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 (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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