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Bruno Mathsson

(Sweden, 1907-1988)
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 330 - 1 780 EUR
1 400 - 1 870 USD
Hammer price
22 000 SEK
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Bruno Mathsson
(Sweden, 1907-1988)

a birch and beech 'Liggstol nr 36' lounge chair, Firma Karl Mathsson Värnamo Sweden 1940.

Textile girths, cover and pillow with brown sheepskin, maker's paper label BM36, KM40, stamped MADE IN SWEDEN DESIGNED BY BRUNO MATHSSON, höjd ca 83 cm, längd ca 140 cm.

Minor wear, sheep skin with some damages.

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.

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