a floor lamp model "32620", Nordiska Kompaniet 1940s.
Frame in brass, articulated arm, textile shade, marked NK 32620. Adjustable height, ca. 160-180 cm.
Later shade, recently rewired.
The model depicted in the archives of Nordiska Kompaniet, 1947, 1950, and 1953.
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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