FORME Chandeliers and Pendants

Striking and sculptural pendant lamp designed by Carl Fagerlund for Lyfa in the 1960s. The model, known as "Stella", features a wide, brass plated metal shade with clean, modern line...

This stunning brutalist pendant lamp, model 6407, was designed by Svend Aage Holm Sørensen for Sørensen & Co in Denmark in the 1960's. The use and work of oxidised brass makes this l...

Acid treated and torch-cut pendant designed by Svend Aage Holm Sørensen in the early 1960s. Manufactured by Holm-Sørensen & Pedersen in Denmark, circa 1970. Makers mark present to th...

Danish designer Svend Aage Holm Sørensen (1913-2004) is known for his self-produced lighting designs dating from the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Despite the desirability of his designs on the vintage market, there is a lack of biographical information on the designer and his eponymous manufacturing company. The Danish designer Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen (1913-2004) possessed an artist eye and a very good understanding of the potential of materials, and he understood how to innovate with these. To this day, Holm-Sørensen's style as a designer addresses not only the Nordic market, but also the international interest in the designer's distinctive and experimental expression. Sven Aage was known for being able to draw sketches on almost everything: envelopes, theater programs, even tram tickets he used to sketch his vision. It is speculated that Holm Sørensen designed lights for well-known Danish lighting manufacturers Fog & Mørup and Lyfa in the 1950s, before establishing his own lighting company, Holm Sørensen A/S to produce and distribute his own designs. Holm Sørensen’s style varies greatly, with designs from the 1950s truly reflecting the mid-century modern lighting style, with clear influences from the De Stijl and Bauhaus movements. His attenuated floor and table lamps contain the classic tri-pod base that was popular at the time, referencing such designs as H. Th. J. A. Busquet’s Pinocchio Lamp (1954). From the 1960s onwards, Holm Sørensen’s style changed utterly. His designs diverged from colorful, geometric table lamps and floor lamps, to pendants with raw finished brass and copper surfaces. These pendant lamps showcase Holm Sørensen’s interpretation of the Brutalist style, which was popular from the 1950s to the mid-70s. Originally coined by the Swedish architect Hans Asplund...

Suspension light by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. Designed and manufactured in Italy, 1959. Glass, brass. Rewired for U.S. junction box...

Suspension light by Fontana Arte. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1960s. Satin glass diffuser, satin nickel hardware. Custom...

Suspension light by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1940s. Glass, metal, brass. Original canopy. Custom brass ceiling plate. Wired for U.S. ...

Set of Substantial Brutalist Brass Pendant Lights designed Svend Aage Holm Sørensen in the 1960s. * Set (2) of large pendant lights with layered flame-cut brass slates * Designer: S...

Mid-century flush mount chandelier in glass and brass by Carl Fagerlund for Lyfa. The flushmount chandelier feature a completely rewired 6 light fixture with a large thick glass la...

Glass pendant by Carl Fagerlund fro Orrefors, Sweden. Double glass shades on brass chain. Orrefors labelled. Drop with a chain 53". Brown ...

Substantial Onion-Shaped Brutalist Brass Pendant Light designed Svend Aage Holm Sørensen in the 1960s. * Large pendant light with layered flame-cut brass slates * Designer: Svend ...

Made from torch-cut and acid treated brass, this pendant light clearly showcases the influence the brutalist movement had on Sorensen's work, with a strong emphasis on materials, tex...