I'm curious, does anyone know if this pendant lamp is based on a known design, or not? It appears to be an amalgamation of Fog & Morup's Semi tulip pendant lamp and the Poul Henningsen PH5 or 4/3. But I can't find any styles that PH did like this (nor did my research turn up anything out there that precisely resembles it), and it doesn't quite fit the description of the classic "Semi" pendant.
Sorry for the crappy photo, its the only one I could obtain! So I will describe what you are seeing: The exterior is silver (spun aluminum), interior is red. The top of the cone is flat, not pointed. Under the bottom of the cone is a (red) funnel (or mini-cone), wherein the light bulb resides; akin to the PH5 design. The separation seen in the middle half of the cone, is an actual separation of the (exterior) cone. The two halves of the exterior cone are joined by disc, so that light spills out of this middle area of the cone. It appears that attached to the top half of the larger exterior silver cone, is the smaller interior red cone. (Exterior cone is 45cm diam.).
I'm debating whether to get this lamp or the PH5 to put over my Danish teak kitchen table. I'm trying to recreate the mid-century Danish modern kitchen in my kitchen. So the PH5 is a natural I know, but the fixture may be a bit "cluttery" to the eye, obscuring the view of the window and walls behind it. This lamp seems like it might be less obtrusive in the room, but I'm not sure if it goes with the period that my table was made in (teak legs with a woodgrain formica top, that I always have a tablecloth over - I think its 50's but it could be from the 70's, for all I know). Although my window curtains are a 60's design, as was the Semi tulip lamp. Any opinions on choice of the two?
Did Fog & Morup develop a tul...
Did Fog & Morup develop a tulip-style model that had an interior funnel (as I described in my example) to further disperse and soften the light, as with the Poul Henningsen designs? The models I've seen did not appear to have anything underneath the cone but the socket.
Nice find.
It does look like a variation on the Semi by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup for Fog & Mørup, but one that I haven't seen before. Its style is more 60s than 50s (the Semi was designed in 1967), but I think it would go well with anything MCM.
That said, and without having seen your kitchen or table, I would go with the PH5. It is very hard to beat.
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