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History of the Staff company can be found here: 60 Years of Light from Lemgo – Zumtobel plant celebrates historic milestones
Gerhard Beigel & Hans Schäfer pendant lamp on the iF Design Award website
Staff Pendant Lamp 5071
Materials: Half-round chrome mushroom lampshade. White acrylic disc diffuser. White painted ornamental nut. Some metal and plastic parts. 2 metal & porcelain E27 sockets.
Cord Length: 100 cm / 39.37’’
Height: 35 cm / 13.77”
Width: ∅ 40 cm / 15.74”
Electricity: 2 bulbs E27, 2 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Anytypeof light bulb canbeused, not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer:Staff & Schwarz Leuchtenwerke GMBH, Lemgo, Germany.
Other versions: This Staff pendant lamp 5071 exists in several colours and sizes. Also made in copper colour. They are all labelled 5071/73/74. The same labels were used for different sizes.
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.
Many thanks to Frank from nullviernull raum+kommunikation for the beautiful pictures. You can find his shop over here on Ebay.
