MID-CENTURY WALL SCONCES/LIGHTS BY Raak X 3, 60 Cm length ,WITH ORIGINAL BULBS ,STORED SINCE 1963

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LARGE MID-CENTURY WALL SCONCES / LIGHTS BY Raak Of Holland ,X 3 MATCHING SETS ,600 mm x 90mm EACH PIECE X 9 ,THEY COME WITH WALL BRACKETS ,MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE ,THEY HAVE BEEN IN STORAGE SINCE 1965 ,ALL 9 LIGHTS HAVE MAKERS STICKER
Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Maija Liisa Komulainen.

Manufacturer:Raak Lichtarchitectuur, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Other versions: The Raak Fuga wall lamp also exists in copper coloured anodised aluminium and in brown. Made as a single tube wall lamp and table lamp. 2 tubes, 3 tubes and 5 tubes, whatever you want, and a big version (60 cm – 23.62”). The big version was always sold as 1 tube, never connected with others.

Maija Liisa Komulainen
These wonderful wall lamps were designed at the end of the 1950s by the Finnish architect and industrial designer Maija Liisa Komulainen (born January 29, 1922), one of the top designers of the Raak design team from Amsterdam, Holland. Komulainen won several international awards with her designs.

Raak
The Dutch company “Raak” was founded in 1954 by Carel O.Lockhorn (18 June 1923 – 6 October 2004), a previous employee of Philips Lighting Eindhoven. Raak, which means “to hit” in Dutch, implies design which precisely “hits the nail on the head”.

Raak is best known for their organic modern design of the 1960s and 1970s which combined glass & metals for a sophisticated futuristic style.

The light company collaborated with several international designers and architects, including Bertrand Balas, Evert Jelle Jelles, Frank Ligtelijn, Ger Vos, Jan Jasper Fayer, Li Helo, Maija-Liisa Komulainen, Nan Platvoet, Nanny Still-Mackinney, Nico Kooi, Sergio Asti, Tapio Wirkala, Willem van Oyen and many others.

Raak also collaborated with other companies. They worked with the German Peill + Putzler for the Raak Globe lamps. Peill + Putzler produced the glass. They also sold lamps made by Peill + Putzler, such as a pendant lamp designed by Aloys Ferdinand Gangkofner. For the Raak Discus the glass was made by Bega, also a German company. For the Stalactites flush mounts a cooperation with the Belgian Val Saint Lambert was undertaken in the late 1950s. Raak also sold some lamps that were produced by Staff Leuchten (Staff & Schwarz Leuchtenwerke GMBH) from Germany.

Carel Lockhorn sold the company in 1974 to ITT but remained a director until 1977. In 1980 Raak merged with BIS Lighting from Aalsmeer, also in The Netherlands and was renamed into BisRaak. In 1986 the Raak company became independent again. The company got a business appearance and only the colours white, black and grey were still processed.

In 1999 Raak merged with Artilite B.V. and Indoor B.V. and became CLA: Centrum voor Lichtarchitectuur B.V. in Drachten (Centre for Light Architecture). The Centre for Lighting Architecture was founded by Egbert Keen. The company was declared bankrupt on 19-05-2011.
THESE LIGHTS ARE AS THEY CAME IN WITH ORIGINAL WIRING AND BULBS ,
FREE DELIVERY 5 MILES RADIUS OF NW2 ,FURTHER CAN BE ARRANGED FOR A MINIMAL FEE ,CASH OR BANK TRANSFER ON DELIVERY ACCEPTED
ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL/TEXT OR MESSAGE VIA Gumtree AND I WILL CALL YOU BACK
Dimensions set of three when on wall
83 Cm X 28 Cm But This Can Be Changed As I Think There Adjustable Or Can Be Seperated
Sensible Offers Welcome Price Is For The 3 sets of lights

Posted: 17 days ago

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