Louis Poulsen Workshop Pendant Lamp

Louis Poulsen Workshop pendant lamp red enamelled industrial metal lampshade 1951 design: Axel Wedel Madsen Denmark

Louis Poulsen Workshop pendant lamp white inside metal lampshade porcelain E27 socket 1950s 1960s Denmark

Louis Poulsen Workshop Pendant Lamp – Light Grey Version

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Materials: Red enamelled industrial metal lampshade. White inside. Porcelain E27 socket.

Cord: 100 cm / 39.37”

Height: 24 cm / 9.44”

Width: ∅ 35 cm / 13.77”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1950s, 1960s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Axel Wedel Madsen in 1951.

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

Other versions: The Louis Poulsen Workshop pendant lamp exists in many colours and was produced in several sizes.

Louis Poulsen no longer produces this lamp. Today it is manufactured and sold by Made by Hand, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, where it is available in five sizes and twelve colours.

In 1000 Lights, Volume 1, page 357, the Workshop lamp is described as a design from the 1930s, attributed to the in-house design team of Louis Poulsen and linked to the broadcast centre of Radio Denmark. This information is incorrect.

Axel Wedel Madsen

Very little documented information is available about the designer Axel Wedel Madsen. Despite the existence of lighting designs attributed to this name, no reliable biographical data or archival sources have been found so far.

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Louis Poulsen

Louis Poulsen is a Danish lighting manufacturer with roots going back to 1874, when Ludvig R. Poulsen started a business in Copenhagen. The company later shifted from general trading into tools, electrical supplies and, eventually, lighting. In 1896 his nephew Louis Poulsen joined the firm, and after Ludvig’s death in 1906 Louis continued the business. In 1911 Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen became a partner and the company name changed to Louis Poulsen & Co A/S; in 1917 Kaastrup-Olsen became the sole owner.

A key turning point came in the 1920s with the long collaboration with Poul Henningsen (PH). His work on glare-free lighting and shade systems became central to the company’s identity and strongly influenced modern lighting design. Since then, Louis Poulsen has continued to collaborate with architects and designers, producing both classic catalogue models and large-scale architectural lighting for public buildings.

Designers

The most famous designer associated with Louis Poulsen is Poul Henningsen (PH), followed by major Danish and international names such as Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Vilhelm Lauritzen and Vilhelm Wohlert.

In later years Louis Poulsen also worked with a wide range of designers and studios, including Alfred Homann, Louise Campbell, Øivind Slaatto, Andreas Hansen, Eila & John Meiling, Henning Klok, Axel Wedel Madsen, Jørgen Bo, Ole Valdemar Kjær, Christian Flindt, Clara von Zweigbergk, nendo (Oki Sato), Olafur Eliasson, Jens Møller-Jensen, GamFratesi, Bent Gantzel-Boysen, Anne Boysen and many others.