Jan Bocan
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A pair of easy chairs, Thonet, provenance the Czechoslovakian embassy in Stockholm 1972.
Base in laminated walnut, seat and back upholstered in purple woolen original fabric, seat height ca 37 cm, height 75 cm
Wear.
Provenance
The Czech Embassy Stockholm. Jan Bocan was a professor at the Technical University in the Czech Republic. At the age of thirty, he won the architectural competition for the new Czechoslovak Embassy in Stockholm. This was his first major assignment. The embassy was a total work of art with all interiors, textile artwork and furniture designed by Bocan. It was designed and built between 1968-70 and opened in 1972.