Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Danish
Louis Poulsen is world-renowned as an innovator in modern Danish lighting, but this wasn’t the goal from the start. Founded in 1874 by Ludvig R. Poulsen as a wine importer, the business went through several incarnations before its first pendant lights came to fruition. Through its designs, the company helped establish the foundations of good lighting — function, comfort and ambience — that are now standard in modern furniture design.
In 1924, Danish architect Poul Henningsen partnered with Louis Poulsen & Co., then an electrical supply company, to create what’s now known as the Paris lamp. This design, which incorporated three layers of curved metal disks, created ambience with its indirect light instead of glare. Shown at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris — the exhibition that brought Art Deco design to worldwide attention — the Paris lamp was awarded a gold medal. This led to Poulsen and Henningsen working together on several lighting pieces, including the popular PH pendant light with its concentric shades for the Forum Building in Copenhagen. These high-profile projects helped make Louis Poulsen a go-to purveyor of innovative lighting design.
One of the company’s most well-known lamps is Henningsen’s PH Artichoke lamp (1958), with its 72 copper leaves artfully placed to conceal the light bulb, prevent glare and promote a warm, alluring glow in any room. Another is the steel and die-cast zinc AJ lamp (1960), which Arne Jacobsen designed with an adjustable angled shade for his commission for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. The company has also worked with notables such as Verner Panton and Alfred Homann as well as, more recently, Louise Campbell and Oki Sato.
In 2010, the company was awarded the American Institute of Architects’ Honors in Collaborative Achievement Award; it was the first lighting manufacturer to receive this honor. In 2018, the company was acquired by an investment subsidiary of Investindustrial VI L.P. Still headquartered in Denmark, the brand continues to produce its high-end lighting for both indoor and outdoor use, manufacturing both classic icons as well as new designs. “We design to shape light,” states Louis Poulsen. In doing so, they have also shaped culture.
Find a range of new and vintage Louis Poulsen floor lamps, table lamps and other lighting and furniture on 1stDibs.
Color: Black
Creator: Louis Poulsen
Louis Poulsen VL38 Table Lamp by Vilhelm Lauritzen
By Vilhelm Lauritzen, Louis Poulsen
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
The VL38 table lamp was originally designed in the late 1930s by Vilhelm Lauritzen in partnership with Louis Poulsen for the construction of the Radiohuset buildin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Louis Poulsen Panthella 250 Table Lamp by Verner Panton
By Louis Poulsen, Verner Panton
Located in New York, NY
Verner Panton (1926-1998) is famous for his inspirational and colorful personality. A unique person with a special sense for color, shape, light function and space. Over the course o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Louis Poulsen PH 3/2 Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
Poul Henningsen designed the three-shade system during 1925/1926. The first lights using the system were designed for an exhibition in Paris. His work with Louis P...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Louis Poulsen NJP Mini by Nendo, Oki Sato
By Louis Poulsen, Nendo, Oki Sato
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
In 2022, the prestigious Japanese design studio Nendo, led by founder Oki Sato presented the NJP Mini with Louis Poulsen. Nendo designed the first series of NJP lamps...
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2010s Chinese Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Keglen Table Lamp by Louis Poulsen.
By Louis Poulsen
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Keglen table lamp by Louis Poulsen
Keglen table lamp by Louis Poulsen, designer Jakob Lange - Big Ideas.
Keglen is the result of a collaboration between BIG Ideas and Louis Poulsen ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Early Poul Henningsen Copper Table Lamp, 1930s
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Poul Henningsen & Louis Poulsen, Mid-century Modern design
This is the iconic Poul Henningsen (PH 4/3) table lamp with original copper shades.
Stand, switch and socket house of bro...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
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Copper
Louis Poulsen PH 3½-2½ Glass Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in New York, NY
Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen by the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg, Denmar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Arne Jacobsen Large 'AJ Oxford' Table Lamp Opal & Metal Shade for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Arne Jacobsen large 'AJ Oxford' table lamp opal & metal shade for Louis Poulsen
Originally designed in 1963 by Arne Jacobsen for the dining hall at St. Catherine’s College in Oxford, the 'AJ Oxford' table lamp is now available in this meticulously fabricated authorized re-edition from Louis Poulsen. Executed in black metal with a triple-layer hand-blown glass diffuser, featuring a black steel top shade that emits a pleasant downward light.
Price per item. Available to order in unlimited quantities. Available in short and tall variations as well as choice of shade in solid glass or glass with a black steel top shade. Also available as a pin-mounted lamp with glass shade only...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Metal
Verner Panton 'Panthella 250' LED Table Lamp in Black for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Verner Panton
Located in Glendale, CA
Verner Panton 'Panthella 250' LED table lamp in black for Louis Poulsen.
The 'Panthella 250' LED table lamp uses Verner Panton's original drawings to produce an organically shaped ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Poul Henningsen PH 3½-2½ Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen in Green
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen PH 3½-2½ table lamp for Louis Poulsen, Denmark.
Poul Henning Sen’s legendary design stems from his own, brilliant three-shade system from...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Louis Poulsen Black Articulated Architects Desk or Wall Lamp, 1970s
By Louis Poulsen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Often referred to as 'The Ghost of PH' and based on the Ideas of Poul Henningsen this fully adjustable black 'Anglepoise' desk or wall light was designed in-house at Louis Poulsen in...
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Louis Poulsen Panthella 250 Table Lamp in Black by Verner Panton
By Verner Panton, Louis Poulsen
Located in New York, NY
Verner Panton (1926-1998) is famous for his inspirational and colorful personality. A unique person with a special sense for color, shape, light function and space. Over the course o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vilhelm Lauritzen Black 'Radiohus' Table Lamps for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Vilhelm Lauritzen
Located in Glendale, CA
Vilhelm Lauritzen black 'Radiohus' table lamps for Louis Poulsen. The VL38 table lamp was originally designed in the 1930s by Vilhelm Lauritzen in partnership with Louis Poulsen for ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Aluminum
Poul Henningsen Black Metalized and Glass PH 2/1 Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Poul Henningsen black metalized and glass PH 2/1 table lamp for Louis Poulsen. Executed in mouth blown white opal glass and black metalized finis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Early First Edition Black Arne Jacobsen AJ Visor Table Lamp by Louis Poulsen
By Arne Jacobsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Utrecht, NL
All original first series edition small sized Arne Jacobsen AJ Visor table lamp by Louis Poulsen.
This is the original small size edition, from the very firs...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Small Vilhelm Lauritzen 'VL Studio' Metal and Glass Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen
By Vilhelm Lauritzen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Small Vilhelm Lauritzen 'VL Studio' metal and glass table lamp for Louis Poulsen.
This innovative table lamp is based on Lauritzen's original studio wall lamp for Radiohuset, whic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
'Keglen' Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen in Black
By Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
'Keglen' table lamp for Louis Poulsen in black.
Keglen was created by BIG Ideas in collaboration with Louis Poulsen in 2017.
Bjarke ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Louis Poulsen PH 3½-2½ Glass Table Lamp in Black by Poul Henningsen
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in New York, NY
Poul Henningsen was born in Copenhagen by the famous Danish actress Agnes Henningsen. He never graduated as an architect, but studied at The Technical School at Frederiksberg, Denmar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Louis Poulsen AJ Table Lamp in Black by Arne Jacobsen
By Arne Jacobsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in New York, NY
Arne Jacobsen was born and raised in Copenhagen. In 1927, he graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. After graduating, he obtained his fir...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Vilhelm Lauritzen 'VL Studio' Metal and Glass Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Vilhelm Lauritzen
Located in Glendale, CA
Vilhelm Lauritzen 'VL Studio' metal and glass table lamp for Louis Poulsen.
This innovative table lamp is based on Lauritzen's original studio wall lamp for Radiohuset, which indi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Louis Poulsen AJ Table Lamp by Arne Jacobsen
By Louis Poulsen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in New York, NY
Arne Jacobsen was born and raised in Copenhagen. In 1927, he graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. After graduating, he obtained his fir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Arne Jacobsen 'AJ Mini' Table Lamp in Black for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Arne Jacobsen 'AJ Mini' table lamp in black for Louis Poulsen.
The AJ series was part of the lighting collection renowned Danish designer Arne Jacobsen created for the original SAS...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Steel, Zinc
Early Poul Henningsen 3/2 Table Lamp Shades in Copper, 1930s
By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Poul Henningsen & Louis Poulsen, Scandinavian Modern
The iconic Poul Henningsen (PH 3/2) table lamp with shades in copper.
Stand and socket house of browned brass. Bakelite swi...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Copper
GamFratesi Black Brass and Marble 'Yuh' Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, GamFratesi Design Studio
Located in Glendale, CA
Gamfratesi black brass and marble 'Yuh' table lamp for Louis Poulsen. Designed by Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi, the Yuh reflects Louis Poulsen’s philosophy of designing to shape ligh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
Arne Jacobsen AJ Table Lamp in Black for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Arne Jacobsen AJ Table Lamp in Black for Louis Poulsen.
The AJ series was part of the lighting collection renowned Danish designer Arne Jacobsen created...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Steel, Zinc
Oki Sato Njp Table Lamp with Clamp
By Louis Poulsen, Oki Sato
Located in Berkeley, CA
The fixture provides direct glare-free horizontal light while reflecting some of the light through the rear of the head, illuminating the top of the arm. The ergonomic design of the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Louis Poulsen Yuh Table Lamp by GamFratesi
By GamFratesi Design Studio, Louis Poulsen
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
The Danish-Italian design duo GamFratesi designed Yuh for Louis Poulsen in 2017. Initially launched in black and white, the family was extended with editions featu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Oki Sato Njp Table Lamp
By Louis Poulsen, Oki Sato
Located in Berkeley, CA
The fixture provides direct glare-free horizontal light while reflecting some of the light through the rear of the head, illuminating the top of the arm. The ergonomic design of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome
1960s Danish AJ Extra Large Desk Lamp by Arne Jacobsen for Louis Poulsen
By Louis Poulsen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A painted metal desk lamp, having a pivoting 'offset funnel' shade floating above a pierced egg-form base.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Louis Poulsen NJP Table Lamp by Nendo, Oki Sato
By Louis Poulsen, Nendo, Oki Sato
Located in New York, NY
About This Product
The lamp was designed by Nendo design studio of Japan and designer Oki Sato. NJP Table is a new interpretation of the classic architect lamp. Its simple and honest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum
Louis Poulsen table lamps for sale on 1stDibs.
Louis Poulsen table lamps are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Louis Poulsen table lamps, although black editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 50 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 159 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original table lamps by Louis Poulsen were created in the Scandinavian Modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider table lamps by Arne Jacobsen, Gubi, and Poul Henningsen. Prices for Louis Poulsen table lamps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $307 and can go as high as $24,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,162.
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Questions About Louis Poulsen Table Lamps
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Sleek and elegant Louis Poulsen lights are a Danish company, founded in 1874. Originally, the company was a tool and electrical supplies company and when the founder died, a nephew, Louis, took over and moved the company to Nyhavn. In 2019, another move happened and the headquarters moved to Holmen, Copenhagen, which is where it is today. The company again turned directions and focused on lighting, winning raves and a serious following.