Bertil Brisborg, a model "31866" table/wall light, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden, 1940's/50's. c
Round brass foot, green lacquered wooden leg, adjustable white lacquered shade. For a light source. Width 18, height 19 cm.
Not function tested. Stains, some of which hade tarnished the brass. Some wear and marks. A few cracks.
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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