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 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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