Bertil Brisborg, a table lamp, model "30595", Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden, 1940s.
Foot in antique patinated brass, leather-wrapped stem, shade in lacquered brass, top in antique patinated brass, diameter of the shade ca 43 cm, height 53 cm.
Not function tested. Later cord. Wear. Brass tarnished in places.
Modellen förekommer från år 1959 i Arvid Böhlmarks Lampfabriks kataloger, under modellnummer 15624. Sannolikt köpte Böhlmarks NK's restlager när produktionen av konsument-armaturer trappades ner för att slutligen upphöra omkring år 1965.
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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