Wilhelm Wagenfeld Table Lamp

Wagenfeld was 24 years old when he was admitted as a journeyman to the bauhaus workshop in weimar.

Wilhelm wagenfeld table lamp. The rounded shade is made from opalescent glass which creates a glowing diffused light. The model was designed way back in 1923 but it still exudes a classically elegant charm today. Two versions of this lamp were produced in the bauhaus metal workshops between 1924 and april 1925. The original wagenfeld table lamp has been designed by wilhelm wagenfeld in 1924 and is often named as bauhaus lamp.

Today the company tecnolumen distributes a re edition of this timeless lamp which became famous as bauhaus lamp or wagenfeld lamp. Milky glass shade inside opal glass. This table lamp designed by wilhelm wagenfeld in 1924 is often named the bauhaus lamp. Outside clear glass with chromium plated steel frame on glass base.

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. 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. This version mt8 with its metal base and column was designed solely by wilhelm wagenfeld. 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.

He designed glass and metal works for the jenaer glaswerk schott gen the vereinigte lausitzer glaswerke in weißwasser rosenthal braun gmbh and wmf. And in the same manner it is difficult to mention bauhaus without mentioning one of the biggest names of the design movement that developed in bauhaus school wilhelm wagenfeld. One of his classics is a table lamp known as wagenfeld lampe 1924 which he designed together with karl j. One mt9 on a circular glass base and with a transparent glass column was designed as a collaborative exercise between k j.

Wilhelm wagenfeld 1923 wa 23 sw is a take on the famous bauhaus table lamp with a black painted metal base. Wilhelm wagenfeld house a brief walk from the kunsthalle bremen is a museum dedicated to the work of the bremen born bauhaus designer it was originally built in 1828 as a neoclassical jail. The lamp is a modernist celebration of function and form. Here he designed the first model of this lamp as his solution to an assignment given to him by moholy nagy.

The elegant design and quality craftsmanship of wagenfeld s wg24 table lamp gives it a timeless aesthetic that works with any style interior. Jucker and wilhelm wagenfeld.