Fog & Morup Cocktail pendant lamp – box
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Fog & Mørup Cocktail Pendant Lamp
Materials: 12 red and white painted metal (iron) slats or strips. Some metal parts. Chrome tube on top. Fabric wire. White painted Bakelite E27 socket.
Cord Length: 60 cm / 23.62’’
Height: 37,5 cm / 14.76”
Width: ∅ 18 cm / 7.08”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used. Not a specific one preferred.
Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: Henning Rehhof (born 1939).
Manufacturer: Fog & Mørup A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Other versions: This Fog & Mørup Cocktail pendant lamp was made to build it yourself. The red and white painted metal parts can be placed wherever you want. Long strips outside or inside, red on the outside; white on the outside. All easy changeable in a few minutes. The lamp was sold in a small box and had to be assembled by the buyer, as you can see on this page.
Henning Rehhof
Henning Rehhof is an artist and designer, originated from the 1950s cabinet maker scene from Denmark. Rehhof is best known for his unique turned, wooden bowls. In 1971 he created this lamp, first in wood with some pine strips for a Christmas present. Sometime later the Cocktail lamp was born.
Fog & Mørup
Ansgar Fog (1880-1930) and Erik Mørup (1879-1972) started their business together in 1904 as a metalwork wholesaler. Two years later they moved to the capital Copenhagen and began to focus on lighting production and over the years taking over several electrical and lighting companies. It was only in the early 1960s that Fog & Mørup really emerged as a key force in lighting design, following the company’s appointment in 1957 of Jo Hammerborg as head of design.
Important designers and architects that worked for the company are: Claus Bonderup, Torsten Thorup, Sidse Werner. Sophus Frandsen, Jørgen Bo, E. Balslev, Peter Avondoglio,. Karen Clemmensen, Ebbe Clemmensen, Hans Due and of course Jo Hammerborg himself.
Lyfa
In the late 1970s Fog & Mørup merged with Lyfa, another leading Danish lighting producer. In 1980 Jo Hammerborg retired. A few years later Lyfa-Fog & Mørup was taken over by Lyskær. The name changed to Lyskaer-Lyfa.
Lyskaer-Lyfa produced lights until 1991, when it was incorporated into Horn Belysning A/S from Aalstrup, also in Denmark, which was itself taken over in 2005 by Nordlux from Ålborg and at a large extent dismantled.
Horn Belysning
The Horn Belysning A/S company was founded in 1952 as a family business and was first named E.S. Horn. In 1963 it changed into Horn Belysning – Horn Lighting.
The company produced lights for IKEA and several other European retail chains. They designed lights but also imported lights from China. In the 1980s Horn was the second biggest light company in Denmark.
In 2005 the name changed into Lightyears, today owned by Republic of Fritz Hansen.
Many thanks to Marjan from Vintage Drachten for the beautiful pictures and the enthusiasm.