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Furniture For Sale
Creator: Georg Jensen
Creator: Poul Henningsen
Acorn by Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Flatware Dinner Set 8 - 75 pcs GJ mark XL
Located in Big Bend, WI
Sterling silver stuns in this rich pattern that features a natural theme reminiscent of old world grace. A classic design yet with an understated touch, this pattern focuses on simpl...
Category

20th Century Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Poul Henningsen PH1 Sconce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Category

1930s Danish Vintage Furniture

Materials

Brass

Ultra rare 1st Edition Poul Henningsen PH 5 by Louis Poulsen, Denmark from 1958
Located in Krefeld, DE
Iconic rare 1st Edition vintage PH 5 chandelier pendant lamp from 1958 in white. Poul Henningsen designed this iconic lamp in 1958 and the launch was in September of that year at Ill...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Metal

Georg Jensen Pyramid Sterling Silver Service For Twelve
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen silverware service in the Pyramid pattern, designed by Harald Nielsen in 1926. Please note this is the larger Continental size dinner knives and dinner forks. This se...
Category

1940s European Art Deco Vintage Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Large Sterling Silver Bowl c. 1945 - 77 Copenhagen, Denmark Fruit
Located in London, GB
An impressive Solid Silver Bowl by Georg Jensen. This Bowl has a subtle hammered finish on the interior and exterior of the bowl and the bowl is embellished with two ornate stylised ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Poul Henningsen PH Mirror by Louis Poulsen Denmark
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice pair of PH Boudoir mirrors designed by Poul Henningsen and manufactured by Louis Poulsen, Denmark 1939. Poul Henningsen created the mirror of ...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Poul Henningsen Kontrast Pendant Light, 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Poul Henningsen "Kontrast" lamp in excellent original condition, pendant is composed of ten concentric, stacked rings in orange, off-white and polished aluminum that produce...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Straight Arm PH 4½/3 Copper Sconce by Poul Henningsen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A PH 4.5/3 outdoor sconce with a straight arm. The sconce is made from copper and has been restored so it is bright and shiny. The underside is painted white to reflect the light and...
Category

1960s Danish Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Copper

Set of Six PH Hat by Poul Henningsen 1960s
Located in Handewitt, DE
„PH Hat“ by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen Denmark 1960s. With adjustable lampshade and all in original condition. 1960s produced. Set of six. Price for all six.
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Furniture

Materials

Metal

Georg Jensen Acorn Sterling Silver Pastry Server 201
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen sterling silver Acorn pastry server item #201 in the Acorn pattern, design #62 by Johan Rohde from 1915. Additional information: Material: Sterling silver Style: Hal...
Category

20th Century Danish Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pyramid by Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 75 pieces Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
The Pyramid pattern was inspired by the styling of the Art Deco period with it's sleek and modern lines. The name Georg Jensen is synonymous with timeless style and dedication to the art of slow and steady craftsmanship. Georg Jensen is one of the world's most significant silversmiths, who formed an international following due to his innovative and sculptural work and his collaborations with other very talented designers. He started in Copenhagen as a sculptor and goldsmith working his way into silversmithing. He was the first to blur lines between artistry and craftsmanship with his ornamental design in the early 1900's. In 1904 her opened his first shop and quickly gained a following, with those stating he "never followed fashion, he created it". In 1918 he opened a much larger shop and when he passed in 1935 he already had an international reputation for superb craftsmanship. He was reigned as "the greatest silversmith of the last 300 years" when he passed. Fabulous Pyramid by Georg Jensen...
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20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Poul Henningsen PH Kontrast Louis Poulsen Lamp Pendant Mid Century
Located in Berlin, BE
This iconic 1960s “Kontrast” pendant lamp was designed by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen. Henningsen began his collaboration with Copenhagen-based lighting company Louis Poulsen i...
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Furniture

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Curved Arm PH 4½/3 Copper Sconce by Poul Henningsen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A PH 4.5/3 outdoor sconce with a gently curved arm. The sconce is made from copper and has been restored so it is bright and shiny. The underside is painted white to reflect the ligh...
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Furniture

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Poul Henningsen Kuglekrone, 1930s
Located in Valby, 84
Rare and important Poul Henningsen kuglekrone chandelier made by Louis Poulsen in Denmark in the 1930’s. The frame is made of darkend brass with original acid stained glass and black Bakelite. Poul Henningsen (September 9, 1894 in Ordrup – January 31, 1967 in Hillerød) was a Danish lamp designer, architect, revue writer, film director and social activist known by the initials PH. He was the son of the writer Agnes Henningsen and the stepson of MA, vice consul Mads Henningsen. His biological father was the writer Carl Ewald. PH had his own design studio from 1919, where i.a. the architects Hans Hansen and Mogens Voltelen worked on the clean drawing of the PH lamps. PH thought that electric bulbs cast an impossible light - either it was far too bright, or screens swallowed most of the light. He wanted a lampshade that sent the light out into the room at its full strength without dazzling. The PH lamp's three screens ensure that. He experimented in his terraced house until the lamp up in the ceiling, where the walls were painted black. A pram could be driven back and forth on rails. On the wagon, a candle stood on a cardboard plate and shone on a piece of paper with a grease stain through which the light shone. PH called it a photometer and used it for thousands of measurements of light strength and curves. The breakthrough came when a mutual friend, architect Thorkild Henningsen, introduced him to Sophus Kaastrup Olsen, director of Louis Poulsen & Co. This was the start of a lifelong collaboration. Kaastrup Olsen had some lighting fixtures manufactured and sent them to the international exhibition Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes in Paris in 1925. PH won top prizes in all six classes of lighting fixtures. Forum was inaugurated in 1926 with a car exhibition where the PH lamp with glass shades made its debut. About PH's lamps that illuminated the room, B.T. wrote: "- the white birds that flew through the giant hall". Success was assured and PH's dream fulfilled: he had created a product that could be mass produced and he became a wealthy man. His greatest success was the PH5 – the one we know as the PH lamp (with metal shades), but it was only launched in 1958. He also designed the Koglen, the Kuglen and the Charlottenborg Pendlen, which all hang in Designmuseum Denmark. He lived off the income from his famous PH lamps and used the freedom it gave him to write revues such as Ølhunden, which was sung by Osvald Helmuth, and Grabe imter blanke ting (Man bind us by mouth and hand...) , which was about the German censorship, and which was sung by Liva Weel. He began collaborations with Bernhard Christensen and Kai Normann Andersen. Poul Henningsen, in addition to seeing cubism as his style ideal ("the genuine classless art of democracy"), was a functionalist, an atheist, a hater of the church, an advocate of sexual freedom and an opponent of unnecessary ornaments on buildings. Everything had to reflect their function. This is reflected in a number of buildings in Denmark, for which Poul Henningsen was the architect; like his own villa by Gentofte Sø. From 1941 he was architect for the amusement park Tivoli in Copenhagen. At the same time, he took a unique moderate position, because already in his writings in Kritisk Revy he was critical of Bauhaus' "laboratory architecture" and Le Corbusier. He instead recommended a golden mean and thus paved the way for moderate Scandinavian functionalism. Louis Poulsen, eg. Louis Poulsen Lighting A/S, formerly Louis Poulsen & Co. A/S, is a Danish company that manufactures lamps and lighting designed by well-known designers. Previously, the company also had a wholesale company under the name Louis Poulsen El-teknik, which was acquired by Lemvigh-Müller in 2005. The company was founded in 1874 in Copenhagen by Ludvig R. Poulsen (1846-1906) as a wine import company under the name Copenhagen Direct Vin-Import-Kompagni. The company closed in 1878, but continued in the wholesale business. In 1892 - the same year that Copenhagen got its first and the country's second electricity plant - Ludvig R. Poulsen established a business selling tools and electrical articles in Istedgade 1 on Vesterbro in Copenhagen. In 1896, Ludvig R. Poulsen employed his nephew, Louis Poulsen (1871-1934), in the company. In 1906, Ludvig R. Poulsen died, who was succeeded by his nephew as director. In 1908 he moved the headquarters to Nyhavn 11, and in 1911 he admitted Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen (1884-1938) as a partner in the firm, which was then named Louis Poulsen & Co. In 1914 the company's first catalog was published, and in 1917 Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen Louis Poulsen bought out the company for DKK 10,000 and thus became sole owner of Louis Poulsen & Co. In 1918, the turnover reached 5 million. DKK In 1933, Louis Poulsen & Co. opened. a department in Aarhus. From 1938, the company, which was transformed into a limited company on 1 November 1939, was led by civil engineer Emun Rager (1884-1959) as managing director, as Kaastrup-Olsen died that year. When buying Laur. Henriksen's Metalware factory in 1941 went to Louis Poulsen & Co. A/S itself into the production of lighting fixtures. The magazine LP-NYT was launched the same year with Poul Henningsen as editor. A newly constructed building on Sluseholmen in Copenhagen was inaugurated in 1959 and was partly used for the assembly of fluorescent light fixtures and partly for electrical wholesale storage. In the same year, Jens Kaastrup-Olsen became managing director after Emun Rager. In 1964, the wholesale section was expanded by the acquisition of A/S Classen-Smidth, whereby the company gained branches in Odense and Vejle, and in 1965 Laur changed. Henriksens Metalvarefabrik name for Elpefa A/S, which moved to a newly built production hall on Sluseholmen, where all production and assembly of fittings were brought together. In 1967, I/S El-Salg was established. In 1976, Jens Kaastrup-Olsen died and was succeeded as managing director by Hans Cordes. The following year, the metalware production, which was previously an independent company called Elpefa A/S, was merged with Louis Poulsen & Co. A/S. Louis Poulsen's B shares were listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, and a shareholder agreement was concluded between the heirs in 1977 to ensure that the company remained in Danish hands. 1981 Louis Poulsen & Co. bought A/S electrical wholesale section in S.C. Sørensen and thereby got eight electricity wholesale departments included in the purchase. In 1984, Elpefa Handels- og ingeniersfirma was established, in 1985 JO-EL A/S, and in 1987 the group's turnover reached DKK 1 billion. DKK In 1989, Louis Poulsen & Co. acquired A/S Skandia Havemann's El A/S, in 1990 the Danish subsidiary Lightmakers A/S was established, and in 1995 the electrical wholesale section established a special department for telecommunications and data under the name Louis Poulsen Kommunikation. At the same time, the e-commerce system eLPc was introduced. In 1997, Erik Holm became managing director, and in the same year the Lighting Section bought the English company Outdoor Lighting Ltd. The measuring instrument section of Elpefa A/S was separated in 1998 as an independent limited company under the name ELMA A/S. The electrical engineering section simultaneously bought Norsk Elektro Teknikk ASA and Nordisk Elektro Teknik AB. The shareholders' agreement of 1977 led in the 1990s to several family feuds and lawsuits, but in 1999 an agreement was reached. The family allowed themselves to be bought out, while the company remained in Danish ownership. The new owners were the investment consortium Polaris and HD Invest. After the change of ownership, the Louis Poulsen shares were delisted on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. In the wake of the company's 125th anniversary in 1999, the former A-shareholders and the new owners of the Louis Poulsen Group established a new Danish lighting...
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1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Brass

Poul Henningsen "PH5" Ceiling Light, 1960s, Denmark
Located in Praha, CZ
One of the most famous light by Poul Henningsen, designed for Louis Poulsen, Denmark. Very good original condition. 1x100W, E25-E27 bulb US wiring compatible.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Table Lamp PH-4/3 ""PAT. APPL." Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen, 1927
Located in Odense, DK
Early and important PH-table lamp model "4/3" by Poul Henningsen manufactured at Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen between 1926-28. The lamp base is made from patinated solid brass and the s...
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1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Brass

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Serving Cutlery
Located in Vienna, AT
Georg Jensen serving cutlery in a protective fabric cover (Georg Jensen Inc. Fifth Avenue, New York). Mark on the knife blade: Georg Jensen, Denmark...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Caravel Salad Servers in Sterling Silver
Located in Vienna, AT
The Caravel pattern was designed by Henning Koppel (1918-1981) in 1957. Koppel was awarded the prestigious award 'The Golden Spoon' for his design of Cara...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

1970s Danish Henning Koppel Georg Jensen Strata Black Flatware 1 Salad Fork
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Danish Henning Koppel designer for Georg Jensen Co Pattern is Strata- black flatware cutlery one small salad fork. Clean modern lines. Stainless s...
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Stainless Steel

Danish Design Classic Pair of Poul Henningsen PH5 Pendant Lamps, 1960s
Located in Renens, CH
A pair of Poul Henningsen’s PH5 ceiling lamps produced by Louis Poulsen, Denmark. The lamps are in very good condition, no scratches or noticeable signs of wear, they are tested and...
Category

1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Metal

Poul Henningsen Pair of Limited Edition Three-Arm Chandeliers
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of three-arm "PH Stammkrone" chandeliers by Poul Henningsen. Both featuring 2/1 opal glass shade sets and browned brass hardware. Designed in the 1950s, later limed edition pr...
Category

1950s Danish Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Brass

Poul Henningsen "Tivoli" Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Poul Henningsen "Tivoli" lamp designed in 1949 and produced by Louis Poulsen. These Lamps were designed and only made for the Tivoli gardens in Copenhagen and never put into producti...
Category

1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Furniture

Materials

Metal

Poul Henningsen Wall Light
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Copper patinated wall light w/large shade.
Category

1940s Danish Vintage Furniture

Materials

Copper

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