Bertil Brisborg
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a floor lamp model "32620", Nordiska Kompaniet 1940s.
Frame in brass, articulated arm, textile shade, marked NK 32620. Adjustable height, ca. 160-180 cm.
Later shade, recently rewired.
Literature
The model depicted in the archives of Nordiska Kompaniet, 1947, 1950, and 1953.
Designer
Bertil Brisborg was head of the lighting department at Nordiska Kompaniet from 1941 and probably until the mid-1960s. He led the company into a new era and became a prominent figure for the new style ideals and the aesthetics that we know today as Swedish Modern. A characteristic feature of Brisborg's designs was the introduction of leather in lighting fixtures at the beginning of the 1940s, which at the time was a pioneering move. Brisborg led the work with fixtures for the Triva collection and designed several ground-breaking fixtures through the 1940-50s.
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