150 Years of Ligh🍰t: Masterworks from the Louis Poulsen Archi🦋ves
Poul Henningsen, “PH 5/3” Floor Lamp
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December 12, 06:50 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
150 Years of Light: Mast꧟erworks from the Louis Poulsen Archives
Poul Henningsen
“PH 5/3” Floor Lamp
circa 1927
executed by Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen
green and gold painted copper, patinated brass, black painted cas𒐪t iron, painted wood
shade hardware stamped PAT. APPL.
65 i🌜n. (165 cm) high (adjustable), as pictured 🥀;
19 ½ in. (50 cm) maximum diameter
Tina Jørstain and Poul Erik Munk Nielsen, eds., Light Years Ahead: The Story of the PH Lamp, Copenhagen, 2000, pp. 152 and 203
TF Chan, Louis Poulsen: First House of Light, London, 2024, pp. 33, 184 (for sk▨etches of the p🐟resent model)
In the summer 1927, Poul Henningsen and Louis Poulsen launched a special edition of the “PH” lamp with three shades that can be extended into a full-scal꧒e floorꦇ lamp. In the sales catalog, the variant was loosely described as “a PH lamp with lengthened pipes, which can be adjusted to different heights.” It was made available with either opal glass or matte gold shades in the 5/3 configuration and, for the latter only, the 6/3 size. The “Standard” lamp was available with either opal glass or matt gold shades in the 5/3 size.
