a floor lamp model "32620", Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940s.
Base of brass, adjustable arm, inner shade in opal glass, shade in textile, manufacturer's mark 32620. Height 160 cm.
Minor wear, newly rewired and later overlying textile shade.
Model illustrated in the Nordiska Kompaniet archive, 1947, 1950, and 1953.
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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