Hala Zeist Desk Lamp in the Bauhaus Style Designed, 1930’s-1960’s

A Space Age Red ladder Desk light from the estate of the late Lady Wanda Boothby, the wife of Conservative peer, Lord Robert Boothby (1900-86). Robert Jo...

A Mid-Century Modern style Italian table lamp or desk lamp made of brass and black lacquered metal, with two directional designed lampshades, with one bulb holder in the smaller shad...

An organic and Brutalist style Butterly table lamp. No chips or cracks. Has been professionally rewired and PAT tested. Easily rewired for all regions. Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...

A rarely seen example of a Fase desk lamp Modelos patentados made in Madrid Spain. Influenced in its design aesthetic from the space age of the 1960’s, ...

Discovered on our travels in Italy and still yet to be seen again, this sleek 1920’s Art Deco chrome Bankers desk light with ink well or pen holder ...

A beautiful hand blown Italian glass lamp with vibrant colors. The clear glass on the outer edges appear to reflect colors from its surroundings. Rewired with gold fabric vintage cor...

Dutch Design this Hala Zeist Architect en table or desk lamp. Model T9 1960s Very nice example. Works perfect. Light in every direction you want. One large E27 bulb needed.

Beautiful desk Lamp designed in 1932 by H. Busquet and manufactured by Hala Zeist in the Netherlands in the 1950s. Strong patina shows how the lamp was loved and used by previous own...

Lovely sweet little desk lamp by Hala Zeist. Black color. Switch on the base. 1950s good working condition.    

This elegant floor lamp is one of the more desired pieces by Hala Zeist from the late 1960s. It is adjustable due to the 'ball in socket' joint in the f...

Dutch design metal desk or table light by Hala. This model is also known from the "Sun Series" by Hoogervorst and Hala. This edition is slightly diff...

Dutch Design Hala Zeist Holland 1970s gooseneck desk lamp, called pan lamp. Flexible arm, taupe brown color. Hala is one of the first light companies of The Netherlands, originated ...