Axel Larsson
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A Swedish Modern cabinet, from the "1000 series", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna Bodafors, 1930s.
Veneered in birch, doors with spherical handles in rosewood, the interior with shelves, drawers and mirror, maker's mark Svenska Möbelfabrikerna Bodafors, and with model number 3202, height 165 cm, width 110 cm, depth 46 cm.
Minor veneer damage.
Literature
Compare, Eklund Nyström, Sigrid, Axel Larsson: möbelformgivare och inredningsarkitekt under fem decennier, Carlsson, Stockholm, 2013, p. 68-70.
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The 1000 series was designed in 1935, the same year Axel Larsson became the head of the Furniture Manufacturers' design office in Stockholm.
Designer
Axel Larsson was a prominent Swedish furniture architect with a career that spanned more than 50 years. At the age of 25, he was employed by Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors at the Stockholm office, where he worked for three decades. Larsson made his big debut at the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where he presented his first furniture series. This series distinguished itself by combining modernism with Swedish traditions. Between the years 1956-1975, Larsson ran his own business while continuing to work for Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors. In addition to having designed countless pieces of furniture, he carried out many significant interior design assignments. These include the Gothenburg Concert Hall, the Park Avenue Hotel in Gothenburg and the Folksamhuset at Skanstull in Stockholm.
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