Vintage Poul HENNINGSEN PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen

An early vintage LOUVRE pendant designed by Poul Henningsen. Denmark, Louis Poulsen, 1957. Chromed frame with white painted circular aluminium slats. The chromed centrepiece holds t...

Vintage Chandelier comprising a metal frame and interlocking glass pieces placed in two rows. The glass was produced by hand at the Murano furnaces. Rare chandelier with interlocking...

The Lamp was designed by Louis Poulsen. Designed to hang low over the table, they create a 100% glare-free light these pendants have purple band details on the underside and orange...

The trumpet-shaped top shade provides illumination of the area above the three lower shades, which primarily direct the light downwards. A base reflector and a blue glare ring protect against glare from all angles. The strongest light is directly under the fixture. The shades have a matte white painted finish to ensure very comfortable lighting. Poul Henningsen designed the three-shade system during 1925/1926. The first lights using the system were designed for an exhibition in Paris. His work with Louis Poulsen continued until his death in 1967. Throughout his life, PH sought to create glare-free lighting; aiming to direct light where it was most needed, and creating soft shadows while using incandescent bulbs as a light source. The four-shade system was launched in 1931 to create a fixture that could be mounted high up and serve as an alternative to the commonly used chandeliers. The PH four-shade fixture was designed to increase the amount of light emitted horizontally to provide greater illumination of walls and shelves than was possible using standard three-shade lights. It was removed from the Louis Poulsen standard range in the 1940s, but was redesigned in 1979 by Danish architects, Sophus Frandsen and Ebbe Christensen, for the Charlottenborg exhibition building in Copenhagen (although in a larger size: PH 6...