Bertil Brisborg, a model "32753" floor lamp, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden, 1950s.
Brass. Textile covered lampshade. For four light sources. Marked NK 32753 under the foot. Height 170, diameter of the shade 55 cm.
A few dents. Minor wear. Minor stains.
Depicted in the 1951 catalogue.
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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