Bertil Brisborg
Bertil Brisborg, a table lamp, model "30595", Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940s.
Foot in antique patinated brass, leather-wrapped stem, shade in lacquered brass, top in antique patinated brass, diameter of the shade ca 40 cm, height 55 cm.
Wear. Recently rewired.
Literature
Depicted in the Nordiska Kompaniet catalog of 1943, and archive 1949.
More information
The model appears in Arvid Böhlmark's Lamp Factory catalogs from 1959, under model number 15624. It is likely that Böhlmark purchased NK's remaining stock when production of consumer fixtures was scaled down and eventually ceased around 1965.
Designer
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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