Bruno Mathsson
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A Swedish Modern 'Paris' beech daybed, Firma Karl Mathsson Värnamo Sweden, 1940's
Later natural coloured girths, maker's paper labels and marked with ink BM36. Length ca 218, width 81 cm, height 45,5 cm. Original, re-upholstered horsehair mattress enclosed.
The model was designed in 1936 and was shown at Bruno Mathsson's premiere exhibition at the Röhsska Museum the same year.
The model was also exhibited and awarded the Grand Prix at the World's Fair in Paris in 1937.
'Paris' was produced in a limited edition in the 1930s and 40s.
According to the Bruno Mathsson Foundation, production was discontinued because production was too complicated and therefore expensive.
Later girths.
Designer
Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) is one of Sweden's most prominent furniture designers. Having a father who worked as a master carpenter, Mathsson learned about furniture carpentry at an early age, which he later benefited from in his profession as a designer. The "Grasshopper" chair was the first that Bruno Mathsson designed in 1931 - on behalf of Värnamo hospital. It was made of bent-glued beech with saddle girth upholstery and had an ergonomic shape. However, neither patients nor staff at the infirmary appreciated the chair. Nowadays, the "Grasshopper" is considered a design classic.
A few years later, Mathsson exhibited his furniture at a separate exhibition at the Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet in Gothenburg, and in 1937 he participated in the Paris World Fair.
Mathsson's furniture is now considered timeless design classics that combine style with comfort. Some of his most famous pieces of furniture are the armchairs "Jetson", which are produced for Dux, "Pernilla 3", and "Karin" and the table "Superellips", designed together with Piet Hein.