Clamp on Architects Lamp by Midgard, circa 1950s

Typ 113 Peitsche Table Lamp By Curt Fischer For Midgard Circa 1940s - Curved adjustable arm with its original grey paint - Angled steel shade in original brown paint - Takes E27 fitting bulbs - Designed by Curt Fischer - Typ 113 the "Peitsche" (whip) - German ~ 1940s - 75cm tall x 16cm wide Curt Fischer/Midgard Midgard was founded in 1919 in Auma / Thuringia by the engineer Curt Fischer. Originally for internal needs of his machine factory IWA Ronneberger & Fischer (industrial plant Auma), Curt Fischer developed scissors lamps and articulated lamps. This is why he is considered the inventor of the "tractable light". The in these days widespread ceiling-mounted pendulous lampshades provided only static light from above. As such, the entrepreneur regarded them as rather inflexible. This type of lightning caused the workers to cast shadow over their workpieces themselves. Curt Fischer sketched and manufactured first prototypes of articulated lamps by passing the live cable through tubes and developing articulations between the tubes. He perfected the system, developed many multi-armed desk lamps, work lamps and wall lamps. Within few years he turned to be a luminaire manufacturer which he called Midgard (as the Norse Mythology called the bright Middle Earth inhabited by people). Early on his designs were recognised and valued by Walter Gropius, among others, and hence used at the Bauhaus. Gropius supported Fischer's developments. Their original correspondence has been preserved until the present day. The post-war period Curt Fischer passes away in 1956. His son Wolfgang takes over management in the spirit of his father's. Up until in the late 60s Midgard produced their meanwhile three luminaire ranges: - the historic Steering Lamps, which were used among others at the Bauhaus - the robust and modular as well as maintenance-free Machine Lamp...

Midgard Typ 114 Table Lamp By Curt Fischer Circa 1930s - Fully articulated - Clamp on with original Bakelite knob - Aluminium shade - Takes E27 fitting bulbs - On/Off toggle switch ...

Desk lamps by Siemens Circa 1930s - Cast iron base - Adjustable steel arm and shade - Takes E27 fitting bulbs - Produced by Siemens, Berlin - German ~ 1930s - 45cm tall x 21c...

Rademacher table lamp, Circa 1920s. - Vitreous black enamel shade - Articulated curved arm - Cast iron base - Made by Ernst Rademacher, Dusseldorf - German ~ 1920s - 50cm tal...

Table lamp by Koranda Circa 1930s - Original Cream paint - On/Off switch on the base - Adjustable steel shade - Glass dome top - Nickel arm with wooden handle - By Koranda, V...

Table Lamp By E. Kloepfel & Sohn Circa 1930s - S shaped aluminium arm - Black aluminium shade - Concrete base - On/Off switch on the shade - Takes E27 fitting bulbs - By E. Kloepfe...

Midgard table lamp by Curt Fischer, type 113. Germany, 1950s.

A jointed fully adjustable German table light by Industrial designer Curt Fischer who was hugely inspired by the Bauhaus Movement and Walter Gropius in particular. This light came ou...

Clamp lamp from the 1930s, chosen by Walter Gropius to equip the Bauhaus building in Dessau in 1926. This adjustable clamp lamp, known as model Typ 113 Peitsche, has a bent arm hous...

- Industrial workshop table lamp produced by Midgard in Germany during the 1930s. - Designed by Curt Fisher. - The lamp has three adjustable joints. - Black iron shade and arm - DDR...

H 120 cm W 100 cm D 16.5 cm Material: painted sheet steel, nickel-plated brass, painted cast iron, painted sheet iron shade, black textile-coated connection cable, one E 27 light po...

Flexible Desk Clamp Lamp 1950s Metal ( chrome ) is Original condition Aluminium is black lacquered