Bertil Brisborg & Torsten Claeson (1893-1978), a table lamp. "model Triva 532-018", Nordiska Kompaniet, 1950s.
Tripod base in brass, shade in white opal glass, adjustable lamp holder, marked Triva 532018. Height 42.5 cm.
Later shade. Marks. Minor chips.
The model depicted in the catalogue in 1951 and in the Nordiska Kompaniet archive in 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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