a rare pair of armchairs, Nordiska Kompaniet, 1930.
Chromed steel frame, seat and back upholstered in nailed black leather, manufacturer's metal label NK R 34729 - C 23680. Width 59 cm, height 82 cm, seat height 44 cm.
Wear, a back with a tear at the top.
Shoe shop Oscaria, Stockholm, opened in 1930.
Interior architect Jack Weil (1939-2024), Stockholm.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
See interior image from Oscaria in the Nordiska Kompaniet archive and advertisement in a brochure for Nordiska Kompaniet's commissioned interiors dated 1930.
The model was designed in 1930 and has been used in several interiors executed by Nordiska Kompaniet, notably the Tösse bakery in Stockholm. For the shoe store Oscaria on Hamngatan, both the fixed furnishings as well as the furniture and lighting were carried out by NK. The drawing for the present model in NK's customer ledger in the Nordic Museum's archive is dated 6 March 1930.