1045 - "Lampette" telescopic table lamp, reading lamp, desk lamp, travel lamp, design Koch Creations

"Lampette" telescopic table lamp, reading lamp, desk lamp, travel lamp, design Koch Creations Telescopic table lamp with extendable arm of silver-coloured metal, model "Lampette", marked "LAMPETTE" and "MADE IN GERMANY" under the base as well as a pictorial mark in a rectangle, beige, slightly conical base with grey cover plate, multi-section extendable square and round rod with horizontal arm, beige conical shade with silver-coloured top plate, when retracted the shade rests in the base, slide switch under the base with the positions "O", "I" and "II", switchable in 2 stages, in working order, H. 19–45.5 cm (extendable) The Lampette was launched in 1963 by the American company Koch Creations of Lynbrook in the state of New York; an example of the model E6 is in the design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The compact reading lamp operates on low voltage, a transformer built into the base reduces the mains voltage to a few volts and powers a small bulb with a bayonet base. In the United States it appeared on the then new market for high-intensity reading lamps as a competitor to the Tensor lamp. The model was built until the late 1980s by several companies, in the Federal Republic of Germany by the Eichhoff-Werke, which had manufactured electrical products since 1931, and also in Japan and the Netherlands, among others. Arm and lamp head can be pushed into the base to save space, so that the desk lamp can also be taken along as a travel lamp.