Bought at a local auction after the then deceased Axel Lehman in Helsingland, Sweden in the 1980s. Mr Lehman founded a linen factory in Holma, Helsingland in 1898. He married 1899 with Freja Hådell.

Carlo Bugatti was born in Milan. He studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts at a time when artists, architects, writers and poets found a sense of community in what was known as the “Scapigliati”, the bohemians. Carlo Bugatti went on to develop a highly distinctive style inspired by Moorish architecture and Japanese and African cultures. He combined various exotic materials and types of wood. His first successes came at exhibitions in Milan and London in 1888. Bugatti subsequently exhibited in Turin in 1898 and in Paris in 1900. His major breakthrough came at the Turin Exhibition in 1902, where he participated with a “Snail Room”, furnished in part with his so-called “Cobra chairs”. In 1904, Carlo Bugatti moved with his family to Paris, where he sold his furniture through, among others, the department store Bon Marché. Carlo Bugatti’s motto was: “Every object can become a work of art.” Carlo Bugatti’s business went on to become highly successful. He died in Alsace in 1940.

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