 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1980s – Modernist Glam.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: Stéphane Davidts, Les Ateliers de la Cambre
Waterloosesteenweg 846-856, 1180 Brussels, Belgium – WKR Leuchten, Sunderen, Germany.
Other versions: The WKR Leuchten Stephane Davidts table lamp was made in some varieties. Made in a shorter version and also made with chrome and brass square tubes. The lampshade is probably not original. This table lamp is model 102102.
Often attributed to the Italian company Romeo Rega, but it is not. You can find these lamps frequently with the WKR Leuchten label.
WKR Leuchten
Werkstätten für kunsthandwerkliche Raumleuchten, Bronzewarenfabrik (Workshops for artisan room lights, bronze goods factory) in short WKR Leuchten was founded in 1920 in Berlin, Germany. After the war the company was rebuild in Offenbach am Main.
It was taken over by Hermann-Josef Brumberg in 1980 and moved to Sundern in 1986. In 2019 the company became part of or was taken over by Herzblut GmbH Leuchten a company that produces lighting in wood. HerzBlut GmbH is located in the same town in the Illingheimer Straße 29, 59846 Sundern.
Stéphane Davidts
Stéphane Davidts, Davidts Lighting – Les Ateliers de la Cambre was or is part of the WKR Leuchten company. It is also possible that WKR Leuchten only sold the brass lamps of Stéphane Davidts. Fact is that you only find these tubular table lamps with a label of WKR.
Stéphane Davidts was founded in 1980 at the same time WKR Leuchten was taken over. On the old website of WKR was written: Our light collection by Stephane Davidts can be found at: www.davidts.com.
Below a video about the company.
Links (external links open in a new window)
WKR Leuchten website – www.wkr.de redirects to the Hertzblut website