Newsletter - January 2013  



Greetings!

A very Happy 2013 to all of our friends, customers and followers.

The New Year brings a flurry of exciting fluorescent lights, some Eastern, some homegrown.

We've been investing in salvaged fluorescent lights for some years now, building up an unrivalled stock, and sales have seen a rapid incline in the last few months.

See a host of our salvaged East German communist tube lights used to magnificent effect in SuperDry's new 25,000 sq ft flagship store in Regent Street, London, where they line 4 flights of stairs in the central stairwell.
Filling the upper spaces of the same sweeping stairwell is a 35 strong random cluster of industrial 1940's Maxlume pendant lights, salvaged from a Manchester factory last year.

Other recent projects featuring the communist tube light are a suspended ceiling cluster in Gourmet Burger Kitchen Milton Keynes, and a large nightclub in New York where the lights were fitted with colour changing LED tubes linked to the sound desk.

Fresh in this week is a limited batch of the rarer shorter version of this light. We have more coming from a Hungarian chemical plant in the coming months.

Also just hitting the shelves is a small run of early British fluorescent pendant lights made by Revo, in the original 'Revo green', tucked away on a shelf in our storerooms some years ago, awaiting their moment.

And a small run of beautiful shallow profile Thorlux shades with convex glass - selling fast already, we've been bagging them for our own houses too.

 


Communist tube lights LONG

We have a substantial quantity of these classic communist-era fluorescent lights, manufactured in East Germany from the 1950’s right up to 1988. Beautifully manufactured in glass and cast-aluminium they are explosion, dust, gas and water proof. They were used in petro-chemical plants, mines and power stations predominantly in East Germany, though some were exported to other communist block countries.

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Communist tube lights SHORT

We have a small quantity of the rare shorter version of this classic communist-era fluorescent light, manufactured in East Germany in the 1950’s/60’s. Beautifully manufactured in glass and cast-aluminium they are explosion, dust, gas and water proof. They were used in petro-chemical plants, mines and power stations predominantly in East Germany, though some were exported to other communist block countries.

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English Revo fluorescent pendants

We have a small number of these early English fluorescent pendant lights, removed from a workshop in Manchester. Manufactured by Revo, 1930’s/40’s, still in the original ‘Revo Green’ that we have hand beeswaxed to stabilise and bring out the patina. Fully restored and fitted with all new electrics and a standard T8 58w fluorescent tube. The hood rotates to direct the light and there is a protective glass tube encasing the fluorescent bulb.

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Double fluorescent pendants

 We have a quantity of these stylish communist-era hanging twin-fluorescent lights in polished steel and aluminium with bakelite hanging/junction boxes. Removed from factories in East Germany. Completely re-wired and supplied fitted with new 58w T8 fluorescent tubes. Gel sleeves are available in a range of colours by request.

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Shallow MOD Thorlux pendants

A run of rare and extremely stylish industrial pendant lights, in green enamel with the original convex glass lenses. Manufactured by Thorlux, 1930’s/40’s, salvaged from an MOD facility in central Scotland. Fully refurbished and with new fitted bulbholders.

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Cast-iron ‘Simplex’ pendants

 A small run of nicely proportioned cast-iron industrial pendant lights with glass domes, salvaged from a workshop in Manchester. Manufactured by Simplex, 1930’s/40’s. Fully restored with burnished metalwork and new mounted bulbholders.

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Reduced to Clear !

Leipzig Helmet lights -Black-

-REDUCED TO CLEAR- We have a few of these extremely unusual and rare 1950's industrial pendant lights removed from the former Kandem lighting factory in Leipzig, East Germany. Resembling a Roman centurian's helmet, they comprise a re-powdercoated black shade mounted on a polished aluminium gallery with a polished internal reflector.

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A Recent Project ....

SuperDry, Regent Street

See a host of our salvaged East German communist tube lights used to magnificent effect in SuperDry's new 25,000 sq ft flagship store in Regent Street, London, where they line 4 flights of stairs in the central stairwell. Filling the upper spaces of the same sweeping stairwell is a 35 strong random cluster of industrial 1940's Maxlume pendant lights, salvaged from a Manchester factory last year.

www.Superdry.com

 

 
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