Bestlite - BL10 wall lamp

 

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The BL10 wall lamp is the largest of the classic Bauhaus wall lamps by Bestlite. It has an extension arm and it is flexible, practical and elegant.

Fixed to the wall BL10 is rotatable and traversable and therefore it’s able to light any spot in its reach. Through the extension arm the lamp can also reach areas that are further away. After use BL10 can be pushed to the wall to save space. The functional lamp is also suitable as a reading lamp, working place lamp, bathroom lamp or for lighting a certain part of a room. The simple design of the lamp fits every room and it looks elegant both in the background and as the centre of an ensemble.

The lamp shade can be brought into almost any position. A heavy floor plate ensures a secure and firm stand.

When Robert Dudley Best designed the lamps of the BL series in the 1930s they were revolutionary simple and of unusually clear and functional forms. They are still regarded as examples of classic Bauhaus design. This has been enforced by the British designers close contacts to Dessau, Weimar and Berlin, which were the centers of the Bauhaus movement back then.

Even the British premier Winston Churchill had a BL1 lamp standing on his desk in Whitehall and many architects and designers made some great designs under its light.

The wall lamp BL10 is available in crème white and white.

Design: Robert Dudley Best

Robert Dudley Best (1892-1984) studied at the Düsseldorf School for Industrial Design and later on at the Furniture Atelier in Paris. 1930 he designed his revolutionary lamp in the Bauhaus style and counts to the most famous British designers since then. Designer Robert Dudley Best