Poul Henningsen (b. Ordrup 1894, d. Hillerød 1967)
“PH-Anchor”. Five-armed chandelier with patinated brass frame stamped “Pat. Appl.” with 3/2 amber coloured glass shades. This example manufactured 1928 by Louis Poulsen. Diam. 90 cm. H. 150 cm.
Literature: “Light Years Ahead”, ill. and referred to pp. 190–191.
By the end of the 1920s, only two different PH chandeliers had been designed, the “Academy” lamp and the ”Anchor” lamp. The remaining well-known chandeliers were introduced later during the 1930s. This Anchor lamp is one of the earliest versions and was made in 1928. The original glass shades of amber-coloured glass all appear with a beautiful uniformed tint and in the remarkably thin glass.
Design: Evening sale, 6 December 2017