PH Artichoke Glass

One of the world’s most renowned lighting fixtures, PH Artichoke, now comes as a standard glass version fixture. A few (custom design) versions were previously made of PH Artichoke in glass. Now, in 2008, the fixture’s 50th anniversary paves the way for a re-introduction of the glass version as a permanent member of the exclusive range.

The glass version of PH Artichoke dates back to 1927-31, when Poul Henningsen designed a glass pendant by the name of PH Septima – a pendant with seven glass shades – which was manufactured by Louis Poulsen until 1940, when it was phased out due to lack of materials during the war. Asked to design a fixture for the Langelinie Pavillonen restaurant in 1958, Poul Henningsen completed the assignment in three months as PH Artichoke is based on the ideas behind PH Septima.

PH Septima consisted of seven shades in clear glass, sand-blown in six fields. PH Artichoke divided the shades into picket fences as Poul Henningsen called them, and it was made of copper.

Of hand-made, sand-blown glass PH Artichoke Glass has an expression similar to that of PH Septima. The soft light is diffused through the leaves to produce soft, comfortable light. Lit as well as unlit, the fixture leaves have an “ice look” that adds elegance and lightness to any room.
PH Artichoke Glass is available from select dealers and only on order in the same sizes as the other versions of PH Artichoke, viz. with diameters of 480, 600, 720 and 840 mm.