By Benjamin Electrical Company 1
Located in Gloucester, GB
Industrial wall lights by Benjamin, circa 1950s
- Price is per light (2 available)
- Vitreous grey enamel
- White enamel inner
- Black steel arm
- Wires directly into the wall
- Takes E27 fitting bulbs
- English, 1950s
- Measures: 30cm wide x 43cm deep x 31cm tall
Benjamin
The Benjamin Electric Manufacturing Company was founded Reuben Benjamin in Chicago, Illinois, filing its first patent in 1898.
The company opened a base in England, as the Benjamin Electric Ltd, in 1908, in Rosebury Avenue, Islington. Bearing in mind that Thomas Alva Edison had only demonstrated the first working lightbulb 29 years previously, it’s fair to suggest that they were at the vanguard of industrial lighting.
Benjamin electric decamped from London, N1, a decade later, when demand outgrew their facilities, to, of all places, London N17: Tottenham, at Brantwood Road, not a vast leap from White Hart Lane...
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1950s English Industrial Vintage Benjamin Electrical Company Wall Lights and Sconces