Ceiling Snowball Contemporary Light Fixtures

This past winter we had a record snowfall accumulation in our area. I was checking for something to keep that in memory in the Contemporary Light Fixtures, when I came across Louis Poulsen PH Snowbal.



The Louis Poulsen PH Snowball is considered a smaller version of the PH Louvre made for the Adventist Church in Skodsborg, Denmark. But unlike the PH Louvre, the number of shades is reduced to just eight and mounted on three legs. The diameter of the fixture is also reduced due to the fact that it was intended for lower ceiling spaces. This is one of the Contemporary Light Fixtures that was first launched together with the PH 5 and the PH Artichoke. The PH Snowball unfortunately did not get the same attention as the other two pendants. However, as a result of the PH Snowball being re-drawn and re-introduced in 1983 this fixture has come alive again. Today it is made with white shades glossed on the top and matted on the underside. The top of the shades are glossy in order to create sparkling light. The undersides of the shades are matte to avoid reflections of the light source.



The Louis Poulsen PH Snowball lamp is considered to be a masterpiece in the Contemporary Light Fixtures of mid century modern Scandinavian design. This modernist pendant lamp displays the exemplary design talent of Danish designer Poul Henningsen. Poul Henningsen designed the Louis Poulsen PH Snowball lamp in 1924. This modern pendant light is the ultimate modern icon. Always stylish, effortlessly elegant and uniquely beautiful, this lamp is a modernist light vessel to be treasured forever. It is considered by many to be an artwork suspended in space. The gracious shape of the Louis Poulsen PH Snowball makes it an easy choice for any refined interior.



Louis Poulsen PH Snowball (1924) is one of the few Contemporary Light Fixtures that is a 360-degree glare free luminaire. The geometry of the PH Snowball is designed to ensure all the illuminated surfaces of the shades are struck by the rays of light in the same angle, creating an even illumination. This snowball measures 15.4" in height, 15.7" in diameter, and hangs from a cable length of a maximum of 12 feet. This luminaire takes one 200W max A23 incandescent bulb.