Articulated Brass Wall Light
Hotel Praha, 1970s

Description: 

Once part of a constellation of brass spotlights made for the Winter Garden of the Hotel Praha, this spectacular spotlight is a striking fragment of the great design legacy left behind this infamous 1970s Hotel.

Commissioned by the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia, construction began on the Hotel Praha in 1975. Beyond hosting the communist delegation, one of the salient aims of the Hotel was to entertain and impress foreign visitors. 

Amidst a backdrop of austerity in the years prior to the Velvet Revolution, the Hotel was an architectural emblem created by some of the leading architects and designers in the former communist state. The colossal, curved building covered 9800 square-meters and comprised 136 rooms, a restaurant, swimming pool, and bowling alley. 

Whilst we have hung the spotlight as a pendant, with hooks and a brass chain, the lamp also comes with its original wall bracket which can convert the light into a wall-lamp. The globe also swivels up and down allowing the light to be repositioned depending on its installation. 

The light is in good vintage condition with minor scratches to the brass globe. The light has been rewired to UK standard. 

Specifications:

Height: c.65cm (can be altered with additional chain length)