Poul Henningsen Ph5

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Louis Poulsen Ph 5 Pendant Lamp

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Metal

$990 / item

Poul Henningsen PH5 Mini Pendant for Louis Poulsen in All White

By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Poul Henningsen originally introduced the full-sized PH 5 pendant light in 1958 as a classic new product.

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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and...

Materials

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Unavailable

H 11.03 in Dm 19.69 in

Stunning and Classic Pendant 'PH5' by Poul Henningsen

By Poul Henningsen

Located in Middelfart, Fyn

The 'PH 5' pendant was designed by Poul Henningsen and produced in Denmark by Louis Poulsen during the 1960s.

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Poul Henningsen PH 4, 5/3 Wall Lights

Unavailable

H 11.03 in W 17.72 in D 20.48 in

Poul Henningsen PH 4, 5/3 Wall Lights

By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen

Located in Copenhagen, DK

Poul Henningsen PH 4,5/3". Two patinated copper wall lights. Designed: 1966 Manufacture: Louis Poulsen.

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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Copper

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light by Poul Henningsen

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H 10.5 in Dm 19.5 in

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light by Poul Henningsen

By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen

Located in New York, NY

The fixture provides 100% glare-free light. Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

3, 5/2 PH Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen

Unavailable

H 16.93 in Dm 13.78 in

3, 5/2 PH Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen

By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen

Located in Copenhagen, DK

Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) Produced by Louis Poulsen in 1926-1927, stamped inside with PAT. APPL. makes this one of the most rare table lamps from Poul Henningsens very early period...

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Vintage 1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH5 Mini Pendant Lamp by Poul Henningsen

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H 6.4 in Dm 11.8 in

Louis Poulsen PH5 Mini Pendant Lamp in Classic White by Poul Henningsen

By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen

Located in New York, NY

The fixture provides 100% glare-free light. Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

PH 5/4 Pendant by Poul Henningsen

Unavailable

H 15.75 in Dm 19.69 in

PH 5/4 Pendant by Poul Henningsen

Located in Copenhagen, DK

Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) PH 5/4 pendant of chromed steel with original frosted glass shades.

Category

Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Glass

PH 5/4 Pendant by Poul Henningsen

Unavailable

H 15.75 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in

PH 5/4 Pendant by Poul Henningsen

Located in Copenhagen, DK

PH 5 Pendant

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H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in

PH 5 Pendant

By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen

Located in New York, NY

Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and size of incandescent bulbs by bulb manufacturers, naming it after the size of the pen...

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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 5 Pendant

Unavailable

H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in

PH 5 Pendant

By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen

Located in New York, NY

Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and size of incandescent bulbs by bulb manufacturers, naming it after the size of the pen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 5 Pendant

Unavailable

H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in

PH 5 Pendant

By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen

Located in New York, NY

Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and size of incandescent bulbs by bulb manufacturers, naming it after the size of the pen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 5 Pendant

Unavailable

H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in

PH 5 Pendant

By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen

Located in New York, NY

Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and size of incandescent bulbs by bulb manufacturers, naming it after the size of the pen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 3, 5/2, 5 Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen

Unavailable

H 18.12 in Dm 11.82 in

PH 3, 5/2, 5 Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen

Located in Copenhagen, DK

Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) PH 3/2 table lamp with browned brass stand and socket, through-switch of bakelite and a set of amber colored glass shades. This lamp was designed and pro...

Category

Vintage 1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

Louis Poulsen PH 5 - 4 1/2 Charlottenborg Pendant Light by Henningsen, 1980

Unavailable

H 12.5 in W 18.3 in D 18.3 in

Louis Poulsen PH 5 - 4 1/2 Charlottenborg Pendant Light by Henningsen, 1980

By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

Early example of the PH 5 - 4.5 by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen. 4 large white shades with a navy blue diffuser and removable down light cover.

Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum, Enamel

PH 5 Mini Pendant

Unavailable

H 6.4 in W 11.8 in D 11.8 in

PH 5 Mini Pendant

By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen

Located in New York, NY

Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and size of incandescent bulbs by bulb manufacturers, naming it after the size of the pen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Iconic red PH5 Pendant layered Lamp

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H 9.85 in Dm 19.69 in

Iconic red PH5 Pendant layered Lamp

By Poul Henningsen

Located in Porto, PT

Red iconic PH5 pendant lamp. Beautiful and comfortable lighting effect.

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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Lacquered Aluminum Pendant PH5 - Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen

Unavailable

H 11.82 in Dm 19.69 in

Lacquered Aluminum Pendant PH5 - Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen

Located in Paris, FR

Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, PH5 pendant of lacquered aluminum w / glass bottom plate, Ø 50 cm.

Category

Vintage 1950s Chandeliers and Pendants

Poul Henningsen PH 5/3

Sold

H 66.93 in W 18.9 in

Poul Henningsen PH 5/3

By Poul Henningsen

Located in Copenhagen, DK

A rare Poul Henningsen "PH-5/3" standard lamp with socket house and stand of patinated browned brass.

Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Poul Henningsen: "PH-5" Pendant with White Metal Shades

Sold

H 9.85 in Dm 19.69 in

Poul Henningsen: "PH-5" Pendant with White Metal Shades

Located in København, Copenhagen

Poul Henningsen: "PH-5". Pendant with white metal shades.

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20th Century Danish Chandeliers and Pendants

Poul Henningsen PH 5

Sold

H 12 in D 19 in

Poul Henningsen PH 5

Located in New York, NY

The most popular light to ever come out of Denmark. The PH5 is found in every Danish home of quality. We have 1 in blue (rare) and 2 in white.

Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

H 7.88 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in

Poul Henningsen PH 3/2 Pendant - brass top / copper shades- Danish Design

Located in Egå, DK

Poul Henningsen PH 3/2 Pendant The lamp features green-painted metal shades combined with an elegant brass shade holder and fitting. The interior surfaces have a warm metallic fini...

Category

2010s Danish Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass, Copper

A Poul Henningsen 1958 'Langelinie' Copper Pendant

$4,748

H 8.47 in W 16.54 in D 16.54 in

A Poul Henningsen 1958 'Langelinie' Copper Pendant

By Poul Henningsen

Located in Petworth, GB

A 1958 'Langelinie' or 'PH-Tallerken,' pendant designed by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen. Originally designed for the Langelini Pavilion in Copenhagen, with concentric copper sh...

Category

Vintage 1950s European Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Copper

Scandinavian Modern Poul Henningsen PH-lamp 4/4-pendant Copper & Glass, 1930s

$20,422

H 18.12 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in

Scandinavian Modern Poul Henningsen PH-lamp 4/4-pendant Copper & Glass, 1930s

By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen

Located in Odense, DK

An exceptional and increasingly rare early example of Poul Henningsen’s iconic PH 4/4 pendant, dating to the early 1930s. This piece embodies the designer’s pioneering approach to gl...

Category

Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Materials

Copper

$6,450

H 31.5 in W 27.56 in D 27.56 in

Barovier & Toso Italian Chandelier in Crystal Glass and Brass

Located in Waalwijk, NL

Barovier&Toso, chandelier, crystal glass, brass, Italy, 1940s This chandelier by Barovier & Toso, crafted in Italy during the 1940s, reflects the studio’s centuries-old mast...

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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

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Poul Henningsen Ph5 For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal poul henningsen ph5 for your home. A poul henningsen ph5 — often made from metal, aluminum and glass — can elevate any home. Find 525 options for an antique or vintage poul henningsen ph5 now, or shop our selection of 279 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. There are many kinds of the poul henningsen ph5 you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right poul henningsen ph5, those designed in Scandinavian Modern, Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Poul Henningsen Ph5?

The average selling price for a poul henningsen ph5 at 1stDibs is $2,298, while they’re typically $275 on the low end and $171,953 for the highest priced.

Poul Henningsen for sale on 1stDibs

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.

Finding the Right Chandeliers-pendant-lights for You

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.