Bertil Brisborg
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a pair of table lamps model "32027", Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1940s-50s.
Brass, elm pillars, marked NK 32027, height approx. 40 cm, shade diameter approx. 31 cm.
Wear, recently rewired.
Literature
Depicted in the Nordiska Kompaniet catalog of 1948.
Designer
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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