Bertil Brisborg, floor lamp, model "31874", Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940s-1950s.
Base in brass, two adjustable shades in white linen textile, marked with model number, adjustable height ca 120-160 cm.
Minor wear, later shades, recently rewired.
Depicted in the 1948 catalog.
Bertil Brisborg (1910-1993) served as the head of NK's lighting department from 1941, likely until the mid-1960s. He ushered the company into a new era and emerged as a prominent figure in shaping the new style ideals and aesthetics that we now recognize as Swedish Modern. One of the defining aspects of Brisborg's creations was his pioneering use of leather in lighting fixtures during the early 1940s, a groundbreaking development in Scandinavian lighting manufacturing at the time.
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