Louis Poulsen PH Septima Pendant Lamp
The PH Septima is a pendant by Poul Henningsen with a seven-shade glass crown. Alternating frosted and clear glass fields layer across each other from shade to shade, creating a structured interruption that eliminates glare while producing a soft glow from within the crown. The design was first exhibited as a prototype at the Danish Museum of Decorative Art. One size, white opal glass shades. Designed by Poul Henningsen; produced by Louis Poulsen.
MEASUREMENTS:
- Length: 50 cm / 19.7 inch
- Width: 50 cm / 19.7 inch
- Height: 40.5 cm / 15.9 inch
- Cable Length: 300 cm / 118 inch
MATERIALS:
- Shades: Clear glass with sandblasted fields, Pale Rose
- Legs: Steel, brass metallised
- Socket housing and canopy: Satin polished brass, untreated
- Cable: White textile
HELPFUL NOTES:
- Light source 1 x 22W LED A-21 Medium E26
- Ingress protection IP20
- Electric shock protection I w. ground
- Please note that the brass surface is untreated. The untreated brass will change over time and develop a patina
- cULus Listed
Poul Henningsen
Denmark, 1894 - 1967
“All political art is bad – all good art is political.” - Poul Henningsen
Poul Henningsen was a Danish author, architect and critic, one of the leading figures of the cultural life of Denmark between the World Wars. In Denmark, he is often referred to as PH. Poul Henningsen was the illegitimate son of author Agnes Henningsen and satirist Carl Ewald. He spent a happy childhood in a tolerant and modern home in Ordrup which was often visited by the leading literates. Between 1911 and 1917 he was educated as an architect, but he never graduated and tried himself as an inventor and painter.
His most valuable contribution to design was in the field of lighting. He designed the PH-lamp in 1925, which, like his later designs, used carefully analyzed reflecting and baffling of the light rays from the bulb to achieve glare-free and uniform illumination. His light fixtures were manufactured by Louis Poulsen. His best-known models are the PH Artichoke and PH 5. The lamps created the economic foundation of his later work.
Other notable designs include the PH Grand Piano which is included in several notable 20th-century design collections, including that of the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. He also designed Glassalen for Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen.
Louis Poulsen: PH 5, Artichoke, Panthella, AJ and the Science of Glare-Free Light
Louis Poulsen has produced functional lighting in Denmark since 1874. The company's design direction was set in 1924 by Poul Henningsen, whose PH system was built on one principle: the light source must never be directly visible. Every shade and reflector in the PH family exists to eliminate glare while delivering even, comfortable light. The collection extends to Arne Jacobsen's AJ series (1957), Verner Panton's Panthella (1971), and Oki Sato's NJP task lamps (2015).
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