Bertil Brisborg
Bertil Brisborg, a model '30595' table lamp, Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940's.
Brass with leather-wrapped leg. Green lacquered shade. Two light points. Shade diameter 43 cm, height 55 cm.
Elctrical function not tested. Wear. Minor damage to leather. Colour losses to inside of the lampshade. Bottom plate with later screws.
Literature
Depicted in the Nordiska Kompaniet catalog of 1943, and archive 1949.
More information
The model appears in Arvid Böhlmark's Lamp Factory catalogs from 1959, under model number 15624. It is likely that Böhlmark purchased NK's remaining stock when production of consumer fixtures was scaled down and eventually ceased around 1965.
Designer
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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