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Mid-Century Modern Ingo Maurer Table Lamp Glass & Chrome, Design M, Germany 1960

Name: Mid-Century Modern Ingo Maurer Table Lamp Glass & Chrome, Design M, Germany 1960
Brand: Ingo Maurer
Price: 1211.76 CHF
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Rating: 5 (24 reviews)

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Mid-Century Modern Ingo Maurer Table Lamp, Glass & Chrome, Design M, Germany, 1960s A stunning and rare table lamp designed by Ingo Maurer for Design M, Germany, in the 1960s. This mid-century modern piece is a masterclass in material contrast and sculptural elegance, perfectly encapsulating Maurer’s bold yet refined approach to lighting design. The lamp features a delicately flared base crafted from clear hand-blown glass, offering a sense of visual lightness and purity. Rising from the base is a polished chrome stem with subtle ribbing that introduces a modern industrial touch. Topping the lamp is an oversized, conical shade with a beautifully textured grey surface—possibly cork or composite—giving it a unique tactile presence that softens the metallic and glass elements below. When illuminated, the lamp emits a warm, diffused glow that enhances the texture of the shade while casting ambient light ideal for living areas, reading nooks, or bedside tables. The combination of raw and refined materials, along with the lamp’s poised silhouette, make it a striking functional object and a sculptural focal point in any interior. This piece embodies the experimental spirit of 1960s German design, and stands as a testament to Maurer’s status as a pioneer in the world of lighting—often referred to as the “poet of light.” Dimensions (approx.): Height: 77 cm (30.3 in) Shade Diameter: 60 cm (23.6 in) In good vintage condition, with wear consistent with age and use.

Creator:

Ingo Maurer (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Diameter: 23.63 in (60 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Chrome,Glass

Place of Origin:

Germany

Period:

Mid-20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1960s

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Almelo, NL

Reference Number:

Seller: 69791stDibs: LU3696344740102

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Ingo Maurer

German designer Ingo Maurer (1932–2019) was known as a “poet of light” for how he artfully created table lamps and floor lamps that married form and function, from bulbs that soared on goose-feather wings to chandeliers that suspended bursts of shattered tableware like a slow-motion explosion.

One of Maurer's first lamps, a 1966 design that was merely called Bulb, nested a lightbulb inside a larger glass lightbulb shape, drawing on his connection to German art traditions of reductive forms as well as Pop art and the playful aesthetics of 1960s pop culture. The success of Bulb — its fans included American design icon Charles Eames — led to the founding of his own company to produce this provocative fixture as well as other fantastic lighting designs. Later, for Maurer’s bestselling Uchiwa lamps of the 1970s, the designer found inspiration in Japanese fans made of bamboo and lacquered rice paper.

Born on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance in southern Germany, Maurer apprenticed at a newspaper before moving to the United States in 1960. In New York and California, Maurer initially worked as a graphic designer for IBM and elsewhere before returning to Germany with his then-wife, designer Dorothee Becker, in 1963. The experience that Maurer gained in typography and bold forms was regularly expressed in the lamps crafted by his company, which was called Design M before the name was changed to Ingo Maurer GmbH. The lighting manufacturer is still based in Munich.

Some of Maurer’s pieces were minimal, such as a ceramic table lamp in 1996 he called Broken Egg, which radiated light from a fissure in an oblong shape, while others were monumental, such as the designer’s last completed installation — a colossal chandelier composed of over 3,000 silver-plated leaves — in Munich’s Residenztheater. Maurer was always at the forefront of lighting innovations, exploring holograms, LEDs and OLEDs in his projects. Through his company, the venturesome Maurer also promoted inventive new designers, including Moritz Waldemeyer, whose My New Flame (2012) imagined a futuristic candle with LEDs.

Ingo Maurer GmbH continues to produce the late designer’s distinctive table lamps, chandeliers and other fixtures, including the imaginative Bulb that started it all.

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