Bertil Brisborg, a table lamp, model "31012", Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940s.
Base and stem in brass, column in black lacquered wood, later shade in white textile, marked NK, height 50 cm.
Minor wear, later shade, recently rewired.
Depicted in the 1943 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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