Gustaf Fjæstad, a pair of Art Nouveau carved pine chairs "stabbestolar", Arvika Sweden 1908-09.

A pair of Art Nouveau carved pine chairs "stabbestolar", Arvika Sweden 1908-09.

Hand carved and sculptured probably by the craftsmen Ola Eriksson, Adolf Swanson and Knut Nyman, marked GF, brass lining towards the floor. Height ca 78-79 cm, bredd ca 52-55 cm, seat height ca 45 cm.
CONDITIONAL SALE: the lots with auction number 232–235 are first called out as separate lots and will then be offered as one lot with auction number 235A.
A winning bid on auction number 235A requires a bid exceeding the total hammered price on auction number 232–235. Unsold lots will be priced at the reserve.

Dry cracks and wear.

Alkuperä - Provenienssi

Erland P. Olsén, Arvika, Värmland, thence by descent

Näyttelyt

The Baltic Exhibition (Baltiska Utställningen) Malmö 1914.
Panama - Pacific International Exhibition, San Francisco, 1915, reportedly. An earlier exhibition label under the table has gone lost.
Kulturen i Lund, "Nordiskt Ljus vid Sjön Racken samt Nutida Värmländsk Konst", 3 februari -14 april 1991.
Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, opening show 1993, nr 6 in the catalogue.
Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, "Gustaf och Maja Fjaestad ett konstnärspar" 1998.
Rackstadmuseet, Arvika, "100 År Efter Rackstadkolonin", 2/5-25/6 2011

Kirjallisuus

H. Fr. Ahlström, "Officiell Berättelse öfver Baltiska Utställningen i Malmö 1914, Förlagsaktiebolagets i Malmö Boktryckeri, Malmö 1919, The complete set, as seen at this auction, depicted p 949, together with paintings and textiles by Gustaf Fjaestad.
Ed. Red. Monica Boman, "Svenska Möbler 1890-1990", Bokförlaget Signum, Lund 1991, pp 64-66
Agneta Fjaestad Nordmark, "Fjaestads Konst", Fjäderstad Förlag, Karlstad 1999, pp 73, 75, 77-79

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