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Bestlite BL2 Table Lamp
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Gubi
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Chrome
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Black Brass
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Powdercoated Brass
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Shiny Brass
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Polished Chrome
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Black Semi Matt
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Classic White Semi Matt
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Bone China
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Soft White Semi Matt
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Grey Semi Matt
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Black brass
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Dimensions:
Ø17.5 x 48h cm
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The classic Bestlite BL2 Table Lamp is designed in 1930 by Robert Dudley Best, a British designer highly influenced by the school of Bauhaus. With its clean lines and elegant expression, the Bestlite BL2 Table Lamp exudes a unique simplicity with strong references to this period. The table lamp is with its flexible arm and moveable shade, optimal for any home office, workspace, creative corner or even as the lighting at your bedside table or in the living room. The Bestlite lamp design was first adopted by garages and the Royal Air Force engineering departments due to its great functionality.
A feature in Architects Journal lauding Bestlite with the title of the first evidence of Bauhaus in Britain brought the lamp to the attention of the design conscious. Public demand for the Bestlite lamps soon followed and, when Winston Churchill personally chose the Bestlite BL1 Table Lamp for his desk, Bestlite's iconic status was secured. The Bestlite design stays close to its industrial roots and true to its original design. Bestlite is held in permanent collections at both the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Design Museum in London. Loved by architects, designers and design aficionados throughout its long history, today, Bestlite has become a contemporary classic.
BRAND HIGHLIGHT
A hero of the Danish design world with a truly global following, Gubi offers a unique edit of furniture and lighting by overlooked icons of the past and celebrated designers of today, all with an instantly recognisable contemporary aesthetic.Founded in Copenhagen in 1967, Gubi originally created furniture designed by its founders, Lisbeth and Gubi Olsen. Following the introduction of the couple’s sons to the business, they began to delve into the past, and Gubi earned a unique reputation for uncovering forgotten gems of the design world.
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DESIGNED BY
Robert Dudley Best
Robert Dudley Best (1892-1984) was heir to the world's largest lighting manufacturing company Best & Lloyd, founded in Birmingham in 1840. Despite the company's proud history of providing traditional lamps to a prestigious clientele, including Titanic and the Orient Express, Dudley Best was interested in a new collection that symbolised the spirit of the new age by appealing to the more avant-garde architects and setting a new agenda for lamp design.
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