Design
Design
Property from a Private Collection, Canada
Poul Henningsen
Rare Ceiling Light
Lot Closed
October 20, 05:45 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Canada
Poul Henningsen
Rare Ceiling Light
circa 1928
model no. PH 3/3
impressed PATENTED/P.H.-2
manufactured by Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
brass, copper, painted metal, glass
7 in. drop (17.8 cm)
8 in. (20.3 cm) diameter
Private Collection, Copenhagen, circa 1929
Thence by descent to the present owner
Tina Jørstian and Poul Erik Munk Nielsen, eds., Light Years Ahead: The Story of the PH Lamp, Copenhagen, 1994, pp. 168 and 170 (for drawings of the model)
Erik Steffensen, Danske Designere: Poul Henningsen, Denver, 2005, p. 26 (for a related model)
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., 1000 Lights: 1879 to 1959, Cologne, 2005, p. 317 (for a related model)
Jerryll Habegger and Joseph H. Osman, Sourcebook of Modern Furniture, New York, 2005, p. 356 (for a related model)