Bertil Brisborg, table/wall lamps, model "31866", Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1940s-1950s.
Brass, bone-white lacquered adjustable shade and wooden column, number impressed under the base, height approximately 19-22 cm.
Newly drawn electricity, minor wear, color loss, and stains.
Designed in 1948, the model is depicted in the 1949 catalog.
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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