Bauhaus Table Lamp by Christian Dell for Kaiser Idell, 1930s

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Designed by Christian Dell and manufactured and distributed in the 1930s by the Kaiser Dell company, the 6551 lamp is … Read more Designed by Christian Dell and manufactured and distributed in the 1930s by the Kaiser Dell company, the 6551 lamp is an icon of the design of the between war. This office lamp is quite in the production codes of Bauhaus years. Its sober and elegant pace design is based on the lighting function, a simple and effective aesthetics, and a series of production in series. It is made of metal with molded parts and a minimum of welds. This copy of the 6551 lamp is an original edition in an exceptional state of conservation.

The Dell lamp is old, it is a production from the 1930s and 40s. It is in very good condition, the electrification is original, perfectly functional.

19cm in diameter base, 15cm in diameter and 13cm in length for the deflector, 48 cm high.

The Bauhaus movement: This applied art movement was born in 1919 in Germany under the leadership of the brilliant architect Walter Gropius. He founded the State Bauhaus in Weimar Inversion of the term "Hausbau" (house construction), a new university institution. This teaching institution brings together the different building trades. Artists and craftsmen carry out various works and learning in cohesion and harmony with each other in order to achieve "the work built". These workshops and teaching rooms will succeed one another of many personalities of art and design of the 20th century such as Mies van der Rohe, Paul Klee, Kandinsky, Johannes Iten, Noholy-Nagy, Marc Stam, Lyonel Feininger \. Bauhaus Foundation is considered by many historians and specialists as the birth of industrial design.

European Plug (up to 250V).The wiring of this item may be original and might need replacement, if not specified otherwise. See less