Empel Collections
Sumatrastraat 112 A
Leiden
2315 BD
Phone: +31 (0)71 - 523 23 95

Contemporary lamps


 
Pair vintage Besselink & Jones swing arm floor lamps
Restored, rewired... two vintage Besselink & Jones triple swing arm library lamps.
When we found them they had aged to a very dark brown. ( unlacquered brass)
We polished them by hand to regain the original nice antique brass look. Some aging spots still showing on the base...giving away its age/ nice patina.
They are unlacquered, so the patina build up continues. Just rub with silver-cloth once a month and they will stay like this.

We rewired them with a double lamp socket cluster...gives you more direct light on your book.

We had two new knife pleat shades with manchet made in an Emerald silk. Gold liner.
Silk cord available.

As shown in image top of shade is at 130cm. ( could go lower and a good 25cm higher)
Shade shown 27.5/17.5/21 cm side.

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Well-made design that meets your wishes, your home, your taste

Okay, tell us, what do you think contemporary lamps look like? What are you looking for? At Empel Collections, we have a wide and varied selection of ceiling lights, wall lights, floor lamps, and table lamps on our website. But we keep telling our (potential) customers over and over: what you see is not what you have to get. Almost every design can be customized. Different height, colour, finish, cord, finial—you say the word. You could even ask us to design something especially for you. In fact, please, please, please do… it’s what we love most of all… A considered and well-made design that meets your wishes, your home, your taste: that is what we call a contemporary lamp.
 

High taste, high spec

We love the artisan aspect of making beautiful lighting just as much as we do the design process. There are so many wonderful materials to work with: gorgeous minerals, beautiful metals, glorious woods, glittering gold-leaf, warm silver-leaf, a truly endless array of paints and pigments… Believe us when we say our workshop, to us, looks like a sweetshop. And we treat those materials with the respect they deserve, turning them into wonderful lamps that combine high taste design with a high spec finish.
 

At your service 

So, feel free to stroll around on our website. Let your eyes wander along the dozens and dozens of pictures. Make a note of what you like. It can be a lamp ‘as is’ or just a detail that strikes you. Let our designs inspire you, like we get inspired by vintage pieces or an old interior design photograph. Picture where precisely you would want your lamp—or lamps—to feature, take some measurements and maybe even take some pictures of that particular spot, so that you can email them to us. And then, contact us, by phone or email. Tell us what you are looking for and how we can help you. Don’t worry if you don’t know exactly what you are looking for. We have enough imagination to go around and together we will surely succeed in the perfect design for a timeless and contemporary lamp.