Bertil Brisborg, a floor lamp model "31163", Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940's.
Brass. Adjustable height. Movable light source. White textile shade. Marked 30006. Height 170 cm.
Not function tested. Minor wear and dents. Somewhat stiff, difficult to raise and lower.
Depicted in the catalogue 1944-45.
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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