Early Poul Henningsen, 'Water pump' floor lamp, 1940's
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Early Poul Henningsen 'Water pump' floor lamp, designed in 1940 and made at Louis Poulsen, Denmark 1940's.
Metal, Brass, Zinc
PH 2/2 Water Pump Floor Lamp by Poul Henningsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Poul Henningsen, PH 2/2 so-called `Water Pump´ floor lamp. beautifully decorated in black lacquered steel stand with brushed brass arm and shade set of frosted shades, painted pink. ...
Sold
H 54.73 in W 11.42 in D 29.53 in
Poul Henningsen Floor Lamp 'Water Pump' by Louis Poulsen in Denmark
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare floor lamp model PH-2/2 ‘Water pump’ designed by Poul Henningsen. Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark.
Brass
Sold
H 55.12 in W 13 in D 31.5 in
Poul Henningsen Floor Lamp PH-2/2 'Water Pump' by Louis Poulsen in Denmark
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare floor lamp model PH-2/2 ‘Water pump’ designed by Poul Henningsen. Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark.
Metal
Poul Henningsen 'Vandpumpen' Floor Lamp, 1940
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning 1940s floor lamp, model 'Vandpumpen' (water pump) by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen, with adjustable arm.
Brass, Metal
Poul Henningsen 'Water Pump' Floor Lamp, 1940s
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Made 1940s by Louis Poulsen.
Brass
Floor Lamp by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Brussels, BE
Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) Lamp PH - The Water Pump - Manufactured by Louis Poulsen, circa 1940 White lacquered metal, brass, white opal glass.
Opal, Metal, Brass
$3,467
H 59.06 in Dm 31.5 in
Danish Modern Le Klint Floor Lamp Designed by Vilhelm Wohlert, 1960s, Denmark
By Le Klint, Vilhelm Wohlert
Located in Værløse, DK
An iconic Danish Modern Le Klint 325 floor lamp designed by Vilhelm Wohlert in 1957 and crafted in Oregon pine. This particular vintage version is from the 1960s have had one owner, ...
Brass
$28,311
H 59.06 in W 15.75 in D 24.81 in
Scandinavian Modern Model 9609 Floor Light, Paavo Tynell, Taito Oy, 1940/1950s
By Taito Oy, Paavo Tynell
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Scandinavian Modern model 9609 floor light, design Paavo Tynell, manufactured by Taito Oy, 1940/1950s. Painted metal, rattan brass frame. Wooden slat shade. Marked. Good vintage cond...
Metal, Brass
$2,166
H 49.61 in Dm 25.6 in
Poul Henningsen PH 3/2 Waterpump Chrome Special Edition 2022 by Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Lejre, DK
PH 3/2 Waterpump Special Edition 2022 designed by Poul Henningsen and manufactured by Louis Poulsen. The lamp features mouth-blown white three-layer opal glass shades and a high-glos...
Chrome
$3,850
H 59.06 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Bellevue Floor Lamp by Arne Jacobsen, Scandinavian Modern, 1960s
By Arne Jacobsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Lejre, DK
Floor lamp designed by Maa. Arne Jacobsen for the Bellevue in 1929 and made by Louis Poulsen Denmark, original condition.
Metal
$3,005Sale Price|20% Off
H 54.34 in W 18.51 in D 18.51 in
Floor Lamp by Peter Hvidt for Lyfa Denmark 1950s
By Peter Hvidt
Located in Handewitt, DE
Floor lamp by Peter Hvidt for LYFA Denmark 1950s. With black conical metal shade. Dark brown lacquered base and steel lamp shaft. We have the same lamp with red shade here at 1stDibs
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Poul Henningsen ‘Seven’ PH 3½/2 (1894–1967). Floor lamp
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Egå, DK
Poul Henningsen PH 3½/2 “Seven” Floor Lamp – Louis Poulsen, Late 1930s Rare and highly collectible PH 3½/2 “Seven” floor lamp designed by Poul Henningsen and manufactured by Louis Po...
Metal
$1,950
H 14.18 in W 10.24 in D 8.67 in
Danish Modern Adjustable Table Lamp in Metal, Made by Louis Poulsen, 1950s
By Vilhelm Lauritzen, Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Odense, DK
Rare and elegant adjustable table lamp in black lacquered metal from the 1950s. Made by the Danish company Louis Poulsen. The light can be directly pointed at a subject as well as ...
Metal
$2,658
H 51.58 in W 13.78 in D 18.51 in
Mid-Century "Staken" Floor Lamp by Carl Malmsten, Adjustable, Sweden, 40s
By Carl Malmsten
Located in Göteborg, SE
Staken floor lamp designed by Carl Malmsten, Sweden, circa 1940s. An elegant example from one of Sweden's most celebrated furniture designers and a defining voice of Swedish Modern ...
Paper, Beech
Rare Floor Lamp by Hans Bergström, Ateljé Lyktan, 1950s
By Hans Bergström
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare model produced by Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1950s. New wiring and reupholstered shade. Fully adjustable, in all directions.
Brass
Midcentury Modernist Floor Lamp from ASEA, Sweden, 1930s
By ASEA
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Striking modernist floor lamp from ASEA, in a luxurious design in brass and leather. Stem partially dressed with leather, decorative screw mechanism for adjusting the height from reg...
Brass
$4,665
H 50.99 in W 15.75 in D 15.36 in
Floor Lamp by Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen for ASEA, Sweden Mid-20th Century
By ASEA, Svend Aage Holm Sørensen
Located in Utrecht, NL
Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen was a Danish designer and one of the most distinctive voices in Scandinavian lighting design during the post-war decades. Originally trained as a decorative ...
Metal
$3,980
H 59.85 in W 8.67 in D 21.66 in
Rare Floor Lamp by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan from the 1950s
By Ateljé Lyktan, Hans Bergström
Located in Vienna, AT
Frame in black painted metal. White artificial leather shade, two light points, a flexible arm. Height 152 cm. fitted with each E27 bakelite socket. Made in Sweden in the 1950s.
Brass, Steel
Poul Henningsen, Early 'Question Mark' floor lamp, 1931.
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
An early and rare Poul Henningsen 'Question Mark' floor lamp. Designed 1931 and made at Louis Poulsen, Denmark app. 1931-1932. Large three-level stand of browned brass and original...
Brass
$36,977
H 63 in Dm 15.75 in
Early Floor Lamp "PH 4/3" by Poul Henningsen, Pat. Appl., Louis Poulsen, 1926-28
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Odense, DK
Early and important floor PH-lamp model 4/3 by Poul Henningsen manufactured at Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen between 1926-28. The lamp base is made from browned brass and the top shade i...
Bronze
$2,565
H 51.19 in Dm 12.6 in
Poul Henningsen Floor Lamp Model PH 3.5/2.5 with Black Frame, Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Lejre, DK
PH 3.5/2.5 floor lamp designed by Poul Henningsen and produced by Louis Poulsen. The lamp is made with a black frame and shades in white opal glass, giving an elegant and balanced ex...
Glass
Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamp from ASEA, Sweden, 1950s
By ASEA
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Rare modernist floor lamp from ASEA, made from black lacquered metal with beautiful brass and leather details. Stands on a round, black lacquered cast iron base from which two slende...
Brass, Metal
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Wood, Oak
$2,508 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 21.66 in
Mustard Mohair Velvet Round Ottoman with Oak Feet, Modern UK Design
Located in London, England
Dagmar Design - Round Ottoman Custom-made ottoman developed & produced at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. These examples are upholstered in a mustar...
Oak, Mohair, Velvet
$6,563 / set
H 24.01 in W 18.12 in D 14.18 in
Pair of Park Night Stands in Espresso Brown Lacquer by Yaniv Chen for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Park nightstand is the epitome of exquisite craftsmanship, featuring meticulously proportioned dimensions and exceptional detailing that make it an ideal bedside companion. Our f...
Lacquer
French Designer, Table Lamp, Metal, France, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A black-lacquered metal table lamp designed and produced in France, c. 1950s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 10.9"H x 6.5"W x 6.5"D Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches): 14.4” H x ...
Metal
$22,533
H 16.15 in W 7.88 in D 11.03 in
Poul Henningsen Table Lamp Model PH-2/2 'The Questions Mark' by Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare table lamp model PH-2/2 ‘The question mark’ designed by Poul Henningsen. Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark.
Brass
LU Mono Spot Sconce S
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The sharply elegant LU Mono Spot Sconce S (switch) is an all brass wall spot sconce inspired by mid century Italian design. Created as a fully directional sconce in a lightly patinat...
Brass
$15,995 / set
H 32.75 in W 35 in D 41 in
Brazilian Jangada Rosewood & Leather Sling Chair with Ottoman by Jean Gillon
By Jean Gillon, Percival Lafer, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Anchored in the bold horizons of 1960s Brazilian modernism, the Jangada lounge chair and ottoman by Jean Gillon stands as a testament to artful craftsmanship, organic structure, and ...
Leather, Rosewood
Celina Decorações, Console Table, Wood, Brazil, 1960s
By Celina Decoracoes
Located in High Point, NC
A wall-mounted console table or shelf produced by Celina Decorações, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, c. 1960s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 10.25"H x 31.5"W x 8.25"D All items ship from Hi...
Wood
Axel-Einar Hjorth 'Lovö' cabinet, Sweden, 1930s
By Axel Einar Hjorth, NK (Nordiska Kompaniet)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovo cabinet by Axel-Einar Hjorth, produced by Nordiska Kompaniet, 1930s.
Iron
$40,570 / set
H 32.68 in W 28.75 in D 27.96 in
Finn Juhl Pair of Original Vintage NV-53 Chairs, c1950s
By Finn Juhl
Located in London, England
Finn Juhl - Pair of Rare NV-53 Lounge Chairs, 1953 One of Finn Juhl’s most rare and sought after designs. The NV-53 was produced by master cabinetmaker Niels Vodder, Juhl’s long-tim...
Fabric, Teak
$4,970 / item
H 35.04 in W 35.44 in D 35.04 in
Arne Norell Armchair "Inca" and foot stool by Norell Möbel AB Sweden 1970
By Arne Norell
Located in Paris, IDF
Arne Norell (Sweden, 1917-1971) Arne Norell, a pair of 'Inka' armchairs with a footstool, Norell Möbel AB, 1970's. Frame of dark-stained beech. Upholstered cushion in the back and se...
Leather, Wood
$27,800
H 1.13 in W 72 in D 21 in
George Nakashima 6 Foot Free Edge Corner Counter Shelf or Console, Signed, 1971
By George Nakashima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A corner-mounted counter shelf or floating console table by George Nakashima comprising a single slab in American black walnut with two free edges, signed and dated 1971 to the under...
Walnut
T02M Coffee Table by Pierre Chapo, France, 1960s
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare T02M coffee table by Pierre Chapo, originally designed in 1963, exemplifying the timeless craftsmanship of Chapo’s early works. Known for its smooth, rounded form, this table re...
Wood, Elm
Pair of Solid Oak Coffee Tables, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Matched pair of oak coffee tables, solid tops on large baluster feet linked by a circular oak band, a very unusual design. Sold as a pair or a single.
Oak
$53,200
H 32.09 in W 35.44 in D 42.13 in
Jangada with Ottoman Armchair By Jean Gillon, Brazilian Midcentury Design, 1968
By Jean Gillon
Located in New York, NY
Original Condition
Leather, Nylon, Rosewood
$17,512 / set
H 29.53 in W 28.35 in D 31.5 in
Ib Kofod-Larsen Candidate Lounge Chairs with Leather Cushions
By Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in London, England
A pair of Afromosia African teak 'Kandidaten', (Candidate), lounge chairs produced by Olof Perssons Fatoljindustri (O.P.E.) in Jonkoping, Sweden, circa 1960. Danish master Ib Kofod...
Leather, Teak
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.
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.