Holmegaard has been creating quality glassware for almost two centuries. The legendary glassworks has collaborated with scores of celebrated designers over its long history, including Arne Jacobsen, Louise Campbell, Bodil Kjær and many others, with each artisan crafting vases, bottles and other serveware and decorative objects that are widely loved by collectors and art connoisseurs alike. Today Holmegaard is a powerhouse of functionalist modern Danish glass design.
Holmegaard Glassworks was the dream of Danish Count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe, who petitioned the king of Denmark for permission to build a factory. Sadly, by the time permission was granted, the count had passed away, leaving his dowager, the Countess Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe, to carry on her late husband’s dream in 1825. The factory was established in the town of Fensmark in the Holmegaard bog, where rich peat could be harvested and used to fuel the high-temperature kilns required to produce glass there.
The factory initially produced only simple mouth-blown green glass packaging bottles — the need was for glassware that was merely functional. It wasn’t until the 1920s that it made progress as a significant entity in the world of design. There was a fruitful partnership to create dinner glassware with the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory and glass artist Oluf Jensen. This was followed in 1925 by Holmegaard’s hiring Jacob Eiler Bang as the glassworks’ first in-house designer.
Bang was trained as an architect and was working on the Danish Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts — the fair that brought the Art Deco style to worldwide attention — when his efforts caught the attention of Holmegaard. Bang believed in the concept of making things that were “beautiful, strong, practical and cheap.” His seductive, functionalist designs for vases, decanters, bottles and other objects — guided by the theories that underpin Scandinavian modernism — garnered acclaim for both Bang and Holmegaard, and he became known as one of the fathers of functionalism in Danish glassware.
Holmegaard went on to work with Per Lütken, who created intricate objects that redefined the factory’s style and Danish glass design as a whole. Lütken produced over 3,000 pieces for the glassworks, including the revered Provence bowl, one of the pieces for which the glassworks is best known. The brand went on to work with other notable artists including Otto Brauer and Jacob Bang’s son, Michael Bang, whose Palet range, Fontaine wine glass range, and Mandarin lamps are among Holmegaard’s most iconic creations.
Today, Holmegaard Glassworks is owned by Rosendahl Design Group. It is Denmark’s largest manufacturer of glass in addition to being the oldest and most historic.
Find vintage Holmegaard sconces, vessels, decorative bowls, tableware and other pieces on 1stDibs.
Danish Palshus Tall Table Lamp Brown Haresfur Glaze with Shade, Modern 1950s
By Saxbo, Berndt Friberg, Palshus, Gunnar Nylund, Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Midcentury budded table lamp from Danish Palshus with brown haresfur glaze. The lamp was designed by Per Linnemann-Schmidt and produced circa 1950s. Included is a new lampshade desi...
Ceramic, Fabric
Danish Palshus Le Klint Table Lamp Brown Haresfur Glaze with Lampshade, 1960s
By Esben Klint, Le Klint, Palshus
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Palshus / Le Klint table lamp with brown haresfur glaze and patinated brass top. This lamp was designed by Esben Klint and made at the Danish ceramic studio Palshus for the Danish la...
Ceramic, Fabric
Danish Palshus Table Lamp Brown Haresfur Glaze, Mid-century Modern Ceramic 1950s
By Saxbo, Berndt Friberg, Palshus, Gunnar Nylund, Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Midcentury table lamp from the Danish ceramic workshop Palshus. The lamp was designed by Per Linnemann-Schmidt and manufactured circa 1950s. The lamp features a warm brown haresfu...
Ceramic, Fabric
Danish Midcentury Palshus Tall Mocha Brown Table Lamp with New Lampshade, 1960s
By Per Linnemann-Schmidt, Palshus
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Mid-century table lamp model DL 32 from Danish Palshus including a new lampshade. The lamp is designed by Per Linnemann-Schmidt and made in the 1960s. It is made with chamotte clay...
Ceramic, Fabric
Danish Palshus Tall Table Lamp Brown Rust Glaze with Shade, Modern Ceramic 1960s
By Søholm Stentøj, Saxbo, Carl-Harry Stålhane, Palshus, Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Tall Mid-century Danish ceramic table lamp designed by Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus. Made circa 1960s to early 1970s. The glaze is a mixture of brown shades with rust colored ...
Ceramic, Fabric
Midcentury Arabia Finland Tall Table Lamp Brown with Brass, Liisa Hallamaa 1960s
By Liisa Hallamaa, Arabia of Finland
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Tall ceramic table lamp by Liisa Hallamaa (1925-2008) for Arabia Finland. Made ca 1960s to 70s. The lamp has an earthy brown glaze with a rustic surface and a patinated brass top. ...
Brass
Brown DL/30 table lamp by Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, 1960s
By Per Linnemann-Schmidt, Annelise Linnemann-Schmidt, Palshus
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Model DL/30 table lamp made by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in the 1960s. The colour of the handmade decorated base is a Brown and Green blend. It has impressed pat...
Clay, Pottery
XXL Dark Brown Beige Table Lamp by Jeppe Hagedorn, Denmark 1960s
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful table XXL lamp by Jeppe Hagedorn, Denmark 1960s. This stunning lamp has a ceramic base with dark brown and beige tones and a beautiful glaze, making it a real eye catcher ...
Ceramic
Chocolate Brown DL/27 XL table lamp by Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, 1960s
By Palshus, Per Linnemann-Schmidt, Annelise Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Model DL/27 XL table lamp made by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in the 1960s. The colour of the handmade decorated base is Dark Chocolate Brown. It has impressed patterns. The lamp comes with its original lampshade holder. The lampshade and the bowl are for display purposes only and are not part of the offer. Inside the shade there is a metal ring that can be placed on the lampshade holder. On top of our shade is a loose cover made of the same material. The height of the chamotte (texture clay) base of the lamp is 40 cm / 16 inch (excl. fitting and excl. lampshade holder). The lampshade holder is adjustable in height. The height of the lamp as shown on the first photo is 72 cm / 28 inch. The lampshade used for the photography is an original midcentury Danish lampshade...
Clay, Pottery
Chestnut Brown DL/30 table lamp by Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, 1960s
By Palshus, Per Linnemann-Schmidt, Annelise Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Model DL/30 table lamp made by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in the 1960s. The colour of the handmade decorated base is Chestnut Brown. It has impressed, geometric p...
Clay, Pottery
Brown and Grey DL/46 table lamp by Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, 1960s
By Palshus, Per Linnemann-Schmidt, Annelise Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Model DL/46 table lamp made by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in the 1960s. The colour of the handmade decorated base is Brown and Grey. The lamp comes with its original lampshade holder. The lampshade and the small vase are for display purposes only and are not part of the offer. Inside the shade there is a metal ring that can be placed on the lampshade holder. On top of our shade is a loose cover made of the same material. The height of the chamotte (texture clay) base of the lamp is 29 cm / 11,5 inch (excl. fitting and excl. lampshade holder). The lampshade holder is adjustable in height. The height of the lamp as shown on the first photo is 52 cm / 20,5 inch. The lampshade used for the photography is an original midcentury Danish lampshade...
Clay, Pottery
Dark Chocolate Brown DL/30 table lamp by Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus, 1960s
By Per Linnemann-Schmidt, Annelise Linnemann-Schmidt, Palshus
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Model DL/30 table lamp made by Annelise and Per Linnemann-Schmidt for Palshus in the 1960s. The colour of the handmade decorated base is Dark Chocolate Brown. It has impressed, geome...
Clay, Pottery
