Vintage French Industrial Green Machinist Table Lamps by Lumina

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Industrial table / work light Pfaff with bakelite shade by Lumina, France
Including plug and switch in base

Available with UK / US plug

Bulb holder : B15

Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by international standards for incandescent light bulbs, energy-efficient and LED bulbs. The new wiring is CE certified or UL listed. 100% safe. They can be set in operation immediately. Contact us for shipping prices for larger quantities. Excluding light bulb.Creator: Lumina (Manufacturer)Dimensions: Height: 25.2 in (64 cm)Width: 3.15 in (8 cm)Depth: 15.75 in (40 cm)Power Source: Plug-inStyle: Industrial (In the Style Of)Materials and Techniques: Bakelite,IronPlace of Origin: FrancePeriod: Mid-20th CenturyDate of Manufacture: Mid-20th CenturyCondition: GoodRewired: new wiring is UL Listed (110 volt) or CE certified (220 volt)
This is a used vintage European product. Only the new parts are certified not the complete product. Wear consistent with age and use. All lamps offered are in vintage condition. Every lamp is unique. Although most items are in very good condition, traces of usage can be found.Seller Location: Amsterdam, NLReference Number: Seller: pfaff Pl 800 green desk1stDibs: LU930237619062Shop All Lumina

Lumina

Renowned among architects and interior designers for its slender and unassuming table lamps, pendants and floor lamps in brushed nickel and varnish-coated aluminum, Italian manufacturer Lumina has been producing lighting solutions for residential and commercial properties all over the globe for several decades.

Lumina is the brainchild of founder Tommaso Cimini, a Milanese lighting designer who worked as a technician at Artemide prior to establishing his own firm. In 1975, he created a prototype of a very minimalist table lamp it comprised little more than an articulated arm, a modest-sized diffuser and a transformer that, instead of being tucked inside the base, was visible to anyone who stopped by Ciminis workbench to admire his clever fixture.

Ciminis idea lots of light, not much lamp was the catalyst for the Daphine table lamp, a deceptively simple design that debuted at the Milan Trade Fair to considerable critical acclaim.

Based on the success of the now-iconic Daphine lamp, Cimini formed Lumina in Sedriano, a town in Milan, in 1980. The new decade marked the start of an albeit brief era of postmodern design, which would yield innovative, unconventional furnishings and decorative objects in Ciminis native Italy from the likes of the Memphis Group and others. Together with several notable figures in the field of lighting design, including Riccardo Blumer, Yaacov Kaufman, Walter Monici and Emanuele Ricci, Ciminis firm created a range of sculptural fixtures in appealing contemporary styles.

There were Monicis Tangram metal and aluminum table lamps, which feature a jointed arm and reflector that rotates 360 degrees. Elsewhere, Kaufmans Matrix pendant light was made of aluminum and steel with 16 moveable arms fitted with halogen or fluorescent bulbs. In the subsequent years, Lumina opened branches in Switzerland and Germany and collaborated with British architecture and design firm Foster + Partners to create sleek pieces such as the Flo desk lamp, Ilium pendant lamp and EVA glass table lamp.

Cimini died in 1997, leaving Lumina to his son Ettore, who runs the company today. Several Lumina lamps, particularly the Daphine, are held in the collections of museums such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Muse des Arts Dcoratifs and more, and the companys fixtures are sold in more than 100 countries all over the world.

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