Sorensen Pendant

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Sven Aage Brutalist Hanging Lamp for Holm Sorensen & Company

By Holm Sørensen

Located in Oak Harbor, OH

Designer: Sven Aage. Manufacturer: Holm Sorensen & Company. Period or model: Mid-Century Modern. Specs: Metal. Condition: This Holm Sorensen brutalist lamp is in great vintag...

Materials

Brass, Copper

Recent Sales

Unavailable

H 9.85 in Dm 4.34 in

Sven Aage Holm Sørensen, Danish Vintage Lamp

By Holm Sørensen

Located in Jylland, DK

Really beautiful and very special lamp from Holm Sorensen. Holm Sorensen is one of the great Danish designers, who distinguished himself by experimenting with materials and desig...

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H 41 in Dm 14 in

Pair of Svend Aage Holm Sorensen Hanging Lights

By Holm Sørensen

Located in New York, NY

A pair of Danish milk glass, teak and brass hanging lights by Svend Aage Holm Sorensen, circa 1960s, the cone-shaped light shades suspended by cloth wire with a carved teak boomerang...

Materials

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Sorensen Pendant For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic sorensen pendant available at 1stDibs. Each sorensen pendant for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and steel. If you’re shopping for a sorensen pendant, we have 128 options in-stock, while there are 11 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect sorensen pendant — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A sorensen pendant, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern or Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one sorensen pendant that is appealing in its simplicity, but Holm Sørensen, ASEA and Holmegaard produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Sorensen Pendant?

Prices for a sorensen pendant can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $2 and can go as high as $10,816, while the average can fetch as much as $1,485.

Finding the Right Chandeliers-pendant-lights for You

Chandeliers — simple in form, inspired by candelabras and originally made of wood or iron — first made an appearance in early churches. For those wealthy enough to afford them for their homes in the medieval period, a chandelier's suspended lights likely exuded imminent danger, as lit candles served as the light source for fixtures of the era. Things have thankfully changed since then, and antique chandeliers and pendant lights are popular in many interiors today.

While gas lighting during the late 18th century represented an upgrade for chandeliers — and gas lamps would long inspire Danish architect and pioneering modernist lighting designer Poul Henningsen — it would eventually be replaced with the familiar electric lighting of today.

The key difference between a pendant light and a chandelier is that a pendant incorporates only a single bulb into its design. Don’t mistake this for simplicity, however. An Art Deco–styled homage to Sputnik from Murano glass artisans Giovanni Dalla Fina, with handcrafted decorative elements supported by a chrome frame, is just one stunning example of the elaborate engineering that can be incorporated into every component of a chandelier. (Note: there is more than one lighting fixture that shares its name with the iconic mid-century-era satellite — see Gino Sarfatti’s design too.)

Chandeliers have evolved over time, but their classic elegance has remained unchanged.

Not only will the right chandelier prove impressive in a given room, but it can also offer a certain sense of practicality. These fixtures can easily illuminate an entire space, while their elevated position prevents them from creating glare or straining one’s eyes.

Certain materials, like glass, can complement naturally lit settings without stealing the show. Brass, on the other hand, can introduce an alluring, warm glow. While LEDs have earned a bad reputation for their perceived harsh bluish lights and a loss of brightness over their life span, the right design choices can help harness their lighting potential and create the perfect mood. A careful approach to lighting can transform your room into a peaceful and cozy nook, ideal for napping, reading or working.

For midsize spaces, a wall light or sconce can pull the room together and get the lighting job done. Perforated steel rings underneath five bands of handspun aluminum support a rich diffusion of light within Alvar Aalto's Beehive pendant light, but if you’re looking to brighten a more modest room, perhaps a minimalist solution is what you’re after. The mid-century modern furniture designer Charlotte Perriand devised her CP-1 wall lamps in the 1960s, in which a repositioning of sheet-metal plates can redirect light as needed.

The versatility and variability of these lighting staples mean that, when it comes to finding something like the perfect chandelier, you’ll never be left hanging. From the natural world-inspired designs of the Art Nouveau era to the classic beauty of Paul Ferrante's fixtures, there is a style for every room.

With designs for pendant lights and chandeliers across eras, colors and materials, you’ll never run out of options to explore on 1stDibs — shop a collection today that includes antique Art Deco chandeliers, Stilnovo chandeliers, Baccarat chandeliers and more.