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Louis Poulsen (Denmark)
by Nic on Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:21 pm
Series: 'Folkets Hus'. Designer: Wilhelm Lauritzen. Year: 1956
Mid-1970s Sales Leaflet
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Re: Louis Poulsen (Denmark)
by Nic on Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:52 pm
'Louisiana' pendant in (very) solid brass, designed in 1960 by Vilhelm Wohlert, originally for installation in the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.
'Søværnspendel', designed in the late 1950s / early 1960s by the Louis Poulsen Design Team. It is very often misattributed to Jørn Utzon, designer of the Sydney Opera House, who designed similar lamps for Nordisk Solar Compagni.
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Re: Louis Poulsen (Denmark)
by Nic on Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:01 pm
'PH 2/1", designed by Poul Henningsen in 1926.
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Re: Louis Poulsen (Denmark)
by Nic on Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:50 pm
Rare 'DSB Konduktørlampe' set, showing the evolution of the design from the 1920s through to the 1950s - all designed by Wilhelm Lauritzen for use on Danish national railway trains.
The first model from the 1920s had an elegant curved fixed neck and a large bakelite switch.
By the 1930s the neck was jointed at both the base and the shade, and the design retained the chunky on/off switch.
By the 1950s the curved neck became straight, and the switch had been replaced with a smaller plastic push-button switch.
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The first model from the 1920s had an elegant curved fixed neck and a large bakelite switch.
By the 1930s the neck was jointed at both the base and the shade, and the design retained the chunky on/off switch.
By the 1950s the curved neck became straight, and the switch had been replaced with a smaller plastic push-button switch.
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