Gunnar Asplund
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An Erik Gunnar Asplund leather framed mirror designed for Bredenberg's in Stockholm 1933-35, probably by Bodafors.
Ramen klädd i naturfärgat läder, tillverkad för Bredenbergs varuhus i Stockholm. Höjd 90 cm, bredd 55,5 cm.
Smärre skador och slitage.
Literature
Red. Caldenby, Hultin, "Asplund", Stockholm 1985, sid 102 (plan och sektion av interiör).
Ahlberg, "Gunnar Asplund, architect" , Stockholm, 1943, s 148-149.
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Erik Gunnar Asplund ritade och inredde den mycket lilla tomten i hörnan Drottninggatan/Mäster Samuelsgatan för Bredenbergs varuhus 1933-1935.
Bredenbergs hade enligt ritningarna åtta provrum, spegeln kommer från ett av dessa.
Designer
Gunnar Asplund is considered one of the most significant and leading architects during the interwar period, both in Sweden and internationally. Asplund is seen as one of the foremost representatives of 1920s Nordic classicism, with the Skandia Theatre (1922) and the Stockholm Public Library (1928) as prominent examples. He was also one of the pioneers of functionalism, which he introduced in Sweden with the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where he was the chief architect.
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