AJ Eklipta Ceiling Lamp

Overview

The AJ Eklipta Ceiling Lamp by Arne Jacobsen carries a shade of three-layer mouth-blown opal glass with a transparent edge. The edge provides a decorative halo of light around the fixture, and the glass is designed to give a uniformly lit surface.

Construction

• Ceiling/wall box of die cast aluminium or spun aluminium, powder coated in white
• Diffuser of mouth-blown white opal glass
• G9 light source in the variant shown, 33 W

Specifications

• Ø 220 x H 105 mm
• Weight: 3.0 kg
• IP20; electric shock protection class I with ground

Designed for Rødovre Town Hall

Arne Jacobsen designed AJ Eklipta in 1956 for Rødovre Town Hall. The fixtures made for that project were used indoors on stairways and outdoors as wall lamps. The fixture is used around the world today in a variety of architectural contexts.

The Ø220 version

A Ø220 version was designed later for St. Catherine's College in England. The variant described here is that version: a mouth-blown opal glass shade on a white powder coated box, 220 mm across and 105 mm high.