Vintage Desk or Wall Lamp by Curt Fischer for Midgard

- 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...

Industrial table lamp made in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. It features a grey hammer paint body and a chrome plated gooseneck. The socket requires E 27 light bulbs. Very g...

Vintage German bakelite desk lamp in Bauhaus style.It features a black bakelite shade, chromed gooseneck and cast iron base with original switch. The socket requires E 27 light bulbs...

This table lamp, Napako model 0521, was designed by Josef Hurka and produced by Napako in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The lamp has a steel body and an aluminium lampshade...

Vintage adjustable table lamp designed by Josef Hurka and produced by Napako in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. It features an aluminium shade, a chrome plated arm with two a...

This table lamp, Napako model 1636, was designed by Josef Hurka and produced in former Czechoslovakia by Napako during the 1970s. Fully functional. Good vintage condition. The socket...

wonderful 1920s articulating table-mounted desk lamps by Curt Fischer for Midgard in original grey-green hammer finish and on/off turn switch on the shade, arm lengths of the smaller...

This vintage articulated work lamp was originally designed by Curt Fisher for Midgard / Industriewerke Auma. To improve lighting in industrial workplaces Midgard developed a range of...

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

Table lamp made by Midgard Designed by Curt Fisher Germany 1950-1959. Metal with Aluminum Shade Available with UK / US plug Weight: 3.50 kg / 7.7 lb German lighting manufacturer M...

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 ...