Description

Early scissor wall lamp in its original off white age cracked original surface. This light has been rewired and ready for regular use. Factory Kaiser markings . A rare find . To fully understand and appreciate its design, it is interesting to know a few more details about Christian Dell’s training. In 1911 he specialized in silversmithing and between 1912 and 1913 he studied at the Saxon College of Applied Arts in Weimar. Between 1922 and 1925 he worked as master builder for the Bauhaus metal laboratory introducing a number of innovative approaches in this field. His training, therefore, is not an architect or an engineer but in 1926 Dell approaches design, designing a series of lamps for the Gebr company. Kaiser & Co of Neheim Hüsten and in 1936 the first catalog of his lamps produced by the company was introduced. Among these, the 6631 Luxus also appears for the first time, starting from which the Kaiser Idell™ will later be imagined

11.00" X 38.00" X 10.00"