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Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Bauhaus, a lamp / table lamp, model 'W1', steel, nickel-plated, milk glass, Germany, designed in the 1930s

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Wilhelm Wagenfeld /Bauhaus, a lamp / table lamp, model 'W1', tube / shaft diameter 30 mm, nickel-plated with original patina, metal foot diameter approx. 16 cm, matte black, Germany, designed approx. in 1930. Probably distributed by Architekturbedarf Dresden 1930. Structure of a 5/8 sphere as lampshade of milk glass, diameter 20 cm on a shaft of 30 mm diameter, nickel-plated, on round metal foot, diamter approx. 16 cm and 3mm thick, with matter spraying varnish coating, a top-heavy series with unsound proportions, but patented by Wagenfeld at the time. Glass sphere is also original. The lamp is one of approx. fifty originals world-wide. The setting is hallmarked. All dimensions approximate: H 38cm, D 20cm, wear and patina commensurate with age, patina on nickel, not cleaned.

Fabric-coated cable with plug not original, draw string and draw sphere (nickel-plated brass like the original, though) as well as three screws to fasten glass sphere not original. One screw thread on ring of shade slightly defective.

Functionality of lamp incl. original draw switch flawless.130,000

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Wilhelm Wagenfeld /Bauhaus, a lamp / table lamp, model 'W1', tube / shaft diameter 30 mm, nickel-plated with original patina, metal foot diameter approx. 16 cm, matte black, Germany, designed approx. in 1930. Probably distributed by Architekturbedarf Dresden 1930. Structure of a 5/8 sphere as lampshade of milk glass, diameter 20 cm on a shaft of 30 mm diameter, nickel-plated, on round metal foot, diamter approx. 16 cm and 3mm thick, with matter spraying varnish coating, a top-heavy series with unsound proportions, but patented by Wagenfeld at the time. Glass sphere is also original. The lamp is one of approx. fifty originals world-wide. The setting is hallmarked. All dimensions approximate: H 38cm, D 20cm, wear and patina commensurate with age, patina on nickel, not cleaned.

Fabric-coated cable with plug not original, draw string and draw sphere (nickel-plated brass like the original, though) as well as three screws to fasten glass sphere not original. One screw thread on ring of shade slightly defective.

Functionality of lamp incl. original draw switch flawless.130,000

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