an armchair, variant of "Järn/Moccafåtöljen", custom made, Källemo, Värnamo post 1994.
Wooden frame covered with etched iron sheet, stained beech armrest, seat and back upholstered in dark brown Tärnsjö leather instead of the ordinary dark brown suede, iron legs, height 73 cm.
Minor wear.
The model is a highly unusual, custom-ordered variant of the "Järn/Moccafåtöljen", which was made in an edition of 200 copies. This particular piece was created from a leftover etched plate from an armchair, which at the customer's request was executed with a seat in Tärnsjö leather instead of suede.
Mats Theselius is a Swedish furniture designer, artist, and interior architect, born in 1954 in Stockholm. Theselius studied interior architecture at Konstfack from 1979 to 1984 and shortly after graduating, he made his breakthrough with the groundbreaking chair "Älgskinnsfåtöljen," a cylindrical armchair made of sheet iron and moose leather. This chair marked the beginning of a long and uninterrupted career, largely in collaboration with the legendary furniture producer Sven Lundh (who also launched Jonas Bohlin's concrete chair, Concrete) at Källemo in Värnamo. Following this, several renowned pieces were created, including the showcase cabinet National Geographic, distinguished by its characteristic yellow color and named after the magazine of the same title, as well as the chairs Rex, Ingo, and Bruno.
In addition to his prolific career in design, Mats Theselius served as a professor at the University of Gothenburg's School of Design and Crafts in the 1990s. In 1997, he was honored with both the Bruno Mathsson Prize and the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize. Mats Theselius was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 2011.