Bertil Brisborg, a model "31644" floor lamp, Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940's.
Frame of brass with cognac-coloured leather. Adjustable branch. Marked NK 31644. Height including lampshade 152 cm. Fabric lampshade included.
Electrical function not tested. Minor wear. Stains.
Depicted in the Nordiska Kompaniet archive from 1947. The model was created in 1947 and is part of the "NK-Hantverks" collection. Also exhibited with the "Futura" series by architect David Rosén in 1949.
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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