An important sofa, executed by Emil Jansson, Helsingborg, for the Gothenburg Exhibition 1923.
Mahogany veneered, with a curved back and fixed upholstered seat and back. Length 225 cm, depth 80 cm, height 92 cm.
Wear and minor damage, veneer loss. Reupholstered.
(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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