BESTLITE COLLECTION

1930

Designed by Robert Dudley Best

The Bestlite Collection comprises Table Lamps BL1 and BL2; Floor Lamps BL3 and BL4; Wall

Lamps BL5, BL6, BL7 and BL10; and the BL9 Pendant.

A luminary in lighting

The Bestlite Collection, designed by Robert Dudley

Best, has been in continuous production since 1930. De-

veloped at the end of the revolutionary Bauhaus move-

ment, the collection’s utilitarian forms and clean lines

are strongly representative of the period. The Bestlite

lamp was first adopted by garages and the Royal Air

Force engineering departments due to its functionality.

A feature in the Architects’ Journal calling the Bestlite

the first evidence of Bauhaus in Britain brought the lamp

to the attention of the design-conscious public. Retail

demand for the Bestlite lamps soon followed and, when

Winston Churchill chose the BL1 Table Lamp for his

desk, Bestlite's iconic status was secured. The Bestlite

Collection is held in the permanent collections of both

the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Design Museum

in London. Loved by architects, designers and design

aficionados throughout its long history, Bestlite has be-

come a contemporary classic. The Bestlite Collection is

one of the most comprehensive and hardworking light-

ing collections of all time, including 10 different table

lamps, floor lamps, wall lamps and pendant lamps, all of

which can be adjusted in multiple directions.

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