Greta Magnusson Grossman
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a zebrano veneered sideboard, Firma Studio, Stockholm ca 1935.
Rectangular with rounded ends where the interior has revolving shelves, the central pair of doors with interiors of shelves and drawers for flatware. Length 200 cm, depth 45 cm, height 80 cm. Key included.
Some scratches and veneer losses.
Provenance
The sideboard was ordered by the then mayor of the city of Umeå. Thence by descent.
Literature
Ed. Evan Snyderman, Karin Åberg Waern, "Greta Magnusson Grossman -A Car and Some Shorts, one architect's journey from Sweden to Southern Californa", Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm 2010. Compare picure from 1935 stating: "Interior, Living area. Location unknown. Photograph by Hugo Edlund
Designer
Greta Magnusson-Grossman was a furniture designer and architect. She designed several design classics, including the iconic "Grasshopper" floor lamp.
Greta Magnusson-Grossman began her career as a carpentry apprentice at Kärnan's furniture manufacturing company in her hometown of Helsingborg. She was educated at "Tekniska skolan" in Stockholm, now called Konstfack. During the 1930s, she started her design company, Studio in Stockholm, where she designed interior details and furniture.
During the 1940s, Grossman moved to California, where she became successful as an architect and designer of furniture and lamps.