Bertil Brisborg, a model "33130" table lamp, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden, 1950's.
Tapered Elmwood leg, on round brass foot. Inner glass shade with powder lacquered blue shade. Marked NK. Height 55, diameter 41 cm.
Electrical function not tested. Localized marks and scratches, minor dent.
The model designed in 1954.
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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