Le Klint
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Le Klint is a Danish
light funiture company known for its lamp shades made out of pleated and folded paper.
in about 1900 for his own use. Unlike previous models of pleated lampshades it had a collar which kept it in place without the use of string. Hensen-Klint's son Tage Klint patented the invention in 1938 but it took another five years before the company was founded and a production began. Taage Klint named the company after his daughter Lise Le Charlotte Klint, who also took part in the production.
Tages Klint's brother, Kaare Klint and his son Esben Klint (1915-69) designed a large number of lamps and shades but other designers were also engaged in the design.
Poul Christiansen made new designs for Le Klint from 1967 to 1978, including the successful Sinus line created by combining sinus curves which, when folded, form spherical lampshades.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
light funiture company known for its lamp shades made out of pleated and folded paper.
History
The design was originally created by the architect Peder Vilhelm Jensen-KlintPeder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint was a Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist, best known for designing Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen, generally considered to be one of the most important Danish architectural works of the time...
in about 1900 for his own use. Unlike previous models of pleated lampshades it had a collar which kept it in place without the use of string. Hensen-Klint's son Tage Klint patented the invention in 1938 but it took another five years before the company was founded and a production began. Taage Klint named the company after his daughter Lise Le Charlotte Klint, who also took part in the production.
Tages Klint's brother, Kaare Klint and his son Esben Klint (1915-69) designed a large number of lamps and shades but other designers were also engaged in the design.
Poul Christiansen made new designs for Le Klint from 1967 to 1978, including the successful Sinus line created by combining sinus curves which, when folded, form spherical lampshades.