Bertil Brisborg, a ceiling lamp, model "33135", Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1950s.
Red blasted and white lacquered metal, brass details and a wooden knob at the bottom, for one light, marked 40W NK 530008 Made in Sweden Patent S, adjustable height, diameter 24 cm.
Minor wear, loss of color, later wooden knob. Recently rewired.
Depicted in the 1954 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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