An example of classic British lighting design, the lights are made up of a substantial three-part polished aluminium enclosure with its original flameproof glass lens and an impressive number of manufacturers details cast into the metal emphasising the heritage of the light. Now fully restored, rewired and mounted on highly polished aluminium vintage theodolite stands from Swiss manufacturer Kern.
This beautiful refined light was made by British manufacturer G.E.C and salvaged from the old de-commissioned Rolls Royce factory in Derby in the UK.
Established in London in 1886, the General Electrical Company were to become the largest electrical manufacturing organisation in the British Empire and lived up to their description of Manufacturers of everything electrical, throughout their 100 year history. During the mass industrialisation of the 1950s, GEC were often the supplier of choice for lighting the factories, workshops and mills of Britain with their huge range of light fixtures for every application.
Rolls Royce build its Nightingale Road site to move production for the Silver Ghost car to Derby from Manchester in 1908. It later became synonymous with the Merlin engine, which powered the Lancaster Bomber, the Spitfire and the Mustang. These lights would have been in use during that ware to illuminate the factory floor for the workforce
Lighting, Interior Design
