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Manufacturer: Louis Poulsen

Designer: Poul Henningsen

The PH 3/2 Table Lamp Centenary Edition marks one hundred years of one of design history's most consequential ideas.

In 1926, Poul Henningsen presented System PH to the world — a mathematical approach to shade geometry that eliminated glare entirely, directing light downward while casting a warm ambient glow upward. It was a radical departure from how artificial light had been thought about, and it remains the foundation of every lamp Louis Poulsen produces today.

This Centenary Edition is built on the 3/2 form — one of the most refined expressions of the system. Three shades work in concert: a mouth-blown four-layered amber upper shade that filters and warms the upward light, and two mouth-blown white opal lower shades, glossy outside and sandblasted matte within, that diffuse downward light to a soft, shadow-free quality that is genuinely difficult to achieve any other way.

The material choices are deliberate. Aged brass, lacquered to hold its patina permanently, paired with a dark brown textile cord — a combination that reads as both archival and entirely contemporary. Each lamp carries an individual ID number engraved on the base.

It works equally well on a desk, a side table, or a bedside — anywhere you want considered, quality light rather than simply illumination.

• Shade: Mouth-blown amber glass (upper), mouth-blown white opal glass (lower)
• Finish: Aged brass, lacquered
• Cable: 2.8m dark brown textile, black plug
• Switch: Through-switch, aged brass
• Bulb: E14, max 40W (not supplied)
  

• ID number engraving on base