Bertil Brisborg, a table lamp, model "32806", Nordiska Kompaniet, 1950s.
Blue lacquered sheet metal, brass-coloured metal, and elm. Adjustable shade. Stamped NK 32806. Height 40 cm.
Electrical function not tested. Later painting. Marks. Stains. Missing parts at joint, lampshade doesn't stay in place.
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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