Danish Poul Henningsen Art Deco Pendant PH 2/2 with Yellow Glass Shades, 1930s
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Art Deco original pendant by Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) size PH 2/2 made in the 1930s. The shades are made by Holmegaard of sandblasted glass with dusty yellow paint, They are m...
Fabric, Blown Glass, Bakelite
Poul Henningsen 'PH 3/2' Glass Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Black Metallized
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen 'PH 3/2' Glass Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Black Metallized Executed in white opal glass and chrome, metallized black, or brass frame, the 'PH 3/2' pendant's mouth ...
Brass, Chrome
Ceiling Lamp PH 4/4 Designed by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, Denmark, 1930
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceiling lamp PH 4/4 designed by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, Denmark. 1930's. Nickel plated brass and original glass. Measurements: D: 40 cm/ 15 3/4''
Brass
Poul Henningsen Ph 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Pastel Oyster Blue Rose
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in pastel oyster blue rose. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH 5 pendant light in 1958. Six decades later, the PH 5 remains the...
Aluminum
PH Pendant Model 3½-3 Limited Edition By Poul Henningsen For Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Lejre, DK
The PH pendant, model 3½-3, is a limited edition lamp designed by the renowned Danish designer Poul Henningsen and produced by Louis Poulsen. This special edition was created to comm...
Copper
Poul Henningsen Ph 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Pastel Blue Rose Peach
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in pastel blue rose peach. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH 5 pendant light in 1958. Six decades later, the PH 5 remains the b...
Aluminum
Poul Henningsen 'PH 3/3' Metal Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen in Black
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 3/3 metal pendant lamp for Louis Poulsen in Black. These refined pendants are an addition to the Louis Poulsen PH collection and are based on Poul Henningsen's ...
Aluminum, Metal
Poul Henningsen "PH-3/3" in Brass & Glass Pendant Lamp by Louis Poulsen, 1920s
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare and early Danish mid century modern "PH-3/3" ceiling pendant lamp with three white opaline glass shades and a beautifully patinated brass shade holder by Poul Henningsen and p...
Brass
Poul Henningsen 'PH 5/5' Metal Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen in Black
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5/5 Metal pendant lamp for Louis Poulsen in Black. These refined pendants are an addition to the Louis Poulsen PH collection and are based on Poul Henningsen's or...
Metal, Aluminum
Poul Henningsen Glass PH 3½-3 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Black Metallized
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen Glass PH 3½-3 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Black Metallized Executed in white opal glass and choice of brass, chrome or black metallized frame. The mouth-blown white...
Metal
Poul Henningsen Ceiling Lamp PH-5/5 Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare ceiling lamp PH-5/5 designed by Poul Henningsen. Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark. Dimensions (W x D x H): 56 x 56 x 33 (65) cm.
Metal
Poul Henningsen PH 2/1 Glass Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Black Metallized
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 2/1 glass pendants for Louis Poulsen in Black Metallized. Executed in white opal glass and a black metallized frame. The Industrial look of the dark metallized sur...
Metal
Poul Henningsen Ceiling Lamp Model PH-Septima 5 by Louis Poulsen in Denmark
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare ceiling lamp model PH-Septima 5 designed by Poul Henningsen. Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark.
Brass
White Danish Mid Century "PH 2/2" Pendant by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare and early Danish mid century white adjustable "PH 2/2" ceiling lamp pendant in patinated brass, bakelite and white opaline glass shades by Poul Henningsen produced by Louis Po...
Brass
Danish Poul Henningsen Art Deco Pendant PH 2/2 with Grey Rosa Glass Shades 1930s
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Original vintage Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) pendant size PH 2/2 made in the 1930s. The shades are made of sandblasted light grey glass with a hint of rose, mounted on a bakelite so...
Blown Glass, Fabric, Bakelite
1980s Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen PH Louvre / Kugle Pendant Lamp in White
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a PH ‘Louvre' Ceiling Pendant, initially designed by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen in 1957. These examples date to the 1980s. The listed price includes one pendant, and...
Aluminum, Chrome
Poul Henningsen 'PH 3/3' Opaline Glass and Metal Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen 'PH 3/3' Opaline Glass and Metal Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen These refined pendants are an addition to the Louis Poulsen PH collection and are based on Poul Henni...
Aluminum
Pair of Vintage PH 5-4.5 White Charlottenborg Ceiling Lamps for Louis Poulsen
By Sophus Frandsen, Poul Henningsen, Ebbe Christensen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This matching pair was bought together from Louis Poulsen in the early 1980s. Until recently they were installed at the City Hall of Nørre Nebel in the South-western part of Denmark....
Aluminum
Vintage PH 3/2 Pendant Lamps in White Opaline Glass by Poul Henningsen for Louis
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Based upon a design from the mid 1920s this set of PH 3/2 ceiling lights was relaunched by Louis Poulsen in Denmark during the 90s. This particular set is from that series. It featur...
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Danish PH 5 Pendant by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, 1960s
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Hamburg, DE
The classic PH5 pendant light from Poulsen according to a design by Poul Henningsen from the 1950s. Here in the rare, early version in blue and a special frame element with spring. T...
Metal
Early Danish Ceiling Lamp Pendant "PH-3 / D.R.P" by Poul Henningsen, 1930s
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare and early white / yellow Danish mid century ceiling lamp / pendant in brass and opaline glass by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen produced in Denmark, 1930s. In good origi...
Brass
PH Bombardment Crown With 5 Arms & White opal glass shades By Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Lejre, DK
Beautiful ceiling lamp that fits well above the dining table or in a living room. Designed by Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) and produced by Louis Poulsen for a very limited period on t...
Chrome
Poul Henningsen 'PH 5/5' Opaline Glass and Metal Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5/5 Opaline glass and metal pendant lamp for Louis Poulsen. These refined pendants are an addition to the Louis Poulsen PH collection and are based on Poul Hennin...
Metal, Aluminum
Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant in Dark Blue & Red, Rare Orno Edition, 1960s
By Orno Oy, Poul Henningsen
Located in Helsinki, FI
A rare Orno version of the classic PH5 lamp by Poul Henningsen. This dark blue and red pendant was one of the pieces manufactured under license by Orno Stockmann in Finland under mod...
Metal
Poul Henningsen Set of 3 Ph 3½-3 Pendants in Yellow for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Tilburg, NL
Poul Henningsen set of 3 PH 3½-3 pendants in yellow for Louis Poulsen. Denmark, New production. The PH 3½-3 pendant is based on Poul Henningsen's original drawings from the late19...
Metal
Poul Henningsen Ceiling Lamp Model PH-3/3 Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare ceiling lamp model PH-3/3 designed by Poul Henningsen. Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark. Marked “PAT. APPL”.
Brass
Poul Henningsen Ceiling Lamp Model PH-5/5 Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare ceiling lamp model PH-5/5 designed by Poul Henningsen. Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark. Marked “PAT.APPL”.
Metal
Ceiling Lamp, Model PH-4/4, in Opaline Glass and Metal by Poul Henningsen, 1930s
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Ceiling Lamp, Model PH-4/4, in Opaline Glass and Metal by Poul Henningsen, 1930s Additional Information: Material: Opaline glass, brass and copper Style: Mid Century, Scandinavian C...
Brass, Copper
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Danish pendant lamp in opalized glass and brass, model PH 3/2 by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Superb Scandinavian pendant light. Designed in 1923, the PH 3/2 pendant light offers refined, glare-free and economical lighting. Made up of 3 circles of glass topped by a brass tube...
Brass
1970s PH 4 1/2-4 Metal Pendant Lamp by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Knebel, DK
This pendant lamp, model 117077 (PH 4 1/2-4 Metal), was designed by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen. The model is no longer in production in this size. The pendant lamp is in a ve...
Metal
Mid-Century Ph 4 1/2 - 4 Metal and Glass Pendant Poul Henningsen Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Hamburg, DE
Classic slatted pendant lamp by Danish manufacturer Louis Poulsen, based on a design by Poul Henningsen. Here is a rare version with a metal upper shade. The design is based on Poul...
Metal
Unusual Poul Henningsen PH-4/4 Stamped P.H-4 'D.R.P' Deutsche Reichs Patent .
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
In 1958, the classic lamp PH 5 chandelier was exhibited for the first time in the Danish Art Museum.
Iron
Small Copper Artichoke by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Brussels, BE
With its timeless allure , the 'PH Artichoke' chandelier is a symbol of sophistication that elevates the aesthetic of any interior.
Aluminum, Copper
Large Copper Artichoke by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Brussels, BE
With its timeless allure , the 'PH Artichoke' chandelier is a symbol of sophistication that elevates the aesthetic of any interior.
Aluminum, Copper
Poul Henningsen Large Copper Artichoke Pendant Light, by Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Poul Henningsen PH Artichoke Pendant Light, produced by Louis Poulsen large size in copper, 72 leaves The large 'PH Artichoke' copper chandelier by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen...
Aluminum, Copper, Steel
The name Poul Henningsen is synonymous with the best and most innovative modern Scandinavian lamps and other lighting. The Danish designer created a signature vocabulary of fixtures with tiered and layered shades in sculptural arrangements that are at once naturalistic and geometric.
Henningsen grew up in a town on the outskirts of Copenhagen and studied architecture at the Technical University of Denmark. He would become a noted art critic, journalist and screenwriter, but his first love was lighting design.
Henningsen’s childhood home was illuminated by oil lamps. When his family switched to electrified lighting, he was alarmed and repelled by the harsh glare cast by an incandescent bulb, and in his late teens he began conducting quasi-scientific experiments to measure which materials and methods best diffused or reflected light to give it a warm brightness. His work came to the attention of the lighting-fixtures firm Louis Poulsen, which sponsored the development of a prototype lamp. The design won a gold medal at the 1925 Paris Expositions Internationales des Arts Decóratifs et Industriels Modernes — from which the term Art Deco derives. The lamp, whose three-part shade is said to be inspired by the arrangement of a dinner plate atop a soup bowl atop a teacup, became the basis for Henningsen’s most successful design, the PH 4/3 desk lamp.
All told, Henningsen would design some 100 lighting fixtures in his career. Some of his most notable creations are hanging lamps, which include the Septima (1929), a pendant composed of seven graduated frosted-glass layers; the Spiral (1942), made of a single ribbon of enameled aluminum; and the Artichoke lamp (1958), whose 70 glass or metal fins in a staggered and graduated arrangement on a central steel frame resemble those of its namesake. The last is likely Henningsen’s masterwork and an icon of mid-20th-century design. Like all Henningsen lighting designs, it is striking, sculptural and — thanks to his insistence on the primacy of the quality of the light cast — superbly functional.
Find a collection of authentic Poul Henningsen table lamps, floor lamps and other lighting on 1stDibs.
Chandeliers — simple in form, inspired by candelabras and originally made of wood or iron — first made an appearance in early churches. For those wealthy enough to afford them for their homes in the medieval period, a chandelier's suspended lights likely exuded imminent danger, as lit candles served as the light source for fixtures of the era. Things have thankfully changed since then, and antique chandeliers and pendant lights are popular in many interiors today.
While gas lighting during the late 18th century represented an upgrade for chandeliers — and gas lamps would long inspire Danish architect and pioneering modernist lighting designer Poul Henningsen — it would eventually be replaced with the familiar electric lighting of today.
The key difference between a pendant light and a chandelier is that a pendant incorporates only a single bulb into its design. Don’t mistake this for simplicity, however. An Art Deco–styled homage to Sputnik from Murano glass artisans Giovanni Dalla Fina, with handcrafted decorative elements supported by a chrome frame, is just one stunning example of the elaborate engineering that can be incorporated into every component of a chandelier. (Note: there is more than one lighting fixture that shares its name with the iconic mid-century-era satellite — see Gino Sarfatti’s design too.)
Chandeliers have evolved over time, but their classic elegance has remained unchanged.
Not only will the right chandelier prove impressive in a given room, but it can also offer a certain sense of practicality. These fixtures can easily illuminate an entire space, while their elevated position prevents them from creating glare or straining one’s eyes.
Certain materials, like glass, can complement naturally lit settings without stealing the show. Brass, on the other hand, can introduce an alluring, warm glow. While LEDs have earned a bad reputation for their perceived harsh bluish lights and a loss of brightness over their life span, the right design choices can help harness their lighting potential and create the perfect mood. A careful approach to lighting can transform your room into a peaceful and cozy nook, ideal for napping, reading or working.
For midsize spaces, a wall light or sconce can pull the room together and get the lighting job done. Perforated steel rings underneath five bands of handspun aluminum support a rich diffusion of light within Alvar Aalto's Beehive pendant light, but if you’re looking to brighten a more modest room, perhaps a minimalist solution is what you’re after. The mid-century modern furniture designer Charlotte Perriand devised her CP-1 wall lamps in the 1960s, in which a repositioning of sheet-metal plates can redirect light as needed.
The versatility and variability of these lighting staples mean that, when it comes to finding something like the perfect chandelier, you’ll never be left hanging. From the natural world-inspired designs of the Art Nouveau era to the classic beauty of Paul Ferrante's fixtures, there is a style for every room.
With designs for pendant lights and chandeliers across eras, colors and materials, you’ll never run out of options to explore on 1stDibs — shop a collection today that includes antique Art Deco chandeliers, Stilnovo chandeliers, Baccarat chandeliers and more.