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Vintage Poul HENNINGSEN PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Vintage Poul HENNINGSEN PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen.
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Early Poul Henningsen PH 5-4 1/2 Chandelier for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Berlin, DE
Early Poul Henningsen PH 5-4 1/2 chandelier for Louis Poulsen.
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Copper Pendant for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 copper pendant for Louis Poulsen. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH 5
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum, Copper

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Brass Pendant for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 brass pendant for Louis Poulsen. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH 5
Category

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

Materials

Brass, Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Rose
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in rose. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH 5
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Red
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in red. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH 5
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Green
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in Green. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH 5
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Orange
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in orange. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Blue
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in blue. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH 5
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Grey
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in grey. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic PH 5
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5-4½ Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5-4½ Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen. This architecturally versatile four-shade
Category

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

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in All Black
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in all black. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in All Blue
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in all blue. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in All White
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in all white. Poul Henningsen introduced his iconic
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Modern White
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in modern white. Poul Henningsen introduced his
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Classic White
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Classic White. Poul Henningsen introduced his
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen Ph 5 Mini Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Berkeley, CA
The fixture provides 100% glare-free light. Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 as a follow
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers an...

Materials

Chrome

Poul Henningsen Ph 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Oyster Grey
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in monochrome oyster grey. Poul Henningsen
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen Ph 5-4½ Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Berkeley, CA
to ensure very comfortable lighting. Poul Henningsen designed the three-shade system during 1925/1926
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers an...

Materials

Chrome

Poul Henningsen PH 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Pale Rose
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in monochrome pale rose. Poul Henningsen
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen Ph 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Pastel Oyster Blue Rose
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in pastel oyster blue rose. Poul Henningsen
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen Ph 5 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Pastel Blue Rose Peach
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5 pendant for Louis Poulsen in pastel blue rose peach. Poul Henningsen
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen 'PH 5/5' Metal Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen in Black
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5/5 Metal pendant lamp for Louis Poulsen in Black. These refined pendants are
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and ...

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Poul Henningsen 'PH 5/5' Opaline Glass and Metal Pendant Lamp for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 5/5 Opaline glass and metal pendant lamp for Louis Poulsen. These refined
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and ...

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Poul Henningsen “PH-5” Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen, Denmark, 1960s
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Utrecht, NL
This “PH-5” table lamp from the Danish “Master of Soft Light”, Poul Henningsen, is one of the
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Brass

Iconic Rare 1st Edition Poul Henningsen PH 5 Chandelier Pendant Lamp from 1959
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Søborg, DK
Iconic rare 1st edition vintage PH 5 chandelier pendant lamp from 1959 in red. Poul Henningsen
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

Iconic Rare 1st Edition Poul Henningsen PH 5 Chandelier Pendant Lamp from 1958
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Søborg, DK
Iconic rare 1st edition vintage PH 5 chandelier pendant lamp from 1958 in purple ( series 1
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Ultra rare 1st Edition Poul Henningsen PH 5 by Louis Poulsen, Denmark from 1958
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Krefeld, DE
Iconic rare 1st Edition vintage PH 5 chandelier pendant lamp from 1958 in white. Poul Henningsen
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

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
(photo 4). This design the Poul Henningsen PH 5-4.5 has the serial number 117069 and is called
Category

Vintage 1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Aluminum

PH 5/3 pendant by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PH 5/3 pendant in brass and red painted metal. 1949. Poul Henningsen / Louis Poulsen
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal, Brass

PH 5/3 pendant by Poul Henningsen
PH 5/3 pendant by Poul Henningsen
H 11.82 in Dm 19.69 in
Poul Henningsen Ceiling Lamp Model PH-5/5 Produced by Louis Poulsen
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
Category

Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

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
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

PH 5/5 Pendant
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Weston, FL
Henningsen's reflective three-shade-system. The fixture is available with white opal glass or soft-touch black
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Opal, Aluminum

PH 5/5 Pendant
PH 5/5 Pendant
BlackOpal
H 16.9 in Dm 19.7 in
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
Category

Vintage 1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Vintage Grey PH 5 Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
. This vintage piece is an excellent representation of Henningsen's larger PH series, all based on the
Category

Vintage 1970s Danish Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel, Aluminum

PH 3, 5/2 - Table lamp in burnished brass by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PH 3,5/2 - Table lamp in burnished brass and white opal glass shades. Pat. Appl. Poul Henningsen
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

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
Category

20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Poul Henningsen Ph Snowball Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Berkeley, CA
exhibited together with PH 5 at the Danish Museum of Decorative Art. However, Snowball received no
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers an...

Materials

Chrome

PH 5 Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 5 Pendant
H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in
PH 5 Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 5 Pendant
PH 5 Pendant
H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in
PH 5 Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 5 Pendant
PH 5 Pendant
H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in
PH 5 Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 5 Pendant
PH 5 Pendant
H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in
PH 5 Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 5 Pendant
PH 5 Pendant
H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 19.5 in
Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Red by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Blue by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Brass by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Rose by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Copper by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Green by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Orange by Poul Henningsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Gray by Poul Henningsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH-5 Lamp
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Princeton Junction, NJ
Louis Poulsen PH-5 Lamp
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH-5 Lamp
Louis Poulsen PH-5 Lamp
H 10.63 in Dm 19.69 in
1930s PH 3, 5/2 Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen Denmark
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
PH 3½-2 desk light by Poul Henningsen. Original yellow lacquered zinc top-shade, matté yellow
Category

Vintage 1930s Danish Bauhaus Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Zinc

PH 5/4 - Pendant in patinated copper by Poul Henningsen, 1930's
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PH 5/4 - Pendant in patinated copper with nickel-plated socket. Stamped 'PAT. APPL'. Designed by
Category

20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Copper

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Modern White by Poul Henningsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Louis Poulsen PH 5 Pendant Light in Classic White by Poul Henningsen
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Weston, FL
PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system. The fixture emits both downward and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

PH 5 Mini Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Weston, FL
Poul Henningsen developed the PH 5 in 1958 in response to constant changes made to the shape and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

PH 5 Mini Pendant
PH 5 Mini Pendant
H 6.4 in W 11.8 in D 11.8 in
Poul Henningsen Ph 6½-6 Pendant
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Berkeley, CA
to ensure very comfortable lighting. Poul Henningsen designed the three-shade system during 1925/1926
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers an...

Materials

Chrome

Poul Henningsen PH Snowball Pendant for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
. Poul Henningsen designed his PH snowball pendant light in 1958 and exhibited it with the PH 5 pendant
Category

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

Materials

Aluminum

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Henningsen Ph 5 For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the henningsen ph 5 you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, aluminum and glass, every henningsen ph 5 was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a henningsen ph 5, we have 525 options in-stock, while there are 279 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect henningsen ph 5 — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A henningsen ph 5 is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Scandinavian Modern, Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Henningsen Ph 5?

Prices for a henningsen ph 5 start at $275 and top out at $171,953 with the average selling for $2,300.

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.

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