There is very little verifiable information available on the Czech designer Josef Hůrka, however it is known that he designed lighting - including desk and table lamps, as well as floor and ceiling lights - for the manufacturers Drupol, Napako, and Lidokov. His career spanned almost four decades, but one of his early collaborations, with lighting manufacturer Napako (NÁstrojaři-PAsíři-KOvotlačitelé), proved to be the most fruitful. His lamps appear in bright colors and take on geometrical and angular forms. Designs for Napako include a UFO-shaped, Bauhaus inspired ceiling light (1930s); the Model 1618 Table Lamp (1954), which features a height adjustable cylindrical shade on a tripod base; the Model 1633 Table Lamp (1950s); the Model 0513 Table Lamp (1950s), which has a conical tin-lacquered shade; and for Drupol the Model 21616 Table Lamp (1963).
Table Lamps | by Josef Hurka
Table Lamp with Adjustable Shade by Hurka for Drupol, 1960s
Mid-Century Orange Table Lamp Mushroom Napako by Josef Hurka, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp Mushroom by Josef Hurka, 1970s
Mid-Century Tripod Table Lamps by Josef Hurka, 1960s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Wall Lamps by Josef Hurka, 1960s, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov
Vintage Yellow Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka
Vintage Red Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka
Vintage Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Vintage Black Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s
Czech Table Lamps by Hůrka, 1960s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Czech Table Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Table Lamp in Black Aluminium by Josef Hurka for Drupol
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Vintage Yellow Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mushroom Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Chrome Mushroom Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Orange Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Beige Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka, 1960s
French Chromed Mushroom Table Lamps, Set of 2
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Yellow Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s, Set of 2
Red & Chrome 1636 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1920s
Model 1195 Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1968
Vintage Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Stilnovo, 1960s
Czechoslovakian Table Lamps by Josef Hůrka, 1960s
Copper Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1940s
Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s, Set of 2
Model L204 Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Czechoslovakian Desk Lamp by J. Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamps by Josef Hurka, 1960s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Mid-Century Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Mid-Century L117 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov
Mid-Century Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Wall Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Wall Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
White Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Space Age Chrome-Plated Table Lamp in White by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Mid-Century Desk Lamp by Josef Hurk for Napaku, 1960s
Mid-Century Modernist Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Bauhaus Style Chrome Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Mid-Century Czech Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Czech Table Lamps by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1960s
Chrome-Plated Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1940s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Art Deco Bedside Lamps in Chromed Glass by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurk for Napako, 1970s
Table Lamps by Josef Hůrka, Czechoslovakia, 1960s, Set of 2
851010 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Chrome and Gray Metal Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Czech Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Czech Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Mid-Century Adjustable Table / Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Model 1621 Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Red Metal & White Glass 1621 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1960s
Large Czech Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Red and White Model 1618 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Orange Model 85 133 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
SaleTable Lamp by Josef Hurka for Kovona, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1958
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1958
Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
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