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WOKA LAMPS VIENNA ® is a Viennabased Manufacturer of Iconic 20th Century Lighting Design . Lovers of iconic lamps from the early 20th century were for decades deprived of the possibility of owning some of the most striking pieces by the Wiener Werkstaette and the Bauhaus , which had long fallen out of production .
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The designers whose work WOKA is licensed to produce read like a who ’ s who of the Vienna design pantheon . In addition to Hoffmann and Koloman ( Kolo ) Moser , the manufacturer has reissued striking table , ceiling , wall and floor lamps , as well as chandelier pieces , by the likes of Adolf Loos , Otto Wagner and Carl Witzmann .
A collection of very rare antiques of the early 20th century as well as a large collection of chandeliers from the 18th century until the 1960s is completing the business of the WOKA GALLERY .
On request all antiques and pieces of arts are delivered with an expertise made out by a certified appraiser for art and antiques on the commercial court in Vienna .
WOKA LAMPS VIENNA ® presents in its Showroom in the centre of the city of Vienna and on our website the complete collection of the lamps designed by Josef Hoffmann , Adolf Loos and other leading architects of the first part of the 20th century Lamp-designs of the second part of the 20th century up to today ’ s creativity .
Outstanding pioneers of this movement were , as mentioned above , the designers Otto Wagner , Josef Hoffmann and Kolo Moser in conjunction with members of the " Wiener Werkstaette ", an organization where the best craftsmen an most distinguished designers of the period worked in collaboration .