Brutalist Brass Pendant by Svend Aage Holm Sørensen

Polished brass frame with a pressed glass shade, fitted with one porcelain E27 socket up to 100W. Manufactured in the late 1960s by Boréns, Borås, Sweden.

Brass ceiling lamp with openwork glass decoration. Ceiling cup with the inscription Philips. A prototype was reportedly developed for Ateljé Lyktan, but it did not enter production. ...

Brass pendant designed by Frits Schlegel and produced by Lyfa in the mid-1960s. Brass mounting bracket with adjustable height. Model P 295. Measures: H. 27 cm. Ø 44 cm. Patina on bra...

Brass, teak construction with pressed glasses elements, fitted with six E14 sockets made by Carl Fagerlund for Orrefors, Sweden in the 1960s.

Danish designer Svend Aage Holm Sørensen (1913-2004) is known for his self-produced lighting designs dating from the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Despite the desirability of his designs on the vintage market, there is a lack of biographical information on the designer and his eponymous manufacturing company. The Danish designer Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen (1913-2004) possessed an artist eye and a very good understanding of the potential of materials, and he understood how to innovate with these. To this day, Holm-Sørensen's style as a designer addresses not only the Nordic market, but also the international interest in the designer's distinctive and experimental expression. Sven Aage was known for being able to draw sketches on almost everything: envelopes, theater programs, even tram tickets he used to sketch his vision. It is speculated that Holm Sørensen designed lights for well-known Danish lighting manufacturers Fog & Mørup and Lyfa in the 1950s, before establishing his own lighting company, Holm Sørensen A/S to produce and distribute his own designs. Holm Sørensen’s style varies greatly, with designs from the 1950s truly reflecting the mid-century modern lighting style, with clear influences from the De Stijl and Bauhaus movements. His attenuated floor and table lamps contain the classic tri-pod base that was popular at the time, referencing such designs as H. Th. J. A. Busquet’s Pinocchio Lamp (1954). From the 1960s onwards, Holm Sørensen’s style changed utterly. His designs diverged from colorful, geometric table lamps and floor lamps, to pendants with raw finished brass and copper surfaces. These pendant lamps showcase Holm Sørensen’s interpretation of the Brutalist style, which was popular from the 1950s to the mid-70s. Originally coined by the Swedish architect Hans Asplund...

Danish Mid Century Modern Brutalist pendant consisting of three panels of acid treated and torch cut brass, Holm Sørensen's signature processing method to accentuate the nuances and ...

This stunning brutalist pendant lamp, model 6407, was designed by Svend Aage Holm Sørensen for Sørensen & Co in Denmark in the 1960's. The use and work of oxidised brass makes this l...

Pendant by Holm Sorensen, Denmark, circa 1960s. Patinated brass. Existing European wiring, rewiring available upon request.