CONCORDE WALL LAMP BY RAAK AMSTERDAM, 1968

THIS STRIKING AND RARE WALL LAMP FROM 1968, DESIGNED BY RAAK AMSTERDAM, IS A TRUE MID-CENTURY MASTERPIECE. INSPIRED BY THE SUPREME SPEED AND ELEGANCE OF THE CONCORDE, THIS LAMP FEATURES SLENDER ALUMINUM TUBES ARRANGED IN A DYNAMIC, SEMI-GLOSS INTERPLAY OF LINES. THE CERAMIC FITTING ADDS A TOUCH OF CRAFTSMANSHIP, COMPLEMENTING THE SCULPTURAL BRUTALIST DESIGN.

THE LAMP’S GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION CREATES A STUNNING VISUAL EFFECT, WHETHER LIT OR UNLIT. THE DIFFERENT LENGTHS OF THE ALUMINUM TUBES FORM A STRONG GRAPHIC PRESENCE, MAKING IT A STATEMENT PIECE IN ANY INTERIOR. ITS INDUSTRIAL YET REFINED AESTHETIC EMBODIES RAAK AMSTERDAM’S ICONIC DESIGN PHILOSOPHY, WHICH BLENDED ARCHITECTURAL FORMS WITH FUNCTIONAL LIGHTING.

THIS CONCORDE C-1700 WALL LAMP IS IN GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION, LACKING ONE OUTER TUBE AND SOME MINOR SIGNS OF USE AND SCRATCHES CONSISTENT WITH AGE. A RARE FIND FROM THE 1960s, IT STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO DUTCH DESIGN INNOVATION AND REMAINS A HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE PIECE FOR VINTAGE LIGHTING ENTHUSIASTS.