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Carl Malmsten

(Sweden, 1888-1972)
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 780 - 2 230 EUR
1 850 - 2 310 USD
Hammer price
50 000 SEK
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Carl Malmsten
(Sweden, 1888-1972)

a "Samspel" sofa, AB Record, Bollnäs Sweden 1950's.

Three parts, green velvet, beech feet, height 98 cm, seat height 40 cm, length ca 200 cm.

Minor wear. Later fixtures.

Exhibitions

Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft, Gothenburg 1956.

More information

Drawing from the Carl Malmsten archives.

Designer

Carl Malmsten is one of Sweden's most famous furniture designers. Many of his furniture are considered modern design classics, for example, the cane chair "Lilla Åland", the armchair "Farmor", the sofa "Samsas", the cabinet "Herrgården", and the furniture series "Vardag".


Both "Lilla Åland" and "Vardag" adopted the ideals of "beautiful everyday goods" of the 1940s. Their neat shape and frugal design quickly became timeless interior details that we still see in many homes today.

At the beginning of his career, Malmsten interned at various carpentry workshops and studied furniture at Nordiska museet and Skansen. He had his breakthrough in 1916 when he was commissioned to design part of the interior of Stockholm's City Hall.


During his career, Malmsten collaborated with several architects, such as Ragnar Östberg, Ivar Tengbom, and Ferdinand Boberg. He designed furniture for Stockholm's concert hall and Ulriksdal castle. He participated in the now iconic hosing exhibition at Liljevalchs gallery in 1917, where the term "Beautiful everyday goods" was coined.

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