Louis Poulsen Cylinder Pendant Lamp

Louis Poulsen cylinder pendant lamp model 16512 black tubular lampshade design: Eila & John Meiling 1960s Denmark

Materials: Black anthracite painted metal tube lampshade. Painted white inside. Some metal parts. Porcelain E27 socket.

Cord: 130 cm / 51.18”

Height: 22 cm / 8.66”

Width: ∅ 14,3 cm / 5.62”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 75 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1960s, 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Eila & John Meiling in 1967.

Manufacturer: Louis Poulsen & Co A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Other versions: This Louis Poulsen cylinder pendant lamp exists in several colours. Model 16513 is for light bulbs up to 100 watt. the wall lamp is model 71474. These lamp series appear for the first time in the 1967 catalogue.

Eila & John Meiling

Documented information about Eila & John Meiling remains limited. Their names are associated with several cylindrical lighting models for Louis Poulsen, including pendant lamps shown in period catalogue material from 1967, and a wall lamp version is also known.

Reliable biographical details are still scarce. Later secondary sources describe John Meiling as an architect who worked for Alvar Aalto in Finland and later for the Danish architect Kay Fisker, but further archival confirmation would be welcome.

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Louis Poulsen

Louis Poulsen is a Danish lighting manufacturer with roots going back to 1874, when Ludvig R. Poulsen founded a business in Copenhagen. Originally a trading company, the firm gradually shifted towards electrical supplies and lighting as electricity became more widely used. In 1896 Ludvig’s nephew Louis Poulsen joined the company, and after Ludvig’s death in 1906 Louis continued the business. In 1914Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen became a partner, and the company name changed to Louis Poulsen & Co.

A decisive turning point came in 1924, when Poul Henningsen began his long collaboration with the company. His scientific approach to glare-free lighting and reflective multi-shade systems became central to the identity of Louis Poulsen and strongly influenced modern lighting design. Since then, the company has continued to combine functional light, architectural clarity and carefully considered form, following the idea that a lamp should not merely be an object, but a tool to shape light.

Over the decades, Louis Poulsen has produced both iconic domestic lighting and large-scale architectural lighting for public and professional spaces. The company remains one of the best-known names in Danish lighting design, with a strong emphasis on the quality, direction and atmosphere of light.

Designers

The designer most closely associated with Louis Poulsen is Poul Henningsen (PH). Other major names linked to the company include Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Vilhelm Lauritzen and Vilhelm Wohlert.

Over time, Louis Poulsen also collaborated with a wide range of designers, architects and studios, including Alfred Homann, Andreas Hansen, Eila & John Meiling, Henning Klok, Axel Wedel Madsen, Jørgen Bo, Ole Valdemar Kjær, Jens Møller-Jensen and Bent Gantzel-Boysen.

Among later and more recent collaborations are Louise Campbell, Øivind Slaatto, Christian Flindt, Clara von Zweigbergk, nendo (Oki Sato), Olafur Eliasson, GamFratesi, Anne Boysen, Peter Bysted, Anu Moser, Shoichi Uchiyama, Gabriel Tan and Finn Juhl.