10 000,00 DKK
The DIVAN 2 is a spectacular top tier Danish design piece by Simon P. Henningsen, produced by LYFA.
If you are looking for grade A, top-tier, rare, collectible Danish Designer lighting - look no further! You won't come much closer than this. This is an extremely rare find - one of the most sought-after vintage lights - and a true collectors item, with actual investment potential!
De-constructed diamond shaped steel pieces (20 in all), polished chrome-plated, carefully arranged on a vertical line with tones of red, blue and teal inside. The colors combined with mirroring blankness makes this an outrageously gorgeous light, sculptural, and jaw-dropping beautiful, alight as well as idle. A masterpiece in every sense of the word!
The DIVAN 2 (also some times refereed to as the TIVOLI pendant) was designed by Simon P. Henningsen in 1962 for a restaurant named Divan 2 in Tivoli Gardens, in Copenhagen.
Simon P. Henningsen was the son of the most famous of all Danish lighting designers - "the Master of light" - Poul Henningsen (PH).
Both studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, but none of them ever graduated. In 1942 Simon began working with his father, who at this time was the Chief Architect at Tivoli Gardens. As the Chief Architect is was custom to have final say on every construction project in the Gardens, and if you ever go there - you will still be able to find some of Poul Henningsen's original and amazing lighting fixtures from the early 1940s.
Father and Son worked together on several projects here, and Simon P. Henningsen followed his father and became the next Chief Architect at Tivoli in 1948.
In 1962 Simon P. Henningsen designed the unquestionably most successful design produced by LYFA, the DIVAN 2. He designed the gorgeous light for the extension of the Divan 2 restaurant in Tivoli. The new expansion was located along the small lake in the middle of Tivoli. In the evening the flickering reflection of lights and the lake, onto the mirror fragments created a magical atmosphere with the colorful almost blinking shimmer around each light.
When it was time for the famous Tivoli fireworks outside at midnight, the DIVAN 2 lights at the restaurant would be dimmed and elegantly glide up into the ceiling. When the fireworks were over, the lights would descend again. It is said that the very sharp edges of the DIVAN 2 was the cause of a number of visits to the hospital, as guests enjoying the fireworks, didn't notice that the light had been lowered again.
The light was the sensation of the 1962 season and LYFA quickly put it into production - within two years of conception, it had won several design awards, was exhibited at the Louvre and was installed at George Jensen's New York City flagship shop.
(Un)fortunately the lamp was to costly to produce, and was discontinued at the end of the decade, which is exactly what you want in a true collectible.
This piece is in very good vintage condition with very few signs of usage and age - only thing keeping me from classifying this piece to be in excellent condition is a small mark (seen on photo 10). Please see the photos!
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Design: DIVAN 2
Designer: Simon P. Henningsen
Producer: LYFA
Year: 1962
Condition:
8/10 - Very good vintage condition, very few signs of usage and age - only thing keeping me from classifying this piece to be in excellent condition is a small mark (seen on photo 10). Please see the photos!
All original parts included, but rewired with 2 m (6' 6.7") high end quality, black fabric cord - for safety and beauty. Tested and fully functional.
Cleaned, labeled and packed in protective bag.
Materials:
Steel plates with polished chrome-plated outer and 6 colored inner.
Light source:
One bulb, Edison screw-fitting (E27/E26) Max 150 Watt.
Measurements:
Width: 8.9" (22,5 cm)
Height: 12.6" (32 cm)
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Shipping:
Fully insured shipping worldwide with priority currier service (FedEx) from Denmark to anywhere in 2-7 days.
Shipping prices:
For exact shipping prices please see the "Shipping & Policies" tab - and in case you are thinking about purchasing more than one of the pieces in my shop, please do ask me about combined shipping, normally there is much to save!
Packaging:
Packed with the utmost care for safe transport. Shipped in sturdy double corrugated cardboard boxes.
DVD item no.: 16601
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Background information:
LYFA (LYFA A/S) began as “Københavns Lampe- og Lysekronefabrik” (Copenhagen Lights- and Chandelier Factory), in 1903. In 1930, the company changed name to LYFA.
LYFA won the gold medal at the World Exhibition in Barcelona, in 1930 and again in 1935, at the World Exhibition in Brussels – this time for the Ra-light by Piet Hein. The Ra-light went in to production in 1939, and was produced for some years.
The factory was right from the start known to produce table lamps, almost to be confused with Poul Henningsen‘s PH lamp from 1924, for Louis Poulsen, as LYFA’s table lamp had the same type of foot and multi-screen principle. In 1928, this led to the first trial on plagiarism of the PH lamp, which in December 1930, ended with the verdict: Only one in five problematic lamps were doomed to be a plagiarism.
In the early 1950s, LYFA embarked on a new direction, producing new product lines, based on the company’s own ideas. The company began commissioning contemporary Danish architects and designers, who created many amazing sculptural lights, and LYFA began harvesting numerous design awards – at home and abroad. In the 1960s, LYFA produced the famous Divian 2 (1962), designed by Simon P Henningsen for a restaurant at Tivoli Gardens, in Copenhagen and the Konkylie (1967), the Facet (1966) and the Turbo (1967), designed by Louis Weisdorf.
During this time, LYFA also engaged collaboration with Swedish Orrefors Glassworks and their designer Carl Fagerlund in producing a range of crystal glass lighting. Bent Karlby designed several pieces for LYFA, many of them are highly sought after today – Pan (1971), Påfugl (1974) and Kvadrille (1970).
In 1978, LYFA took over Fog & Mørup, but the lights were still labeled under separate brands. In 1988, LYFA expanded again, and took over ABO Randers (mainly known for its ball wall lamps from the 70’s). The following year, LYFA was bought by lighting producer Lyskær. The Lyskær-LYFA continued to produce lights with the LYFA label. In 1991, Lyskær-LYFA was taken over by mass-market lighting producer, Horn Lighting. The former brands were disbanded.
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