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Yngve Ekström

(Sweden, 1913-1988)
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Yngve Ekström, a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
530 - 706 EUR
552 - 737 USD
Hammer price
16 000 SEK
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Yngve Ekström
(Sweden, 1913-1988)

a "Rondino 2" easy chair, Swedese Möbler AB, Sweden 1960's.

Steel and black leather, height 100 cm.

Wear.

Provenance

Aquired directly from the designer, thence by descent.

Literature

Brita-Lena Ekström, "På spaning efter Lamino - om möbelformgivaren Yngve Ekström", Bokförlaget Arena, 2007, p. 101.

Designer

Yngve Ekström was one of Sweden's most prominent furniture designers. He also worked as an architect and sculptor and designed logos, catalogs, and advertisements.


Yngve Ekström began his career working in furniture factories, where he learned to work with wood as amainterior decoration.


His furniture is characterized by straight, tight lines in bendable wood. Several of his designs are now considered design classics, such as the Lamino armchair, the Arka chair, and the Pinocchio chair.


Together with his brother Jerker and Bertil Sjöqvist, Yngve Ekström started the Swedese furniture company in Småland in 1945.

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