Wilhelm Wagenfeld Bauhaus Lamp

Nickel plated brass and milk coloured glass germany ca 1924 designed by wilhelm wagenfeld and made in the bauhaus workshops at weimar.

Wilhelm wagenfeld bauhaus lamp. Constructed of precisely cut glass and metal it is his first commercial product and also among the first objects to emerge under the bauhaus s technology focused regime. Tecnolumen produces 4 different versions of the lamp all authentic designs by wilhelm wagenfeld. Today the company tecnolumen distributes a re edition of this timeless lamp which became famous as bauhaus lamp or wagenfeld lamp. The original wagenfeld table lamp has been designed by wilhelm wagenfeld in 1924 and is often named as bauhaus lamp.

The bauhaus lamp was and still is copied and faked very often. The wilhelm wagenfeld table lamp wa 24 was designed and manufactured in 1924 by the product designer of the same name in the metal workshop of the bauhaus in weimar. Cable with black woven fabric. As proven by being named the bauhaus lamp wagenfeld s lamp is a masterpiece illustrating both bauhaus philosophy and tecnolumens dedication to bauhaus design.

He designed glass and metal works for the jenaer glaswerk schott gen the vereinigte lausitzer glaswerke in weißwasser rosenthal braun gmbh and wmf some of his designs are still produced to this day. The lamp has become an icon of not only the bauhaus but of modernism itself and in terms of both conception and realisation is a splendid exhibition piece. Wilhelm wagenfeld 15 april 1900 bremen germany 28 may 1990 stuttgart germany was an important german industrial designer and former student of the bauhaus art school. Headline starting in 1930 this was followed by freelance work and a commission from the thuringian economics ministry to supervise independent glassblowers.

The lamp designed in 1924 by wilhelm wagenfeld is probably the most iconic piece of lighting to come out of bauhaus and it is often called the bauhaus lamp. Wilhelm wagenfeld carl jakob jucker table lamp 1923 24 not on view this object known as the bauhaus lamp embodies an essential idea form follows function advanced by the influential bauhaus school founded in 1919 by the architect walter gropius which taught a modern synthesis of both fine and applied arts. Wilhelm wagenfeld 1924 production. Outside clear glass with chromium plated steel frame on glass base.

Milky glass shade inside opal glass. The bauhaus table lamp embodies the essential idea that form follows function as espoused by the influential bauhaus school. Bauhaus table lamp also known as the wg24 wagenfeld table lamp is a true gem of german modern design and it perfectly exemplifies the core principles of the bauhaus. Bauhaus lamp metal version design.

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