Rademacher Table Lamp Circa 1920s

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...

Kandem 741 K30 Table Lamp Circa 1930s - Original dark green paint - Steel shade - Articulated arm and shade - On/off toggle switch on the shade - Produced by Korting and Mathiesen, ...

Model 999 Kandem Desk Lamp Circa 1930s - Cast iron base - Original dark green paint - Angled steel shade - Articulated arm and shade - On/off toggle ...

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...

Desk lamp We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads...

- Newly rewired - 1x E26-E27 bulb - US wiring compatible (US plug adapter includes) - Signs of use due to age

An adjustable desk lamp in polished patinated steel having a pivoting shade attached to an articulating arm that rises from a slender stem anchored by a weighted base.

Clamp mounted industrial table lamp that was made in the 1930s. It is constructed from enameled black and white steel with a chromed stem. The clamp is cast iron. To adjust the tens...