Erpe Model 52 Banker's Lamp

Ref: LI24112

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Art Deco 1930's Bauhaus 'Erpe' model 52 Banker's Lamp with black bakelite shade painted white on the inside and a black painted cast iron base. Stamped to base '52 ERPE'. With signs of wear commensurate with age. Approx 45cm high (adjustable) and 22cm wide


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Erpé was the brand name of the company Etablissements Ritzen & Penners. The company was founded in January 1914 by Leon Ritzen and Frans Penners, two entrepreneurs from Brussels. In the 1920s and 1930s Ritzen & Penners manufactured office and work lamps and electrical equipment.

They also distributed the German SABA receivers in the 1920s. Under the brand name Erpé, they marketed broadcast receivers on a modest scale in the 1930s.

The company produced many industrial style desk lamps like this one. This table lamp is model 52. At some point the name Erpé on the lamps was changed into Erpe. In the 50s and 60s they made a whole range of diabolo lamps. The company ended business in the 60s.

The layered type of base of this lamp is one of the first designs for desk lamps. They appeared around 1880 in the USA, when the first Edison light bulb was made. 

A similar base for a comparable desk lamp was also used by the French company Niam from Paris and the German company Robert Pfäffle – Erpees. A very similar name… Several companies produced desk lamps like these for many years.

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