Vintage Gerrit Rietveld Small Table Light 1925

Netherlands

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About this vintage design furniture

Gerrit Rietveld small table light "Tafellampje", designed the Netherlands, 1925. This example is one of several re-editions made throughout the 20th century after Rietveld’s original prototype design from 1925. It was previously part of an important private Dutch art collection. The table lamp with its strict geometric shape is made of metal tubing varnished black, red, and blue, the upper part of the spherical bulb painted black. Surprisingly modern for its time, it has never been produced in series. Rietveld offered the design to Dutch furniture and lighting manufacturer Gispen, but the company did not approve to take the light into production. It appears Gispen judged it as a nice study but had doubts with regards to the painted lightbulb and unstable construction of the light. An original lamp is now in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and was a gift from the architect. Literature: - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, g.rietveld architect, Cat. no. 516, Amsterdam 1972 - Koch, Andre, Industrieel ontwerper w.h.gispen 1890-1981, De Hef 1988 - Baroni, Daniele - Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Furniture, London Academy Edition 1978.

Reference : 138494

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Features

Length
12 cm
Height
38 cm
Depth
19 cm
Designer
Gerrit RIETVELD
Condition
Good
Period
1940s
Origin
Dutch
Colour
Black
Main material
Metal

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About the designer

Gerrit RIETVELD

1888 - 1964

Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) was a renowned Dutch designer and architect. He is best known for his work in the De Stijl art movement, which aimed to simplify forms and reduce art to its most basic elements.

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