Danish Modern Brass & Glass Table Lamp by Bent Karlby for LYFA, 1950s

Rare table lamp designed by Vilhelm Lauritzen and manufactured by LYFA, Copenhagen in the 1940s. Adjustable head. Burnished and patinated brass with fluted middle piece in green viny...

Stunning original production PH-table lamp model "3,5/2" by Poul Henningsen manufactured at Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen in the 1940s. The lamp base is made from patinated brass and white bakelite parts. The shades are all original and unrestored. The upper shade is made from yellow lacquered metal with a wonderful patina while the middle and lower are made from frosted matte glass which gives a wonderful light distribution. A beautiful and rare example of the world famous lamp icon. Poul Henningsen designed the three-shade system back in 1925-1926. The first lights using the system were designed by PH in cooperation with Louis Poulsen for an exhibition in Paris. PH sought to create glare-free light, direct light where it was most needed, and create soft shadows, using incandescent bulbs as a light source. PH 3/2 Table is a member of the three-shade family. Thus PH did not just design a light, but an entire system – around a thousand different models have been produced over the years. PH was the first person to pursue a scientific approach to light and use the logarithmic spiral as a basis. By using a design based on the logarithmic spiral he achieved even distribution of light over the entire curve of the shade. This even light distribution, together with the diffuse reflection through the glass, made it possible to control glare and shadow. Each shade reduces the amount of light equally, due to their distance from the light source. The PH light model numbers refer to the shade size. Each top shade had a corresponding set of middle and lower shades. In the ‘pure’ models, such as the 2/2, the top shade has a size of about 20 cm, with corresponding lower shades. PH 3/2 Table consists of an app. 30 cm top shade, but uses lower shades from the 2/2 model. These ‘hybrid’ models were introduced due to the desire to hang the pendants at lower heights. The system was also used for wall, table and floor lamps. This specific example has a "3,5" top shade (33,7 cm.) and a "2" middle and lower shade making it a "3,5/2 PH lamp".

Wonderful table lamp in patinated brass and hand blown opal glass manufactured in the 1940s by Danish company LYFA. In the style of Bent Karlby. LYFA has since the 1930s won multipl...

Rare and beautiful Danish Modern adjustable floor lamp model "G109" in brass manufactured in the 1940s by LYFA, Copenhagen and attributed to Bent Karlby. The brass stem can be adjust...

Midcentury Danish brass table lamp from Lyfa, designed by Bent Karlby 1956 Denmark. This somewhat rare black modell B146 with solid brass and two-light sources, stem decorated with ...

A classic Danish mid-century table lamp in brass and teak by Bent Karlby for Lyfa. Mounted with a turned brass shade maintaining is original white paint. Brass and teak stem. Brass...

Very pretty table or desk lamp in polished brass and black lacquered metal attributed to the Danish designer Bent Karlby. Modernist and classic design at the same time that produces ...

A modernist table lamp. Designed by Bent Karlby for Lyfa. Features a finely tapering rod. Other designers of the period include Paavo Tynell, Alvar Aalto, Kaare Klint, Josef Fran...