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Jielde – from factory to your desk

By wildfire on Mar 03, 2012 under Tags: , , , ,

The Jielde lamp. Few have heard of this French pinnacle of industrial lighting design. But highly sought after by those in the know. Designed in the late 1940′s by Jean-Louis Domecq (hence the initials and name JLD) as a factory or work lamp, the Jielde came into production in the 1950′s. The ingenuity of the design is both amazing and timeless: No wires extend through the metal articulating arms! They come in one arm, two arms, up to 6 arms or more. Both the arms & the heavy ball joint conduct the electrical circuit to the light fixture, so no wires to worry about. The bulbous lamp shade has a ‘crash guard’ that is used to pull the lamp into position- no toasting your fingers on the metal lamp shade. The base is quite small as it was designed to mount to a wall or screwed to a workbench. Today, disc brake rotors or similar shapes are used as a stable base for use on a desk. The Jielde is still made today. And is very expensive. But the vintage lamps are where its at. On the recent Two and a Half Men sitcom, Walden had one on his desk!

 

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Accounting professional and Woodworker in exotic woods (modified Art Nouveau), Furniture restoration (Arts&Crafts), Industrial lighting restoration, buy & sell vintage. What I don't sell is used on my home. And there is a lot a don't sell.

  • http://www.logoblog.org/ Logo Design

    Sweet designs. Great to see this posting here :)

  • ann in mpls

    Take it as you will, Pottery Barn Teen is doing a pretty direct knock-off:

    http://www.pbteen.com/products/hi-light-task-lamp/?pkey=ctask-lamps-all

  • wildfire

    It’s sad to see this link posted. Is it similar looking? I suppose so. Direct knock-off? Not even close. I don’t even deem it worth comparing to Jielde. Classic example of what is soo wrong with some companies trying to do modern design. Don’t get me started.

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