Bertil Brisborg
Bertil Brisborg, a floor lamp model "31644", Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940s.
Foot in antiqued brass, column clad in leather, brass arm, uplight shade in white cased glass, shade in pleated textile, marked NK 31644. Height 154 cm.
Minor wear, rewired, replaced shade.
Literature
Illustrated in the archives of Nordiska Kompaniet. The model was designed in 1947 and is part of the "NK-Hantverk" collection. It was also showcased with the "Futura" series by architect David Rosén in 1949.
Designer
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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