a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Laminated oak, upholstered with cognacs-brown leather, manufacturer's mark Bodafors DESIGN B. FRIDHAGEN MADE IN SWEDEN 1961. Height 80 cm
Bertil Fridhagen's private collection, Bodafors.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Sigrid Eklund Nyström, "Bertil Fridhagen och Svenska Möbelfabrikerna i Bodafors", Carlsson 2022, the present armchair illustrated in the Fridhagen family's home in Bodafors p. 63. See also the model illustrated on the cover as well as pp. 123-129.
The model won first prize in the international furniture competition in Cantù, Italy, in 1959.