While little has been written about German furniture designer Hans Kögl, his work speaks for itself.
Kögl drew frequently on natural forms such as wheat sheafs, florentine flowers and wisteria in designing sculptural lighting fixtures, tables and various decorative objects. His better known work was manufactured in Germany and Italy during the 1970s and 1980s, although some pieces date back to the 1950s.
Kögl’s vintage gilt metal lamps and sophisticated table bases capture nature in a way that is beyond simple lifelike imitation — the handcrafted works’ copper and gold-plated leaves and other flora, free and elegant, demand a double-take to fully appreciate the designer’s profound attention to detail.
Some of Kögl’s 1970s-era textured palm tree floor lamps, which are playful and striking and bear the hallmarks of the Hollywood Regency style, stand over six feet tall. And when coupled with his unique glass-topped coffee tables, which also draw heavily on organic forms in their decorative gilt leaf bases, the fixtures can help bring the outdoors into a living room in a manner that feels simultaneously luxurious and provocative.
Collectors and enthusiasts of early 20th century furniture will find much appeal in Kögl’s sconces and chandeliers for Maison Jansen.
The first international decorating firm, Maison Jansen was founded in 1880 by Dutchman Jean-Henri Jansen. The firm was extraordinarily versatile — its artisans created cane-backed Rococo dining chairs as often as they were making Louis XV–style tables for their diverse range of clients. Kögl worked as a designer for Maison Jansen in its later years.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of vintage Hans Kögl lighting, tables and mirrors.
Hollywood Regency Style Five-Light Gilt Metal Wheat Sheaf Chandelier, ca. 1970s
By Hans Kögl
Located in Barntrup, DE
Sculptural gilt metal chandelier with wheat sheaf motifs, five lights, Hollywood Regency style, attributed to Hans Kögl A striking Hollywood Regency chandelier featuring sculptural ...
Metal
Hollywood Regency Hans Kögl Design Gilt Metal Chandelier Three Lilies, 1970s
By Hans Kögl
Located in Barntrup, DE
Hans Kögl design gilt metal three-light chandelier with three lilies, from the 1970s A beautiful and very unusual Hollywood Regency-style chandelier attributed to Hans Kögl. This ado...
Metal
Mid-Century Hollywood Regency Chandelier with Cattail Motifs, 1950s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Mid-Century Hollywood Regency chandelier with sculptural cattail motifs in gilt metal. This elegant four-light chandelier exemplifies the refined decorative language of Hollywood Re...
Metal
Italian Hollywood Regency Style Gilt Metal Five-Light Chandelier, 1970s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Italian Hollywood Regency style gilt metal five-light chandelier, circa the 1970s A beautiful Italian gilt metal/toleware five-light chandelier from the circa 1970s. The golden ligh...
Metal
Hollywood Regency Style Gilt Metal Wheat Sheaf Wall Sconce, 1960s
By Hans Kögl
Located in Barntrup, DE
Hollywood Regency style gilt metal wheat sheaf wall sconce attributed to Hans Kögl, Germany, circa the 1960s. A beautiful twin-branch wall sconce in ...
Metal
French Gilt Metal Fifteen-Light Chandelier, ca. 1950s
Located in Barntrup, DE
French gilt metal fifteen-light chandelier from ca. 1950s. This impressive and rare French Hollywood Regency gilt metal chandelier features fifteen arms with flower-shaped bobeches a...
Metal
Three Golden Wheat Sheaf Chandelier by Hans Kögl, Germany, 1970s
By Hans Kögl
Located in Antwerp, BE
Three extraordinary chandeliers by the German designer Hans Kögl made in Germany in the 1970s. Large hanging lamp design by Hans Kogl, 1970 Italy. Hollywood Regency style hangi...
Brass
Exotic Hollywood Regency Wheat Sheaf Chandelier by Hans Kögl, Germany, 1970s
By Hans Kögl
Located in Voorburg, NL
Exotic Hollywood Regency style gilt wheat sheaf chandelier. Designed in Germany by Hans Kögl in the1970s. This classy and rare lamp has three li...
Brass
1940s Hollywood Regency Hans Kögl Gilt Sheaf of Wheat Five Arm Chandelier
By Hans Kögl
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Gilt 1940s sheaf of wheat Hollywood Regency pendant chandelier by Hans Kögl fully restored from top to bottom by UL Certified Professionals. This particular Hans Kögl chandelier was originally brought to the US by a World War II American GI when returning from his deployment in Germany after the war and then hung in his home up until recently. In terms of look, a beautiful example of the Hollywood Regency style. Upscale. Elegant. Regal. Old money look. This chandelier's finish is known as Bole Gilding, a technique that began about eight thousand years ago in Europe and Asia. Bole - a specific type of colored clay - is applied first and then gold leaf is applied over it creating unique highlights of color with red being by far the most popular. Red undertones are thus purposeful and make each fixture one of a kind. A most beautiful acquisition for a discerning collector or aficionado of finer things. Photographed with and also currently available in our shop - Pair of Billy Baldwin Regency style Leopard velvet slipper chairs, circa 1970s Widdicomb end table with Églomisé top and Resin breeze Block...
Metal, Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Gilded Florentine Tole Wheat Sheaf Chandelier by Hans Kögl
By Hans Kögl
Located in High Point, NC
This 20th Century Italian gilded Florentine tole wheat sheaf chandelier by Hans Kögl embodies the designer’s celebrated fusion of botanical inspiration and sculptural elegance. The c...
Metal
Beautiful 1970s gold-plated 5-arm tall metal chandelier by Hans Kögl
By Hans Kögl
Located in München, DE
Beautiful 1970s gold-plated 5-arm tall metal chandelier by Hans Kögl. Hans Kögl was a famous lighting and table designer. He worked with natural shapes such as palm leaves and other ...
Metal, Gold Plate
Gilt Wheat Sheaf Chandelier by Hans Kögl, 1970s, Germany
By Hans Kögl
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Golden wheat sheaf pendant lamp by Hans Kögl, Germany, 1970s. This decorative vintage chandelier features an elegant composition of gilt metal arms, sculptural wheat sheaf elements a...
Metal, Brass
