Bertil Brisborg
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& Olle Elmgren, a pair of ceiling lamps, Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940s.
Brass, cream-lacquered shades, bowl at the bottom in opal glass, two uplight points and three light points downwards. Total height 120 cm, diameter 62 cm.
Wear, occasional minor paint loss, possibly later glass shades, insignificant edge chips on the bowls, later electrical work.
Provenance
Specially commissioned for a church building in Stockholm, 1940s, together with the wall lamps with Id no. 1511487, Modern Art + Design 652.
Literature
Variant illustrated in the Nordiska Kompaniet product catalogue 1944.
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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