Wall lamp - Metal, Steel, Aluminium, Plastic, Chrome - AKA — Telescoping Arm

German Engineering clean and simple.
A wall-mounted spot lamp by AKA — Annaberger Kunstlicht-Apparate, produced in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony, in the former GDR. AKA manufactured functional lighting for the East German domestic market during the 1960s and 70s, working within the modernist idiom of the period: clean geometry, engineered details, no excess.

The arm is a telescoping steel tube, adjustable in length and fixed at the wall by a warm white lacquered bracket housing. The head is a chrome cylinder with vertical ventilation slots and a five-hole top plate; it holds a white lacquered conical shade fitted with a honeycomb-textured aluminum reflector that diffuses and directs the light in equal measure. The cable runs along the arm, secured by white plastic clips, and terminates in an inline rocker switch and a Schuko plug.

A rare survivor in excellent original condition. The white lacquer is clean, the metal surfaces bright, the reflector fully intact. It rewards a reading corner, a desk wall, or anywhere a directed but considered light is needed.

Maker: AKA (Annaberger Kunstlicht-Apparate), Annaberg-Buchholz, GDR
Materials: Brushed steel, white lacquered steel, chrome, textured glass reflector
Arm reach: 38–58 cm / 15–22.8 in (telescoping, adjustable)
Head: H 18 cm / 7.1 in, Ø 14 cm / 5.5 in
Cable: White rubber, inline rocker switch, Schuko plug
Era: GDR, 1960s–70s
Condition: Excellent — original throughout, fully functional