an armchair, "Stockholm 30", ed. 9/50, Källemo, Värnamo post 2009.
White painted steel frame, seat and back in mahogany with leather upholstery, plate marked: Karmstol Stockholm 30 av Gunnar Asplund Upplaga 50 ex. numrerade från 1/50 - 50/50 Producerad av Källemo i samarbete med Asplundstiftelsen 2009 and numbered 9/50. Height 78.5 cm, seat height 45 cm.
Minor wear and stains.
Designed for the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where it was displayed in the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design's booth. In consultation with the Asplund Foundation, Källemo produced the armchair in a limited reissued edition in 2009.
Gunnar Asplund was one of the most significant architects of his time in Sweden. Asplund represented Nordic Classicism in the 1920s and was a pioneer of Functionalism, which he helped introduce through the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930. His most important works include the Stockholm City Library and the Woodland Cemetery, which he designed with Sigurd Lewerentz.
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