a velvet covered Swedish Modern cabinet, Sweden, late 1920s.
Birch, in parts dark stained, covered with 'antique patinated' green velvet, brass nails in a geometrical pattern, on stylized lion's paws, the reverse stamped Boet, with pencil V Larsson (?). Height 120 cm, width 76 cm, depth 31,5 cm. Key included.
Slight wear, faded.
This cabinet was acquired at Boet in the late 1920s.
Thence by descent within the same family.
Christian Björk, Erika Geiger Ohlin, Anders
Otto Schulz, 'Tidskriften Boet', 1931, n:r 1 p 6.
Nord, "Otto Schulz Möbler och inredningar 1910-1952, Chr. Björk Förlag, Stockholm 2022. Pp 162-163.
Otto Schulz (1882-1970) was a German-born designer and architect who spent the majority of his life working in Gothenburg. In 1920, Schulz founded the company Boet together with Adolf Nordenberg, which became a highly influential interior and furniture manufacturer. Schulz's daring aesthetics have a multifaceted character that has contributed to important elements in both the Swedish Grace and Swedish Modern concepts. Schulz also published the magazine Boet, which, along with the store and business, helped to cement his role as central in interior design contexts. Some of Schulz's characteristics included developing techniques for which he took out patents, such as Bopoint, Bosaik, and Botarsia, all of which contributed to the furniture's distinctive aesthetics and quality.
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