Original Vintage Nickel Desk Lamp by Édouard-Wilfred Buquet

Tan leather desk lamp by Le Tanneur. France, circa 1950. Signed/stamped on underside. Features hand-stitched leather-wrapped frame with brushed steel acccents. Rewired for use ...

Swing-arm desk lamp in brushed metal finish. USA, circa 1990. Includes off-white paper drum shade. Takes one standard U.S. bulb, 75 watts max. Dimensions: 22.5 inch lamp he...

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We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare 1925 French Art Deco Edouard-Wilfred Buquet fully articulated table lamp A seriously collectable ...

An identical reproduction of the original architect's desk lamp with a counterweighted, double articulated arm. (22" lower arm 27" swing arm) 40W Max.

At 4.29 p.m. on 9th February, 1927 Eduard-Wilfrid Buquet feild his patent for parts of this table lamp, particularly the flexible joints, at the Ministère du Commerce et l'Industrie in Paris. Various versions were produced until the 1940's. Although little is known about Buquet we do know that he produced this lamp himself and probably designed it as well. The “Buquet” table lamp is impressively functional, stunningly elegant and mysteriously fragile. It was developed in 1925 by a French engineer and designer by the name of Édouard-Wilfrid Buquet. He must have suspected that he’d created something special, as he patented parts of the lamp, especially the joints, at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Paris just two years later on 9 February 1927 – at 16:29, to be precise! While we know that Édouard-Wilfrid Buquet developed many fine lamps, that’s sadly where our knowledge about him comes to an end. However, the shape of the EB 27...

Édouard-Wilfred Bouquet articulated table lamp, model EB 28. France c. 1927. Nickel plated metal, domed aluminum shade with Bakelite handle, stained wood base. Metal plaque on unde...