Staff Pendant Lamps 5518 Duo – 1974 Catalogue Picture
Lamps in the movies
A Staff table lamp model 1164, a brown version, was used as a prop in the Belgian comedy TV series De Collega’s. It was aired for three seasons between September 1978 and February 1981 on the BRT, the national public-service broadcaster for the Flemish Region and Community of Belgium. The series was re-transmitted on Eclips TV in 2019 and 2020.
Staff Pendant Lamp 5517 Duo
Materials: Round brown metallic painted plastic lampshade. Hexagonal round perforated design on top. Chromed metal mirror/reflector. Porcelain E27 socket.
Cord Lenght: 120 cm / 47.24”
Height: 15 cm / 5.90”
Width: ∅ 20 cm / 7.87”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, but a silver tipped light bulb is recommended.
Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: Arnold Berges (no information can be found about the designer).
Manufacturer: Staff & Schwarz Leuchtenwerke GMBH, Lemgo, Germany.
Other versions: This Staff pendant lamp 5517 exists in several sizes and colours. Also made as a wall lamp, spotlight, spotlight on rail, table lamp, floor lamp. Versions were made for a normal bulb, but also for a PAR 38 spotlight.
Model number: 5517 – 100 watt. The name of the lamp is Duo.
Models 5508, 5509, 5518, 5519, the same lamps but different colours, received an iF Design Award in 1973. (discipline: product) Also the table lamp model 1163 (yellow) and 1165 (white), floor lamp (model 1169) and the wall lamp (model 1176) were awarded.
Staff
Staff Leuchten – Staff & Schwarz Leuchtenwerk (lighting plant) – was established by Alfred Staff and Otto Schwarz in Lemgo, (West) Germany in 1945.
Their business started as a shop for consumer goods in wood and metal as well as pesticide for controlling the Colorado potato beetle, a huge problem at that time.
Within a year they the company expanded with 15 employees and they produced the first wrought iron luminaires. Over the next three decades, Staff was to develop into a world leader in design excellence, receiving over 200 awards for their achievements.
Staff also collaborated with the Italian company Stilnovo. They published a joint catalogue in the 1970s. The Dutch Raak and the Danish Lyfa sold several lamps in the 60s and 70s. Several other companies did.
In 1994 Zumtobel bought the company.
Staff Pendant Lamps 5518 Duo – 1974 Catalogue Picture
Links (external links open in a new window)
History of the company can be found here: 60 Years of Light from Lemgo – Zumtobel plant celebrates historic milestones
iF Design Awards for this type of lights can be found here on the iF Design website.
Colorado potato beetle on Wikipedia as an agricultural pest
Vintageinfo
Lamps from the same series
Other Staff lamps
Floor lamp 1181 – Arnold Berges
Oyster wall lamp – Dieter Witte
Cross Oyster wall lamp – Rolf Krüger
Staff aluminium pendant lamp 5407