The PH 3½-2½ Metal Table Lamp was designed in 1928 and is one of many development projects undertaken by Poul Henningsen in connection with the development of his world-renowned set of three lampshades. The table lamp is based on Poul Henningsen's original designs and comes with the first type of shade support and adjusting screws.Â
The upper metal shade has a rolled edge, a decorative and stabilising element that makes the shade appear thicker than the real material. The two lower shades are made of blown opalised glass. Poul Henningsen discovered that this combination makes more efficient use of the light source, directing the light downwards because of the reflection off the white inner surface of the upper shade.Â
The stand of the PH 3½-2½ Table Lamp is made of brown painted brass which gives the lamp the same look as the burnished brass lamps of the time, a process that is no longer recommended due to environmental considerations.
PH 3½-2½ Lamp – White
PH 3½-2½ Lamp – Red
PH 3½-2½ Lamp – Yellow
PH 3½-2½ Lamp – Green
Dimensions Ø33 x H45 cm
Materials Top shade: Spun aluminium. Other shades: Mouth-blown white opal glass. Shade holder: Silk matt brown brass. Stand: Silk matt brown brass.
Mounting Cord length 2.5 m, switch on the cord
Weight 2.5 kg
Light source E14
Class Ingress protection IP20. Electric shock protection II w/o ground
Poul Henningsen
Born in Copenhagen, Poul Henningsen's mother was the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never qualified as an architect, but studied at the Technical School in Frederiksberg (Denmark) from 1911 to 1914, and then at the Technical College in Copenhagen (1914-1917).
He started out practising traditional functionalist architecture, but over the years his professional interests evolved to focus mainly on lighting, which is what he is most famous for. He also branched out into writing, becoming a journalist and author. For a brief period at the start of the Second World War, he was chief architect of Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. But like many other creative people, he was forced to flee Denmark during the German occupation, and soon became a vital part of the Danish colony of artists living in Sweden.
His long collaboration with Louis Poulsen began in 1925 and lasted until his death. To this day, Louis Poulsen still benefits from his genius. Poul Henningsen was also the first editor-in-chief of the business magazine "NYT". Louis Poulsen's CEO at the time, Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen, offered PH the magazine because he had been sacked from the Danish newspaper he was working for (his views were too radical).
Poul Henningsen's pioneering work on the relationship between light structures, shadows, glare and colour reproduction, compared with man's need for light, remains the foundation of the lighting theories still practised by Louis Poulsen.
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