Carl-Axel Acking
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an easy chair, Sweden 1930's-40's.
upholstered in green textile, birch legs. Height 102 cm.
Wear.
Literature
Compare with version exhibited in Paris 1937:
Monica Boman (ed), Svenska möbler 1890-1990, Lund, 1991, p 214.
Drawing from Carl Axel Acking's Archive.
More information
The model was originally designed for and exhibited at the Worlds fair in Paris 1937. This chair is a slightly simpler version.
Designer
Carl-Axel Acking (1910-2001) was an architect and designer. Acking is considered one of the most influential designers and architects in Sweden during the 1930s-50s. Acking's furniture and lighting fixtures have been manufactured by, among others, Stockholms Hantverksförening, Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors and KF. He also had an important role in Nordiska Kompaniet's furniture department during the 1940-50s, where he designed the iconic 'Trienna' chair, among other things. Acking had an early breakthrough at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937, and had many prestigious assignments in the following years. Acking was one of the main architects behind the exhibition H55 i Helsingborg and held significant positions within the Swedish architect and design world.
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