An important set of five chairs, executed by Emil Jansson, Helsingborg, for the Gothenburg Exhibition 1923.
Mahogany veneered, curved back, upholstered seat. Height 86 cm, seat height 45 cm.
Wear and veneer loss. Veneer repairs. One chair has been restored with later corner blocks underneath the seat.
(Probably) Businessman Arthur Thiel (1860–1933) & Alice Thiel (née Sachs) (1869–1949), Stockholm.
Olga Enhörning (née Thiel) (1897–1980), Stockholm.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition 1923, Föreningen Verkstaden's exhibition hall.
Read more about Uno Åhrén and the Gothenburg Exhibition 1923
Gregor Paulsson, "Svenska Slöjdföreningens Tidskrift", Issue 2, 1924, pp. 33–35.
Erik Wettergren, "L’art Décoratif Moderne en Suède", Malmö museum 1925, p. 162.
Ernst Fischer, "Svenska Möbler i Bild", Natur och Kultur, 1950, p. 124.
Eva Rudberg, "Uno Åhrén: en föregångsman inom 1900-talets arkitektur och samhällsplanering", Byggforskningsrådet, 1981, p. 37.
Illustrated in a photograph from the 1923 exhibition in the collections of ArkDes in Stockholm (Identification number ARKM.1974-104-119).
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