Sten Blomberg
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A black lacquered armchair, David Blomberg AB, Stockholm, ca 1933.
Birch, upholstered in original yellow velvet. Height 65.5 cm, length 68.8 cm, depth 85.5 cm, seat height ca 32 cm.
Nail holes along the edges, chips, wear.
Provenance
Acquired together with furniture from an interior designed by Sten Blomberg, including models exhibited at the Ålstensutställningen in Bromma in 1933.
Thence by descent to Karin Fahlström (mother of the artist Öyvind Fahlström).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Gregor Paulsson (ed.), "Form - Svenska Slöjdföreningens Tidskrift", Self-published 1933, compare with the sofa illustrated p. 59.