Wilhelm Wagenfeld Table Lamp For Tecnolumen, Germany 1990s

Postmodern table lamp by Los Angeles, California lighting designer Ron Rezek, c.1980s. The lamp features a galvanized steel frame and removable steel shade with a polished brass ring...

Christa Hausler-Goltz Matte White Porcelain Vase for Rosenthal Studio-Linie, Germany, 20th Century

This multi-functional lamp was designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld in 1939. It was originally created as a “bedside lamp” that was “also suitable as a wall lamp”, as described in the broch...

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...