Verner Panton 'Panthella 320' Table Lamp for Louis Poulsen

Item DetailsDesignerManufacturerCustomizationSeller InformationShipping ReturnsThe 1stDibs Promise

About the Item

Verner Panton ‘Panthella 320’ table lamp for Louis Poulsen. The medium sized Panthella 320 table lamp uses Verner Panton’s original drawings to produce an organically shaped lamp with a metal shade. The original Panthella was designed in 1971, a time when it was not technologically feasible to produce a lamp following Panton’s first drawings. This newly introduced variant and features an opaline acrylic shade instead of a glass shade. Panton developed Panthella with a pleasant organic shape and a rounded shade to reflect light downwards so that it diffuses evenly throughout any room. This table lamp gives soft illumination that is ideal for window sills, shelves, side table, and other smaller surfaces in modern homes.

Available in chrome or brass as white opal acrylic.

The fixture emits a soft and comfortable illumination. The hemispherical shade reflects the light downwards, and the Material used ensures that the majority of the light is spread diffusely in the room from the surface of the shade.

Price is per item. Available in unlimited quantities.

UL Listed. Accommodates 1x10W equivalent G16.5 / candelabra bulb.

Verner Panton (1926-1998) is famous for his inspirational and colorful personality. Aside from being known for his vibrant character, he was a unique person with a special sense for color, shape, light function and space.

Over the course of his career, Panton introduced a series of modern lamps with personalities unlike any of his Scandinavian contemporaries.

With remarkable faith in the unlimited possibilities of form, Panton worked successfully to create a new set of theories about light function and influence.

In-stock lead time 2-3 weeks. Out of stock can take 6 weeks or more. Please note that stock can change without notices.

Please note that these must ship directly from Louis Poulsen, so 1stdibs shipping or local pick up is not an option.Creator: Louis Poulsen (Manufacturer),Verner Panton (Designer)Dimensions: Height: 17.2 in (43.69 cm)Diameter: 12.6 in (32.01 cm)Style: Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)Materials and Techniques: Acrylic,Aluminum,Steel,SpunPlace of Origin: DenmarkPeriod: 21st CenturyDate of Manufacture: ContemporaryProduction Type: New Custom(Current Production)Estimated Production Time: 2-3 weeksCondition: NewSeller Location: Glendale, CAReference Number: Seller: M4111stDibs: LU1447222109362Shop All Verner Panton

Verner Panton

Verner Panton introduced the word groovy or at least its Danish equivalent into the Scandinavian modern design lexicon. He developed fantastical, futuristic forms and embraced bright colors and new materials such as plastic, fabric-covered polyurethane foam and steel-wire framing for the creation of his chairs, sofas, floor lamps and other furnishings. And Pantons ebullient Pop art sensibility made him an international design star of the 1960s and 70s. This radical departure from classic Danish modernism, however, actually stemmed from his training under the greats of that design style.

Born on the largely rural Danish island of Funen, Panton studied architecture and engineering at Copenhagens Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where the lighting designer Poul Henningsen was one of his teachers. After graduating, in 1951, Panton worked in the architectural office of Arne Jacobsen, and he became a close friend of Hans Wegner’s.

Henningsen taught a scientific approach to design; Jacobsen was forever researching new materials; and Wegner, the leader in modern furniture design using traditional woodworking and joinery, encouraged experimental form.

Panton opened his own design office in 1955, issuing tubular steel chairs with woven seating. His iconoclastic aesthetic was announced with his 1958 Cone chair, modified a year later as the Heart Cone chair. Made of upholstered sheet metal and with a conical base in place of legs, the design shocked visitors to a furniture trade show in Copenhagen.

Panton went on to successive bravura technical feats. His curving, stackable Panton chair, his most popular design, was the first chair to be made from a single piece of molded plastic.

Panton had been experimenting with ideas for chairs made of a single material since the late 1950s. He debuted his plastic seat for the public in the design magazine Mobilia in 1967 and then at the 1968 Cologne Furniture Fair. The designers S-Chair models 275 and 276, manufactured during the mid-1960s by August Sommer and distributed by the bentwood specialists at Gebrder Thonet, were the first legless chairs crafted from a single piece of plywood.

Panton would spend the latter half of the 1960s and early 70s developing all-encompassing room environments composed of sinuous and fluid-formed modular seating made of foam and metal wire. He also created a series of remarkable lighting designs, most notably his Fun chandeliers introduced in 1964 and composed of scores of shimmering capiz-shell disks and the Space Age VP Globe pendant light of 1969.

Pantons designs are made to stand out and put an eye-catching exclamation point on even the most modern decor.

Find vintage Verner Panton chairs, magazine racks, rugs, table lamps and other furniture on 1stDibs.

Shop All Louis Poulsen

Louis Poulsen

Louis Poulsen is world-renowned as an innovator in modern Danish lighting, but this wasnt the goal from the start. Founded in 1874 by Ludvig R. Poulsen as a wine importer, the business went through several incarnations before its first pendant lights came to fruition. Through its designs, the company helped establish the foundations of good lighting function, comfort and ambience that are now standard in modern furniture design.

In 1924, Danish architect Poul Henningsen partnered with Louis Poulsen Co., then an electrical supply company, to create whats now known as the Paris lamp. This design, which incorporated three layers of curved metal disks, created ambience with its indirect light instead of glare. Shown at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Dcoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris the exhibition that brought Art Deco design to worldwide attention the Paris lamp was awarded a gold medal. This led to Poulsen and Henningsen working together on several lighting pieces, including the popular PH pendant light with its concentric shades for the Forum Building in Copenhagen. These high-profile projects helped make Louis Poulsen a go-to purveyor of innovative lighting design.

One of the companys most well-known lamps is Henningsens PH Artichoke lamp (1958), with its 72 copper leaves artfully placed to conceal the light bulb, prevent glare and promote a warm, alluring glow in any room. Another is the steel and die-cast zinc AJ lamp (1960), which Arne Jacobsen designed with an adjustable angled shade for his commission for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. The company has also worked with notables such as Verner Panton and Alfred Homann as well as, more recently, Louise Campbell and Oki Sato.

In 2010, the company was awarded the American Institute of Architects Honors in Collaborative Achievement Award; it was the first lighting manufacturer to receive this honor. In 2018, the company was acquired by an investment subsidiary of Investindustrial VI L.P.

Still headquartered in Denmark, the brand continues to produce its high-end lighting for both indoor and outdoor use, manufacturing both classic icons as well as new designs. We design to shape light, states Louis Poulsen. In doing so, they have also shaped culture.

Find a range of new and vintage Louis Poulsen floor lamps, table lamps and other lighting and furniture on 1stDibs.

Available in chrome, brass metallized or opaline acrylic.Request Customization