a pair of table lamps model "32420", Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940s-50s.
Frame in brass with green lacquered stem, marked under the base NK 32420. Height 30 cm including shade.
Minor wear, rewired and later shades.
Compare model "31570" illustrated in the Nordiska Kompaniet product catalogue 1948-49.
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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