Bertil Brisborg, a table lamp, variant of models "32027" and "32391", Nordiska Kompaniet 1940s-50s.
Shade in green-beige lacquer, brass stem with red beech, base and decorative elements in brass. Height 43 cm, diameter of the shade 30.5 cm.
Wear, stains, and loss of color. Newly rewired electricity.
The model depicted in the Nordiska Kompaniet archives in 1949.
Reference models in catalogues 1940s and the magazine Ljuskultur 1945.
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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