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Creator: Midgard
Curt Fischer Task Lamps for Midgard, 1920
By Curt Fischer, Midgard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
Category
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Midgard Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of 3 Midgard Scissor lamps by Curt Fischer for Auma Industriewerke
By Curt Fischer, Midgard
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
directable light is as natural to us today as steerable cars. but that wasn't always the case: In 1919 engineer curt fischer, was dissatisfied with the working conditions in his own ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Midgard Furniture
Materials
Steel
Industrial Scissor Wall Lamp by Curt Fischer for Midgard, 1930s
By Curt Fischer, Midgard
Located in Kojetice, CZ
- Industrial workshop adjustable DDRP scissor wall lamp produced by Midgard in Germany during the 1930s.
- Designed by Curt Fisher.
- Metal shade
- Grey iron scissor arm is extendab...
Category
Early 20th Century German Industrial Midgard Furniture
Materials
Iron
Industrial DDRP Desk or Wall Lamp by Curt Fischer for Midgard, 1930s
By Curt Fischer, Midgard
Located in Kojetice, CZ
- 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...
Category
Early 20th Century German Industrial Midgard Furniture
Materials
Iron
Gray Metal Vintage Industrial Machinist Table Lights by Curt Fischer for Midgard
By Curt Fischer, Midgard
Located in Amsterdam, NL
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Midgard Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Typ 113 Peitsche Table Lamp by Curt Fischer for Midgard circa 1940s
By Midgard
Located in Gloucester, GB
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...
Category
1940s German Industrial Vintage Midgard Furniture
Materials
Steel
Midgard, Bauhaus style scissor wall lamp by Curt Fischer, Germany, 1940s
By Midgard, Curt Fischer
Located in Forserum, SE
A large and impressive scissor wall lamp by Curt Fischer for Midgard, Germany, 1940s. It features a long scissor construction holding an enamel metal shade that can be adjusted in mo...
Category
1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midgard Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Vintage Industrial Articulated Black Work Lamp by Curt Fischer for Midgard
By Midgard, Curt Fischer
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
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...
Category
1950s German Bauhaus Vintage Midgard Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Modular Typ 505 lamp by Curt Fischer for Midgard, 1960s
By Curt Fischer, Midgard
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A TYP 505 wall mounted lamp, based on the iconic TYP 113. This modular lamp was produced with 3 different arm lengths, 3 types of (rotating) lampshades and a choice in type of joints.
The lamp is in good condition, rewired and all parts working and rotating. The original lightswitch is also still present and working.
Curt Fischer is well known for his innovative designs and still regarded as one of the greatest 20th-century inventors. At the time, just after WW1, recovering from the war, people worked long hours until late in the evening. The then-typical lamps would only cast light from the ceiling, causing the shadow of the worker’s body and head to cast shades over their projects. For an inventor like Curt Fischer, who had transformed horse-drawn coaches into mobile radio...
Category
1960s German Bauhaus Vintage Midgard Furniture
Materials
Metal
Clamp lamp Typ 113, Midgard circa 1930
By Midgard
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
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...
Category
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midgard Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Rare Extra Large Wall Light by Curt Fischer for Midgard
By Curt Fischer, Midgard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare extra large "Scissor" wall light by Curt Fischer for Midgard. Designed and manufactured in Germany, circa 1920's. Metal, brass, steel. Rewired with U.S. plug. Shade adjust to va...
Category
1920s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midgard Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel
Midgard Table Lamp by Curt Fischer, Type 113, Germany, 1950s
By Midgard, Curt Fischer
Located in Chorzów, PL
Midgard table lamp by Curt Fischer, type 113. Germany, 1950s.
Category
1950s German Industrial Vintage Midgard Furniture
Materials
Metal
XXL-Long Midgard Scissor Lamp Modell 110 by Curt Fischer for Auma Industriewerke
By Curt Fischer, Midgard
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
An impressive Midgard wall scissor light, a early version of modell 110, with a length of 149 cm in total. The light can be moved to almost any position at a 180-degree angle. The la...
Category
1940s German Industrial Vintage Midgard Furniture
Materials
Metal, Wire
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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...
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Midgard furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Midgard furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Midgard furniture, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Midgard were created in the industrial style in germany during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Curt Fischer, Bünte und Remmler, and Helo Leuchten. Prices for Midgard furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $435 and can go as high as $6,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,446.