Large Industrial Foundry Molds Circa 1960s Bauhaus Depth 15cm

Depth 15cm

The design was based on the Rondella lamp by Christian Dell

1882 saw the opening of the experimental "Elektromote" track

Above the shade is a junction box with a suspension hook which enables the shade to hang on suspension chains

Leipzig 1920s

Large Industrial Foundry Molds Circa 1960s Bauhaus Depth 15cmLarge circa 1960s industrial foundry mold used in the production of machine parts via metal casting. Made from wood this mold would be pressed into sand to form a negative space, into which molten metal would be poured to create the machine part. These molds were acquired from Webster & Horsfall a 300 year old factory ( still running to this day ) in Birmingham renowned for producing steel cable. They produced some of the strongest cable in the world,