Bertil Brisborg, a ceiling lamp model '33224', Nordiska Kompaniet, 1950's.
Screen in powder-coated perforated aluminium, inner shade in white cased glass, height approximately 27 cm excluding cord/ceiling cup.
Upper shade missing. Minor colour loss and wear. Electrical function not tested.
Depicted in the Nordiska Kompaniet catalogue from 1954.
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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