Le Klint is a Danish light furniture 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-Klint Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (21 June 1853 – 1 December 1930) 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 import ...

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. Jensen-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. Tage Klint named the company after his daughter

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, who also took part in the production. Tages Klint's brother,

Kaare Klint Kaare Klint (15 December 1888 – 28 March 1954) was a Danish architect and furniture designer, known as the father of modern Danish furniture design. His style was epitomized by clean, pure lines, use of the best materials of his time and ...

and his son

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(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

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s which, when folded, form spherical lampshades.

Image gallery

File:Design Museum Denmark - library.jpg, Library at the

Danish Design Museum The Designmuseum Denmark () is a museum in Copenhagen for Danish and international design and crafts. It features works of famous Danish designers like Arne Jacobsen, Jacob Jensen and Kaare Klint, who was one of the two architects who remodele ...

. File:Arne Jacobsen villa - Le Klint lamp.jpg, Table and chairs, Danish Design Museum. File:Sydney China Town - Le Klint 172.jpg, Poul Christiansen's Le Klint

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lamp in Sydney's China Town. File:Le Klint Model 30.jpg, Le Klint ''Model 30''

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* * {{Authority control Danish brands Lighting brands Furniture companies of Denmark Design companies established in 1943 Manufacturing companies established in 1943 Danish companies established in 1943