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Bertil Brisborg

(Sweden, 1910-1993)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 670 - 3 560 EUR
2 720 - 3 630 USD
Hammer price
32 000 SEK
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Bertil Brisborg
(Sweden, 1910-1993)

a rare brass wall lamp, Nordiska Kompaniet, 1950s.

Five adjustable arms with light points. Length 200 cm, width 100 cm.

Minor wear and patina, rewired.

Exhibitions

The model was displayed at the exhibition "Brud och Hem" (Bride and Home) at Nordiska Kompaniet in 1953. The architect Gösta Reuterswärd arranged a "Vardagsrum Stil 53" (Living Room Style 53), a villa room with furnishings in a modern, international style and ighting by Bertil Brisborg.

Literature

See photos from the exhibition in 1953 in the Nordiska Kompaniet archive.

The exhibition is mentioned in Svenska Dagbladet on February 21, 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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