The General Electric Company (G.E.C) | 2 Brass Arts & Crafts Multi-utility Lamps | England c.1925
£995.00
Product Code: LG244A pair of adjustable arts and crafts lamps designed for table or wall by The General Electric Company each with trefoil base and supporting a bluish-white vaseline-glass lampshade. England, c.1925
Provenance:
- see catalogue photo 1922 Grosvenor F.2907. Notice changed 1922 design from 1905 version now with single hook and adjustable fly-nut.
Please Note:
- Price for the pair
- Not available to buy seperately
Dimensions / Specifications:
- Max.ht.48/19in
- Supplied with 2m flex and 13amp plug
Not Included:
- 2 x B.22 (4 or 6w) L.E.D candle/golf bulb (Available to purchase in our accessories department)
- Screw fixings
The General Electric Company (G.E.C)
GEC had its origins in the G. Binswanger and Company, an electrical goods wholesaler established in London in the 1880s by a German-Jewish immigrant, Gustav Binswanger
1887 the company published the first electrical catalogue of its kind. The following year, the company acquired its first factory in Salford, where electric bells, telephones, ceiling roses and switches were manufactured.
In 1889 the company was expanding rapidly, opening new branches and factories and trading in ‘everything electrical’, a phrase that was to become synonymous with GEC.
In 1893, it decided to invest in the manufacture of lamps. The company was to lead the way in lamp design, and the burgeoning demand for electric lighting was to make GEC’s fortune.
In 1902, its first purpose-built factory, the Witton Engineering Works, was opened near Birmingham.
The company expanded both at home and overseas, with the establishment of agencies in Europe, Japan, Australia, South Africa, and India. It also did substantial trade with South America.
