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By Robert Dudley Best

Bestlite BL1 Table Lamp

$899

Designed by Robert Dudley Best in 1930, the Bestlite BL1 Table Lamp is a coveted design worldwide with strong references to Bauhaus. Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, personally chose the Bestlite BL1 Table Lamp for his desk in the Whitehall and history records that Churchill even took the lamp with him on his countless trips around the world. This was the big breakthrough for the Bestlite, which has made it a design classic today. The minimalistic yet distinctive design makes it the perfect fit for any home office, workspace, creative corner or even as the lighting at your bedside table or in the living room.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.

  • Shade Color:Black Semi Matt
  • Lamp Base:Chrome
Size:Ø16 cm
ITEM NO: 10022030
    • Market Compliance:United States
    • Design:BL1
    • Product Net Weight Kg:3.44
    • Gross Weight Kg:5.38
    • Gross Height Meter:0.24
    • Gross Length Meter:0.62
    • Gross Depth Meter:0.38
    • Lightbulb Socket:US – E12 (Bulb not included)
    • Lumen Watt Recommended:470 Lumen (~ 4W-6W LED)
    • Lamp Height:20-33 inches
    • Lamp Stand:Ø8.2 x 17.5 inches
    • Shade Dimension:Ø6.3 x 5.1 inches
    • Cord Length:78.7 inches

Designed by Robert Dudley Best in 1930, the Bestlite BL1 Table Lamp is a coveted design worldwide with strong references to Bauhaus. Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, personally chose the Bestlite BL1 Table Lamp for his desk in the Whitehall and history records that Churchill even took the lamp with him on his countless trips around the world. This was the big breakthrough for the Bestlite, which has made it a design classic today. The minimalistic yet distinctive design makes it the perfect fit for any home office, workspace, creative corner or even as the lighting at your bedside table or in the living room.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.

The Bestlite Collection, designed by Robert Dudley Best, has been in continuous production since 1930. Developed at the end of the revolutionary Bauhaus movement, the collection’s utilitarian forms and clean lines are strongly representative of the period.

 
 

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A BRITISH BAUHAUS LEGEND

 

 

The Bestlite Collection, designed by Robert Dudley Best, has been in continuous production since 1930. Developed at the end of the revolutionary Bauhaus movement, the collection’s utilitarian forms and clean lines are strongly representative of the period.

 

 

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ROBERT DUDLEY BEST

 

 

Robert Dudley Best 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 avantgarde architects and setting a new agenda for lamp design.

 

 

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BESTLITE COLLECTION

 

An iconic part of British design history, the Bestlite is a timeless Bauhaus-era classic; its swannecked stand, bell-shaped shade and adjustable pivotjoints make it not only elegant, but also highly functional.

 

 

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