Never Used 1970s Verner Panton Enamel Flowerpot Pendant Light in Original Box

Never used Verner Panton flowerpot hanging lamp in its original box designed for Louis Poulsen in 1969. This rare pendant is one of the earliest examples of the Panton Flowerpot model and features an orange enamel lampshade composed of two semi-circular spheres facing each other. More recent versions of the flowerpot pendants are made of painted metal. Although it is over 40 years old, the pendant with its original wire, original porcelain lollipop and original box has never been used and is in excellent condition, with no signs of age or use. Verner Panton is considered one of Denmark's most influential furniture and interior designers of the 20th century. During his career he has created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant and exotic colours. His style was very "60's" but regained popularity at the end of the 20th century; in 2004, Panton's best-known furniture models are still in production (at Vitra, among others). Panton was an experienced artist in Odense; he then studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts in Copenhagen, graduating in 1951. For the first two years of his career, 1950-1952, he worked in the architectural practice of Arne Jacobsen, another Danish architect and furniture designer. Panton turned out to be a "enfant terrible" and set up his own design and architecture office. He became known for his innovative architectural proposals, including a folding house (1955), the cardboard house and the plastic house (1960). Towards the end of the 1950s, his chair designs became much more unconventional, with no discernible legs or backs. In 1960, Panton was the designer of the first ever uniquely shaped injection-moulded plastic chair. The stackable chair, or S-chair, became his most famous and mass-produced design, resulting in organic shapes inspired by the demands of the human body, language.