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PH 5 Pendant Copper

1,055.00

Designer : Poul Henningsen

SKU: PH 5 Pendant Copper Category:

Description

In celebration of one of the most iconic design, Louis Poulsen is releasing a commemorative edition that pair copper shades and white tiers.
Six decades after its first unveiling,the PH5 pendant remains Louis Poulsen’s best selling design: a testament to the revolutionary nature of Henningsen’s work to shape light.

The designer, developed the PH 5 in 1958 as a follow-up to his celebrated three-shade system, which launched in 1926 and put Louis Poulsen on the map as a leading manufacturer of innovative lighting. Henningsen’s goal: to make light softer and more flattering in an era when electric lighting was still new and marked by unwanted glare.

60 years later, after the lighting pioneer created his celebrated PH 5 pendant, the design remains Louis Poulsen’s bestseller.

Size: Ø:50 x H:26.7cm
Finish: White mat powder coated. Untreated polished copper
Material: Shades: spuncopper, spunaluminium. Anti-glaredisc: copper. Struts: white, rolledaluminium.
Mounting: Suspension type: Cable 2×0,75mm² (Mini), 2x1mm². White canopy. 3m white textile cord.

Light source: 1X20W E14 (Mini), 1X75W E27
Weight: Max: 2.2 kg 
Classes: Ingress protection IP20. Electric shock protection II w/o ground.

The copper shades are spun from a plate, then carefully polished on the outside for a mirror-like surface and painted white on the inside to obtain optimal reflective ability. Each lamp is made at the Louis Poulsen factory in Vejen, Denmark.
The polished copper shades are untreated–the are not lacquered. 
They will patinate over time. The patination can be removed by carefully polishing the copper.The patination will give the shades a beautiful vintage feel.

The Danish left-wing writer, architect and designer Poul Henningsen (1894-1967) saw electric light as a way of enlightening the people by improving the home and work environment. After comprehensive studies into glare-free multi shade lamps, the electric appliances manufacturer Louis Poulsen enabled him to create the first PH lamp in 1926. The PH lamp was an instant success, sold and used all over the world including the Bauhaus Dessau building. After the outbreak of WW2 sales fell and by October 1943 Henningsen left German occupied Denmark for Stockholm together with Arne Jacobsen. On his return to Denmark in 1945 Henningsen continued to develop the multi shade lamp system and created many of his most beautiful designs, many still in production, including the highly popular PH5 from 1958. Henningsen left over 100 sketches of lamp designs behind after his death, some which have later been put into production by Louis Poulsen

Louis Poulsen

Established in Denmark more than 140 years ago, Louis Poulsen is an international manufacturer of designer lamps with an impressive range embracing iconic classics and innovative, contemporary designs, for private and professional use. Closely together with world-famous designers and architects such as Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen and Verner Panton the company has created icons as the PH Artichoke and PH5. Behind every Louis Poulsen design is the story of its creation and the refinement of the designer's idea and vision of light – all in harmony with Louis Poulsen's lighting philosophy based on the principles developed by Poul Henningsen in the 1920s. The philosophy is founded on the concepts of function, comfort and ambience.

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