Table lamp Kaiser idell 6631 T

When you once recognized this lamp from the Kaiser idell series on the desk of someone, you could easily decipher this as a discreet pointer at his or her elevated position in the corporate hierarchy. The manufacturer called the lamp his luxury model and the model, designed in 1931, soon made it to the flagship position of the manufacturer’s office desk lamps. Wet-painted (not merely powder-coated) and polished by hand, the high-gloss of the stunning asymmetrical reflector shade and the delicate base won the 6631 its reputation. The curved arm has a tilting joint, the shade a ball joint, formerly patented by Kaiser and used exclusively for this desk lamp model at the time. The ingenious shape of the reflector, well-engineered, especially in combination with the joints, enables optimal light control.

Some prospective acquaintances leave you with the melancholy feeling of knowing that you will never pick up with them. In this light, we introduced the Kaiser idell lamps from Neheim-Hüsten in our catalogue no. 9: Their meteoric rise had begun in the 1920s; in later years, they were famous among connoisseurs, but then they disappeared from the market. In this case, we were fortunately mistaken, because they are back: in the same design, quality and craftsmanship that made them so famous. Behind the long-awaited new edition of the original, you find the descendants of the founder of the Kaiserwerke as well as two former executives of an English industrial lighting manufacturer who took over the production facilities of the Kaiserwerke in the mid-1980s.

As their thumbprint, the technically well-thought-out Kaiser idell luminaires for office, workshop and household carried superior light control and ergonomics, combined with outstanding workmanship. Christian Dell, master metalworker at the Weimar Bauhaus in the years 1922 to 1925 and subsequently head of the metal workshop at the Frankfurt School of Art until 1933 paved the way for these innovations. It’s been a few years, but the lamps reappeared. They are produced in Denmark and Latvia now, partly according to the original designs and partly as new constructions. No matter what, it’s easy to recognize the high standards of design, quality and craftsmanship in all the models – immediately visible in the carefully hand-painted and polished reflector shades (and feet in the case of the table lamps).