Hanging lamp by Jo Hammerborg for Fog and Mørup 1970

Beautiful orange pendant from the danish designer jo hammerborg. Measure: Diameter top 14 cm / 5.5 inch. Diameter bottom 20 cm / 7.9 inch. Height 18.5 cm / 7.3 inch. Fog & mørup. Ansgar fog (1880-1930) and erik mørup (1879-1972) started their business together in 1904 as a metalwork wholesaler. Two years later they moved to the capital copenhagen and began to focus on lighting production. Over the years they took over several electrical and lighting companies. It was only in the early 1960s that fog & mørup really emerged as a key force in lighting design. In 1957 jo hammerborg was appointed as head of design. Important designers and architects that worked for the company are: claus bonderup, torsten thorup, sidse werner, sophus frandsen, jørgen bo, e. Balslev, peter avondoglio, karen clemmensen, ebbe clemmensen, hans due and of course jo hammerborg.

Ref. : 7DKYSUW3